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Atkinson, Robert Poland, 1927-2012

Atkinson, Robert Poland, 1927-2012

 
Atkinson was born in Washington, D. C. and studied at the University of Virginia and Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Churches he served included St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Wheeling, West Virginia (assistant rector, 1953-55); Christ Church, Fairmont (rector, 1955-58); Trinity Church, Huntington (rector, 1958-64); and Calvary Church, Memphis, Tennessee (rector, 1964-73). He also served as the fifth Episcopal bishop of West Virginia (1976-88) and the assistant bishop of Virginia (1989-93).

Thus far, Atkinson is the only preacher in the Library to have a Wikipedia page. Additional information can also be found in Chapter XVI of James R. Haworth, Trinity Church, Huntington, West Virginia: Something of Its Story (Huntington, WV: Cook Printing Co., 1964).

Two sermons Atkinson preached during his time at Trinty are housed in the Bokair Family Papers in Marshall’s Special Collections Department. The full text cannot be provided here due to copyright restrictions, but information about the sermons is included in the User Guides. Users may also email Special Collections for more information about the sermons.

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  • Atkinson User Guide by Robert H. Ellison

    Atkinson User Guide

    Robert H. Ellison

    The User Guide for the Library of Appalachian Preaching is a Google Sheet that can be searched, sorted, and downloaded for offline use.

    This part of the Guide provides information about Atkinson's sermons. It includes the title, sermon text, date and place the sermon was preached, and so on. This information is available in the master list of sermons as well.

  • Trinity Church, Huntington, West Virginia: Something of Its Story by James Rodgers Haworth

    Trinity Church, Huntington, West Virginia: Something of Its Story

    James Rodgers Haworth

    This is Chapter XVI of Haworth's history of Trinity Episcopal Church from its beginnings in 1869 through the early 1960s. The book focuses primarily on the rectors who have served the church over the years; there are also chapters with such titles as “The Building of the Church,” “The Vestrymen,” “The Women,” and “The Sunday School.”

 
 
 

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