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The Clifton Kirkpatrick Oral History Project

December 6, 2023

PHS is happy to announce that three oral history interviews with Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick are now live and available for viewing in Pearl.

Clifton Kirkpatrick was elected as Stated Clerk of the PC(USA)’s General Assembly in 1996. At the end of his term of service in 2008, he was elected as Stated Clerk Emeritus. Prior to his becoming Stated Clerk, he served for fifteen years as the...

Author:

McKenna

Tags:

Digitization, Archives, Pearl Digital Collections

African American Leaders: Emily Vera Gibbes

November 30, 2023

Portrait of Emily Vera Gibbes. [Pearl ID: islandora:348005]

Each month, the Presbyterian Historical Society is bearing witness to the lives of African American leaders throughout the history of the denomination. Click here to...

Author:

Amalia

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African American Leaders Series

¡Si Podemos! Yes, we can!

November 29, 2023

Aguadilla Fellowship House, Christmas 1942. [Pearl ID: 141976]

The Presbyterian Church in Puerto Rico “Feels very much isolated from the rest of the Church,” said a Puerto Rican ecclesiastical leader during an organizational meeting regarding the unification commission. I recently completed a master's in public history

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Author:

JoyC

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Puerto Rican History, Puerto Rico, Mission History

Acknowledging and Repairing Harmful Description in PHS Collections

November 16, 2023

Japanese American Incarceration Camp. Pearl ID: islandora:82698

As a researcher or someone interested in learning more about the past, you may have spent a lot of time exploring online databases for resources related to your topic of interest. During those hours of searching, you might stumble across some terminology that makes you pause. For example, you might discover colonial language related to Christian missionary work that elevates the white Protestant...

Author:

Allison

Tags:

Collections, Reparative Description