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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in domestic fields. Featured image: Missionary Kate McBeth with the first Women's Missionary Society organized in Lapwai (present-day Idaho).

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Title:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.) Sunday school teachers, 1911.
Creator:
Villegas Studio (El Paso, Tex.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.)
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--El Paso., Sunday school teachers--Texas--El Paso.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343892
Title:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.) Sunday school teachers, 1911.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: S.S. Teachers Mexican Church El Paso, Texas. 1911.
Creator:
Villegas Studio (El Paso, Tex.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.)
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--El Paso., Sunday school teachers--Texas--El Paso.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343788
Title:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) scrapbook, circa 1926-1945.
Description:
Scrapbook of the House of Neighborly Service, a community center in San Antonio, Texas which was jointly supported by the Synod of Texas and the Board of National Missions. Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and lists of financial contributors. Also includes "A History of the Mexican Mission Work Conducted by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in the Synod of Texas" by B. A. Hodges.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) (creator), Hodges, B. A. (author)
Subject names:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Texas. Texas Synodical., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--San Antonio., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--San Antonio., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Texas--San Antonio., Social settlements--Texas--San Antonio., Community centers--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343628
Title:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.) session, 1914.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Session of Mexican Church. El Paso, Texas. 1914.
Creator:
Juarez, M. H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.)
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--El Paso.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343627
Title:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) Board of Directors' constitution and by-laws.
Description:
Constitution and by-laws of the Board of Directors of the House of Neighborly Service, a community center in San Antonio, Texas which was jointly supported by the Synod of Texas and the Board of National Missions.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) Board of Directors. (creator)
Subject names:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Texas. Texas Synodical., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--San Antonio., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--San Antonio., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Texas--San Antonio., Social settlements--Texas--San Antonio., Community centers--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343618
Title:
Mountaineer Mining Mission slideshow.
Description:
Slides, taken from 1952 to 1957 by Edgar Thorne, of the Mountaineer Mining Mission, Jordan, W. Va. and Edna, W. Va.; converted to VHS, about 1989.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of West Virginia., Thorne, Edgar., Mountaineer Mining Mission.
Topics:
Home missions--Appalachian Region., Appalachians (People)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340959
Title:
Santa Fe Academy, 1885, 1891.
Description:
Records related to Santa Fe Academy in New Mexico. Includes correspondence regarding the Board of Home Missions' decision to stop financially supporting the school.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. College Board--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board for Aid for Colleges and Academies., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Missions--Educational work--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Schools--New Mexico--Santa Fe.
Geographic subjects:
Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340912
Title:
The Message of an Alaskan Life.
Description:
Tells the story of Frances (Fannie) H. Willard, a Tlingit missionary. Written by Susan H. Pingry (published under the name Mrs. John F. Pingry.)
Creator:
Pingry, Susan H. (author)
Subject names:
Willard, Frances H.--Biography., Willard, Frances H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions., Sitka Training School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit children--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit women--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Women missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340294
Title:
The Cowboys' Hitchin' Post.
Description:
Glimpses of the work of Sunday school missionaries in the Southwest and a cattlemen's camp meeting. Photographed by Frederick R. Thorne. Edited by John Fenton. Script written by Joe Forest. The title was suggested by the book of the same name written and published by Joe M. Evans of El Paso, Texas.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Forest, Joe. (author), Fenton, John. (editor)
Topics:
Church work with cowboys--Southwest, New., Camp meetings--Southwest, New., Home missions--Southwest, New.
Geographic subjects:
Southwest, New.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340289
Title:
An elementary book of the Ioway Language.
Creator:
Hamilton, William, 1811-1891. (author), Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), 1812- (author), Roy, J. B. (translator), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. (contributor)
Topics:
Iowa language--Grammar., Iowa language--Translating.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340229
Title:
Economic Background for Self-Support in Indian Missions.
Description:
Article written by Henry Roe Cloud, a Ho-Chunk Native American and Presbyterian minister.
Creator:
Cloud, Henry Roe, 1885-1950. (author)
Subject names:
American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--Missions., Missions--Finance.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300237
Title:
Sarah Goodwin and Rev. Robert Sandman of the Migrant Ministry Committee Texas Council of Churches, January 25, 1955.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Sarah Goodwin and the Rev. Robt. Sandman of the Migrant Ministry staff Texas Council of Churches look over a part of a 120-doll shipment received from United Church Women of Wichita Falls. These dolls become a part of the interesting equipment of the "Harvester" station wagon. Credit: Texas Migrant Ministry collection, 1952-1980 and undated, Austin Seminary Archives, Wright Learning and Information Center, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Creator:
Studtman Photo Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Texas Council of Churches., Goodwin, Sarah., Sandman, Robert.
Topics:
Migrant labor--Texas., Church work with migrant labor--Texas., Home missions--Texas.
Geographic subjects:
Texas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:294114
Title:
Texas Migrant Ministry material, 1952-1980 and undated.
Description:
Consists of correspondence, essays, reports, clippings, and printed material documenting the ecumenical work with migrant populations in Texas. Much of the material is related to the involvement of the Texas Migrant Ministry Committee of the Texas Council of Churches with migrant workers. Credit: Texas Migrant Ministry collection, 1952-1980 and undated, Austin Seminary Archives, Wright Learning and Information Center, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Creator:
Texas Council of Churches. (creator), Kilpatrick, Harold C., 1902-2002. (author)
Subject names:
Texas Conference of Churches., Texas Council of Churches., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions.
Topics:
Migrant labor--Texas., Church work with migrant labor--Texas., Home missions--Texas.
Geographic subjects:
Texas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293981
Title:
Indian Panorama
Description:
Compiled by the Department of Town and Country Church and Indian Work.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Town and Country Church and Indian Work. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Town and Country Church and Indian Work.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States--20th century., Indigenous peoples--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:292277
Title:
Walter A. Soboleff oral history, 1987.
Description:
Soboleff interviewed by Margaret Deck at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, May 23, 1987.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286245
Title:
Walter A. Soboleff oral history, 1987, side b.
Description:
Soboleff interviewed by Margaret Deck at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, May 23, 1987.
Creator:
Soboleff, Walter A., 1908-2011 (interviewee), Deck, Margaret. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Tlingit Indians--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286020
Title:
Walter A. Soboleff oral history, 1987.
Description:
Soboleff interviewed by Margaret Deck at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, May 23, 1987.
Creator:
Soboleff, Walter A., 1908-2011. (interviewee), Deck, Margaret. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Tlingit Indians--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285859
Title:
Victor Colon-Bonet file, 1958-1963.
Description:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Dept. of Mission Development personnel file for Victor Colon-Bonet of Mayaguez-Marina Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development., Colon-Bonet, Victor.
Topics:
Home missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez.
Geographic subjects:
Mayagüez (P.R.)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280658
Title:
Prairie Mission, Prairie, Alabama.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Campus -- softball game, boys.
Creator:
Keith, Clyde R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Prairie Mission (Prairie, Ala.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alabama--Wilcox County., African American elementary schools--Alabama--Wilcox County., Softball for children--Alabama--Wilcox County.
Geographic subjects:
Wilcox County (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183332
Title:
Prairie Mission, Prairie, Alabama.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Campus -- softball, girls.
Creator:
Keith, Clyde R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Prairie Mission (Prairie, Ala.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alabama--Wilcox County., African American elementary schools--Alabama--Wilcox County., Softball for children--Alabama--Wilcox County.
Geographic subjects:
Wilcox County (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183331

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