Holy Bible from New Bethany Baptist Church
date: label: Date
content: 1970
name: label: Published by
content: A. J. Holman & Company, American, 1872 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: New Bethany Baptist Church, American, founded 1935
label: Owned by
content: Reverend John Jackson Koger, American, died 1990
notes: label: Description
content: Hardback copy of the Bible. Cover is black, with incised decorations as borders (resembles an illustrated manuscript kind of style). Silver stickers on top of front cover, spell out "HOLY / BIBLE". Interior pages extremely thing, white with black type. Has a built in red ribbon bookmark that extends approximately 3 1/2 in. past the book pages. Presentation/Owner information page is filled out with black pen, and reads "This Bible was presented to / Rev. Dr. John J. Koger / on the 4th day of November 1979 / at New Bethany Baptist Church / by William H. Mathis / On the occasion of / 44th Anniversary of church". A chunk of pages (573-586) are paper clipped together. A couple scraps of paper with handwritten notes are stuck between pages.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Faith
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
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 Rev. Carson E. Wise, Sr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.260ab
objectType: label: Type
content: Bibles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © A. J. Holman & Company
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on book paper, ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: 11 9/16 × 10 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (29.4 × 26 × 5.7 cm)