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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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Prairie Mission, Prairie, Alabama.
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., School buildings--Alabama--Wilcox County.
Geographic subjects:
Wilcox County (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183326
Title:
Prairie Mission, Prairie, Alabama.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Prairie -- children receiving free food and 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:183325
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:183324
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:
Little Cowboy Americans, 1945.
Description:
The story of Ralph Hall and Sunday school missions in the Southwest.
Subject names:
Hall, Ralph J., 1891-1973., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Thorne, Frederick R., Lormer, Jane., Bayak, Jack.
Topics:
Sunday schools., Church work with cowboys., Missions--Southwestern States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83074
Title:
Group of girls seated on steps.
Description:
A few of the little girls with their dolls. [Presbyterian mission in Northern Arizona, likely Tuba City, Ariz., before 1942]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Bovee, Perry, 1900-1993--Archives.
Topics:
Navajo Indians., Navajo Indians--Missions--Arizona., Missions--Arizona--Tuba City.
Geographic subjects:
Tuba City (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14465
Title:
Christmas celebration.
Description:
Taken from the back of the room at [Kaibets] - Santa Clause (alas Mr. Boree) giving out the gifts. It was a dark day and inside, but you can see it a little. The man and lady on each side of Santa are the teachers - Mr. + Mrs. [Mobsy]. [Presbyterian mission in Northern Arizona, likely Tuba City, Ariz., before 1942]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Bovee, Perry, 1900-1993--Archives.
Topics:
Navajo Indians., Missions--Arizona--Tuba City., Navajo Indians--Missions--Arizona.
Geographic subjects:
Tuba City (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14464
Title:
Navajo husband and wife standing together.
Description:
Bert + Kate's wedding picture. [Presbyterian mission in Northern Arizona, likely Tuba City, Ariz., before 1942.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Bovee, Perry, 1900-1993--Archives.
Topics:
Navajo Indians., Navajo Indians--Missions--Arizona., Missions--Arizona--Tuba City.
Geographic subjects:
Tuba City (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14463
Title:
Navajo husband and wife standing together.
Description:
Bert + Kate. [Presbyterian mission in Northern Arizona, likely Tuba City, Ariz., before 1942.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Bovee, Perry, 1900-1993--Archives.
Topics:
Navajo Indians., Missions--Arizona--Tuba City., Navajo Indians--Missions--Arizona.
Geographic subjects:
Tuba City (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14462
Title:
Group of Navajo sitting for a photograph.
Description:
Taken in the front looking back over the group. [Presbyterian mission in Northern Arizona, likely Tuba City, Ariz., before 1942].
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Bovee, Perry, 1900-1993--Archives.
Topics:
Navajo Indians., Navajo Indians--Missions--Arizona., Missions--Arizona--Tuba City.
Geographic subjects:
Tuba City (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14461

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