Sherry Sherrod DuPree collection on the African-American Holiness and Pentecostal movements

Object Details

Biographical/Historical note
Sherry Sherrod DuPree is a librarian and historian whose research focuses on African-American gospel music and African-American Pentecostal churches. She was the founder and organizer of the DuPree African-American Pentecostal and Holiness Collection at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. DuPree began the National African American Holiness Pentecostal Project, during the course of which she received several grants to fund her work. 1988, DuPree was appointed by Dr. Wilma Hughey to the Archival Historical Committee of The Church of God in Christ, Memphis, Tennessee. In 1995, DuPree became the Archivist of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Detroit. In March of 1998, she was elected Second Vice-President in the Society for Pentecostal Studies.
Date
circa 1887-2001
Extent
355 Boxes
Citation
Sherry Sherrod DuPree collection on the African-American Holiness and Pentecostal movements, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Sherry Sherrod DuPree.
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Periodicals
Clippings
Research
Audiotapes
Compact discs
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Sound recordings
Fliers (printed matter)
Financial records
Books
Newsletters
Slides (photographs)
Articles
Photographs
Hard disks
Video recordings
Topic
Holiness movement
African American Pentecostal churches
African Americans -- Religion
Place
United States -- Church history
Identifier
ACMA.06-041
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