Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/African American Episcopal Historical Collection


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The result was merge to Virginia Theological Seminary. And/or to Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, as editorial consensus may determine.  Sandstein  09:59, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

African American Episcopal Historical Collection

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Fails NORG as all significant coverage is from the organizations running it.  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 21:04, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 10:39, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Consensus is headed toward a merge at this point, but two merge targets have been suggested. Relisting to obtain more input.
 * Merge to Virginia Theological Seminary. While independent citations to the archives can be found, I am not finding coverage of the collection itself that is independent of VTS or the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church. As the collection is physically located at VTS, it seems the better merge target. 24.151.50.175 (talk) 17:38, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to Virginia Theological Seminary. I am finding very little sourcing.  A proquest news search turned up this: "Speakers during the ceremony will include the Rev. Canon Lloyd Alexander Lewis Jr.; Christopher Pote, archivist for the Bishop Library, Virginia Theological Seminary and the African American Episcopal Historical Collection; the Rev. Pegram Johnson III, who led the effort to secure the historical marker; and..." from the newspaper in Petersburg, VA where the new historical marker was being installed; plus 8 press releases - but no other articles. It is mentioned in this more recent article on an Anglican website Episcopal Seminaries Struggle to Survive.  The library is also home to the African American Episcopal Historical Collection. .  Searching gBooks gets hits, clearly historians use this archive.  So I think a merge to the library where this archive is held is appropriate.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:12, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge but my preferred target would be Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, where it would become a new section. A brief mention should also be added to the section on the library of VTS.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:37, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:40, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge, Peterkingiron's suggestion is my preferred one also, as the page says it is a joint venture, so there should be something on both articles.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 21:38, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to Virginia Theological Seminary. Will go with the decision made by everyone else. Scholar911 (talk) 04:19, 6 July 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.