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Pearl Digital Collections: 2022 Highlights

December 14, 2022

Stony Point Center, circa 1960s-1990s. Pearl ID: islandora:293097.

As 2022 winds down, we’re excited to highlight some of the additions to Pearl, our digital archives, from the year.

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This year, we have two new additions to our over 70 curated digital collections.

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Author:

Allison

Tags:

Pearl Digital Collections, News and Events

Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection Update

December 1, 2022

Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, circa 2000s. Pearl ID: islandora:171117

The Presbyterian Historical Society is excited to announce the completion of the second phase of an inter-institutional effort to publish the personal records of the founding voice of womanist theology, Katie Geneva Cannon. Researchers can now view the entirety of records from The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary (Columbia University Libraries) in the...

Author:

Allison

Tags:

Digitization, African American History, Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection, Womens History, Pearl Digital Collections

Stories of RNS Photos: Native American Protests

November 9, 2022

In 2019, with grant support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, PHS digitized nearly 500 images from the RNS photograph collection all of which are now viewable in Pearl. The photographs chosen for the project spanned various years, topic, faiths, and geographical locations, but all supported the Religious News Service’s mission to document twentieth...

Author:

Allison

Tags:

Religious News Service, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Native Americans

Story of an RNS Photo: The Sibley's Welcome the Krieg Family

August 19, 2022

In 2019, with grant support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, PHS digitized nearly 500 images from the RNS photograph collection all of which are now viewable in Pearl. The photographs chosen for the project spanned various years, topic, faiths, and geographical locations, but all supported the Religious News Service’s mission to document...

Author:

Allison

Tags:

Religious News Service, Ecumenism, Church World Service, Refugees

Pearl Highlights: Halfway Through 2022

July 18, 2022

With the midpoint of 2022 already here, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight some exciting additions to Pearl, our digital archives, from the year thus far.

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