African-American Pastor from Tennessee Touts His Achievements

[African Americana]: [Tennessee]: McCutcheon, William M.S., Rev.:

[Pictorial Broadside Handbill Touting the Achievements of Rev. William M.S. McCutcheon of Chattanooga].

[N.p., likely Chattanooga, Tn. ca. 1940]. Photo-illustrated broadside, 8.75 x 5.5 inches, printed on cardstock. Small chip to lower left corner, minor edge wear and rubbing, uneven toning around edges. Very good. Item #4383

A very rare handbill touting the achievements of Rev. William M.S. McCutcheon, pastor of the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The work is illustrated at top center with an oval portrait of McCutcheon, surrounded by some of his memberships and previous service appointments, with more of the same near the bottom. Reverend McCutcheon was variously a member of the Flying Squadron of the Tennessee Quarter Million Campaign, Advisory member of the Executive Board of Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention for the State of Tennessee, Corresponding Secretary for both the Interdenominational Pastors Association of Chattanooga and the Baptist Ministers Conference of Chattanooga, Field Secretary of the Church Extension Board of the National Baptist Convention of the U.S.A., and more. The handbill has the feel of a campaign piece, perhaps for another position within one of the many church and religious organizations for whom McCutcheon served.

The only copy in OCLC resides at Appalachian State University. Their Biographical Note reads: "William M. S. McCutcheon was an African American pastor. Additional biographical information could not be found with the exception of a notice in the September 26, 1908 issue of the Hammond Times. It stated that McCutcheon lived in Indianapolis but was in East Chicago with his wife to solicit funds for the Shiloh Mission Home, which supported orphaned African American children and elderly African Americans."

Price: $450