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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 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:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) basketball team, 1915-1916.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Basket-ball 1915-16. Won 11. Lost 3. Harjo. Davis. Long. Marshall. Ward. Guigou (Asst. Coach). Marsey. Scott. Wiley. Dunson. Alexander (Capt.). Cornell. Heusel (Coach).
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma--Marble City., Basketball teams--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346515
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:
Good Will mission, Dakota Presbytery, 1886.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1- John Renville 2- Daniel Renville 3- Charles Crawford 5- Joseph Rodgers 7- John P. Williamson 8- George Fire Cloud 9- John Eastman 10- Moses Makey 11- Moses N. Adams 12- John Flute presented by John Tallmadge Bergen.
Creator:
Bergen, John Tallmadge, 1860-1948. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Renville, John B. (John Baptiste), 1832?-1903., Renville, Daniel, 1840?-., Williamson, John Poage, 1835-1917., Firecloud, George, 1878-1968., Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902., Flute, John., Crawford, Charles., Eastman, John, 1849-1921., Makey, Moses, -1948.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Missions--History., Home missions--Dakota Territory--19th century., Indigenous peoples--Dakota territory., Missionaries--Dakota Territory--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Pine Ridge (S.D.), Dakota Territory.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344108
Title:
Good Will mission, Dakota Presbytery, 1886.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dakota Presbytery Apr. 22. 1886 Good Will Mission.
Creator:
Bergen, John Tallmadge, 1860-1948. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Renville, John B. (John Baptiste), 1832?-1903., Renville, Daniel, 1840?-., Williamson, John Poage, 1835-1917., Firecloud, George, 1878-1968., Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902., Flute, John., Crawford, Charles., Eastman, John, 1849-1921., Makey, Moses, -1948.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Missions--History., Home missions--Dakota Territory--19th century., Indigenous peoples--Dakota territory., Missionaries--Dakota Territory--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Pine Ridge (S.D.), Dakota Territory.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344107
Title:
Mexican Mission, El Paso, Texas, 1914.
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--El Paso., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--El Paso., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Texas--El Paso.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343997
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:
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:
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:
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:
American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: American Indian Institute student group. About 1930.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.)
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher), Schools--Kansas--Wichita., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Kansas--Wichita., Students--Kansas--Wichita.
Geographic subjects:
Wichita (Kan.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300779
Title:
American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The Work Hour. 1929. American Indian Institute. Wichita-Kansas.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.)
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher), Schools--Kansas--Wichita., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Kansas--Wichita., Students--Kansas--Wichita., Agriculture--Kansas--Wichita.
Geographic subjects:
Wichita (Kan.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300778
Title:
American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A group of students. American Indian Inst. 1931.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.)
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher), Schools--Kansas--Wichita., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Kansas--Wichita., Students--Kansas--Wichita.
Geographic subjects:
Wichita (Kan.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300777
Title:
American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: American Indian Inst. 1932. Wichita, Kansas. Kitchen + Dining Room force.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.)
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher), Schools--Kansas--Wichita., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Kansas--Wichita.
Geographic subjects:
Wichita (Kan.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300776
Title:
American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The Office portion of Mohican Cottage. Am. Ind. Institute. Wichita, Kansas. c. 1940.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.)
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher), Schools--Kansas--Wichita., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Kansas--Wichita.
Geographic subjects:
Wichita (Kan.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300775
Title:
American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Training in track. 1929. American Indian Institute.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.)
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher), Schools--Kansas--Wichita., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Kansas--Wichita., Students--Kansas--Wichita., Track and field--Kansas--Wichita.
Geographic subjects:
Wichita (Kan.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300774
Title:
American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: American Indian Institute. Wichita Kans. Roe Hall. c. 1940.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.)
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher), Schools--Kansas--Wichita., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Kansas--Wichita.
Geographic subjects:
Wichita (Kan.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300773

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