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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in foreign fields. Featured image: First team of Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries in Korea, November 1892.

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Title:
Mr. Ward's Embassy.
Description:
An overview of the two American embassies in China. Written by W.A.P. Martin, a Presbyterian missionary. Pages 75-83 are missing from the manuscript.
Creator:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916. (author)
Subject names:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916--Archives., United States. Embassy (China), United States. Embassy (China)--History.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Diplomatic and consular service, American--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., China--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344961
Title:
Gertrude Roe Bayless memoir, 1923-1950.
Description:
Gertrude Roe Bayless' typed memoir of her years as a missionary and music teacher in China from 1923 through 1950.
Creator:
Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890- (author)
Subject names:
Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890---Archives., Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hunan Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--20th century., Women missionaries--China--20th century., Missionaries--China--20th century., Church musicians--China., Music teachers--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340163
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, May to December 1941.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author), Millican family--Archives.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Christian Literature Society for China.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
China., Oakland (Calif.), Weehawken (N.J.), Hawaii.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136438
Title:
Chinese missionaries miscellaneous letters, 1949 to 1950.
Description:
Miscellaneous letters written by missionaries in China, 1949 to 1950. Correspondence relates only tangentially to the Millicans, but is informative about the situation in China during the post-World War II years.
Creator:
Newman, Frank W. (author), Wagner, Dorothy. (author), Bannan, E. J. (author), Smith, Mabelle C. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Communism--China.
Geographic subjects:
Ningbo Shi (China), Hunan Sheng (China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124454
Title:
Edith Millican miscellaneous writings, 1943 to 1982.
Description:
Edith Millican miscellaneous writings, 1943 to 1982. It includes prayers, mission reports, lecture notes, and essays. Also found is a 1957 letter addressed to Edith from her mother, Aimee Millican.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author), Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Mora County (N.M.), Stanwood (Wash.), Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124133
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican. Correspondence includes undated letters. Internal evidence was used to determine the approximate chronological order.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Embudo (N.M.), Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123997
Title:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1949 to 1984.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1949 to 1984. Correspondence authored by Muriel Boone, Frank W. Newman, Archie R. Crouch, and other friends.
Creator:
Boone, Muriel, 1893- (author), Crouch, Archie R. (author), Newman, Frank W. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123207
Title:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1939 to 1948.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1939 to 1948. Correspondence authored by Margaret B. Duncan, Marcia Kerr, Herrick B. Young, Muriel Boone, Frank W. Newman and other friends.
Creator:
Young, Herrick B. (author), Duncan, Margaret B. (author), Kerr, Marcia (author), Boone, Muriel, 1893- (author), Newman, Frank W. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122740
Title:
Chinese missionaries miscellaneous letters, Shanghai.
Description:
Miscellaneous letters written by missionaries in Shanghai, 1941-1949, 1972, 1982?, n.d. Also includes a 1972 letter addressed to Aimee Millican from the Woman's Missionary Union. Correspondence relates only tangentially to the Millicans, but is informative about the situation in China during the post-World War II years.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122640
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican. Correspondence includes undated letters. Internal evidence was used to determine the approximate chronological order.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122202
Title:
William M. Baird illustrations, 1905-1907, 1914-1916, n.d.
Description:
William M. Baird's clippings with annotations, primarily documenting Korean missionary groups, faculty, students, and buildings of the Presbyterian Seminary and Union Christian College.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea., Theological seminaries--Korea., Universities and colleges--North Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:114836
Title:
Internment and Repatriation from the United States View.
Description:
Essay by Mary M. Moninger detailing her experiences in China including the Japanese occupation and her repatriation.
Creator:
Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission., Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86530
Title:
A Record of Experiences in Nodoa in 1939.
Description:
Essay by Mary M. Moninger detailing her experiences in China including the Japanese occupation and her repatriation.
Creator:
Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission., Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86492
Title:
The Training of a Chinese nurse.
Description:
Essay by Mary M. Moninger detailing her experiences in China including the Japanese occupation and her repatriation.
Creator:
Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission., Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86467
Title:
Twenty-three Thousand Miles of Miracle.
Description:
The story of our last two years in Hainan, 1940-1941 and the story of our repatriation trip to the USA by the Menado Maru, the Conte Verde and the Gripsholm. Essay by Mary M. Moninger detailing her experiences in China including the Japanese occupation and her repatriation.
Creator:
Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission., Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86386
Title:
Somewhere in Occupied Territory in China Before Pearl Harbor.
Description:
Essay by Mary M. Moninger detailing her experiences in China including the Japanese occupation and her repatriation.
Creator:
Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission., Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86347
Title:
Hainan Was My Home, 1915-1942.
Description:
Essay by Mary M. Moninger detailing her experiences in China including the Japanese occupation and her repatriation.
Creator:
Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission., Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86259

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