Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 572

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RELIGION.) IMES, REVEREND WILLIAM LLOYD. 'The Hills Beyond The Hills, 400 Years in the Ministry.' A small, but significant visual archive, relative to one of the ministers featured in the book. Includes: 80 photographs of various size, a Presidential invitation, a copy of Imes' book, 'The Black Pastures,' a copy of 'The Hills Beyond the Hills, (North Country Books, 1971) in which Imes is featured and several pieces of related ephemera. should be seen Vp 1880-1975

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William Lloyd Imes (1881-1975), African American clergyman and Civil Rights activist was the product of a long line of theologians, educators, scientists and musicians. Imes is featured in the book The Hills beyond the Hills, and many of the original photos illustrating the book are included here: a 1935 image of Imes at 125th street in Harlem, picketing for jobs, and another of him at St James Church in 1943. The Imes Papers are housed at Syracuse University.