From: Christine Wiseman Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 2:41 PM To: All-Staff <all-staff@auctr.edu> Subject: New Digital Collection from Spreading the Word project Digital Services and Archives is pleased to announce a new digital collection as part of the Spreading the Word project. Robert E. Penn Collection This collection contains the photographs from the life and work of Reverend Robert E. Penn, a Baptist minister and educator. Penn was born in a rural coal mining town in West Virginia, and went on to receive degrees from Clark College, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Central Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a chaplain during World War II, and later after his pastoral work in Kansas City, Kansas, and Gary, Indiana, Penn returned to Atlanta to become Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Center in 1973. These photographs document Rev. Penn's family life and friend in West Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia, as well as his work as Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana, and Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary. For more information about the collection, please visit the Robert E. Penn collection finding aid<http://findingaid.auctr.edu/arc/view?docId=ead/auctr.edu/robert_e_penn.xml>. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/pennimg/ Christine Wiseman Head, Digital Services Department Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2038 (v) http://www.auctr.edu<http://www.auctr.edu/> cwiseman@auctr.edu<mailto:cwiseman@auctr.edu> [cid:image001.jpg@01D341D5.D4758F30] We will always provide service that exceeds the customer's expectation... Because we care!