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- Title
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services Records, circa 1897-1910.
- Description
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The 115th General Assembly (1903) of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. appointed the Special Committee on Forms of Service to prepare a manual that would standardize the form of special services, such as marriage, baptism, and communion services. Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr. (1852-1933) was appointed Chair and the Committee produced a manual in 1906 entitled: The Book of Common Worship. This collection contains minutes, reports, publications, correspondence, manuscripts, and other material relating to the work of the committee. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Title page of the Book of Common Worship, 1906. - Creator Name(s)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (creator)
- Date Created
- 1897, ca. 1897-1910, 1897, 1910
- Name Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Benson, Louis F. (Louis FitzGerald), 1855-1930.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Worship programs., Public worship., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- RG 65; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services Records, circa 1897-1910.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-65
- Identifier (local)
- rg65
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:rg65
- Title
- Ballston Female Heathen School Society Records.
- Description
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The Ballston Female Heathen School Society was founded in 1817 by fifty-seven women from the Ballston region of New York to support the work of the Princeton Theological Seminary and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' (ABCFM) work in Brainerd, North Carolina and Ceylon. Its scope later broadened to include support for mission work in Beirut, Syria, Iran, and with Native Americans near Detroit. The collection includes the Society’s constitution, annual reports, a subscriber roll with contributions, acknowledgments of contributions, and correspondence from recipients of support. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Ballston Female Heathen School Society constitution, 1817. - Creator Name(s)
- Ballston Female Heathen School Society.
- Name Subject(s)
- Ballston Female Heathen School Society., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions., Princeton Theological Seminary.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Women in missionary work., Women--Societies and clubs.
- Geographic subjects
- Ballston (N.Y. : Town), North American--United States--New York--Saratoga
- Physical Location
- RG 422; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-422
- Identifier (local)
- islandora:rg422
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:rg422
- Title
- Rachel Henderlite Papers
- Description
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Rachel Henderlite was a teacher, writer, ordained minister, and activist. In 1965, Henderlite was ordained by Hanover Presbytery as the first woman minister of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. The collection includes photographs, audio and video recordings, a scrapbook, correspondence, lecture and sermon notes, speeches and writings, and publications. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Bishop Frederick D. Jordan congratulates Dr. Rachel Henderlite. - Creator Name(s)
- Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (creator)
- Name Subject(s)
- Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., United States., North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- RG 504; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
- Identifier (local)
- rg504
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:rg504
- Title
- Rachel Kerr Johnson Papers.
- Description
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Born in February 1837, Rachel Kerr Johnson and her husband William F. (Will) Johnson served as Presbyterian missionaries in the northwestern provinces of India from 1860-1884. Upon their return to the United States, Rachel became a frequent speaker at women's missionary society meetings in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia. She died in 1888 of injuries sustained in a buggy accident. The collection consists of correspondence from Rachel Kerr Johnson to her family members from 1856, her first year at the Female Seminary in Steubenville, Ohio, until 1888. Her letters reveal the dynamics of family relations and provide colorful descriptions and keen insight about India and mission life. The collection includes a few letters written by her husband Will (William F.) and daughters Mary (Mary Ella) and Jane (Jennie). View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Rachel Kerr Johnson correspondence, 1886-1888. - Creator Name(s)
- Johnson, Rachel Kerr, 1837-1888., Johnson, William F., 1838-1926., Johnson, Mary Ella, 1864-, Johnson, Jane, 1870-
- Date Created
- 1854-1888, 1854
- Name Subject(s)
- Johnson, Rachel Kerr, 1837-1888--Archives., Kerr, Frank., Kerr, Samuel., Kerr, Stella., Johnson, Edwin, 1865-1890., Biddle University., Steubenville Female Seminary.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Presbyterian Church--India., Evangelistic work--India., Female seminaries--Ohio--Steubenville., Returned missionaries--Charlotte.--North Carolina, Women in missionary work--India--19th century., Women missionaries--India--19th century.
- Geographic subjects
- India., India., Ohio, Steubenville., Charlotte., North Carolina, India, 19th century., India, 19th century., India., Steubenville (Ohio), Asia--India, North America--United States--Ohio--Jefferson--Steubenville
- Physical Location
- RG 392; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Rachel Kerr Johnson Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-392
- Identifier (local)
- rg392
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:rg392
- Title
- LGBTQIA+ history
- Description
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LGBTQIA+ history across the theological spectrum, including Presbyterian national agency records, personal papers, photographs, and oral histories collected as part of the LGBTQIA+ Collecting Initiative.
Featured image: Chicago Gay Pride Parade, 1987. - Topical Subject(s)
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Church work with gays--Presbyterian Church., Lesbian clergy--United States., Gay clergy--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Christian sexual minorities--United States.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., United States., United States.
- Physical Location
- ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:lgbtqia
- Title
- Higher education
- Description
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History of Presbyterian-affiliated colleges, seminaries, and universities.
Featured image: Rev. Dr. Kenneth Bailey and Rev. Emile Zaki with pre-seminary students in Assiut, 1963. - Topical Subject(s)
- Presbyterian universities and colleges., Education, Higher., Religious education., Junior colleges., Presbyterian Church--Education., Presbyterian theological seminaries., African American schools., African Americans--Education.
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:highered
- Title
- Education
- Description
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History of Presbyterian-affiliated Sunday schools, mission schools, colleges, universities, seminaries, and educators. See the following related collections: Higher education; Church work with youth.
Featured image: Biology class at Knoxville College, ca. 1950. - Topical Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church--Education., Education, Secondary., Education, Higher., Religious education., Junior colleges., Sunday schools., Presbyterian theological seminaries., Presbyterian vacation schools., African American schools., African Americans--Education., Religious educators., Presbyterian universities and colleges.
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:education
- Title
- Katie G. Cannon Collection
- Description
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Katie Geneva Cannon was the first Black woman ordained a minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church. She was born in 1950 in the Fisher Town neighborhood of Kannapolis, N.C., one of the seven children of Corine and Esau Cannon. She graduated from Barber-Scotia College (Concord, N.C.), completed a Doctor of Divinity at Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, and was the first African American to complete a Doctor of Philosophy at Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). She was ordained by the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Catawba in 1974. A founding voice in Womanist theology, Cannon taught at Temple University, and Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, Va.). In 2018 she founded the Center for Womanist Ethics at Union in Richmond; she died August 8, 2018. This collection represents in a single online location personal records of Katie's that she intended to distribute among Presbyterian Historical Society, Union Presbyterian Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Featured image: Katie G. Cannon preaching, circa 1993. - Creator Name(s)
- Cannon, Katie G. (creator)
- Name Subject(s)
- Cannon, Katie G.
- Topical Subject(s)
- African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women., Womanist theology.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- 21 0109; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Identifier (local)
- islandora:kgc
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:kgc