ADC/History 176, Spring 2020: Philadelphia History: Architecture and Planning

• Patron Registration Form and Reading Room Policies (PDF)
• Digital Camera Use Form (PDF)
• Visiting PHS
• List of churches for research projects
• Tips for searching our collections
• Student handout

Engl 102, Spring 2020: The Research Paper

• Patron Registration Form and Reading Room Policies (PDF)
• Patron Registration Form, MS Word version
• Reading Room Policies, MS Word version
• Digital Camera Use Form (PDF)
• Visiting PHS
• Philadelphia in the 19th century: Education
• Philadelphia in the 19th century: Poverty
• Philadelphia in the 19th century: Temperance
• Philadelphia in the 19th century: Incarceration
• Philadelphia in the 19th century: Attitudes towards immigrants
• Digital files for all topics

ADC/History 176, Fall 2019: Philadelphia History: Architecture and Planning

• Tips for searching our collections
• Student handout
• Patron Registration Form and Reading Room Policies
• Digital Camera Use Form
• Calder statues information sheet

Hist/RS 170, Fall 2019: Religion in American History

• Context document: Missions to Native Americans
• Context document: First Great Awakening
• Context document: Presbyterians and the American Revolution
• Context document: Philadelphia Bible Riots of 1844
• Context document: African American Clergy on Slavery
• Context document: Sermons on the Death of Abraham Lincoln
• Student handout
• Patron Registration Form and Reading Room Policies
• Digital Camera Use Form

Engl 281, Fall 2019: Fiction Writing

• Student exhibition panel application
• Patron Registration Form and Reading Room Policies
• Digital Camera Use Form

Phil 215, Summer 2019: Social and Political Philosophy

• List of rare books and pamphlets
• Bookmark tool for books and pamphlets
• "Long s" in pre-19th century texts
• Research worksheet

ADC/History 176, Summer 2019: Philadelphia History: Architecture and Planning

• Philadelphia church drawings and photos
• Tips for searching for Philadelphia church documentation 
• Student handout
• Research worksheet
• Patron Registration Form and Reading Room Policies
• Digital Camera Use Form

History 102, Spring 2019: 19th Century US History

• Context documents (all five topics)
• Research worksheet

History 220, Spring 2019: African American History to 1877

• Student handout
• Document sets
• Research worksheet

Student Exhibit Panel

The Presbyterian Historical Society is partnering with select Community College of Philadelphia classes between 2018 and 2020 on a grant initiative that enables students to do original research in an archives. As a part of the this partnership, CCP students are working with professional exhibit designers to create an exhibition exploring student research experiences and ideas for making archives more accessible to student groups. The exhibition will open at PHS and online in Fall 2020.

• Student exhibit panelists and intern blogs

If you have trouble viewing any of these documents, please contact Jenny Barr at jbarr@history.pcusa.org or 215-928-3863.