Correspondence mss. [microform], 1856-1908 / Sheldon Jackson, 1834-1909.
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Presbyterian Historical Society.
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Presbyterian Historical Society, the oldest denominational historical society in the country, was founded in 1852 in Philadelphia "to collect and preserve materials and promote the knowledge of the history of the Presbyterian Church." In 1952 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. established a Dept. of History under the Office of the General Assembly, took possession of the Society's holdings, and coordinated its activities with the Historical Society, which became a volu...
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