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The Iran Mission on Film

May 23, 2022

--by Matthew K. Shannon

Matthew Shannon is Associate Professor of History at Emory & Henry College and 2021-2022 Research Fellow at the Baskerville Institute. The Presbyterian Historical Society is pleased to partner with him for the Community School Oral History Project. Click here to learn more. 

In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I asked PHS to digitize two 16-millimeter silent motion picture films. The films,...

Author: 
Guest Blogger
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Iran, Mission History
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Past PHS LIVE: Historic General Assemblies

May 20, 2022

On May 12, the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) looked back at previous General Assemblies that have impacted the direction of the church. This discussion was led by Lisa Jacobson, Senior Reference Archivist, and David Staniunas, Records Archivist. 

Preparations are currently underway for the PC(USA)’s historic first hybrid General Assembly. To learn more, visit the webpage for the 225th General Assembly. 

Click the video below to watch the session.

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Author: 
McKenna
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PHS Live, General Assembly
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Faith Presbyterian Church Germantown and Clarence Cave

May 17, 2022

As part of our intensifying documentation of Black Presbyterian churches, PHS has recently digitized the original records of Faith Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia's Germantown, the family church of our Director of Development, Luci Duckson-Bramble.

 

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Author: 
David S
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African American History, Philadelphia
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Reproductive Justice and the PC(USA)

May 9, 2022
Marchers in a pro-abortion rally, November 22, 1971. From Religious News Service photographs, in Pearl. 

--by Nick Skaggs and David Staniunas

This story contains content that may be distressing to readers including accounts of abortion and violence. 

Under the specter of safe and legal abortion ending...

Author: 
PHS Staff
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General Assembly, Abortion
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Past PHS LIVE: Remembering the Community School of Tehran

April 28, 2022

On April 27, PHS hosted a roundtable discussion about the Community School of Tehran. The session was led by Matthew Shannon, Associate Professor of History at Emory & Henry College and Principal Investigator of the Community School Oral History Project.

The Community School of Tehran was a Presbyterian Mission institution whose internationalist ethos influenced multiple generations of English-speaking students between 1935 and 1980.

Former students from Community School—whose alumni base now spans the globe—shared their memories of the school and pre-revolutionary Iran...

Author: 
McKenna
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PHS Live
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