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History of Presbyterian-affiliated Sunday schools, mission schools, colleges, universities, seminaries, and educators. See the following related collections: Higher education; Church work with youth. Featured image: Biology class at Knoxville College, ca. 1950.

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Title:
Publishing with purpose
Description:
Written by Ward L. Kaiser with Arthur O.F. Bauer, former staff at Friendship Press.
Creator:
Kaiser, Ward L., 1923- (author), Bauer, Arthur O. F., 1925- (author)
Subject names:
Friendship Press, inc., Peters projection (Cartography)
Topics:
Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century., Publishers and publishing--Canada--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356189
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) scrapbook, 1902-1924.
Description:
Includes a report on the 1918 fire in the boys' dormitory in which 13 students died.
Creator:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348152
Title:
The Seven Year Plan.
Description:
Poster highlighting the missionary education motto and the foreign mission study themes chosen for a seven year period. Published by the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions. (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183317
Title:
A Christian Ministry in the National Parks.
Description:
Promotional pamphlet for the cooperative Christian program, Christian Ministry in the National Parks.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Christian Ministry in the National Parks., United States. National Park Service., Ost, Warren William, 1926-
Topics:
National parks and reserves--United States., Church work with youth.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166025
Title:
Presbyterian Children, 1789-1989 coloring book.
Description:
Children's coloring book published for the Bicentennial of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Designed to help children learn about both the history of the Church and the history of the United States. Drawings created by Jimmy Ning.
Creator:
Atkins, Carolyn. (editor), Ning, Jimmy. (artist)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Bicentennial Celebration Committee., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--History., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Education (Elementary), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Centennial celebrations, etc.
Topics:
Church anniversaries., Coloring books--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--1783-1815--Study and teaching (Elementary)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149618
Title:
Beirut Seminary for Girls playground.
Description:
[From "Church at Home and Abroad" December 1894, p. 493.]
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Students--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147394
Title:
American Junior College for Women students, 1930-1931.
Description:
[From "Training Christian Womanhood in Bible Lands, American Junior College for Women, Beirut, Syria."]
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission--Archives., American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut., Women college students--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147392
Title:
Calvin College.
Description:
Le collège de Calvin. La voûte du grand Perron. [Calvin College. The vault of the big Perron. From Jean Calvin: Les hommes et les choses de son temps, vol. 3, p. 382, published 1905.]
Creator:
Doumergue, E. (Emile), 1844-1937. (author)
Subject names:
Collège de Genève., Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
Topics:
Reformation--Switzerland--Geneva., Universities and colleges--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139353
Title:
Westminster College baseball team, 1905.
Description:
Group photo of the Westminster College baseball team, 1905.
Creator:
Sanders (Saint Louis, Mo.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Westminster College (Fulton, Mo.)
Topics:
Students--Missouri--Fulton., Presbyterian universities and colleges--Missouri--Fulton., Baseball teams--Missouri--Fulton.
Geographic subjects:
Fulton (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116202
Title:
Weihsien High School for Girls, Graduating Class, 1913.
Description:
Weihsien High School for Girls, Graduating Class, 1913, from A Record of American Presbyterian Mission Work in Shantung Province, China, 1861-1913.
Subject names:
Wei Xian (Shandong Sheng, China), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Shantung Mission.
Topics:
Students--China--Shandong Sheng., Missions--Educational work--China--Shandong Sheng., Education--China--Shandong Sheng.
Geographic subjects:
Shandong Sheng (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116199
Title:
One of the early mission schools, Smithfield, Utah.
Description:
Image from Home Mission Monthly, Oct. 1907 p. 288.
Creator:
Woman's Executive Committee for Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. (publisher)
Topics:
Home missions--Utah--Smithfield., Schools--Utah--Smithfield.
Geographic subjects:
Smithfield (Utah)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5512
Title:
YWCA Knoxunior.
Description:
The Young Women's Christian Association Knoxunior. [From Knoxunior, 1938 p. 54]
Subject names:
Knoxville College.
Topics:
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Tennessee--Knoxville., African American universities and colleges--Tennessee--Knoxville., Women college students--Tennessee--Knoxville.
Geographic subjects:
Knoxville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5472
Title:
The Teachers' Home.
Description:
The Teachers' Home, Fairview, Utah. [Text transcribed from caption found in Home Mission Monthly, Oct. 1908, p. 296.]
Topics:
Home missions--Utah--Fairview.
Geographic subjects:
Fairview (Utah)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5370
Title:
Presbyterian Chapel School, Richmond, Utah.
Description:
[From Home Mission Monthly, May 1893, p. 150.]
Topics:
Home missions--Utah--Richmond., Schools--Utah--Richmond.
Geographic subjects:
Richmond (Utah)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5343
Title:
Stillman Institute girls' basketball team.
Description:
Girls' Basketball Team of 1934. [From Stillman Institute Catalogue, 1934-5, p. 33]
Subject names:
Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topics:
African American students--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., Junior colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., Basketball teams--Alabama--Tuscaloosa.
Geographic subjects:
Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5308
Title:
Presbyterian Teachers' Convention.
Description:
Presbyterian Teachers’ Convention, Springville, Utah. First row: - Rev. Mr. Davis, Miss Lamont, Miss M. Jensen, Miss Nelson, Prof. Sweazy, Miss H. Jensen, Miss McCracken, Miss McCullough, Miss Smith, Miss Herron, Rev. Mr. Barton, Miss Stanley, Mr. Hanks, Miss Hemenway, Rev. Mr. Martin, Mrs. Hostetter, Rev. Mr. Hough. Second row: - Miss Beckman, Mrs. Morgan, Miss Todd, Miss Nelson, Miss Morgan, Mrs. I. N. Smith, Prof. I. N. Smith, Miss Meteer, Rev. Mr. Bobach, Mrs. McVicker. Third row: - Miss Taylor, Miss Finn, Miss Chaplin, Miss Meiling, Miss White, Prof. Marshall, Miss Neilson, Dr. Wishard, Miss McClure, Rev. Mr. McClain, Miss Buchanan, Miss Gray, Miss Jamison, Miss Wymer. The Inwardness of Mormonism. [Home Mission Monthly, Sep. 1901 p. 276.]
Topics:
Home missions--Utah--Springville., Teachers--Utah--Springville., Women teachers--Utah--Springville.
Geographic subjects:
Springville (Utah)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5198
Title:
Knoxville College.
Description:
Birdseye view of Knoxville College. [From Bulletin / Catalogue 1908-09, facing title page]
Subject names:
Knoxville College.
Topics:
African Americans--Education., African American universities and colleges--Tennessee--Knoxville.
Geographic subjects:
Knoxville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5190
Title:
Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations.
Topics:
Church work with the working class--United States., Church work with skilled labor--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5090
Title:
The Berean Manual Training and Industrial School.
Description:
Berean Manual Training and Industrial School. This cut displays all the buildings, including Boarding Hall and Dormitory, Board Room and Dormitory, Administration Room and Dormitory, Trades Building, Principal's Residence, Chapel, Ivy Angle and Lawn. Boarding facilities are temporarily suspended under school management. Excellent meals can be secured in Berean Cafe on the premises. Dormitory facilities are for male students only, and very limited. No students received under sixteen years of age.
Subject names:
Berean Manual Training and Industrial School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African Americans--Vocational education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4863
Title:
The Berean Manual Training School.
Description:
Berean Manual Training and Insustrial School scrapbook.
Subject names:
Anderson, Matthew, 1845-1928., Berean Manual Training and Industrial School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pennsylvania., African Americans--Vocational education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4325

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