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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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Presbyterian Hospital (San Juan, P.R.) correspondence, 1901-1905.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Health, Education and Welfare--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century., Missions, Medical--Puerto Rico--San Juan., Hospitals--Puerto Rico--San Juan.
Geographic subjects:
San Juan (P.R.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183197
Title:
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing records, 1933-1945.
Description:
Records for the School of Nursing at Sage Memorial Hospital, a Presbyterian mission hospital serving the Navajo people in Ganado, Arizona. Primarily concerns commencement ceremonies and graduates of the school. Includes correspondence, programs, postcards, clippings, and a sermon by Dr. Robert Freeman.
Creator:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.) (creator), Gladfelter, Katharine E (author), Salsbury, Clarence G., 1886-1980. (author), Scott, Anna M. (author), Freeman, Robert. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Health, Education and Welfare--Archives., Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Nursing--Study and teaching--Arizona--Ganado., Hospitals--Arizona--Ganado., Nurses--Arizona--Ganado., Home missions--Arizona--Ganado.
Geographic subjects:
Ganado (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179027
Title:
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing correspondence and personnel records, 1941-1943.
Description:
Correspondence and personnel records for the School of Nursing at Sage Memorial Hospital, a Presbyterian mission hospital serving the Navajo people in Ganado, Arizona.
Creator:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.) (creator), Blake, Ella Lacy. (author), Refsland, Martha B. (author), Farver, Peru. (author)
Subject names:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.)--Archives., Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Nursing--Study and teaching--Arizona--Ganado., Hospitals--Arizona--Ganado., Nurses--Arizona--Ganado., Home missions--Arizona--Ganado.
Geographic subjects:
Ganado (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178988
Title:
The J. Earl Jackman Relocation Program first year report, 1964-1965.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Institute of Strategic Studies. (creator), Goodman, Grace Ann. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Strategic Services--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Institute of Strategic Studies., Jackman, J. Earl, 1900-1984., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Division of Church Strategy and Development., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Home missions--United States., Missions--Educational work., High school students--Economic conditions., High school students--Social conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178958
Title:
José Martinez, American.
Description:
Produced by the Audiovisual Department, Board of National Missions, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., about 1965.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Audio Visual Department, Methodist Church (U.S.). Division of Interpretation., Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Missions.
Topics:
Church work with Hispanic Americans., Hispanic Americans--Missions--New York (State), Hispanic Americans--Missions--New Mexico., Hispanic Americans--Missions--Texas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177398
Title:
Any Milk Today, 1970.
Description:
Produced and directed by Nancy Carter. Shows the difficulty a middle-income family has as it tries to live for one week on the welfare allowance of sixty-six cents a day. One family in Kentucky shows how they manage.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Women. (producer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (producer), Carter, Nancy. (director)
Topics:
Public welfare--United States., Poverty--United States., Subsistence economy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Economic conditions--1961-1971.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:170569
Title:
Installation of Nelson Ahvakana as lay preacher in the village of Kaktovik, 1979.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Media Services
Subject names:
Ahvakana, Nelson., Kignak, Ernest.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Alaska., Indigenous Presbyterians--Alaska., Religious life.--Alaska Natives
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Church history., Kaktovik (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166468
Title:
Manzanar Japanese Relocation Center.
Description:
The Japanese Relocation Center in Manzanar, CA.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146378
Title:
Cowboy camp meeting.
Description:
Cowboy camp meeting, New Mexico. It looks like Ralph Hall and he's telling stories. Oct. 1955.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hall, Ralph J., 1891-1973., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Home missions--New Mexico--20th century., Church work with cowboys--New Mexico., Camp meetings--New Mexico--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New Mexico.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:111122
Title:
Board of Missions for Freedmen application book, 1936-1937.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives.
Topics:
Slaves--United States--Emancipation., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., African Americans--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:101142
Title:
Board of Missions for Freedmen application book, 1935-1936.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives.
Topics:
Slaves--United States--Emancipation., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., African Americans--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:100993
Title:
Board of Missions for Freedmen application book, 1937-1938.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives.
Topics:
Slaves--United States--Emancipation., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., African Americans--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:100741
Title:
Board of Missions for Freedmen application book, 1935-1936.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives.
Topics:
Slaves--United States--Emancipation., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., African Americans--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:100656

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