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

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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.

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

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