Frederick Divers papers

This collection consists of the weekly bulletins of: Union Bethel Independent Methodist Church (Corner Avenue F and 13th Street South), Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama (March 26, 1946 - February 22, 1948); Bethel A.M.E. Church (27th Avenue and 18th Place South), Homewood, Jefferson County Alabama (December 11, 1949 - November 25, 1951); Hopewell A.M.E. Church (45th Street and 8th Terrace North) Birmingham, (December 9, 1951 - November 16, 1952); and Emanuel A.M.E. Church (Corner 9th Court and 4th Street North), Smithfield, Jefferson County, Alabama (December 7, 1952 - October 24, 1954). Also included are the syllabus and papers for a graduate course in the Philosophy of Religion from Boston University Graduate School; the minutes of faculty meetings of Daniel Payne College, October 4, 1960 - February 1, 1961. There are also four 8”x10” photographs: (1) St. Luke A.M.E. Church – no address given; (2) a science classroom/lab – no location given; (3) Brownlee Hall – no location given; and (4) photograph of an architectural rendering of the Girls Dormitory on Daniel Payne College campus, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

The collection also contains correspondence to and from Divers, 1937–1953 (15 letters); to Mrs. Robbie Louise Divers, 1942–1944 (2 letters); and from Mrs. Robbie Louise Divers, 1948 (2 letters). There are also miscellaneous certificates and documents, including several World War II Ration Books and a baptism certificate and record book.

There is also correspondence relating to the building program of the Union Bethel Independent Methodist Church in Birmingham from March to October 1947.