E-Flip Online Books and Reference Sources
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click on one of three e-book links below)
The Ministerial Directory (1898)

1833 African Repository & Colonial Journal

Records of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1706 - 1788
A major upload of new e-flipbooks will be added during the year.

Location/Map:
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A Member of the American Alliance of Museums (formerly American Association of Museums)

American Association of State and Local History

North Carolina Museums Council

LYRASIS (U.S. Library Network)

Presbyterian Heritage Center
Montreat Map

May 1 - 22 Hours: Thursday - Friday 10 am - 4pm;
Sat. 1 - 4 pm; Sun. 1:30 - 4 pm.
May 23 - August 11 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 10 am - 4pm;
Sat. 1 - 4 pm; Sun. 1:30 - 4 pm.
Closed Memorial Day May 27
If you have a group of 5 or more and want to set an appointment to visit at other days and times, call 828.669.6556 in advance - leave contact information how we can reach you - and we will try to accommodate.

Joyful, Joyful: Psalters & Hymnals, a 500 year Musical Journey Exhibit
A new exhibit will open on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at 10 am featuring 500 years of rare psalers and hymnals. Coffee and refreshments will be served.

The exhibit begins with Martin Luther's first psalter/hymnal in 1524 (lent by the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago) through the Fall 2013 Presbyterian Church (USA) Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal, as well as Lift Up Your Hearts in Song, the new 2013 hymnal for the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America.

Collections of rare shaped-note hymnals, special events, little known facts, musical recordings, voting on "best" hymns and artifacts over the centuries will be exhibited.

Psalm 100 is shown from the Sternhold & Hopkins psalter (1567), which was the first English-language volume for congregational singing.

Missions to the Near East and Pottery from the Holy Land (3,000 to 5,000 years old) exhibit will open the Biblical pottery portion of the display on Saturday, June 1, 2013. Coffee and refreshments will be served. This summer, Montreat Club youngsters and other visitors to the PHC will have an chance to participate in an "archaelogical dig" to uncover and assemble shards of replica pottery from the Holy Land.

On the Air & In The Movies: The 20th Century History of Presbyterians in Broadcasting & Communications
A new exhibit opens Saturday, June 15, 2013, at 10 am. Coffee and refreshments will be served. Highlighting Presbyterian innovations in communications during the 20th century, this exhibit covers the 1910 telephone system to listen to sermons at local Presbyterian churches to the first religious broadcasting station 1921 to the Protestant Radio & Television Center. With the permission of the Fred Rogers Company, we also will highlight Fred Rogers, ordained Presbyterian minister and PBS television host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of the Fred Rogers Company).
Did you know that a Presbyterian minister, who also was a World War I U.S. Army chaplain, became the #2 male movie box office star in the 1920s - just behind Tom Mix? 1926 lobby poster below for Fred Thomson, right.

85 Years of Preserving & Displaying History
in Montreat — Historical Foundation to the PHC
An ever-changing exhibit on the history of the Historical Foundation and the Presbyterian Heritage Center continues through 2013. The exhibit displays treasures from our artifact and photographic collections that are rarely seen. New items are brought out each month.

Nelle Morton exhibit is open at the PHC. The exhibit includes photos, letters, books and video. The Fellowship of Southern Clergymen and its ground-breaking civil rights activities during the 1930s - 1950s is covered. Nelle Morton served as a longtime member and as executive secretary from 1945 - 1949.

Presbyterian Missionaries and Ministers Databases
are being uploaded to this site, under Bios tab above. You also can click here. These databases are starting with early ministers and missionaries (pre-1860) and are being researched by teams of volunteers and staff at the Presbyterian Heritage Center. If you have biographical information on ministers and misionaries, and especially photos, please email us.