Box 1
Container
Contains 63 Results:
Correspondence, approximately 1960-2004
Series — Box: 1, Folder: 1-10
Scope and Contents
Primarily responses to Rivers's work.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
approximately 1960-2004
Catholic Art Association, annual medal, 1966 August
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1966 August
Doctor of Philosophy, Union Graduate School of Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1978 March
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1978 March
Honorary reception, exhibition, and sale, Cincinnati, 1979 December 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
"Reception and Exhibit Honoring Father Rivers for His Creative Work in, and Sponsorship of African American Culture, held at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati and hosted by former Mayor Theodore Berry and a cross section of Cincinnati citizens from the Business, Civic, Artistic and Religious Communities." Copy of invitation, photo from the reception and news clipping.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1979 December 16
Brother Joseph Davis Award, National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, 1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1981
National Gospel Workshop of America, recognition, 1983 August
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1983 August
Joseph Coolidge Shaw, SJ Medal, Boston College, 1985 February
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1985 February
Lead me, guide me, hymnal dedication, 1988 February 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1988 February 28
Martin Luther King, Jr., Board of Preachers, Sponsors and Collegium of Scholars, Morehouse College, 1992 February 27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1992 February 27
Martin Luther King, Jr., Mass and awards, St. Mark's Catholic Church, Cincinnati, 2001 January 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
2001 January 15
Berekah Award, North American Academy of Liturgy, 2002 January
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20-21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
2002 January
Rivers Institute establishment, Archbishop James P. Lyke Conference, 2004 July 14
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
2004 July 14
Stained glass windows, Holy Redeemer Church, San Antonio, 2009 February 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
Dedication of a new stained glass window honoring three Black Catholics who inspired the Lead Me, Guide Me African American Catholic Hymnal, first published in 1987: Archbishop James P. Lyke, Sister Thea Bowman, and Father Clarence Joseph Rivers. The window is in the new sacristy at Holy Redeemer Church.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
2009 February 4
Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows program, photographs, 1971-1973
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1971-1973
Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows program, Haiti and Jamaica, photographs, 1974 February
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25-26
Scope and Contents
In February 1974, the Fellows went as a group to experience the religious cults of Haiti and Jamaica. These folders contain photographs taken by Rivers for his research, including photos of presenters, students, the Fellows, lectures, people in the community, and religious ceremonies.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1974 February
"Freeing the Spirit" concert, photographs, 1971 August 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1971 August 19
Freeing the Spirit, journal of the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), 1971-1978
File — Box: 1, Folder: 36-40
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1971-1978
Second annual National Workshop in Music and Worship, Xavier University, New Orleans, program and photographs, 1972 July 15-23
File — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents
Workshop leaders included Rivers; Gail Gilmore, Choir Director, St. Francis DeSales Parish, New Orleans; Edwin Hawkins, renowned gospel musician; Moses Anderson, Director of Religious Affairs, Xavier University; and William Foster McDaniel, composer, arranger and concert pianist
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1972 July 15-23
Vocational brochure for young men, approximately 1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
approximately 1975
News articles and interviews, 1950-2009
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1950-2009
Rivers with Purcell High School students at the Stratford Festival, Ontario, photographs, 1960
File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1960
News articles, Purcell High School, 1962-1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1962-1965
Rivers teaching at Purcell High School, photographs, approximately 1962
File — Box: 1, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
approximately 1962
Rivers with Purcell High School student actors, photographs, approximately 1962
File — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
approximately 1962
Purcell High School class of 1962, 25th reunion booklet, 1987 May
File — Box: 1, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1987 May