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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:
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
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:183330
Title:
Prairie Mission, Prairie, Alabama.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Distributing donated clothing.
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., Charities--Alabama--Wilcox County.
Geographic subjects:
Wilcox County (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183329
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:183328
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:183327
Title:
African American missions.
Description:
An unidentified man reading Africo-American Presbyterian, a weekly African-American newspaper from Charlotte, North Carolina that includes local, state, national, and Presbyterian news along with advertising.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives.
Topics:
Home missions--United States., African Americans--Missions., African American newspapers--North Carolina.
Geographic subjects:
North Carolina
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175915
Title:
Pima First Presbyterian Church, Sacaton, Ariz.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Pima First Presbyterian Church (Sacaton, Ariz.)
Topics:
Pima Indians--Arizona--Sacaton., Pima Indians--Missions--Arizona--Sacaton., Pima children--Arizona--Sacaton., Home missions--Arizona--Sacaton--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Sacaton (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147489
Title:
Pima First Presbyterian Church, Sacaton, Ariz.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Pima First Presbyterian Church (Sacaton, Ariz.)
Topics:
Pima Indians--Arizona--Sacaton., Pima Indians--Missions--Arizona--Sacaton., Home missions--Arizona--Sacaton--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Sacaton (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147488
Title:
Labor Temple girls' class.
Description:
[Labor Temple girls' class; Labor Temple pennant in background.]
Subject names:
Labor Temple (New York, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Unit of City and Industrial Work--Archives.
Topics:
Community centers--New York (State)--New York--20th century., Church work with the working class--New York (State)--New York--20th century., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York--20th century., City missions--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8888
Title:
Labor Temple girls' class.
Description:
[Labor Temple girls' class; poster at left reads "The right to work is the right to live".]
Subject names:
Labor Temple (New York, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Unit of City and Industrial Work--Archives.
Topics:
Community centers--New York (State)--New York--20th century., Church work with the working class--New York (State)--New York--20th century., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York--20th century., City missions--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8825
Title:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide.
Description:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide July 4, 1836. "They raised the flag, read a chapter from God's Word and took possession of the land for Christ and for the Church" [Illusration of Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, Henry Harmon Spalding, Eliza Hart Spalding, and William H. Gray on their journey west.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Gray, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1889., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Oregon Mission., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory., Missions--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7735
Title:
Our Last Frontier -- Princeton Hall.
Description:
Text transcribed from accompanying script: The Presbyterians are proud of their territorial "Navy" -- the Princeton Hall, shown here, and the S.J.S. II. These boats are used for evangelistic work and transportation to church conferences.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), 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.
Topics:
Home missions--Alaska., Boats and boating in missionary work--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5526
Title:
Our Last Frontier -- Haines House.
Description:
Text transcribed from accompanying script: Presbyterians look with particular affection at Haines House -- the only home which many native children have ever known.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Orphanages--Alaska--Haines., Home missions--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5464
Title:
Sheldon Jackson students.
Description:
Text transcribed from accompanying script: At night, in the dormitories of Sheldon Jackson, prayers are said before the lights go out. Each day ends on a spiritual note, testifying to the fact that the good citizens of Alaska's tomorrow must learn to be good Christians today.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Alaska--Sitka., Home missions--Alaska--Sitka., College students--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5449
Title:
Our Last Frontier -- Gold Mining Dredge.
Description:
And today, gold is still mined at Fairbanks -- though machines like this six-story dredge have replaced the pan of the gold rush.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Home missions--Alaska--Fairbanks., Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Fairbanks.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Missions., Fairbanks (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5203

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