Sources

Explore the sources used by educators and students during the Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers project. Here in the source library are primary sources from the Presbyterian Historical Society collection as well as secondary sources that complement and help to contextualize the primary sources. Each primary source is included in one or more BKBB source sets and can be used to investigate a particular topic or theme.  

Gilbert Tennent Sermon title page Tennent’s The Danger of an Unconverted MinistryPrimary
Caldwell Impartial Trial title page Caldwell’s Impartial Trial of the SpiritPrimary
Ebenezer Pemberton sermon title page Ebenezer Pemberton SermonPrimary
Brainerd Mirabilia title page excerpt David Brainerd DiaryPrimary
Cover of Davies' sermon The Duty of Christians to Propagate their Religion among HeathensPrimary
Gilbert Tennent sermon title page Tennent’s Nature of Religious Zeal ExplainedPrimary
Title page of essay Benjamin Rush AddressPrimary
Synod of NY and Philadelphia minutes excerpt 1775 Synod of New York and Philadelphia Minutes Primary
Carmichael's A Self-Defensive War cover page A Self-Defensive War LawfulPrimary
Zubly's Law of Liberty sermon cover page A Sermon on American AffairsPrimary
Handwritten page from minutes Synod of New York and Philadelphia MinutesPrimary
Title page of sermon Jones Thanksgiving Sermon Primary
Jehudi Ashmun map of Liberia Ashmun Map of LiberiaPrimary
Title page of report A Hasty Defence of the Farmers and Distillers of York CountyPrimary
Picture of Lane Seminary Debate at Lane SeminaryPrimary
Tyson Discourse list of officers of American Colonization Society Tyson's Discourse before the Young Men's Colonization SocietyPrimary
Examination of Thomas C. Brown title page Examination of Thomas C. BrownPrimary
Title page of speech Albert Barnes’s 4th of July SpeechPrimary
Title page of essay Sarah Grimké Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern StatesPrimary
Portrait of Angelina Grimké Angelina Grimké Appeal to the Christian Women of the SouthPrimary
List of names Proceedings of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American WomenPrimary
Text from essay Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free StatesPrimary
Cover page of Judge John Fox's opinion Opinion of Judge John FoxPrimary
Cover of Purvis Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens Appeal of Forty Thousand CitizensPrimary
Cover of Present State and Condition of the Free People of Color report The Present State and Condition of the Free People of ColorPrimary
Pennsylvania Hall History of Pennsylvania HallPrimary
Bishop Kenrick's Letter in the Christian Observer Bishop Kenrick's LetterPrimary
Colton's Bible in Public Schools title page Reply to Bishop KenrickPrimary
Late Awful Riots cover Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful RiotsPrimary
Fugitive Blacksmith facsimile of title page Fugitive BlacksmithPrimary
Image from broadside Advertisement of an Honest RumsellerPrimary
Writing from correspondence Letter from William SpeerPrimary
Cover of sermon Pennington’s Christian ZealPrimary
Cover of sermon Pennington’s Christian ZealPrimary
Portrait of William Speer William Speer’s An Humble PleaPrimary
Cover of sermon Daniel Rice Sermon on Harper’s FerryPrimary
Cover of sermon Henry Van Dyke Sermon on AbolitionismPrimary
Title page of report Annual Report of the National Freedman’s Relief AssociationPrimary
Cover of report Report on the Condition of the Freedmen of the Mississippi Primary
Cover of essay Out of the House of BondagePrimary
Portrait of William Howard Day Colored People’s Educational Monument Association Primary
Cover of essay The African’s Right to CitizenshipPrimary
Portrait of Jordan Anderson Jourdan Anderson Letter Secondary SourceSecondary
Writing from handwritten sermon Faith in GodPrimary
Cover of printed speech Matthew Simpson Funeral Address Primary
Cover of printed speech The Great Funeral Oration on Abraham Lincoln by Emma HardingePrimary
First Page of Garnet's Memorial Discourse Garnet’s Memorial Discourse Primary
Envelope addressed to PHS Burrows Discourse and Sermon ExcerptPrimary
Images from report Chinese Presbyterian Mission’s 50th Anniversary Primary
Portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois, 1904 W.E.B. Du Bois Of the Faith of the Fathers
Portrait of W.E.B Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois on John BrownSecondary
Frederick Brink article first page Brink Secondary SourceSecondary
Engraving from Late Awful Riots in Philadelphia Feldberg Secondary SourceSecondary
Cover of American Apocalypse book Coming Soon Moorhead Secondary Source Secondary
Title page of book Brown Secondary SourceSecondary
Title page of book Coming Soon Laurie Secondary SourceSecondary
Bell Wiley Slaves No More cover image Wiley Secondary SourceSecondary
Cover of There is a River Vincent Harding Secondary SourceSecondary
Title page of Black Prophets of Justice Swift Secondary source Secondary
Image of article page Woo Secondary SourceSecondary
Brainerd preaching to Native Americans Harris Secondary SourceSecondary
Eric Ledell Smith article first page The End of Black Voting Rights in PennsylvaniaSecondary
Cover of Sister Societies book Salerno Secondary SourceSecondary
Title page of book Taylor Secondary SourceSecondary
Pear Pulpits of Revolution thumbnail Pearl Secondary SourceSecondary
Presbyterian Experience cover image Yoo Secondary SourceSecondary