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Title: A baby is dressed up as an angel for a Good Friday procession, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0526
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67288
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: BH Whitehurst Interview, April 17, 2020
Date: April 17, 2020
Creator: BH Whitehurst; Angie Whitehurst; Angie Whitehurst
Description: BH Whitehurst shares how COVID has affected her. She explains how this "unseen enemy" has been giving her trouble, particularly related to her struggles with GERD. She reflects on how the virus has affected the whole world, "from the least of us to the greatest of us." She cites her belief in religion as the reason that we will survive this: we need to "keep our mind on Him, and not on this invisible, evil force." This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Carter Baron Park; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; public health; religion
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2123
Rights statement: Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Bishop Bosco Vivas (center) speaks to a Nicaraguan crowd during a religious service, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1984
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: C. Bill Gentile 1984; All Rights Reserved; Nicaragua: Religion; Managua-Aux. Bishop Bosco Vivas; E-268-017-A; Religious Rites
Subject: Bishops -- Nicaragua; Nicaragua -- Religion; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0513
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67275
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Bishop Bosco Vivas speaks to a crowd gathered for a Nicaraguan religious service, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1984
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: C. Bill Gentile 1984; All Rights Reserved; Nicaragua: Religion; Managua-Aux. Bishop Bosco Vivas; E-268-016-A; Religious Rites
Subject: Bishops -- Nicaragua; Nicaragua -- Religion; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0512
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67274
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A blindfolded Nicaraguan woman kneels on the ground at a religious service, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1984
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: C. Bill Gentile 1984; All Rights Reserved; Nicaragua: Religion; Managua-Aux. Bishop Bosco Vivas; E-268-014-A; Religious Rites
Subject: Nicaragua -- Religion; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0510
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67272
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Candomblé Procession In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 1985-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A group of Candomblé followers, an Afro-Brazilian religion, walk in a procession to the ocean beach where a religious service will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985. The gatherings entered around a local leader, or priestess, center, carrying bells. Candomblé is an African-based religious tradition in Brazil and can be traced to the arrival of the first African slaves in the sixteenth century.
Subject: Candomblé; Religion; Sect; Spirit; Tradition
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0120_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Candomblé Procession In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 1985-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Candomblé priestess stands for a photograph in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985. The Candomblé gathering centers around a local leader, or priestess. Candomblé is an African-based religious tradition in Brazil and can be traced to the arrival of the first African slaves in the sixteenth century.
Subject: Candomblé; Religion; Sect; Spirit; Tradition
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0121_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Catholic Church In Cuba
Date: 1999-11-18
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman enters the Iglesia de la Regla across the harbor from Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1999. Following Pope John Paul's visit to Cuba in 1998, the Catholic church has experienced a resurgence of numbers of Cubans attending mass and spiritual ceremonies. The church has been called the only organized opposition to the Castro regime.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Religion; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0003_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1999 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Catholic Church In Cuba
Date: 1999-11-18
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman touches the statue of a Catholic saint in the Iglesia de la Regla across the harbor from Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1999. Following Pope John Paul's visit to Cuba in 1998, the Catholic church has experienced a resurgence of numbers of Cubans attending mass and spiritual ceremonies. The church has been called the only organized opposition to the Castro regime.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Religion; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0004_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1999 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Catholic Church In Quiché
Date: 1984-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A stone Catholic church stands in the rural highlands of Quiché department, Guatemala, May 1, 1984. Guatemala was introduced to the Catholic religion during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0014_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96737
Rights statement: Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Catholic Church In Santa Cruz del Quiché
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Wooden religious statues stand near the front altar of a Catholic church in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, January 1, 1982. Guatemala was introduced to Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Protestantism; Evangelical movement
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0069_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96794
Rights statement: Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Catholic devotees carry a crucifix while processing through the streets on Goon Friday, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0541
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67303
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Catholic Priest Speaks With FPL Officers In La Reina, Chalatenango
Date: 1983-02-04
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Father Renato Pellachin, an Italian Franciscan priest, left, speaks with leftist guerrilla officials from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, center and right, in La Reina, El Salvador, February 4, 1983. During the twelve-year civil war, the Catholic Church in El Salvador often condemned the violence and oppression committed by the authoritarian regime, with some members of the clergy sharing guerrilla sympathies.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0054_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96521
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Catholic Priest Spekas With FPL Officers In La Reina, Chalatenango
Date: 1983-02-04
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Father Renato Pellachin, an Italian Franciscan priest, left, speaks with leftist guerrilla officials from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, center and right, in La Reina, El Salvador, February 4, 1983. During the twelve-year civil war, the Catholic Church in El Salvador often condemned the violence and oppression perpetrated by the authoritarian regime, with some members of the clergy sharing guerrilla sympathies.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Liberation theology; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0174_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96302

Title: Catholic Shrine in Antigua, Guatemala
Date: 1982-05-10
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: View of carved religious figures near the front altar of a Roman Catholic church in Antigua, Guatemala, May 10, 1982. Guatemala was introduced to Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century and the Roman Catholic Church continues to dominate the country's religious society. However by the mid-1980s, Protestantism and particularly the evangelical movement was gaining popularity and it is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0067_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96916

Title: Catholic Shrine in Antigua, Guatemala
Date: 1982-05-10
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: View of a carved religious figure near the front altar of a Roman Catholic church in Antigua, Guatemala, May 10, 1982. Guatemala was introduced to Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century and the Roman Catholic Church has continued to dominate the country's religious society. However by the mid-1980s, Protestantism and particularly the evangelical movement was gaining popularity and it is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0068_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96917

Title: Catholics march in front of a crucifix during a Good Friday procession, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0534
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67296
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A child, dressed as an angel, is carried by a women attending a Good Friday procession, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0549
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67238
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Children dressed as angels are carried through a crowd of people gathering at a Good Friday procession, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0550
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67239
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Children dressed as angels sit at the base of a crucifix during a religious procession, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1984
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Subject: Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0503
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67265
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

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