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Stories of RNS Photos: Scenic Easter Services

April 5, 2023

In 2019, with grant support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, PHS digitized nearly 500 images from the RNS photograph collection all of which are now viewable in Pearl. The photographs chosen for the project spanned various years, topic, faiths, and geographical locations, but all supported the Religious News Service’s mission to document...

Author: 
McKenna
Tags: 
Holidays, Religious News Service, Pearl Digital Collections
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Barber-Scotia College Photographs

March 7, 2023
Barber-Scotia students in college library, circa 1960s. Pearl ID: islandora:309464

Now available in Pearl are photographs of Barber-Scotia College, a historically Black women’s college in Concord, North Carolina. Spanning 1928 through the 1960s,...

Author: 
Allison
Tags: 
Digitization, Pearl Digital Collections, Womens History, African American History
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Henry Roe Cloud and the American Indian Institute

January 25, 2023
 American Indian Institute student group, circa 1930. Pearl ID: islandora:300779

Now available in Pearl are records of the American Indian Institute, one of the first college preparatory schools for Native American boys in the country. Originally known as the Roe Indian Institute until 1921, the school was founded in 1915 by Henry Roe Cloud, a...

Author: 
Allison
Tags: 
Digitization, Native Americans, Pearl Digital Collections
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Pearl Digital Collections: 2022 Highlights

December 14, 2022
Stony Point Center, circa 1960s-1990s. Pearl ID: islandora:293097.

As 2022 winds down, we’re excited to highlight some of the additions to Pearl, our digital archives, from the year.

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This year, we have two new additions to our over 70 curated digital collections.

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Author: 
Allison
Tags: 
Pearl Digital Collections, News and Events
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Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection Update

December 1, 2022
Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, circa 2000s. Pearl ID: islandora:171117

The Presbyterian Historical Society is excited to announce the completion of the second phase of an inter-institutional effort to publish the personal records of the founding voice of womanist theology, Katie Geneva Cannon. Researchers can now view the entirety of records from The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary (Columbia University Libraries) in the...

Author: 
Allison
Tags: 
Digitization, African American History, Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection, Womens History, Pearl Digital Collections
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