Preserving the Future

The Episcopal Project offers consultation, cataloguing, digitization and archiving services to Episcopal churches, dioceses, and organizations to help preserve and protect their history.

  • Handwritten family record book documenting baptisms of colored persons, including names, birth dates, and baptism dates from 1826 to 1855, in cursive script.

    Registers, Vestry Records, Historic Documents

  • Two elderly people, a woman and a man, are having a conversation inside a building with white railings and red carpet. The woman is holding a notebook and has a surprised expression, while the man is leaning on a white partition and smiling.

    Audio & Video Recordings, Transcripts, Interviews

  • Interior of a small church with wooden pews, stained glass windows, and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.

    Photographs, Maps, Drawings, Artifacts

Explore the Digital Archive

The archive is customized to make church and parish digitized assets accessible and secure.

The Digital Archive is a searchable, digital assets catalogue that balances usability with privacy. It is custom built to serve Episcopal churches and dioceses. Some content is accessible to all while other content is available to the client only. Privacy of records is determined by the client.

Our Story

Founder Edna Johnston and Board Member Nate Kettlewell explain the mission of The Episcopal Project and the way it works during this informative video.

Workshop Summary and Transcript

Workshop Slide Deck

Special Projects

Laying the Leavy

This exhibit explores vestry books from two colonial parishes in eastern Virginia.

The Warrior Shrine

This collection preserves the remains of an early 20th-century shrine in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Two elderly men, one African American with glasses and gray hair, smiling at each other, the other Caucasian with a white beard, wearing a black hat, also smiling.