David Staniunas
@boxreceiver.bsky.social
archivist at PresbyHistory, menasky-adjacent, obligated to say positions are mine, not PC(USA)'s
Sahat al Shuhada, Beirut, 1982 digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/46...
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sahat al Shuhada, Beirut, 1982 digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/46...
The National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (NESSL) is sharing information from the Lebanese Center for Research and Development on the ongoing costs of Israeli violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (NESSL) is sharing information from the Lebanese Center for Research and Development on the ongoing costs of Israeli violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon
So I think the works of people when they organize into groups have an innate dignity. And when I see just "pile in a box",, I can deal with that, that's what we train for.
But it makes me think *you* don't think your organization has worth
But it makes me think *you* don't think your organization has worth
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So I think the works of people when they organize into groups have an innate dignity. And when I see just "pile in a box",, I can deal with that, that's what we train for.
But it makes me think *you* don't think your organization has worth
But it makes me think *you* don't think your organization has worth
Ain al Hilweh camp, March 1951 digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/38...
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Ain al Hilweh camp, March 1951 digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/38...
Still waiting for me, when I return 📦📦🗃
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Still waiting for me, when I return 📦📦🗃
Spent a little time at the presbytery gathering up in Chestnut Hill, got to hear the mods
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spent a little time at the presbytery gathering up in Chestnut Hill, got to hear the mods
Saw the Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses style landscape of the Louisville Riverwalk
November 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Saw the Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses style landscape of the Louisville Riverwalk
Transcriber is stealing valor for my surname
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Transcriber is stealing valor for my surname
Had a good hour this morning with Shawnee Presbyterian Church's clerk of session Dianne White, picked up records for deposit and digitization
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Had a good hour this morning with Shawnee Presbyterian Church's clerk of session Dianne White, picked up records for deposit and digitization
Once again, getting an old audio cassette to play back by frankensteining a new little piece of felt, on a platform of white rubber, so that the tape stays in touch with the playback head
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Once again, getting an old audio cassette to play back by frankensteining a new little piece of felt, on a platform of white rubber, so that the tape stays in touch with the playback head
James Forman addressing the General Assembly of the NCC in Detroit, the Wednesday morning of their meeting in 1969 "Brothers and sisters, FBI agents"
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
James Forman addressing the General Assembly of the NCC in Detroit, the Wednesday morning of their meeting in 1969 "Brothers and sisters, FBI agents"
Spooling from the take-up reel onto the new core
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Spooling from the take-up reel onto the new core
Spooling off the old reel onto a take-up reel
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Spooling off the old reel onto a take-up reel
Got a 16mm motion picture in a rusty can, and I've got a spare polyester core and an ancient spooling device, so it's time to do low-wattage film intervention
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Got a 16mm motion picture in a rusty can, and I've got a spare polyester core and an ancient spooling device, so it's time to do low-wattage film intervention
Christmas in Batouri, Cameroon, 1953, from the Greig family papers
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Christmas in Batouri, Cameroon, 1953, from the Greig family papers
Look at my famous liberal UTS theologian dawg we're not going to make it
November 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Look at my famous liberal UTS theologian dawg we're not going to make it
Oh my shop may be cooking up processing work on a cool and good personal records batch that I curated in here six years ago, and I feel like
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh my shop may be cooking up processing work on a cool and good personal records batch that I curated in here six years ago, and I feel like
From records of the 1969 General Assembly of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., flyer from the Youth of Amerika
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
From records of the 1969 General Assembly of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., flyer from the Youth of Amerika
This is me, when people backslide on minimal processing
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is me, when people backslide on minimal processing
This is me, I'm Shira-kun
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is me, I'm Shira-kun
UNRWA school at Nabatieh camp, Lebanon, probably late 1950s, from records of Church World Service digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/48...
October 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
UNRWA school at Nabatieh camp, Lebanon, probably late 1950s, from records of Church World Service digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/48...
What goes on here
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What goes on here
Transplanting trees to prevent soil erosion, India, about 1965, just in from the papers of Presbyterian mission worker and stewardship expert Paul Lindholm 🗃 📦
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Transplanting trees to prevent soil erosion, India, about 1965, just in from the papers of Presbyterian mission worker and stewardship expert Paul Lindholm 🗃 📦
Photo and clippings from Tonopah
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Photo and clippings from Tonopah