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Title: Rev. Charles L. Thompson.
Description: Portrait of Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D. D.
Creator Name(s): Gessford (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1888
Name Subject(s): Thompson, Charles L. (Charles Lemuel), 1839-1924.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Charles Lemuel Thompson (1839-1924) Biographical Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=YzYzYjljY2MtNTRkYi00NDdkLTgxZmQtZGQ1NmRkZjkxMzk2&rID=MjI4MjQ=
Identifier (local): ds6095
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116807

Title: Easter COVID-19 collection
Description: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, churches across the nation have shown themselves to be beacons of hope—providing food and social services, pastoral care, and online worship. The Presbyterian Historical Society has responded to this unprecedented moment by gathering 2020 Easter Sunday worship services and sermons from PC(USA) congregations and other worshiping communities. The COVID-19 collection is a curated selection of these contributions, including services from congregations in California, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania -- including Arabic and Hakha Chin services from First Presbyterian Church (Allentown, Pa.) -- Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Topical Subject(s): COVID-19 (Disease)--United States., Easter sermons--United States--21st century., COVID-19--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Geographic subjects: United States., United States, 21st century., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 20-0401; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Easter COVID-19 collection--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTg2NDY=&qr
Identifier (local): islandora:covid19
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:covid19

Title: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen Records
Description: At the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865, the General Assembly (PCUSA--Old School) appointed a Committee for Education of Freedmen, to establish churches and schools. At the 1870 reunion, this committee merged with the Freedmen's Department of the New School Committee of Home Missions; the new committee was named Committee of Missions for Freedmen. In 1883, the Freedmen's Committee was formally incorporated as the Board of Missions for Freedmen. The new board, like its predecessors, helped to educate and supply black teachers and preachers in the southern United States. It built and supported black schools, churches, colleges and seminaries and prescribed courses of study to be used. In 1923, the Freedmen's Board merged with other boards and agencies to become the Board of National Missions. This collection consists of the records of the Board of Missions for Freedmen and its predecessors. The collection includes annual reports, correspondence, minutes, and application books. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Committee on Freedmen first annual report, presented May 1866.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (creator)
Date Created: 1864, 1864-1972, 1864, 1972, 1864-1972
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions (U.S.). Freedmen's Dept., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). Committee for Education of Freedmen., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Unit of Work with Colored People., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Unit of Schools and Hospitals.
Topical Subject(s): Freedmen--Religious life., African Americans--Missions--Finance., Slaves--Emancipation--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 376; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen Records, 1864-1972.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-376
Identifier (local): rg376
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg376

Title: Marina Presbyterian Church, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Description: Message from Rev. Juan Bidot of Marina Presbyterian Church asking for help funding new seating for the church to replace the broken and moth-eaten ones.
Creator Name(s): Bidot, Juan A., 1893- (author)
Date Created: 1920, ca. 1920s
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Marina Presbyterian Church (Mayagüez, P.R.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Sunday school teachers--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez., Church fund raising--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez.
Geographic subjects: Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 20th century., Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 20th century., Puerto Rico, Mayagüez., Puerto Rico, Mayagüez., Mayagüez (P.R.), North and Central America--United States--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--Mayagüez
Physical Location: RG 303, Box 9, Folder 53; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency Photographs, ca. 1870-ca. 1982.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-303
Identifier (local): rg303_b9_f53_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:142267

Title: The Berean Manual Training School.
Description: Berean Manual Training and Insustrial School scrapbook.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Anderson, Matthew, 1845-1928., Berean Manual Training and Industrial School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pennsylvania., African Americans--Vocational education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania., North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 95-1208c; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Berean Manual Training and Industrial School Records, 1914-1922.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgxNg==
Identifier (local): 95-1208c
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4325

Title: William Phelps Thompson clippings and photographs.
Description: William Phelps Thompson collage of clippings and photographs.
Date Created: 1966, ca. 1966
Name Subject(s): Thompson, William P., 1918-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (178th : 1966 : Boston, Mass)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Boston--Suffolk
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 15-0902; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William Phelps Thompson clippings and photographs, 1965-1966.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTAxOTU=
Identifier (local): ds4845
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1947

Title: Rachel Henderlite Papers
Description: 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 Henderlite Ordination scrapbook, 1964-1965.
Description: Scrapbook containing material related to Rachel Henderlite's Ordination to the Gospel Ministry in 1965 by Hanover Presbytery. Includes newspaper clippings; correspondence among friends and colleagues; Hanover Presbytery meeting programs; Rachel' personal notes for study; church programs from both First Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, North Carolina, and from All Souls Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia; her 1965 ordination program; and miscellaneous celebratory greeting cards.
Date Created: 1964, 1964-1965, 1964-1965
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., , Richmond (Va.), Gastonia (N.C.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond, North and Central America--United States--Gaston--North Carolina--Gastonia, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139479

Title: Happy homecoming.
Description: Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
Creator Name(s): San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
Date Created: 1985, November 3, 1985, November 3, 1985
Name Subject(s): Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: MUSEUM 1163; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Happy homecoming.
Identifier (local): ds5050
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:10149

Title: Phineas Densmore Gurley Papers
Description: Phineas Gurley was born in 1816 in Hamilton, N.Y. Gurley served as chaplain of the United States Senate in 1858 and as moderator of the General Assembly in 1867. He is perhaps best remembered for having been the pastor in attendance at the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln and for the sermon he preached at the President's funeral. The Phineas Densmore Gurley Papers include photographs, correspondence, and manuscript sermons, including a facsimile and transcript of "Faith in God," the sermon Gurley preached at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, and a transcript of the sermon he preached at the funeral of Lincoln's young son, William. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Portrait of Reverend Phineas D. Gurley. Photographed byJohn Goldin and Company, 1867.
Creator Name(s): Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868. (creator)
Date Created: 1837-1867, 1837
Name Subject(s): Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868., Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. (Old School). General Assembly (79th : 1867 : Cincinnati, Ohio), Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. (Old School). General Assembly. Moderator (1867-1868 : Gurley), F Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 329; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Phineas Densmore Gurley Papers, 1837-1867.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-329
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:gurley

Title: Domestic missions
Description: History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in domestic fields.
Featured image: Missionary Kate McBeth with the first Women's Missionary Society organized in Lapwai (present-day Idaho).
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--United States., Presbyterian Church--Missions--United States., Home missions.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States, United States.
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:domesticmissions

Title: Correspondence to the Board of Foreign Missions from Divie Bethune McCartee.
Description: Bound collection of letters, clippings, and articles, including portraits of Divie Bethune McCartee. Primarily letters to the Board of Foreign Missions from Dr. Divie Bethune McCartee, but also includes a letter to Juana Knight McCartee from A.R. Kepler, 1905; letters to Dr. McCartee from T. Sasaoka, 1897; a letter to Robert E. Speer from Juana, 1899; a typed letter to Henry W. Grant, Esq., 1900 (handwritten draft version, see folder 9); a letter from Juana notifying Speer of Dr. McCartee's death, 1900; an obituary and bibliography for Dr. McCartee; and clippings relating to Dr. McCartee and East Asian missions.
Creator Name(s): McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author), McCartee, Juana Knight, -1920 (author), Sasaoka, T. (author)
Date Created: 1889, 1889-1905, 1889-1905
Name Subject(s): McCartee family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission., Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Gillespie, John, 1830?-1899., Grant, Henry W.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), New York (N.Y.), San Francisco (Calif.), Taipei (Taiwan), Ningbo Shi (China), Asia--Japan--Tokyo, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco, Asia--Taiwan--Taibei--Taipei, Asia--China--Zhejiang--Ningbo
Physical Location: RG 177, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: McCartee Family Papers, 1854-1906.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-177
Identifier (local): rg177_b1_f6
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:144017

Title: Buncombe County Community Schools scrapbook.
Description: To our new friend Dr. Morse with good wishes from Buncombe County Community Schools Asheville, N.C., May 22, 1933.
Date Created: 1933, May 22, 1933
Name Subject(s): Morse, H. N. (Hermann Nelson), 1887-1977.
Geographic subjects: Buncombe County (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Buncombe County--Asheville
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0110, Box 11; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Board of National Missions Administrative Secretary's Records, 1930-1983.
Identifier (local): 84-0110_b11
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8492

Title: You are Thumbody Special.
Description: "Presented to Rev. Benjamin Weir, May 20, 1987, from the children of John Knox Presbyterian Church. These are the thumb prints of the small children to let you know you are "thumbody" special."
Date Created: 1987, May 20, 1987
Name Subject(s): Weir, Ben, 1923-2016.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Lebanon--20th century., Missions--Lebanon--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon--Missionaries--20th century., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: MUSEUM 1162; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: You are Thumbody Special.
Identifier (local): ds5052
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:10151

Title: Millican Family Papers
Description: Correspondence, biographical materials, and photographs documenting the Millican family's missionary experiences in China, and to a lesser extent in the Philippines, emphasizing the difficulties of their work during the Sino-Japanese War of the late 1930s and during the post-World War II years. Edith Millican's correspondence documents medical work in China during and after World War II, giving insight into the training and experiences of, and opportunities for, American women doctors. Also included are photographs documenting Edith Millican's time serving the Board of National Missions as a physician in New Mexico. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Aimee and Frank Millican just before going to China, 1907.
Creator Name(s): Millican family. (creator)
Date Created: 1900-1984, 1902-1984, 1900, 1984, 1902-1984
Name Subject(s): Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. China Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Philippine Mission., Christian Literature Society for China., Chenhsien Hospital (Hunan, China), Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--New Mexico., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Religious literature--Distribution--China., Missions, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Religious broadcasting--China., Religious broadcasting--Philippines., Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.
Geographic subjects: New Mexico., Asia--China, Asia--Philippines, China., Philippines., North and Central America--United States--New Mexico
Physical Location: RG 199; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Millican Family Papers, 1900-1984.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-199
Identifier (local): rg199_millican_family
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg199

Title: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection
Description: The African American Synods Collection consists of the annual minutes of the synods of Atlantic, East Tennessee/Blue Ridge, Canadian, and Catawba; newsletters published by the synods of Atlantic and Catawba; and a small number of photographs of members of the synods of Atlantic and Catawba. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Synod of Atlantic group photo.
Date Created: 1873, 1873-1988, 1873, 1988, 1873-1988
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Blue Ridge., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of East Tennessee., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Canadian., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba.
Topical Subject(s): African American women--Societies and clubs., African American Presbyterians--History--20th century., African American Presbyterians--Periodicals.
Geographic subjects: 20th century., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 395; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection, 1873-1988.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-395
Identifier (local): rg395
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg395

Title: Support Agency Photographs
Description: This collection consists of photographs from the Board of National Missions and its predecessor agencies used to document and promote the various missions carried out by the Board. Some of the images were used in brochures, exhibits, filmstrips, newsletters, and slide sets. Images represent schools, hospitals, community and neighborhood centers, mission and non-mission churches, missionaries and mission workers, and general assemblies. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Portland Oregon lumber camp, 1922.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency. (creator)
Date Created: 1870, 1870, 1982
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Educational Work., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Unit of Visual Aids., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Office of Visual Aids., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Pictorial works., Home missions--United States--Pictorial works., Church buildings--United States--Pictorial works.
Geographic subjects: United States, United States, North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 303; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency Photographs, ca. 1870-ca. 1982.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-303
Identifier (local): rg303
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg303

Title: Presbyterian Historical Society
Description: The Presbyterian Historical Society, founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1857, is the oldest denominational historical society in the country. This collection details the history of the Presbyterian Historical Society/Department of History from its founding in 1852, including the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches in Montreat, NC, which merged with PHS in 1983.
Featured image: Postcard of the Presbyterian Historical Society building in Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., 1973.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Historical Society. (creator)
Date Created: 1852, 1852-, 1852, 1852-
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Historical Society--Archives.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:phs

Title: Early American history
Description: History of Presbyterianism in Colonial and Revolutionary-era America (1600-1789).
Featured image: Painting of Reverend Charles Beatty and Reverend George Duffield preaching to the Indians on the banks of the Muskingum River by Mary W. Bonsall, undated.
Date Created: ca. 1600, 1789
Geographic subjects: United States, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775., North and Central America--United States, United States, Revolution, 1775-1783.
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:early_american

Title: Presbytery of Cuba photograph album, 1949.
Description: Photograph album commemorating the first fifty years of mission work in Cuba; includes images of missionaries, local congregations, and Westminster Fellowship. Leather cover bears seal of the Presbytery.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cuba. (creator)
Date Created: 1949
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cuba., Westminster Fellowship.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--20th century., Presbyterians--Cuba--20th century.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--Cuba, Cuba.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0433; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbytery of Cuba photograph album, 1949.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71453
Identifier (local): 17-0433
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112253

Title: PCUSA Special Committee on Racism, Truth and Reconciliation
Description: The Special Committee on Racism Truth and Reconciliation was created by the 222nd General Assembly (2016) with a mandate to interrogate institutional racism within the Church. In support of the committee’s work, this collection brings together records of the Presbyterian Church’s responses to the Confession of 1967, the Black Manifesto, and other passages from the long-standing struggles of Black, Brown and indigenous power movements against white supremacy. The committee presents its full report and recommendations to the 225th General Assembly (2022).
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): islandora:scrtr
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:scrtr

Title: First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Florida, scrapbook, 1929-1966.
Description: This scrapbook features articles written about, speeches written by, and photographs of William Jennings Bryan. It also includes printed materials related to William Jennings Bryan's Memorial Sermon, the Bryan Memorial Bible Class of Miami, the Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee, interior photographs of the First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Florida, photographs of Bryan with his wife, newspaper article clippings related to Bryan and to the Frist Presbyterian Church of Miami, Florida, "A Brief History of Our Church," select correspondence, typewritten copies of Sunday City News articles written by Jacquelin Mason, written documentation from the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Florida to the church's congregation regarding the acquisition of property and the construction of a new church building, and photographs commemorating the groundbreaking ceremony for the new First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Florida.
Creator Name(s): First Presbyterian Church (Miami, Fla.) (creator)
Date Created: 1929, 1929-1966, 1929-1966
Name Subject(s): Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925., First Presbyterian Church (Miami, Fla.), Bryan College., Miami Herald Publishing Company.
Topical Subject(s): Church history--Florida--Miami., Creationism.
Geographic subjects: Florida, Miami., Miami (Fla.), Florida., Dayton (Tenn.), Tennessee., North and Central America--United States--Florida--Miami-Dade--Miami, North and Central America--United States--Tennessee--Rhea--Dayton
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 20-0903, Box 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: First Presbyterian Church (Miami, Fla.) records, 1896-2013.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk3MTM=
Identifier (local): 20-0903_b1_scrapbook_1929-1966
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288243

Title: Presbyterian General Assemblies
Description: 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.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Government., Presbyterian Church--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:general_assemblies

Title: African American history
Description: African American history, including church, mid council, and national agency records; personal papers; photographs; publications; and oral histories collected as part of the African American Leaders and Congregations Initiative. Featured image: Student minister with boys, Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Charlotte, N.C., circa 1950.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States, United States.
Physical Location: Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): islandora:afam
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:afam

Title: Presbyterians in Puerto Rico
Description: Photographs, audio, and video documenting the Presbyterian communities of Puerto Rico.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico., Presbyterians--Puerto Rico., Presbyterianism--Puerto Rico.
Geographic subjects: Puerto Rico., Puerto Rico., North and Central America--United States--Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico., Puerto Rico.
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:puerto-rico

Title: Japanese American incarceration during World War II
Description: Images of, and publications regarding, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Includes the entirety of Frederick Thorne's "Japanese American forced removal and incarceration during World War II slide collection," a circa 1944 slide collection documenting life at Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II, including Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Features images of imprisoned Japanese Americans as well as scenes of Presbyterian mission work in the camps. In 2023, description found in this digital collection was revised as part of ongoing effort to address harmful and offensive language. For more information, contact us at refdesk@history.pcusa.org.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: ca. 1942
Name Subject(s): Manzanar War Relocation Center., Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Geographic subjects: Missions., United States., Rohwer (Ark.), Manzanar (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Inyo--Manzanar, North and Central America--United States--Arkansas--Desha--Rohwer
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:slides_b34

Title: Sheldon Jackson Papers
Description: Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) founded churches and missions throughout the West and Alaska. He was named U.S. General Agent for Education in Alaska in 1885. This collection includes Sheldon Jackson's journals, correspondence, and photographs relating to Jackson's work for the Board of National Missions in the West until 1877 and then in Alaska, and his personal mission to make the Presbyterian Church and U.S. government aware of problems in Alaska. Digitization funded by the Alaska Library Network and the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Group of Alaska Native girls.
Creator Name(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Alaska., Indians of North America Missions--Educational work., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Missionaries--Alaska., Pioneers--Alaska., Reindeer--Alaska., Education--Alaska., Home missions--West (U.S.), Home missions--Alaska., Indians of North America--West (U.S.), Indians of North America--Alaska., Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., Alaska, North and Central America--United States--Alaska, Alaska.
Physical Location: RG 239; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Sheldon Jackson Papers, 1855-1909.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-239
Identifier (local): rg239
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:sheldon_jackson

Title: Katie G. Cannon Collection
Description: 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

Title: House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) scrapbook, circa 1926-1945.
Description: Scrapbook of the House of Neighborly Service, a community center in San Antonio, Texas which was jointly supported by the Synod of Texas and the Board of National Missions. Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and lists of financial contributors. Also includes "A History of the Mexican Mission Work Conducted by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in the Synod of Texas" by B. A. Hodges.
Creator Name(s): House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) (creator), Hodges, B. A. (author)
Date Created: 1926, circa 1926-1945
Name Subject(s): House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Texas. Texas Synodical., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--San Antonio., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--San Antonio., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Texas--San Antonio., Social settlements--Texas--San Antonio., Community centers--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects: Texas, San Antonio., Texas, San Antonio., Texas, San Antonio., Texas, San Antonio., Texas, San Antonio., San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 93-0813c; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) records, 1914-1945.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTUxMQ==
Identifier (local): 93-0813c_scrapbook
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:343628

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