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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:
Moore Science Hall, American College of Teheran, Teheran, Persia.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1. Building faces west. 2. Style - Persian Saracenic. 3. Length - 129 feet. 4. Length of wings - 83 feet. 5. Equipped with running water, fuel gas, electric plant, modern plumbing. 6. First well equipped science building in Persia.
Subject names:
American College of Teheran.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288810
Title:
Rollestone Hall, American College of Teheran, Teheran, Persia.
Subject names:
American College of Teheran.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288809
Title:
Tabriz ruins, Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Tauris. Les débris de la Mosquée-Bleue, pendant la Révolution Persane. [Back] Ruins of the famous Blue Mosque, once one of the most beautiful buildings in Tabriz.
Creator:
Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Ruins., Mosques--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Antiquities.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280829
Title:
Vendors and children of Tabriz.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Les mendiants de Tauris [Back] Persian men - beggars, chicken vendor, etc.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Children--Iran--Tabrīz., Merchants--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280828
Title:
Persian mother and son.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Un paysan conduisant sa mère [Back] Persian woman traveling. Typical Persian scene.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Families--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280827
Title:
Laborers carrying camel thorn.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Paysans transportant des fagots [Back] Loads of camel thorn for man and donkey. It is used as kindling.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Donkeys--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280824
Title:
Tabriz street scene.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Tabriz Tauris. Une rue de Tauris et les magasins "Econome". [Back] Société par Actions "Econome".
Creator:
Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280819
Title:
Ganjnameh inscriptions.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Hamadan, Gandjnamé [Back] Carte Postale Hamadan Ganjnameh inscription (Walls).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Achaemenian inscriptions.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280777
Title:
Tabriz ruins, Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Tauris. La citadelle.
Creator:
Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Ruins.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Antiquities.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280768
Title:
Tatbir (Ritual bloodletting).
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Muharram headcutters a religious ceremony. Carte Postale.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Tenth of Muḥarram--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280763
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:
Prominent men of Urmia, Iran.
Description:
Mullahs and other prominent men of Urumia after battle of Feb. 22, 1918 placed themselves and the city under protection.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., War and society--Iran--Urūmīyah., Muslim men--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140106

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