Preserving the past the future: the Presbyterian Church's national archives and museum harbour a rich history just waiting to be discovered.(HISTORY) From: Presbyterian Record | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: MacLachlan, Amy | COPYRIGHT 2007 Presbyterian Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Archivist Kim Arnold gives the past a permanent home

To step into the national archives and records office is to step back in time. Its walls are peppered with sepiatoned photographs of mustached men in dark suits and women in feathered hats and frilly dresses. Rows upon rows of congregational records, General Assembly reports and session and presbytery minutes sit waiting to be studied, and personal diaries, mission field maps and architectural plans are neatly stored i...