Guide to the Deitra Moore-Atkins Collection
Sean Heyliger
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
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Guide to the Deitra Moore-Atkins Collection
Collection number: MS 92
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Oakland, California
- Processed by:
- Sean Heyliger
- Date Completed:
- 12/05/2013
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
© 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Deitra Moore-Atkins collection
Dates: 1960-2010
Collection number: MS 92
Collector:
Moore-Atkins, Deitra.
Collection Size:
.5 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Dietra Moore-Atkins collection consists of church programs, conference programs, funeral programs, membership reports,
sermon outlines and assorted religious handouts mostly of Baptist churches in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s-1980s.
The collection is organized in to six series: Church programs, Conference programs, funeral programs, membership reports,
religious handouts, and sermon outlines.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Deitra Moore-Atkins Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library
at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Deitra Moore-Atkins collection, MS 92, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland by Deitra Moore-Atkins.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 12/05/2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Dietra Moore-Atkins collection consists of church programs, conference programs, funeral programs, membership reports,
sermon outlines and assorted religious handouts mostly of Baptist churches in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s-1980s.
The collection is organized in to six series: Church programs, Conference programs, funeral programs, membership reports,
religious handouts, and sermon outlines. The church programs include general service, Christmas, pastor appreciation and anniversary
services at various churches mostly in Oakland, California. The conference program series consists of agenda and programs
of the Mt. Zion District conference, Oakland City-Wide Revivals, California Baptist State Congress of Christian Education,
California Baptist State Sunday School and Training Union Congress and the Clergy for the Mayor in honor of Oakland Lionel
Wilson held at the Oakland Kaiser Center Auditorium Arena. Funeral programs include the service programs for various Moore
family members held at Baptist churches in Oakland, California. The membership reports series includes directories for the
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, California. Included in the sermon outlines series are Pastor Michael L. Moore’s
outlines for Joshua Christian Church, Oakland, California. Also included in the religious handouts series are assorted religious
instructional and educational handouts.
Arrangement
Series I. Church programs
Series II. Conference programs
Series III. Funeral programs
Series IV. Membership reports
Series V. Religious handouts
Series VI. Sermon outlines
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
African American churches -- California -- Oakland.
African American Baptists -- California -- Oakland.
Church programs
Physical Description: 12 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes church programs of general service, Christmas, building dedication, anniversary, pastor appreciation and events at
various churches in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s-1980s.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by church.
Box 1:1
All Nations Baptist Church, Oakland, California, Christmas program
December 23, 1984
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, California
Box 1:2
General service
1984-1987
Box 1:3
Appreciation worship service observance for our pastor and wife
1980-1989
Box 1:4
James McKissic recital to aid a youth in college
undated
Box 1:5
25th anniversary of the Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church souvenir program
1972-07-23
Box 1:6
Mother’s Day service program booklet
1972-07-23
Box 1:7
First Friendship Institutional Baptist Church, San Francisco, California celebrates its 32nd year of progressive service to
liberate from all encumbrance and mortgage burning ceremony
1978
Box 1:8
Friendship Baptist Church, Oakland, California 37th Anniversary
1993
Box 1:9
Macedonia Baptist Church, San Francisco, California 22nd appreciation services for Pastor Bedford and wife
1979
Box 1:10
New Light Baptist Church, Oakland, California 9th anniversary services
1963
Box 1:11
North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, California building dedication program
1960
Box 1:12
Second Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, California general service
1985-03-10
Conference programs
Physical Description: 6 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes conference programs of various Mt. Zion District conferences, Oakland City-Wide Revivals, California Baptist State
Congresses of Christian Education, California Baptist State Sunday School and Training Union Congresses, National Baptist
Conventions and the Clergy for the Mayor in honor of Oakland Lionel Wilson held at the Oakland Kaiser Center Auditorium Arena.
Arrangement
Arranged by event.
Box 1:13
11th annual session of the Mt. Zion District Sunday school and B.T.U. congress
1966
Box 1:13
12th annual session of the Mt. Zion District Sunday school and B.T.U. congress
1967
Box 1:13
14th annual session of the Mt. Zion District Sunday school and B.T.U. congress
1969
Box 1:13
29th annual session of the Mount Zion District Congress of Christian Education
1984
Box 1:13
Mount Zion District Missionary Baptist Association 30th annual session [2 copies]
1984
Box 1:13
Mount Zion District Congress of Christian Education 30th annual session
1985
City wide revival [Oakland, California]
Box 1:14
23rd annual city wide revival
1980
Box 1:14
28rd annual city wide revival
1985
Box 1:14
32nd annual revival [3 copies]
1989
Box 1:14
1989 summer soul saving revival
1989
California Baptist State Congress of Christian Education
Box 1:15
34th annual session California Baptist State Congress of Christian Education
1978
Box 1:15
Souvenir program California Baptist State Congress of Christian Education, Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland
1978
California Baptist State Sunday School and Training Union Congress
Box 1:17
Clergy for the Mayor, Oakland Kaiser Center Auditorium Arena
1985
Box 1:18
National Baptist Convention held at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, San Francisco, California
1980
Funeral programs
Physical Description: 3 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes the funeral service programs for various Moore family members held at Baptist churches in Oakland, California.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by church.
Beth Eden Baptist Church, Oakland California
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, California
Box 1:20
Warren G.H. Moore
1993-11-04
Box 1:20
Melzrine Moore
1994-04-03
Shiloh Church, Oakland, California
Box 1:21
Carla A. Moore
2010-09-09
Membership reports
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes membership reports and directories for the Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, California.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 1:22
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church calendar club directory
1969
Box 1:22
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church membership report
1970
Box 1:22
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church calendar club directory
1971
Box 1:22
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church membership report
1975
Religious handouts
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes assorted religious handouts and instructional material.
Arrangement
Arranged by format.
Box 1:23
Church Leadership Training Center brochure
undated
Box 1:23
“Witnessing with a prejudiced heart”
undated
Box 1:23
“A trained member looks at our church”
undated
Box 1:23
“For a trained usher”
undated
Box 1:23
“The articles of faith and their relation to Christian doctrine”
undated
Box 1:23
“The Christian life”
undated
Box 1:23
“Girl!!! Don’t be no fool”
2007
Sermon outlines
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes Pastor Michael L. Moore’s sermon outlines for Joshua Christian Church, Oakland, California
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 1:24
“Christ: The everlasting father”
1998-03-29
Box 1:24
“The gardener” [two copies]
1998-04-12
Box 1:24
“Christ the intervessor”
1998-04-26
Box 1:24
“Christ the miracle worker"
1998-05-24
Box 1:24
“Christ the new covenant”
1998-05-31
Box 1:24
“Christ the ransom"
1998-06-21
Box 1:24
“Christ the savior”
1998-07-05
Box 1:24
“Christian essentials”
1998-07-05
Box 1:24
“Acts Chapter 12”
1998-08-03
Box 1:24
“Why should God be first?”
1998-10-25
Box 1:24
“Don’t leave Jesus”
1998-12-13
Box 1:24
“Acts 13 – Paul’s first missionary journey begins”
1998
