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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:
Letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, April 1, 1948.
Description:
April 1, 1948 letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, Assistant Secretary, Office of Youth Work, informing Blanchard that she is one of the Alaska Pioneers in the Youth Caravan.
Creator:
Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018. (addressee), Howell, Elizabeth. (author)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Westminster Fellowship.
Topics:
Presbyterian women., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356165
Title:
The Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council statement to the City of Chicago Board of Education, May 23, 1941.
Description:
Statement from the Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council to the City of Chicago Board of Education on high school weekday credit courses in religion.
Creator:
Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Archives., Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council., Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Religion in public schools--Illinois--Chicago., Jewish religious education--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.).
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354069
Title:
Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange, Church World Service, National Council of Churches of Christ, 1954-1960.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Christian education--United States., Scholarships--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354019
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) scrapbook, 1902-1924.
Description:
Includes a report on the 1918 fire in the boys' dormitory in which 13 students died.
Creator:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348152
Title:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346896
Title:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859.
Creator:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870. (author)
Subject names:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870., Oak Ridge Manual Labor School (Holdenville, Okla.)
Topics:
Seminole Indians--Missions., Missions--Oklahoma--Holdenville.
Geographic subjects:
Holdenville (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346890
Title:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Transcription of letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859. Letter originally processed as part of RG 224, Box 6, Folder 30 (American Indian correspondence : the Presbyterian Historical Society collection of missionaries' letters, 1833-1893, 1949-1950).
Creator:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870. (author)
Subject names:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870., Oak Ridge Manual Labor School (Holdenville, Okla.)
Topics:
Seminole Indians--Missions., Missions--Oklahoma--Holdenville.
Geographic subjects:
Holdenville (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346886
Title:
Letter from Roy T. Ussrey to Mike Spence, February 23, 1989.
Description:
Letter from Roy T. Ussrey, a former student of Dwight Indian Training School in Marble City, Oklahoma. Addressed to Mike Spence of the Dwight Mission. Concerns two artifacts from the school: a printing press and a telescope. Includes newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Ussrey, Roy T. (author), Spence, Mike, (addressee)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346422
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers, 1902-1904.
Description:
Letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346322
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook and correspondence, 1902-1904.
Description:
Letterpress copybook and correspondence of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345993
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers, 1900-1902.
Description:
Letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission. Text is faded and often hard to read.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345495
Title:
Seven years old and going to Boggs.
Description:
A promotional film for the Presbyterian-operated Boggs Academy in Keysville, Georgia. Tells the story of Shirley, a little girl who dreams of learning everything at Boggs. Produced by the PCUSA Board of National Missions, 1937.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Boggs Academy.
Topics:
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Keysville., African American children--Georgia--Keysville.
Geographic subjects:
Keysville (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344681
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.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343893
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:
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

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