C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections & Archives

10/08/2026

🔴 WE ARE LIVE NOW! JOIN US ON YOUTUBE!

📚 Topic: “Prophecies From Our Shelves: What Fiction and Art Can Tell Us About the Future of Information Science”

🎤 Speaker: Michael Robertson, Public Services Archivist, C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections & Archives, Columbia Theological Seminary, USA.

Join us for an engaging conversation on how fiction, art, and storytelling can help us imagine the future of information science.

▶️ WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0h1DYc7QjQ

Join the conversation, share the link, and invite your colleagues!

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10/08/2026

📚 CTS Archivist to Speak at International Webinar Today!

Join us as Michael Robertson, our Public Services Archivist, speaks at the LISCON 2026 Post-Conference Webinar.

🎤 Topic: “Prophecies From Our Shelves: What Fiction and Art Can Tell Us About the Future of Information Science”

📅 Today, October 8, 2026
⏰ 2 PM Atlanta | 7 PM Nigeria
💻 Free Webinar + Live Q&A

Discover how fiction and art can shape the future of libraries, archives, and information science.

🔗 Register free: https://forms.gle/cvqEHjHW8EngCYXH7

Join us and support our CTS archivist!

08/21/2026

From the Archives: Record of Statistics: Members, Contributions, etc., 1855–1865

This historic ledger offers a glimpse into church membership and community life in Georgia before and during the Civil War, including records connected to both white and enslaved African American congregants. It reminds us of the importance of preserving voices and stories that might otherwise be overlooked.

Explore the record:
https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17323coll7/id/11814/rec/1

06/30/2026

Preserving Local Church History

The Local Church History Project began around 1930 through the vision of Mrs. W. T. Fowler of Lexington, Kentucky who was appointed Historian of Woman’s Work for the Presbyterian Church in the United States.

In preparation for the PCUS Diamond Jubilee in 1936, Mrs. Fowler called for the history of every congregation in the denomination to be compiled and preserved. Over the years, many of these histories were written by members of Presbyterian Women, formerly known as the Woman’s Auxiliary or Women of the Church, who served as congregational historians.

Today, this collection helps preserve the memory, ministry, and witness of local Presbyterian congregations across generations.

We invite you to visit the C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections & Archives to explore these materials in person. You can also view the collection online here:
https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/pwh


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John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary

06/10/2026

International Archives Week 2026 -
Today, we highlight Thornton Whaling, who became the first President of Columbia Theological Seminary in 1911 after the Seminary recognised the need for stronger executive leadership.

Through archival records, photographs, and historical timelines, we remember the leaders and turning points that shaped Columbia’s journey.

Explore the timeline here:
https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1dVDvH9JTEl5N6Ot-1wewjx-MfrVmkcyo0u2Ae7DQnZM&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650

06/08/2026

International Archives Week 2026
June 8–12
Theme: Archives for Justice: Rights, Memory & Futures

This week, the C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections & ArchivesC. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections & Archives joins the global archival community in celebrating the power of archives to preserve memory, support justice, protect truth, and shape the future.

Follow us this week as we highlight Columbia Seminary history, Presbyterian records, community memory, archival work, and the role of archives in faithful learning and public witness.
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04/27/2026

Happy Preservation Week!

At C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, we are committed to preserving theological memories, sacred stories, and institutional history for future generations.

This year’s theme, “Is This Thing On?: Preserving Memory and Building Archives,” reminds us that archives keep memory alive.

Preservation Week: April 26–May 2, 2026

04/16/2026

Archives are more than storehouses of old materials; they are sacred spaces where memory is preserved, voices are recovered, and forgotten stories are brought back to life.

The recent Morgan Fellowship research of our associates, Ayodele John Alonge and Jaykwon Hosey, is a powerful reminder that archives do more than preserve old records. They safeguard human journeys, faith, culture, and stories that time could easily have erased.

Every manuscript, book, inscription, and document has a voice. The question is whether we will take the time to listen.

When was the last time you visited the archive?
Visit our collection today.

04/16/2026

Recently, some of us attended the Morgan Forum at Candler School of Theology. More here: https://optimisticscholar.com/a-worn-book-a-living-witness/

03/31/2026

We are excited to announce the selection of our associates, Ayodele John Alonge and Jaykwon Hosey, as 2026 Morgan Fellows.
We invite you to join Morgan Forum 2026 on Thursday, April 2, 2026, from 1pm to hear their presentations, along with those of the other Morgan Fellows and keynote speaker Mark Rankin of James Madison University. Emory University Archives & Special Collections at Pitt
Register here: https://pitts-emory.libwizard.com/f/morganforum2026