Presbyterian General Assemblies

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History of Presbyterian General Assemblies--annual and now biennial meetings to review the work of the denomination and resolve controversies within the church. Featured image: Rev. Joan Salmon Campbell at the 202nd General Assembly, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1990.

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Title:
Thelma Adair, UPC Moderator.
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289468
Title:
Thelma Adair moderating at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mod. Thelma Adair at work - staff of Vocation Agency.
Creator:
Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Vocation Agency.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289457
Title:
Overture Advocates' Presentation to the Committee on Ordination Standards, 213th General Assembly, June 2001.
Description:
Overture Advocates' presentation against G-6.0106b ("Amendment B").
Creator:
Hart-Andersen, Timothy. (onscreen presenter), Covenant Network of Presbyterians. (film distributor), Nave, Doug. (onscreen presenter), Andrews, Susan. (onscreen presenter)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (213th : 2001 : Louisville, Ky.), Hart-Andersen, Timothy--Archives.
Topics:
Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:287984
Title:
Moderator Jule Spach at Indian Presbyterian Church, Livingston, Texas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1976 Jule Spach (2nd from left) with members of Indian Pres. Church near Livingston, TX.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly. Moderator (1976-1977 : Spach), Spach, Jule, 1924-2022., Battise, Fulton., Indian Presbyterian Church (Livingston, Tex.), Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.
Topics:
Indians of North America--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Livingston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286602
Title:
Moderator Jule Spach at Indian Presbyterian Church, Livingston, Texas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1976 Chief Fulton Battise of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians presenting PCUS Moderator Jule Spach with a bolo tie.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly. Moderator (1976-1977 : Spach), Spach, Jule, 1924-2022., Battise, Fulton., Indian Presbyterian Church (Livingston, Tex.), Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.
Topics:
Indians of North America--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Livingston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286601
Title:
Background Statement and Resolution on Racially Motivated Violence Against Asians in America.
Description:
Adopted by the 197th General Assembly after the rise in racially motivated violence against Asians in the United States.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (197th : 1985 : Indianapolis, Ind.)
Topics:
Racial discrimination--United States--20th century., Racism against Asians--United States., Hate crimes--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286253
Title:
Behind the scenes of GA, June 2002.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)
Subject names:
Abu-Akel, Fahed.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281925
Title:
Highlights of the 214th General Assembly, Columbus, Ohio, 2002.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)
Subject names:
Abu-Akel, Fahed.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281924
Title:
Fahed Abu-Akel moderator tape, 2002.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)
Subject names:
Abu-Akel, Fahed.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281923
Title:
Opening worship, 214th General Assembly, 2002.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (214th : 2002 : Columbus, Ohio) (creator), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services. (creator)
Subject names:
Abu-Akel, Fahed.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281921
Title:
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America seal.
Description:
Adopted 1959.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Seal., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
Seals (Numismatics), Religious institutions--Seals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280938
Title:
Highlights of the 202nd General Assembly (1990)
Description:
Footage of the 1990 PC(USA) General Assembly in Salt Lake City, Utah, including benediction message of Joan Salmon Campbell.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (202nd : 1990 : Salt Lake City), Salmon Campbell, Joan, 1938-2019.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180812
Title:
Ben Weir interviewed at 1992 General Assembly.
Description:
Ben Weir on his experience as a hostage, on the experiences of other hostage families, and on peacemaking and breaking the cycle of violence.
Creator:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (204th : 1992 : Milwaukee), Weir, Ben, 1923-2016.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180811
Title:
Cecil Corbett speech at General Assembly, 1968.
Description:
Cecil Corbett was a Nez Perce Presbyterian minister and church worker. A member of First Indian Presbyterian Church (Kamiah, Idaho), he served as president of Cook College and Theological School in Tempe, Arizona, as national agency staff liaison to Native American churches, and in retirement as an itinerant pastor. He died in 2020 of COVID-19.
Creator:
Cook College and Theological School., Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis), Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Topics:
Indigenous Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180807
Title:
Highlights of the 180th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A, 1968.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179066
Title:
Highlights of the 180th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A, side 2.
Description:
Election of moderator -- Ralph Abernathy -- General Council --Edler Hawkins -- Anderson Southern Presbyterian -- A Study in frustration form of government.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.) (creator), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179065
Title:
Highlights of the 180th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A, side 1.
Description:
Election of moderator -- Ralph Abernathy -- General Council --Edler Hawkins -- Anderson Southern Presbyterian -- A Study in frustration form of government.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.) (creator), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179064
Title:
General Assembly worship, 14 June 1998.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (1998 : 210th : Charlotte, N.C.) (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (1998 : 210th : Charlotte, N.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Charlotte (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179062
Title:
181st General Assembly press releases regarding Black Manifesto and La Raza, 1969.
Description:
Press releases that spotlight the demands made at the 181st General Assembly in San Antonio, Texas, by James Forman of the National Black Economic Development Conference and Eliezer Risco of La Raza.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Council. (publisher), Forman, James, 1928-2005. (author), Risco, Eliezer. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-, Risco, Eliezer., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African Americans--Economic conditions., Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178705
Title:
Faith in God:
Description:
Printed version of the original manuscript. Dedicated to the 152nd General Assembly Meeting at Rochester, N.Y.
Creator:
Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868. (author), Pears, Thomas Clinton, Jr., 1884-1943. (author)
Subject names:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial., New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (152nd : 1940 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American., Funeral sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176418

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