Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Presbyterian Church, U.S

This guide serves as a valuable introduction to the documentary heritage and tradition of the third largest group of protestants in the southern United States. A companion to Harold Prince's A Presbyterian Bibliography (1983), it locates and describes the unpublished papers of PCUS ministers. It also documents the larger southern tradition by including selected materials from the antebellum period and from other Presbyterian denominations. The result is a listing of resources for the study of the PCUS as well as southern Presbyterianism. It aims to promote and encourage research in Presbyterian history; to make files, diaries, sermons, minutes, letters more intelligible; and finally, to emphasize the continuing relevance of these materials in contemporary church life.

Robert Benedetto's forty-eight-page introduction includes a survey of nine subject areas: theology, education, church and society, international missions, national missions, women, racial ethnic ministries, ecumenical relations, and worship and music. Each area highlights major research and provides a concise orientation to the life and mission of the denomination. Each survey is followed by a brief listing of manuscript materials. The Guide itself includes manuscript collections from the Department of History (Montreat) and other repositories. This thorough volume concludes with a bibliography of PCUS reference works and a complete name and subject index.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
The Presbyterian Church in the United States
The Department of History (Montreat)
Research in PCUS Manuscript Collections
Using the Guide
The Guide
Manuscript Collections of the Department of History (Montreat)
Manuscript Collections in Other Respositories
Bibliography of PCUS Reference Works
Index

About the author

Robert Benedetto, Betty K. Walker

Product details

• Authors: Robert Benedetto, Benedetto Robert, Betty K. Walker, Walker Betty K.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.1990
• EAN: 9780313276545
• ISBN: 978-0-313-27654-5
• Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Religion, USA, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Reference, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, Reference works, United States of America, USA, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches