<I>The Deaconship: its Nature, Qualifications, Relations, and Duties</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1946
name: label: Written by
content: R.B.C. Howell D.D., American, 1801 - 1868
label: Published by
content: Judson Press, American, founded 1824
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover copy of The Deaconship by R.B.C. Howell. The hardcover book is bound with black book cloth with a faux leather texture and gold embossing. The book’s dust jacket is primarily white with blue text. The front of the dust jacket features two blue right-angle triangles that frame the book’s title, [THE DEACONSHIP], centered at the top half of the cover. Below is the author’s name, [R.B.C. Howell] and the publisher’s name, [A JUDSON PRESS BOOK], is printed at the bottom. Blue text printed on the spine reads [HOWELL ON DEACONSHIP]. Printed on the back of the dust jacket is an advertisement for [MONTGOMERY’S CENTENIARY TRANSLATION / The New Testament / In Modern English]. Below is a blue illustration of the book and a three-paragraph description of the book written in blue text. The front cover of the book has an embossed rectangular frame around the edges. Centered gold leaf text at the top reads [THE DEACONSHIP / ITS NATURE, QUALIFICATIONS / RELATIONS AND DUTIES]. At the center is a small gold leaf flourish. In the bottom right corner is the author’s name printed in gold leaf text that reads [R.B.C. HOWELL].The spine and back cover of the book are plain. The interior pages are white with black text. Contents include nine chapters titled: [NATURE OF THE DEACONSHIP], [QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DEACONSHIP], [FORMS OF ELECTION AND ORDINATION], [GENERAL DUTIES OF DEACONS], [DUTIES OF DEACONS WITH REFERENCE TO PASTORS], [REVENUES OF THE CHURCH], [DEACONESSES], [COOPERATION WITH THE DEACONS], and [IMPORTANCE OF FAITHFULNESS]. The book has 143 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.35
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 × 9/16 in. (16.8 × 11.5 × 1.5 cm)