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Taking Shelter: Photos from the UNRWA

November 1, 2022

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established in 1949 to accommodate refugees affected by the 1948 Palestine War, in which more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced by Israeli occupation. Another exodus in 1967...

Author: 
Amalia
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Pearl Digital Collections, Archives, Palestine
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Stories of RNS Photos: Back to School

September 14, 2022

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 twentieth...

Author: 
Amalia
Tags: 
Religious News Service, Church World Service, Sports, Pearl Digital Collections
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Pearl Highlights: Halfway Through 2022

July 18, 2022

With the midpoint of 2022 already here, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight some exciting additions to Pearl, our digital archives, from the year thus far.

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Tehran Community School Digital Collection

Tehran...
Author: 
Allison
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Pearl Digital Collections
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Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection Update

March 31, 2022
Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, 1995. Pearl ID: islandora:171115

PHS is excited to spotlight some developments made in an inter-institutional effort to publish the personal records of the founding voice of Womanist/feminist/mujerista theology, Katie Geneva Cannon. Researchers can now view the first installment of records from the Burke Library at Union Theological...

Author: 
Allison
Tags: 
Digitization, African American History, Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection, Womens History, Pearl Digital Collections
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Pearl Digital Archives: 2021 Highlights

December 20, 2021

As people around the world adapted to another year of restrictions due to the pandemic, researchers turned to PHS digitization services to stay connected to our collections from the comfort and safety of their own homes. As this year winds down and we prepare for 2022, we are spotlighting some new additions to Pearl, the Society’s online repository of digitized and born-digital images,

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Author: 
Allison
Tags: 
Pearl Digital Collections, News and Events
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