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Revised Access Policy

July 9, 2021

PHS is pleased to announce a revised access policy. Official denomination records at the national agency level that are more than 20 years old (i.e., dated 2001 or earlier) may now be used by researchers. This includes records of the Office of the General Assembly, the...

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Charlene

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MLK Resources at PHS

January 12, 2018

This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day PHS is sharing some of the resources we hold on the influential Civil Rights leader, who was assassinated 50 years ago this April.

Our online archives, Pearl, includes several photographs of King documenting his protest activities and speaking engagements.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (center) and other...

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Charlene

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Martin Luther King Jr, African American History, Collections

Vietnam War Resources

October 13, 2017

The Ken Burns and Lynne Novick documentary, The Vietnam War, has inspired us[1] to share information about our collection materials that pertain to the war.

Both the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA) and the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) reflected upon and studied the conflict vis-à-vis Christian ethics. Both predecessor denominations to the PC(USA) also issued policies, statements, and recommendations...

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Charlene

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Vietnam, Resources

PHS Welcomes New Reference Assistant

December 9, 2016

Sonia Prescott is the newest member to join the staff of the Presbyterian Historical Society. As our Reference Assistant, she is primarily responsible for retrieving materials from the archives for our in-house researchers and responding to reference inquiries, such as genealogy questions and requests for ...

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Charlene

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Staff, News and Events

Symposium on Hidden Collections

March 30, 2015

On Friday, March 13th, I attended a day-long symposium at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. The symposium, organized by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), brought together archivists, librarians, and researchers to discuss the theme of Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Innovation, Collaboration, and Models....

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Charlene

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Staff, News and Events, Archival Processing

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Revised Access Policy

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PHS Welcomes New Reference Assistant

Symposium on Hidden Collections