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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:
Nijubashi Bridge, Tokyo postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: Nijubashi (Double Bridges), Main Entrance to the Imperial Palace, Tokyo.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Bridges--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Nijūbashi (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175921
Title:
Daibutsu postcard.
Description:
Postcard addressed to Sarah Clarke Oltmans. Written in Japanese.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991.
Topics:
Returned missionaries.
Geographic subjects:
Lexington (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175920
Title:
Jamestown Island, Virginia postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: Wmsburg, Va., Aug. 19. Dear Evelyn: You would love Jamestown. I like it much better than this place, walking on historic ground rather than in manufactured replicas. We had a lovely time and are still enjoying Wmasburg. Love Sister.
Creator:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991. (author)
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991., Clarke, Evelyn.
Topics:
Returned missionaries.
Geographic subjects:
Jamestown Island (Va.), Williamsburg (Va.), Midway (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175913
Title:
Jamestown Island, Virginia postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: Jamestown Island, Virginia. Here the First Permanent English Settlement in America was Founded, May 13, 1607. Here the First Legislative Assembly in America Convened, July 30, 1619. Here was the First Capital of the Colony of Virginia, 1607-1698.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Jamestown Island (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175910
Title:
S.S. President Cleveland postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: August 9, 1954. Dear Mrs. Oltmans: Thank you very much for your kindness while I stayed in Lexington. I left San Francisco Aug. 5th. Tomorrow I get to Honolulu, the last stop in the United States. Odaiji ni! Sincerely yours, Tatsuo Wakabayashi.
Creator:
Wakabayashi, Tatsuo. (author), American President Lines, Ltd. (publisher)
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991., Wakabayashi, Tatsuo., President Cleveland (Steamship)
Topics:
Steamboats., Returned missionaries.
Geographic subjects:
Lexington (Ky.), Pacific Ocean.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175906
Title:
S.S. President Cleveland postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: The new S.S. President Cleveland and her sister-ship, the S.S. President Wilson, are America's finest postwar luxury liners. They carry 330 first-class passengers on monthly sailings from California to Hawaii, Japan, China, and the Philippines.
Creator:
Galli, Stanley. (artist)
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., President Cleveland (Steamship)
Topics:
Steamboats.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175903
Title:
Nijubashi Bridge, Tokyo postcard.
Description:
Postcard addressed to Sarah Clarke Oltmans from Megumi and Masaru.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991.
Topics:
Returned missionaries.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Lexington (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175901
Title:
Daibutsu postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: Daibutsu, the huge bronze Buddha at Kamakura, a summer resort near Tokyo, attracts treks of pious pilgrims.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Buddhas in art., Bronze sculpture--Japan--Kamakura-shi., Buddhism--Japan--Kamakura-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Kamakura-shi (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175891
Title:
First Presbyterian Church, Havana, Cuba.
Description:
Havana, Cuba. La Primera Iglesi Presbiteriana. The First Presbyterian Church. 40 Salud.
Creator:
American Photo Co. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Havana, Cuba)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--Havana--20th century., Presbyterian church buildings--Cuba--Havana.
Geographic subjects:
Havana (Cuba)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142491
Title:
Sunday School, Pyongyang.
Description:
Sunday School, Pyeng Yang, Korea. (A class of girls.)
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives.
Topics:
Sunday schools--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang., Students--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115882
Title:
Pyongyang Western Presbytery.
Description:
Pyeng Yang Western Presbytery. The picture taken in front of the Swallen home. Probably about 1920-23.
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Swallen, William Leander--Homes and haunts., Swallen, Sallie Willison--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang., Men--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115868
Title:
Kei Sung Boys Academy, Taiku Academy.
Description:
Postcard of Kei Sung Boys' Academy, Taiku Academy, Taegu, Korea.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Christian education--Korea--Taegu., School buildings--Korea--Taegu., Students--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112979
Title:
Church of Scotland mission, 1851-1959.
Description:
Records related to the Church of Scotland mission in Beirut, Lebanon,including reports, history, correspondence, maps, newsletters and postcards, 1851-1959.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Syria Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beruit., Missionaries--Lebanon--Beruit.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:91342
Title:
Group in row boat crossing the Rio Grande.
Description:
Arriving on Mexican Soil; Crossing the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mex.
Subject names:
Lowe, Sara Bedinger--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Mexico., Missions--Mexico.
Geographic subjects:
Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82436
Title:
Printed inspirational cards, undated.
Creator:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:15830
Title:
A child welfare clinic in Egypt.
Topics:
Child welfare--Egypt., Pediatric clinics--Egypt.
Geographic subjects:
Egypt.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5527
Title:
Track meet at Assiut College.
Description:
The American Mission in Egypt. A Track Meet at Assiut College. Athletics are fostered in the Mission Schools. Basketball, football, baseball, tennis and track are popular in the order named.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Egypt Mission., Assiut College (Asyūṭ, Egypt), Watkins, Clarence Bradley, 1914-2007--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Schools--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Track and field--Egypt--Asyūṭ.
Geographic subjects:
Asyūṭ (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4031
Title:
Track meet at Assiut College.
Description:
The American Mission in Egypt. A Track Meet at Assiut College. Athletics are fostered in the Mission Schools. Basketball, football, baseball, tennis and track are popular in the order named.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Egypt Mission., Assiut College (Asyūṭ, Egypt), Watkins, Clarence Bradley, 1914-2007--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Schools--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Track and field--Egypt--Asyūṭ.
Geographic subjects:
Asyūṭ (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4030
Title:
Elizabeth Margaret Evans and family.
Description:
Family photo on a postcard.
Subject names:
Evans, Elizabeth Margaret, 1886-1972.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Japan--20th century--Portraits., Children of missionaries--Japan--20th century--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1911
Title:
Elizabeth Margaret Evans and family.
Description:
Family photo on a postcard.
Subject names:
Evans, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Margaret), 1886-1972.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1910

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