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New Board Directors

December 19, 2016

The staff of PHS enjoyed getting to know our four new Board Directors during our November meeting: Cathy Criss Adams, Jay Darling, Margaret Elliott and Peter Whitelock. Each brings to the Society an impressive array of experiences and insights that are already helping us serve Presbyterians, congregations, mid councils, and general researchers.

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Cathy Criss Adams of Birmingham, Alabama, is a member of Independent Presbyterian...

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Fred T
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New PHS Records Manager Yvonne Wathen

July 15, 2016

Welcome to the Presbyterian Historical Society, Yvonne!

Yvonne Wathen started this month as records manager for the PC(USA). As a PHS staff member based at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, she will administer the records management program for the national agencies of the church, working with all types of records—paper-based, electronic, and audio-visual. Yvonne will make sure that records of permanent value are transferred to PHS for long-term preservation and access. Additionally, she will provide consultation and assistance to national office staff regarding all...

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Fred T
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Staff, News and Events
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Presbyterian America: Atlanta

April 13, 2016

The Presbyterian Historical Society documents the experiences of Presbyterians from across the country. As part of our series on regional histories, here are five stories about the Atlanta area collected by PHS.

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Before it was Atlanta, it was Marthasville. Before that, it was Terminus and Standing Peachtree—the end of a railroad and the beginning of a Native American trail. The city that...

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Fred T
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American History, Atlanta, Collections, General Assembly
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NEH Supports Archival Preservation at PHS

February 8, 2016

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a $6,000 Preservation Assistance Grant to the Presbyterian Historical Society, the national archives of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The NEH grant will fund a 2016 conservation environment assessment of PHS’s archival facility in Society Hill—the first such study of the building in 25 years.

Natalie Shilstut, PHS Preservation Archivist, believes the assessment is a crucial step in providing for the future well-being of...

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Fred T
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News and Events, Preservation
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Calder Conservation Project Update

January 15, 2016

In the late 1890s, six statues representing famous early American Presbyterians were designed by Alexander Stirling Calder, fabricated in North Philadelphia, and transported by horse and buggy to the heart of Center City. As if unsettled by their future placements high on the Witherspoon Building, each...

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Fred T
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American History, Preservation, News and Events
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