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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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Fiftieth anniversary historical sketch.
Description:
Pamphlet celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission, 1853-1903.
Creator:
Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.), Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Chinese Americans--Missions., Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco., Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177255
Title:
Presbyterian tawoope ga Wicasta Wakan Tawoecon
Description:
Prepared and published by order of Dakota Presbytery. Written in the Dakota language.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Dakota.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Missions., Dakota language.
Geographic subjects:
Santee (Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176185
Title:
The Japanese in our midst, 1943.
Description:
Pamphlet published by the Colorado Council of Churches which questions the morality of holding Japanese Americans in incarceration camps.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Pacific Coast (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146359
Title:
The Story of Japanese-American student relocation.
Description:
World Student Service Fund pamphlet which urges young Americans to come to the aid of Japanese American students by supporting the relocation efforts of the WSSF.
Topics:
Asian American students--Pacific Coast., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945.
Geographic subjects:
Pacific Coast (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146354
Title:
First annual report of the National Freedman's Relief Association of the District of Columbia.
Creator:
National Freedman's Relief Association of the District of Columbia. (author)
Subject names:
National Freedman's Relief Association of the District of Columbia--Periodicals.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions., Freedmen.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112859
Title:
An appeal for Alaska.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Executive Committee for Home Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:90619
Title:
The relation of this Presbytery to the beginning of missionary work in Alaska published by the Presbytery of Portland; under the direction of the Stated Clerk.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Portland. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Portland.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:90600
Title:
Getting at the heart of the downtown problem:
Description:
History of the Labor Temple and its neighborhood.
Subject names:
Labor Temple (New York, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Department of Church and Labor.
Topics:
City churches--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:89942
Title:
The national mission in youth's poverty and plenty.
Description:
One of seven chapters reprinted from the Board of National Missions Annual Report for 1966. Focuses on Watts Neighborhood Association and Watts Rebellion in Los Angeles, California.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (author), Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (author)
Subject names:
Westminster Neighborhood Association (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century., Poor., Church work with youth., Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:81465
Title:
Close-ups of Presbyterian Home Missions
Creator:
Morse, H. N. (Hermann Nelson), 1887-1977. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Home missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:80151
Title:
Questions on Alaska.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--History., Alaska--Missions--History.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:79851
Title:
Committee on Freedmen thirteenth annual report, presented May 1878.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., Slaves--United States--Emancipation.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69696
Title:
Committee on Freedmen second annual report, presented May 1867.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., Slaves--United States--Emancipation.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69655
Title:
Special Committee on the Management of the Board of Missions for Freedmen annual report, presented 1888.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., Slaves--United States--Emancipation.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69632
Title:
Committee on Freedmen tenth annual report, presented May 1875.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., Slaves--United States--Emancipation.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69595
Title:
Committee on Freedmen fifteenth annual report, presented May 1880.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., Slaves--United States--Emancipation.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69544

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