As the official repository
of historical materials for the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America , the Historical Library
and Archives of the General
Assemblies holds in trust for these denominations much
of their recorded history.
It is the responsibility
of the Historical
Library and Archives to house, preserve, protect,
and maintain the records of the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches
so that present and future church members, administrators, historians,
and other researchers may have access to them.
Whenever possible, the
Historical Library and Archives of the General Assemblies of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches shall ascribe to the Code
of Ethics for Archivists as formulated by the Society
of American Archivists.
