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Pearl Digital Archives: 2021 Highlights

December 20, 2021

As people around the world adapted to another year of restrictions due to the pandemic, researchers turned to PHS digitization services to stay connected to our collections from the comfort and safety of their own homes. As this year winds down and we prepare for 2022, we are spotlighting some new additions to Pearl, the Society’s online repository of digitized and born-digital images,

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Author:

Allison

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Pearl, News, Digital Archives

PHS in 2021

December 16, 2021

A lot has been written and said about how the coronavirus pandemic impacts our sense of time. Thinking back on 2021, several things come to mind immediately: the opening of the Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers Exhibit; publication of two special issues of The Journal of Presbyterian History; and welcoming a number of new

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Author:

Nancy

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News, Collections, Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, Digital Archives

Language Matters: Redressing Bias in Digital Collection Descriptions

April 21, 2020

Photograph of an Alaska Native man, from the Sheldon Jackson Papers.

In honor of National Library Week (April 19-25), let’s take a look at the behind-the-scenes work PHS librarians and archivists are doing to address the legacy of outdated and offensive language in our collection descriptions.

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Author:

Gabriela

Tags:

American Library Association, Digital Archives, Pearl

Preserving PC(USA) Websites

January 15, 2019

In 2013, the Presbyterian Historical Society began collecting the websites of the national agencies, synods, presbyteries, and General Assemblies of the PC(USA) through the Internet...

Author:

Cecilia

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Mission History, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation

Pearl Digital Archives: 2018 Highlights

December 13, 2018

Many of the exciting new initiatives the Presbyterian Historical Society launched in 2018 are reflected in Pearl, the Society's home for digitized and born-digital collections. Pearl provides researchers online access to a rapidly growing repository of images, publications, audio, and video content. In 2018, 2,400 items were added.

Oral history content is one of the PHS initiatives that picked up digital steam in 2018. Staff traveled across the country to interview prominent Presbyterians and collect stories that fill...

Author:

Natalie

Tags:

Pearl, Digitization, Digital Archives

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Pearl Digital Archives: 2021 Highlights

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