Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, like the three other initiatives featured below, advance PHS’s historic mission in exciting new ways--forming innovative and strategic partnerships and confronting systems of oppression in the archive. Click below to link to each initiative.

African American Leaders & Congregations | Building Knowledge & Breaking Barriers | LGBTQIA+ History | Religious News Service Photographs

The Presbyterian Historical Society is transforming the ways we serve. We're a national church archives for the 21st century, an engaged Philadelphia neighbor, and a friend to histories of faith around the world.

As we share information about new initiatives that connect with our mission to collect, preserve, and share Presbyterian history, we're asking how PHS can continue our tradition of excellent service in new ways.

Please fill out our patron survey and let us know how PHS can help tell your story and others through our collections.

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--What story brought you to PHS's building, online catalogs, Pearl digital archives, or website?

--What materials tell that story?

--Whose stories make up what we think of as history?

--How do archival materials shape that history?

--What documents should PHS collect to tell more inclusive stories?