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New Environmental Monitoring Program Launches at PHS

April 27, 2015

This year, the Presbyterian Historical Society is celebrating Preservation Week in a big way—we’ve just launched our first environmental monitoring program! Sixteen Preservation Environment Monitor (PEM2) data loggers now permanently collect temperature and relative humidity data in all of our collection spaces. Collecting and analyzing environmental data is the first step to...

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Natalie

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News and Events, Preservation

PHS awards four Heritage Preservation Grants

January 5, 2015

The Presbyterian Historical Society is pleased to report that we have awarded Heritage Preservation Grants to four PC(USA) congregations. The winners are:

Wyalusing Presbyterian Church (Wyalusing, Pa.), organized in 1793.
First Presbyterian Church (Livingston, Ala.), organized in 1833.
Linn Presbyterian Church (Lake Geneva, Wis.), organized in 1844.
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), organized in 1886.

The Heritage Preservation Grants were established in 2001 in celebration of PHS's 150th...

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David S

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Congregations, Preservation

A Test of Time

August 18, 2014

Say you decided to encapsulate your church's history in a single container. What items would you choose to show future generations, and where would you store it all? Most challengingly, how would you protect the items from air, water, animals, and forgetfulness--the four horsemen of failed time capsules?

Alex Denson of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC, contacted me months ago to ask if PHS had any advice on the process. As Alex said, "everyone who does a time capsule is a novice, because you only do one in...

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Elise

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Ask the Archives, Preservation, Digitization

PHS Goes Digital

April 4, 2014

On April 1st, we updated our 60-year old microfilming program and officially went digital. Microfilm used to be the only way to permanently preserve records, but technological advances have made digital preservation a good alternative and far superior in its usability, cost, and space saving benefits. Furthermore, microfilm can still be used in conjunction with a digital preservation program by...

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News and Events, Digitization, Preservation, Heritage Preservation Grants