MSRC Staff

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2015

Abstract

The collection of Christopher H. Payne (1845-1925), pastor, diplomat, and elected official, spans the period from 1875 to 1918, and measures one-half linear foot. The collection documents Payne=s family life through photographs and real estate papers, as well as his career as Baptist church leader, prominent official from the State of West Virginia, co-founder and editor of the West Virginia Enterprise, the only Black weekly in the state at that time, and as U.S. Consul to St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies.

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