2006: Closed
On June 21, 2006 , the General Assembly of the PC(USA) voted 348-147 to approve a plan that would close the Montreat office, “citing financial savings and the advantages of having more records consolidated in Philadelphia.“
Despite a battle to save the office or transfer ownership to a local entity, about 60% of the collections stored in Montreat were moved to Philadelphia, including all the records of the General Assembly and synods of the PCUS. Other records, about 20% of Montreat’s holdings, were transferred to Columbia Theological Seminary. Another 10% was either returned to individual donors or sent to other seminaries with archives.
Some materials–particularly objects that “were bulky,” difficult to move, and did not fit the PHS Collection Policy–were left at Montreat.