00838.xml ANITA C. HILL: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Shelby Edwards and David B. PetersonFebruary 2011 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Hill, Anita C., 1951- . Anita C Hill papers. 1981-2006. Materials in English. Correspondence, subject files, oral history interview transcripts and audio cassettes, and other papers of an irregularly-ordained pastor at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church, a St. Paul, Minnesota congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, focusing upon her ministry to and work with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons, her struggle for addition to the clergy roster of the ELCA, and to the struggle within the ELCA with sexuality and social questions and issues. 13.8 cubic feet (14 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Anita C. Hill served as co-pastor of St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church, a member congregation of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), where her areas of particular interest were racial, economic and GLBT justice, global and local ministry, and immigrant rights.

Hill was born in 1951, and as a child attended a Roman Catholic church in Shreveport, Louisiana. She spent her high school years in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, where she joined a United Methodist Church. She earned a bachelor's degree in general sciences at Mississippi State University.

She joined St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church in St. Paul in 1981, and was an active participant in the development of outreach to gay and lesbian people there. In 1983 she became a ministry Associate of St. Paul-Reformation, serving Wingspan, a ministry with and on behalf of gay and lesbian people. From 1990 to 1994 she worked for Lutheran Social Services and for Family Service, Inc., as the coordinator of HIV/AIDS ministry and as an educator regarding HIV/AIDS and anti-homophobia. In 1994 she returned to St. Paul-Reformation as a professional lay pastoral minister serving both Wingspan and the congregation.

Hill earned a master's degree in Religious Studies (1987) and, subsequently, a master of divinity degree from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, Minnesota, completing her Lutheran studies at Luther Seminary, St. Paul. She was ordained “irregularly” on April 28, 2001, in defiance of church policy. She was received as a member of the clergy roster of the ELCA on September 18, 2010 after the national church changed its standards for candidates for ordination.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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Topics: Lesbian clergy -- Minnesota. Sexual minorities -- Minnesota. Organizations: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church (St. Paul, Minn.). Wingspan Ministry (St. Paul, Minn.). Document Types: Oral histories. Transcripts. Occupations: Clergy. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Until 2018, access to the collection requires written permission.

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Until 2018, quotation or publication beyond the fair use provisions of the copyright law requires written permission.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hill, Anita C. Anita C Hill papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,193

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 007292830

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 123.D.9.1B Biographical and background information, 1981-2003. 18 folders, two videocassettes, three audio cassettes, one DVD.

Includes certifications, information regarding Hill's master of divinity degree program, information about her candidacy for ordination in the St. Paul Area Synod, and transcripts and audio cassettes of her oral history interview (1989). Also included is a video recording of Hill's 2001 ordination, a documentary featuring Hill ( "Call to Witness"), and another documentary ("This Obedience," 2003) about Hill and her struggle within the Lutheran church.

123.D.9.2F Correspondence: 1983-1991. 16 folders. 123.D.9.3B 1990-2000. 15 folders. 123.D.9.4F 2000-2003. 5 folders. 123.D.9.5B 2003-2006. 4 folders. 123.D.9.6F Wingspan: Background, 1982-1984. 6 folders.

Contains general information, proposals, press releases, correspondence and progress reports of Wingspan.

Steering Committee, 1982-1985. 7 folders. Budget and financial information:

Contains budgets, statements, grant applications and miscellaneous related materials.

1982-1988. 19 folders. 123.D.9.7B 1989-1992. 8 folders. Printed materials and advertisements, circa 1982-1995. 9 folders.

Contains brochures, newsletters, logo designs and materials related to a 1989 poster project and campaign.

123.D.9.8F Human Sexuality Task Force, circa 1992-1994. 25 folders.

Hill was an active participant in this task force created to study and develop a statement on human sexuality for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

123.D.9.9B St. Paul-Reformation Church Council, 1994-2003. 17 folders. 123.D.9.10F Sexuality and social issues: HIV/AIDS and homophobia, circa 1990-1995. 24 folders. Family Services, Inc.: circa 1992-1996. 5 folders. 123.D.10.1B 1994-1996. 5 folders. Conferences, symposiums, and lectures:

Includes materials relating to meetings and conferences of a variety of organizations, including the Saint Paul Area Synod and the national church.

circa 1983-1989. 26 folders. 123.D.10.2F circa 1987-1993. 25 folders. 123.D.10.3B circa 1987-1997. 41 folders. 123.D.10.4F 1997-2000. 20 folders.

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