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:
Behind the Scenes of the 216th General Assembly, 2004
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (216th : 2004 : Richmond, Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344174
Title:
Highlights of the 212th General Assembly, 2000
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344181
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:
John Fife moderator's nomination and election, 1992.
Description:
Digital transfer from BetacamSP.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (204th : 1992 : Milwaukee, Wis.), Fife, John M. (John Macmillan), 1940- (speaker), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Moderator (1992-1993 : Fife)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340993
Title:
1991 General Assembly silent protest.
Description:
Silent march by gay and lesbian Presbyterians and their allies in plenary of the 203rd General Assembly of the PC(USA), introduced by moderator Herb Valentine. Media services identifier PM 91-013.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Mission Agency. Media Services.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.), Valentine, Herbert Duncan, 1935-
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145297
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:
1973 General Assembly
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (185th : 1973 : Omaha, Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301608
Title:
1972 General Assembly
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (184th : 1972 : Denver, Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301607
Title:
Presentations to the 1970 General Assembly Task Force and Standing Committee on Women.
Description:
Recorded in Chicago at the 1970 General Assembly. Includes Lois Boesch speech on side A, Women's Lib presentation on side B. Side A irretrievable as of 2021. Donation of A.G. Earle, August 22, 1983.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Task Force and Standing Committee on Women., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), Boesch, Lois
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Task Force and Standing Committee on Women., Boesch, Lois.
Topics:
Women in the Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian Church--Religious aspects--Feminism--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:168277
Title:
Steps toward reconciliation, 1969, reel 2.
Description:
"An interpretive presentation for the congregations, sessions, presbyteries, and synods of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. dealing with the confrontation between the Church and Black Power, Brown Power, and Red Power groups."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005., Risco, Eliezer, 1936-2017., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Racism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:165933
Title:
Steps toward reconciliation, 1969, reel 1.
Description:
"An interpretive presentation for the congregations, sessions, presbyteries, and synods of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. dealing with the confrontation between the Church and Black Power, Brown Power, and Red Power groups."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005, Forman, James, 1928-2005., Risco, Eliezer, 1936-2017., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church.--Racism--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:165931
Title:
1969 General Assembly
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301606
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:
180th General Assembly, 1968
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301605
Title:
Washington, D.C. and Oklahoma City churches, 1964
Description:
Footage of Washington, D.C., and Oklahoma City, Okla. churches including Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), Trinity Presbyterian Church (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and Edler G. Hawkins preaching at Westminster Presbyterian Church (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media.
Subject names:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977, Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), Trinity Presbyterian Church (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Westminster Presbyterian Church (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300744
Title:
141st General Assembly, at St. Paul, Minn., reel 1
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (141st : 1929 : Saint Paul, Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301604
Title:
Highlights of the 183rd General Assembly, Rochester, N.Y., May 17-26, 1971.
Description:
Lois Stair moderatorial acceptance speech -- National Council of Churches, Cynthia C. Wedel -- Consultation on Church Union, James McCord -- Reunion, K. Hobbs.
Creator:
Stair, Lois, 1923-1981. (speaker), Wedel, Cynthia. (speaker), McCord, James I. (James Iley), 1919-1990. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116483
Title:
164th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. panoramic photograph.
Description:
Panorama of the 164th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, New York, New York, May 22-28, 1952.
Creator:
Empire Photographers. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (164th : 1952 : New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10486
Title:
General Assembly Twitter.
Description:
The official Twitter for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Government., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129927
Title:
Elder Rebecca Davisson presents amendment at 179th General Assembly.
Description:
Elder Rebecca Davisson of Los Angeles presents amendment during debate on Church and Society report. Another commissioner awaits his turn. Lower left, a page is ready to rush amendment to desk of recording clerk on stage. [Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, p. 15.]
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Davisson, Rebecca.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4313

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