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History of Presbyterian and Reformed church governance, congregations, ministers, and theology. See the following related collections: Presbyterian General Assemblies; Church buildings; Protestant Reformation; and Sermons. Featured image: Synod of Catawba clergy and lay commissioners.

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Title:
St. Albans Presbyterian Church confirmation class, Queens, New York, 1972.
Creator:
Howard Studios. (photographer)
Subject names:
St. Albans Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York--New York., Confirmation--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345278
Title:
St. Albans Presbyterian Church confirmation class, Queens, New York, 1971.
Description:
Confirmation class: William Sylvester Taylor, Jr., Ellyn Ruth Duncan, Augustus Duncan, Jr., Paul Edward Jennings, Neil Alfred Austin, Caryl Denise King, Armanda Katherine Harper, Yvonne Marie Harper, Deborah Carol Howlett, Janine Eva Denegall, John Palmer Denegall, Lynn Marie Franklin, Veronica Evytte Rose, Karen Denise Robinson.
Creator:
Howard Studios. (photographer)
Subject names:
St. Albans Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York--New York., Confirmation--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345277
Title:
St. Albans Presbyterian Church confirmation class, Queens, New York, 1970.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Class of 1970 Karen Beazer, Susan Brooks, Arnold Cooper, Gregoriann Daly, Robin Ellis, Maxine Frazier, Bernice Hargrove, Jacqueline Hunter, David Jennings, Constance Jones, Frederick Mays, Jeffrey Mays, Edward Wade, Martin Wilson, Jeffrey Cokley, Wayne DeLeston, Joanne Evans, Roger King, Byron Wade
Creator:
Howard Studios. (photographer)
Subject names:
St. Albans Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York--New York., Confirmation--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345276
Title:
Hollis Presbyterian Church, Queens, New York, 1954.
Subject names:
Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Religious education--New York--New York., First communion--Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345275
Title:
Hollis Presbyterian Church, Queens, New York, 1943.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Massid Choir [?]
Subject names:
Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Choirs (Music)--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345274
Title:
Hollis Presbyterian Church, Queens, New York, 1961.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1961-Communicants Class Rev. Donald P. Scott Top Row - Left to right - Jerry Stroud, Wallace A. Wiegart, Robert C. Plows, Richard T. Durant, John A. DeSesa, Terence L. McNeil. Center Row - Left to right - Pamela L. Chandler, Diane Avernian, Marcia J. Brookins, Suzanna M. Baker Martin. First Row - Left to right - Nancy G. Eisenhardt, Angela Johnson, Diane Avernian, Nancy J. Underhill.
Subject names:
Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.), Scott, Donald P., Rev.
Topics:
Religious education--New York--New York., First communion--Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345273
Title:
Hollis Presbyterian Church, Queens, New York, circa 1972.
Subject names:
Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345272
Title:
Hollis Presbyterian Church, Queens, New York, circa 1953.
Subject names:
Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Religious gatherings--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345271
Title:
Hollis Presbyterian Church, Queens, New York, 1980.
Subject names:
Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Choirs (Music)--New York--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345270
Title:
Hollis Presbyterian Church, Queens, New York, 1972.
Subject names:
Hollis Presbyterian Church (Queens, New York, N.Y.), Scott, Donald P., Rev.
Topics:
Religious gatherings--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345269
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 3, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 3, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses social pronouncements of the General Assembly and Presbyterians' history of supporting education. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345268
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 2.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the work of the Advisory Council on Church and Society, including the creation of task forces. Lewis also discusses commissioners' resolutions at general assemblies, the General Assembly Mission Council, and other aspects of church polity. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345267
Title:
Service of Installation for Rev. Irwin W. Underhill.
Description:
Program for the Installation Service for Rev. Irwin W. Underhill at First Presbyterian Church in Nunda, New York. Located forty miles south of Rochester, the village of Nunda was an all-white community. The Nunda Presbyterian Church was the first all-white Presbyterian congregation in the United States to call a Black pastor.
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church (Nunda, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Underhill, Irvin Windfield, 1896-1982--Archives., Underhill, Irvin Windfield, 1896-1982., First Presbyterian Church (Nunda, N.Y.)
Topics:
Installation (Clergy), African American clergy--New York--Nunda., African American Presbyterians--New York--Nunda.
Geographic subjects:
Nunda (N.Y.), Nunda (N.Y.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345240
Title:
Gary Demarest interview, 2023.
Description:
Interview questions generated by Nick Skaggs and answered through typewritten responses by Gary Demarest (July 2022-August 2023). Rev. Dr. Gary Demarest was born on January 16, 1926 to Garrett and Viola Rusthoi Demarest. He was raised in California and as a Baptist. He attended Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California) and graduated in 1950. He was ordained in the Presbytery of Seattle in 1952. Demarest served the Church in several pastoral capacities, and he was also the Director of Evangelism for the General Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He co-chaired the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church. Interview covers Demarest's early life as a Baptist; attendance of Fuller Theological Seminary; ordination in Seattle Presbytery; work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes; appointment as Director of Evangelism for the General Assembly; and co-chairing the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.
Creator:
Demarest, Gary W. (interviewee), Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Fellowship of Christian Athletes., Fuller Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Church (La Canada, Calif.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Evangelism and Church Development., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Western New York., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force on Central America., University Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.), Demarest, Gary W.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344686
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the functions of the Advisory Council on Church and Society and the processes of establishing task forces. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344680
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses his upbringing as a Southern Baptist in Missouri, his attendance of Yale Divinity School, his time as a pastor in Springdale, Arkansas, and his career leading up to his time in the Office of Church and Society. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344382
Title:
The Centennial Anniversary of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Description:
Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, founded in 1855.
Creator:
House of Hope Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minn.) (creator)
Subject names:
House of Hope Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minn.), House of Hope Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Church anniversaries--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)--Church history., Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344363
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses his upbringing as a Southern Baptist in Missouri, his attendance of Yale Divinity School, his time as a pastor in Springdale, Arkansas, and his career leading up to his time in the Office of Church and Society. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Yale University. Divinity School., William Jewell College., Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962., First Presbyterian Church (Springdale, Ark.)
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344362
Title:
Dakota Community Presbyterian Church
Description:
History of Dakota Community Presbyterian Church in Dakota, Illinois. Includes images of the church campus and congregation, plat maps, and other documentation throughout. Bibliographical references found on page 38.
Creator:
Weber, Diane K. (author)
Subject names:
Dakota Community Presbyterian Church (Dakota, Ill.), Dakota Community Presbyterian Church (Dakota, Ill.)--History.
Geographic subjects:
Dakota (Ill.), Dakota (Ill.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344319
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 2.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the history of the Department of Social Education and Action (SEA), the Department of Social Education and Evangelism, and the Office of Church and Society and the work of the Office of Church and Society throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
Geographic subjects:
South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344318

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