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Through a Lens: Black History Month

February 9, 2024

In 2023, PHS was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize 22,500 photographs and supporting documents from the Religious News Service Photograph Collection. Learn more about the project.

As we further familiarize ourselves with the contents of our Religious News Service Photograph Collection, we have discovered some powerful photos—and many that speak to the African American...

Author: 
McKenna
Tags: 
Religious News Service, African American History
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Archives Sneak Peek: Florence Helen Ray Boyes Papers

February 5, 2024

Each month, the Presbyterian Historical Society is diving deep into the archives and sharing stories from the family and personal papers in our collections. This month, we’re highlighting the Florence Helen Ray Boyes Papers.

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After visiting Kennedy Memorial Hospital in 1950, Dr. Paul S. Rhoads, working under the Board of Foreign Missions of the PCUSA, typed up a descriptive account of all he’d witnessed. The report is full of...

Author: 
McKenna
Tags: 
Collections, Archives
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African American Leaders: Shelton Bishop Waters

January 4, 2024
Shelton Bishop Waters at his desk, 1950s. From accession 23-0508.

Each month, the Presbyterian Historical Society is bearing witness to the lives of African American leaders throughout the history of the...

Author: 
David S
Tags: 
African American Leaders Series, African American Presbyterians, African American History
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Now Processed: Presbyterian Peacemaking Program Records

January 3, 2024
Slide from "I hope they don't bomb my lilypad: peacemaking, a child's view, about 1982." [Pearl ID: 348007].

The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program Records have been processed as Record Group 542, and the guide to the records is now available:...

Author: 
Nick
Tags: 
Collections, Archival Processing, Peacemaking
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PHS in 2023

December 18, 2023

At the end of such a full year, I think everyone at PHS is looking forward to a break over the holidays before we launch into 2024. I hope you also have moments for peaceful reflection, rest, and rejuvenation this holiday season.

For me, 2023 was a year of travel, visiting with Presbyterians in Dallas-Fort Worth, the Twin Cities, and Southern California to name but three stops. I shared about our work on a new mission statement for PHS that emphasizes how our extensive collections and archival work...

Author: 
Nancy
Tags: 
Executive Director, News and Events, Holidays
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