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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:
Kermanshah orphanage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mr. Stead and orphans Kermanshah 1921 W.W.#1 M.G. taught a school for them winter of 1920 - children sat on floor.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Kirmānshāh., Church work with orphans--Iran--Kirmānshāh., Orphanages--Iran--Kirmānshāh.
Geographic subjects:
Kirmānshāh (Kirmānshāh, Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280774
Title:
Tabriz school children.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Syrian and Armenian school girls of the Tabriz school Iran. Georgia, [illegible] handwriting missionary Early 1920's.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabrīz., Schoolgirls--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280773
Title:
Taq-e Bostan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Takht-i-Bostan. May 1921. Near Kermanshah.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Tāq-e Bostān Site (Iran), Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Kirmānshāh., Petroglyphs--Iran--Kirmānshāh.
Geographic subjects:
Kirmānshāh (Kirmānshāh, Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280772
Title:
Women traveling in Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Chavadar! May 1918 Mrs. [illegible], Mrs. Eldrid, Monica. Inside Chavadar. Women sometimes travelled this way.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Vehicles--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280771
Title:
Urumia missionaries.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: March 1919 Urumia missionaries 4 - Edna Gould Browning 7 - Mrs. Shedd.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Browning, Edna Gould., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Women missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280770
Title:
Journey to Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Dr. [illegible] - Mr. Allen, etc. May 1918. Dr. Shedd died on journey. On flight from Urumia Rezaiyeh, Whole city 50,000 in flight to tented city at Bakuba.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugees--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq), Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280769
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:
Tabriz American Hospital gate.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Tabriz - Hospital Gate. American Mission Iran.
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., Hospitals--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions, Medical--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280767
Title:
Furough School, Resht, Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Teachers in Furough (M. Gillespie--1933-1940).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Rasht., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Rasht., Teachers--Iran--Rasht.
Geographic subjects:
Rasht (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280765
Title:
Fiske Seminary rebuilding.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: This is the tablet for our new building. It was thick, so they sawed it in two! It's of soft white stone and has on it Fidelia Fiske Seminary 1838. Rebuilding 1919-20.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Fiske Seminary (Urūmīyah, Iran), Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Urūmīyah., Theological seminaries--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280764
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:
Iran Mission Meeting, 1957.
Description:
Participants identified by Mehdi Abhari in 2017.
Creator:
Abhari, Mehdi. (author)
Subject names:
Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993., Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180818
Title:
Iran Mission Meeting, 1957.
Subject names:
Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993., Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180817
Title:
Parviz goes to college, about 1930.
Description:
A motion picture produced by Alborz College, Tehran.
Creator:
Dabīristān-i Alburz.
Topics:
Educational work--Missions--Iran--20th century., Education, Higher--Iran--20th century., Universities and colleges--Iran--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:169213
Title:
Children in no-ruz clothing in Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Iran Bethel Mrs. [Ruth] Irwin arranges children in new no-ruz clothes.
Subject names:
Irwin, J. Mark (John Mark), 1899-1997--Archives., Irwin, Ruth Hoffman, 1900-1982.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children--Iran., Nawrūz (Festival)
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160872
Title:
Belle Sherwood Hawkes.
Description:
Portrait of Belle Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran.--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159913
Title:
Belle Hawkes' pet cat.
Description:
Shirin - 1911. Born in Isfahan.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Cats--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159912
Title:
Belle Hawkes on her pet horse.
Description:
Photograph of Belle Hawkes on a horse.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Horses--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159910
Title:
Belle Hawkes memorial chapel in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
Memorial chapel in memory of Belle Sherwood Hawkes, Hamadan, Persia.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Chapels--Iran--Hamadān.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159909
Title:
Belle Hawkes.
Description:
Photograph of Belle Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran--Portraits., Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159908

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