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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:
Our Partners in Mission.
Description:
Our Partners in Mission through the Personal Interest Program poster of David and Polly Miller, with text describing their service as missionaries in Southern Africa.
Subject names:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927-, Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Africa, Southern--20th century., Women missionaries--Africa, Southern--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293437
Title:
Visit to Malawi C.C.A.P., Blantyre Synod by Rev. David V. Miller, November 22-27, 1990.
Description:
Report by Rev. David V. Miller regarding visit to Blantyre Synod, Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, for the PC(USA) PECGA fund/project.
Creator:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019. (author)
Subject names:
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Evangelistic work--Africa--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Blantyre (Malawi)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293434
Title:
Letter from Rev. David V. Miller to Dr. David B. Jenkins, January 3, 1989.
Description:
Letter regarding David Miller's visit to a Lesotho Evangelical Church building construction project in Kolonyama.
Creator:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019. (author), Jenkins, David B., Dr. (addressee)
Subject names:
Lesotho Evangelical Church., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Lesotho--20th century., Church buildings--Lesotho.
Geographic subjects:
Lesotho.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293432
Title:
David V. Miller and Fred R. Stair correspondence, 1985.
Description:
Letters (February 27 and April 8, 1985) discussing apartheid and disinvestment in South Africa.
Creator:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019. (author), Stair, Fred R. (author)
Subject names:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Apartheid--South Africa., Disinvestment--South Africa.
Geographic subjects:
South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293427
Title:
Growing Up in Iran.
Description:
Elder Family reunion photograph album and history, "Growing Up In Iran." Reminiscences of five daughters and sons of Ruth (Roche) and John Elder, missionaries of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Recorded by Jack Tiffany during an Elder-family reunion at Conference Point Center in Williams Bay on the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin August 2 and 3, 2010. Page 28 of document is missing.
Creator:
Tiffany, Jack. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Elder family--Archives., Elder family., Elder, John, 1894-1981., Elder, Ruth Roche, 1899-1992., Leake, Alice Elder., Hilton, Miriam Elder., Elder, Joseph., Elder, David., Lund, Louise Elder.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293237
Title:
Lakawn missionaries, 1892.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The Chieng Mai and Lampoon friends about to start home from Lakawn after Presbytery and mission meetings, 1892. [p. 122]
Subject names:
McGilvary, Daniel, 1828-1911., Phraner, Stanley K., McKean, J. W. (James W.), Taylor, Dora Belle., McGilvary, Evander Bradley, 1864-1953., Peoples, Samuel Craig., Taylor, Hugh., Taylor, Ella., Briggs, William Albert., Briggs, Annabelle King., Irwin, Robert., Dodd, William Clifton, 1857-1919., Dodd, Isabelle R.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand., Women missionaries--Thailand., Missionaries--Laos., Women missionaries--Laos.
Geographic subjects:
Laos--Missions--19th century., Thailand--Missions--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:292424
Title:
Howard Baskerville, 1885-1909
Description:
Written for the fiftieth anniversary of the killing of Howard Baskerville, an American educator in Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289536
Title:
Howard Baskerville fiftieth anniversary memorial ceremonies, 1959.
Description:
Includes the following materials: "Program for the Baskerville ceremonies" which lists events organized for attendees of the 50th anniversary memorial ceremonies in Tabriz, sponsored by the US Consulate in Tabriz on April 19th and 20th of 1959; "Talk by the Consul", the speech given by the American Consul in Tabriz during the 1959 ceremonies; "Response by His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of America, Edward T. Wailes at ceremonies honoring Howard Baskerville", the speech given by the American ambassador to Iran during the 1959 ceremonies; and "Non-Americans attending the Baskerville ceremonies" a list of non-Americans from Tehran, Tabriz, and elsewhere, who attended the 1959 ceremonies.
Creator:
Wailes, Edward T. (author), Josif, Harold G. (author)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909--Death and burial.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran--Biography., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--History--1905-1911., Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289527
Title:
Howard Baskerville, 1885-1909
Description:
Written for the fiftieth anniversary of the killing of Howard Baskerville, an American educator in Iran.
Creator:
Shafaq, Riz̤āʹzādah, 1892 or 1893- (author), Taqīʹzādah, Ḥasan, 1878-1969. (contributor), Josif, Harold G. (contributor)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909--Death and burial.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran--Biography., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--History--1905-1911.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289494
Title:
Canton Union Normal School catalogue, 1924-1926.
Description:
Includes minutes, reports, photographs, and correspondence of the school.
Subject names:
Union Normal School (Canton, China)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Guangzhou., Missions--Educational work--China--Guangzhou., Teachers colleges--China--Guangzhou.
Geographic subjects:
Guangzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289077
Title:
Canton Union Normal School bulletin, 1934.
Creator:
Universal Printing Press (Canton, China) (printer)
Subject names:
Union Normal School (Canton, China)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Guangzhou., Missions--Educational work--China--Guangzhou., Teachers colleges--China--Guangzhou.
Geographic subjects:
Guangzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289038
Title:
Canton Union Normal School, 1921-1939.
Description:
Includes minutes, reports, photographs, and correspondence of the school.
Creator:
Union Normal School (Canton, China) (creator)
Subject names:
Union Normal School (Canton, China)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Guangzhou., Missions--Educational work--China--Guangzhou., Teachers colleges--China--Guangzhou.
Geographic subjects:
Guangzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288909
Title:
Iranian Students Learn of Christ
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Alborz Foundation (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288900
Title:
The Alborz Foundation.
Description:
Pamphlet for the Alborz Foundation, an agency of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Alborz Foundation (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288895
Title:
Tehran Community School program.
Description:
Program for the 1962-1963 school year.
Creator:
Community School (Tehran, Iran) (creator)
Subject names:
Fisher, Commodore B. (Bascom), 1894---Archives., Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288886
Title:
Tehran Community School alumni bulletin.
Description:
Community School alumni bulletin, second edition, December 1977.
Creator:
Community School (Tehran, Iran) (creator), Peck, Pat. (editor)
Subject names:
Fisher, Commodore B. (Bascom), 1894---Archives., Community School (Tehran, Iran), Community School (Tehran, Iran)--Alumni and alumnae.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288849
Title:
Alborz to Iranzamin.
Description:
Essay by J. Richard Irvine, educator and missionary to Iran. Also features a letter addressed to Frederick Heuser of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator:
Irvine, John Richard. (author), Heuser, Frederick J. (addressee)
Subject names:
Irvine, John Richard., Community School (Tehran, Iran), Dabīristān-i Alburz., Iranzamin School (Tajrīsh, Iran), Irvine, Mary Ann.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missions--Educational work--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288839
Title:
Our Mission to the Muslim Heartland.
Description:
Article written by William N. Wysham, former missionary to Iran and Secretary of the Division of the Inter-Church Services.
Creator:
Wysham, William Norris, 1890-1982. (author)
Subject names:
Wysham, William Norris, 1890-1982., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Middle East., Missionaries--Middle East., Missions to Muslims--Middle East.
Geographic subjects:
Middle East--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288834
Title:
Tehran Community School songs.
Creator:
Lamm, Caroline. (author)
Subject names:
Fisher, Commodore B. (Bascom), 1894---Archives., Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran., Students' songs--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288825
Title:
Alborz College and staff.
Subject names:
Elder family--Archives., American College of Teheran., Dabīristān-i Alburz.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288822

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