If you’ve followed the Spreading the Word blog from the beginning, we’ve been talking about J. Howard Dell for a while now. It took some time to first process the papers, then to label and send out over 600 audio and video recordings for digitization, and then to listen and tag each recording with keywords so they can be searchable. So we got our gospel on for a while, and are now happy to announce that all of the recordings are complete and ready for your listening and viewing pleasure. Some of the newly released recordings highlight Dell’s autobiographical recounts of how he joined the COGIC church through C. H. Mason, and evidence of his enthusiastic congregation during his regular teleministry, “God Speaks.” Different guest speakers and preachers are highlighted, including his son, Nathan Dell, as well as Chandler Owens, Adrian Williams, and Henry Louis Ford. You will even find a recording of Ja’net Dubois, Willona from the TV sitcom Good Times, delivering a message from the pulpit. Check them all out on the AUC Woodruff Library’s Digital Commons!