Interview with Maurice DeWitt Robertson, September 8, 1990

Project: Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Maurice Robertson comments on his family history and education, churches that he worked at before coming to Lexington and becoming the pastor of Second Presbyterian Church. He also discusses new church programs, Meals on Wheels, the handbell choir, the church's mission emphasis, being a pastor in Japan for three months in 1967, community involvement, a service that was held at the church after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., and his receiving a doctorate of divinity from Lexington Theological Seminary.

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2012oh247_spresby016

Interviewee Name

Maurice DeWitt Robertson

Interviewer Name

Jean H. Becker

Interview Date

1990-09-08

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Robertson, Maurice DeWitt Interview by Jean H. Becker. 08 Sep. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Robertson, M.D. (1990, September 08). Interview by J. H. Becker. Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Robertson, Maurice DeWitt, interview by Jean H. Becker. September 08, 1990, Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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