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David Briddell photograph collection

3 boxes (3 linear feet)

(circa 1970 – 1980s)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2015.077
Creator(s) Briddell, David W.
Acquisition See Nabb Center Staff
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Ian Post
Related Materials

Emily and Bill Briddell Collection (1672 – 2017)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

David Briddell is a retired United Methodist minister who served 40 years of combined ministry as a local church minister in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and as an executive with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church and the Nation Council of Churches of Christ. This collection consists of Briddell's photography taken in countries within Asia (Philippines, Korea, Japan, Thailand, India, Israel), Africa, and Europe (Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands). Also included is a 16mm film of the 1963 Senegalese film, Borom Sarret.

Biographical History

"David Briddell is a retired United Methodist minister – serving forty years of combined ministry as a local church minister in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and as an executive with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church and the Nation Council of Churches of Christ – both headquartered in New York City.

His work with the National Council of Churches was with overseas churches and agencies, helping to develop communication and education programs; he traveled extensively across the world to provide financial support, consultation and other services. Upon retirement, he was elected an Honorary Life member of the World Association for Christian Communication, and also to the United Methodist Association of Communicators.

In retirement he has researched and published his family history; he also worked with Dr. Clara Small, professor of African-American History at Salisbury University, Maryland, to research and publish the book “Men of Color, To Arms – Manumitted Slaves and Freed Blacks from the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland Who Served in the Civil War.”

He is married to Jane Brice Briddell; he has daughter – Jocelyn D. Briddell, and a grand-daughter, Syeeda Briddell."

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Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Photography
    • Religion
  • Location Terms
    • India
    • Japan
    • Philippines

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Photographs of Africa
  2. Borom Sarret (16mm film), 1963

Box 2

  1. Photographs of Europe

Box 3

  1. Photographs of Asia

Artifacts

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