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Description:Funeral for In-Ho Oh, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student from Korea who was murdered.Subject names:Oh, In-Ho, 1932-1958., Third and Scots Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), University of Pennsylvania.Topics:Koreans--Pennsylvania--Philadephia., Murder--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Korean students--Violence against--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Funeral service--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353101
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.Topics:Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344187
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Creator:Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020 (creator)Subject names:Cedar Park Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pentecost worship, 2020Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181724
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Description:Worship in wake of Philadelphia police murder of Walter Wallace Jr.Creator:Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181722
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Creator:First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181696
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Description:Rev. John Wilkinson on the Philadelphia police murder of Walter Wallace Jr.Creator:Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator), Wilkinson, John. (speaker)Subject names:Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181661
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Description:By Absalom Jones, Rector of the said church.Creator:Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818. (author)Subject names:St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Slavery--United States--19th century., Antislavery movements--United States--19th century., Slavery--Religious aspects--Christianity., Slave trade--United States--19th century., Sermons, American.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177233
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Description:Also, a parody of the Declaration of Independence, by E. D. Tarr, and the toasts, &c., and letters from a number of eminent men, read on the occasion.Creator:Barnes, Albert, 1798-1870. (author), Tarr, Elihu D. (Elihu Duplessis), -1851 (author)Subject names:Mechanics and Working Men's Temperance Society (Philadelphia, Pa.), United States. Declaration of Independence.Topics:Fourth of July orations., Temperance--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Temperance--Societies, etc.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176291
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Description:Manuscript written by Rev. Robert Lee Maffett, Sr., about the closure of Philadelphia General Hospital in 1977.Creator:Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011. (author)Subject names:Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Philadelphia General Hospital.Topics:Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Hospital closures--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Government aid to hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175932
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Description:Contains the constitution of the society, an account of the celebration of the Fourth of July, 1828, and the address, signed by Mathew Newkirk, Chairman.Creator:Young Men's Temperance Society (Philadelphia, Pa.). Executive Committee. (creator)Subject names:Young Men's Temperance Society (Philadelphia, Pa.), Newkirk, Matthew, 1794-1868.Topics:Temperance--Societies, etc.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160266
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Description:Written by John Marsh, Corresponding Secretary of the American Temperance Union.Creator:Marsh, John, 1788-1868. (author), McWilliams, D. (printer)Subject names:American Temperance Union.Topics:Temperance--Societies, etc.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160255
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Creator:Harding, Jesper, 1799-1865. (printer)Subject names:Union Benevolent Association., Union Benevolent Association. Ladies' Branch.Topics:Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Women in charitable work--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160229
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Description:Includes "Sudan: A Hunger for Peace"; "Building Communities," Norris Square, Philadelphia land trust and housing cooperative; "That They May Be Heard," Matamoros maquiladora workers; "Opening Doors," Interfaith Hospitality Network; "Holy Trees," northern Ethiopia reforestation; "Sharing Seeds," agricultural cooperative, Beattyville, Kentucky; "When the Wind Blows," interfaith disaster recovery; longform version of IHN homelessness outreach; "Touchpoint," newsmagazine/promo featuring work among Brazilian children.Subject names:Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications and Funds Development. Media Services., Hatfield, Jeff., Krome, Alan., One Great Hour of Sharing.Topics:Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Women offshore assembly industry workers--Mexico--Matamoros (Tamaulipas), Church work with the homeless., Reforestation--Ethiopia., Agriculture, Cooperative--Appalachian Region., Church work with disaster victims., Church work with children--Brazil.Geographic subjects:Sudan., Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.), Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Ethiopia., Appalachian Region., Brazil.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143418