David Staniunas
@boxreceiver.bsky.social
archivist at PresbyHistory, menasky-adjacent, obligated to say positions are mine, not PC(USA)'s
Prospectus for the UPCUSA Frontier Internship in Mission, 1963, from RG 527 papers of Margaret Flory -- note the hammer and sickle closing in on the space needle-looking minaret and its crescent
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Prospectus for the UPCUSA Frontier Internship in Mission, 1963, from RG 527 papers of Margaret Flory -- note the hammer and sickle closing in on the space needle-looking minaret and its crescent
Hey, you want to see something disgusting
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Hey, you want to see something disgusting
Oh that is an attractive picture of files 🗃️
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Oh that is an attractive picture of files 🗃️
I like the young person walking away from the camera, in this 1960s church picnic in Grand Rapids, Mich
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I like the young person walking away from the camera, in this 1960s church picnic in Grand Rapids, Mich
It's interesting when this happens: Idaho church asks the archives if they have anything on itself, 1984
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
It's interesting when this happens: Idaho church asks the archives if they have anything on itself, 1984
Rev Boyd and family of Montpelier, Idaho
January 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Rev Boyd and family of Montpelier, Idaho
*hacker voice* I'm in
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
*hacker voice* I'm in
So one thing bothers me: If the collection had its original folders and order, and it wasn't being reordered / weeded / altered by the researcher, just folders were being numbered, notes being taken, in what sense was it "not catalogued"
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So one thing bothers me: If the collection had its original folders and order, and it wasn't being reordered / weeded / altered by the researcher, just folders were being numbered, notes being taken, in what sense was it "not catalogued"
Going to give a little care to some 100-year old photos. Had been stapled to basic cardboard
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Going to give a little care to some 100-year old photos. Had been stapled to basic cardboard
People would give Sheldon Jackson what were effectively shopping lists for artifacts
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
People would give Sheldon Jackson what were effectively shopping lists for artifacts
AMNH has a blanket described as Tlingit, from Kruzof Island, with a 1932 accession number. This could be the blanket that held the head. (Maybe they brought in many other blankets from Kruzof Island that year) digitalcollections.amnh.org/asset-manage...
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
AMNH has a blanket described as Tlingit, from Kruzof Island, with a 1932 accession number. This could be the blanket that held the head. (Maybe they brought in many other blankets from Kruzof Island that year) digitalcollections.amnh.org/asset-manage...
School staff shipped the box and its contents to the Anthropology Department of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. AMNH sent the boys $120 for their find
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
School staff shipped the box and its contents to the Anthropology Department of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. AMNH sent the boys $120 for their find
The middle of the story is in 1931 a group of Sheldon Jackson School students dug out of a cave a carved wooden box containing human bones and, wrapped in a blanket, a human head. They brought it back home, and had uneasy sleep
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The middle of the story is in 1931 a group of Sheldon Jackson School students dug out of a cave a carved wooden box containing human bones and, wrapped in a blanket, a human head. They brought it back home, and had uneasy sleep
Always on the watch for 🌽🌽🌽
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Always on the watch for 🌽🌽🌽
Incoming agricultural missions content alert! Photos from Pakistan, 1990s, including parade float dedicated to corn/maize. Collection of Ann and Richard Rowe
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Incoming agricultural missions content alert! Photos from Pakistan, 1990s, including parade float dedicated to corn/maize. Collection of Ann and Richard Rowe
Do not like the Plastic Economy
December 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Do not like the Plastic Economy
I'm not obsessive over this kind of thing (texts exist for use) but consarnit
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm not obsessive over this kind of thing (texts exist for use) but consarnit
Man I go away for a couple days and whammo 📦 🗃
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Man I go away for a couple days and whammo 📦 🗃
Just in alongside records of Chapel Lane PC Midland MI, receipts from my shop for their 1980 and 1997 deposits of records
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just in alongside records of Chapel Lane PC Midland MI, receipts from my shop for their 1980 and 1997 deposits of records
Gerald Ham, The Archival Edge (1975)
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Gerald Ham, The Archival Edge (1975)
With total respect to Mother Bethel AME where I got seconded out to today, peak thing I got to look at was their Sanborn fire insurance maps, 1921, with edits glued in by hand up through 1945, insane documents
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
With total respect to Mother Bethel AME where I got seconded out to today, peak thing I got to look at was their Sanborn fire insurance maps, 1921, with edits glued in by hand up through 1945, insane documents
Right now I'd like to shout out the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Right now I'd like to shout out the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wrapper for a can of early June peas, part of the histories & scrapbooks of the Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wrapper for a can of early June peas, part of the histories & scrapbooks of the Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys
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