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Our Work in the Archives, Fourth Quarter 2019

January 7, 2020

Here are some highlights of our work in the tail end of 2019!

Visitors

In the fourth quarter we had 143 research visits, bringing us to 924 for the year; this marks the fourth straight year of dramatically increased use of PHS's resources, representing 144% of our 2015 workload.

Among our building visitors in November were Dr. Cheol Seung Kim and colleagues from the ...

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David S

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Our Work In The Archives, Third Quarter 2019

November 20, 2019

A Cuban youngster eagerly reaches for a platter of food from a Red Cross volunteer at a refugee camp near Lima, Peru. Religious News Service image PC-53556.

The third quarter was an active time for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) national archives, and it feels like we're only just catching up! Here is a snapshot of our work in the archives in the summer and fall.

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Our Work In The Archives, Second Quarter 2019

July 30, 2019

Your archivists have had an active spring -- serving researchers in Philadelphia, and documenting Presbyterians in person from Atlanta to Minneapolis. We're pleased to get to tell you more about our work.

During Holy Week, PHS's David Staniunas and Fred Tangeman were in Puerto Rico, collecting records, taking interviews, and worshipping and meeting with friends old and new. They brought back records of Iglesia Primera Presbiteriana (Rincon, P.R.) which was a winner of our Heritage Preservation Grant, visited IP La Marina...

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