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HOLDINGS

The IPHC Archives and Research Center will first and foremost focus on the distinctive contribution by the IPHC community globally. An ongoing effort is underway to expand the holdings to incorporate related material from the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Users of the IPHC Archives are permitted access to a multimedia computer and scanner.

Highlights of the collection include:

• Live Coals of Fire
• Live Coals
• Holiness Advocate
• Bridgeroom's Messenger
• Apostolic Evangel
• Witness
• Pentecostal Holiness Advocate
• The Pentecostal Holiness Pulpit
• The Crusader Youth's Leader
• Falcon Orphan Evangel
• Reach
• Worldorama
• TIPS
• Hong Kong Harbor Lights
• Helping Hand

Pentecostal Holiness Church Disciplines (circa 1911)
Fire-Baptized Holiness Church Disciplines (circa 1910)
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Disciplines
Pentecostal Holiness Yearbooks -- 1929-1972
Books by IPHC authors
Audio tapes, videotapes, and reel-to-reel film
Slides
Pictures
General Conference Minutes
Conference Minutes
Conference publications
General Executive Board Minutes
General Board of Administration Minutes
Planning and Budgetary Committee
General Board of Education
General Board of Superannuation
General Benevolent Homes Board
Falcon Children's Home Board
Lifeliners
General Sunday School Board

Board minutes and additional papers from the following national departments:

• General Superintendent's Office
• Evangelism USA
• World Missions
• General Secretary
• General Treasurer
• Christian Education Ministries
• Women's Ministries
• Stewardship Ministries
• Brotherhood
• People to People
• World Intercessors Network

Special Collections:

• J.H. King
• G.F. Taylor
• A.B. Butler

Personal collections from:

• W. Eddie Morris
• Smith Haley
• W.F. Turner
• Lois Henson
• A.M. Long

IPHC Archives and Research Center publication Legacy
North American Renewal Service Committee
Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America
Society for Pentecostal Studies

Help us locate:

• pentecostal periodicals
• books
• photographs (with data)
• manuscripts
• audio and video tapes
• documents
• local and regional histories
• diaries
• church histories
• Scrapbooks
• correspondence
• Artifacts

ORIENTATION

Responsible to the General Conference and the General Board of Administration, it is important that the IPHC Archives and Research Center is rooted in every IPHC conference worldwide.

From the General Conference comes the appointment of a Director of the Archives and Research Center at the IPHC Resource and Development Center. Then, working in harmony with the IPHC Archives and Research Center, each IPHC Conference Superintendent and his/her Board appoints a Conference Archivist whose duties are described in our published manual.

The Conference Board and the Conference Archivist will encourage and assist local churches within each conference to appoint local church historians. In this way our entire Church benefits from the histories and records being acquisitioned and they will more accurately be kept and preserved.

On a regular schedule, both the Conferences and Local Churches will transfer the Archival materials to IPHC Archives and Research Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

SELECT POLICIES

1. Legal Responsibilities of the Researcher:

The researcher is responsible for complying with the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, and literary property rights involved in copying, quoting, or otherwise using materials in the IPHC Archive Collections. Be aware that certain unpublished manuscripts may have restrictions placed on their use as a matter of common law copyright.

2. Special restrictions by the IPHC Archive Collections or donor of a collection:

a. Certain documents and collections may have restrictions placed on their use by the IPHC Archives when there is a threat to the preservation of the materials. Such collection might be closed until encapsulated or microfilmed. They may also be determined to be too fragile for photocopying. The Archives may also close a collection until it has been processed into the Finding Aids.

b. Certain documents and collections may have copyright or other restrictions imposed by the donor or depositor of a collection. These restrictions may vary greatly. A researcher can obtain information about such restrictions from the IPHC Archives director.

3. Confidentiality of certain official church records:

The unpublished minutes, correspondence, studies, manuscripts, audio recordings and other records produced by the official agencies and offices of the Pentecostal Holiness Church may have a schedule of restrictions placed on their access. No collection or document will be classified as closed or confidential without the assignment of a date or method for which these restrictions may be eased.

a . All office files are considered restricted for a period not less that fifteen years from the date of origin. Access may be granted by obtaining the written permission from the office whose files are in question.

b. The papers of an individual general superintendent may be closed until the general superintendent's death and until the Archives has processed the papers into its Finding Aids.

c. Certain files, file series, or record groups may be closed due to the confidentiality of the record. Examples of these would include the records and minutes of the GBA and the minutes of the GEB. If a researcher desires access to these materials, the researcher must make the request in writing to the respective church bodies through the general superintendent.

4. Privacy restrictions:

a. Due to the Privacy Act of 1974, any and all personnel files, medical forms, employment applications or other privileged information granted to the International Pentecostal Holiness Church by any individual person will be closed until that person's death. When the person's death cannot be verified, the Archives will regard a period of seventy five years as sufficient time for the restriction of such information.

b. No researcher is permitted to use the resources of the IPHC Archives to compile or update any mailing list or directory without first obtaining the written permission of the general superintendent of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

5. Special restrictions regarding use:

Access to materials in the IPHC Archive Collections does not necessarily constitute permission to publish, quote, or otherwise cite such material in the classroom., in publication or in any other form.

a. Such use of any published or unpublished materials in the IPHC Archives is restricted when the well being of friends and members of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church who are located in potentially hostile political environments might be jeopardized. The Archives can provide current information regarding such restrictions to the researcher.

b. Should the researcher encounter any unpublished material in the IPHC Archives having regard to any private, personal, or ethical misconduct, then the researcher shall not be permitted to use this material without first obtaining the written permission of the general superintendent of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. If the researcher encounters such materials, it must be understood that any personally identifying information is to be kept in the strictest confidence.

When considering application for the use of such material, the general superintendent will consider the credentials of the researcher, the nature of the project, the relationship of such material to the project and any other factors which may be deemed applicable. A written understanding will be required.

Last update on 11/14/07
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