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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:
James W. Hawkes.
Description:
James W. Hawkes and other missionaries in Persia. 1885. J.W. Hawkes: front, 2nd from left.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159881
Title:
Rachel Kerr Johnson correspondence, 1871-1880.
Description:
Primarily letters from Rachel and William to their children Mary and Eddie (Edwin) Johnson.
Creator:
Johnson, Rachel Kerr, 1837-1888. (author), Johnson, William F., 1838-1926. (author), Johnson, David. (addressee), Johnson, Jane Rex. (addressee), Johnson, Mary Ella, 1864- (addressee), Johnson, Edwin, 1865-1890. (addressee), Kerr, Mary Swaney. (addressee), Kerr, David, Jr. (addressee), Kerr, Stella. (author)
Subject names:
Johnson, Rachel Kerr, 1837-1888--Archives.
Topics:
Women in missionary work--India--19th century., Women missionaries--India--19th century., Evangelistic work--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.--Presbyterian Church--Missions, Mainpuri (India), Allahabad (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159297
Title:
Over sea and land, advertisements.
Description:
Information about Over Sea and Land publication with subscription price.
Creator:
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Periodicals., Women in missionary work., Presbyterian Church--Periodicals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158708
Title:
A young woman missionary: China.
Description:
4 page pamphlet about Mary Chalfant Moore's missionary work in China.
Creator:
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives., Moore, Mary Chalfant., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Shantung Mission.
Topics:
Women missionaries--China., Women in missionary work--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--China.
Geographic subjects:
Wei Xian (Shandong Sheng, China), China--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158703
Title:
Papers from Philadelphia Seminary Alumnae Association and Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church.
Description:
Papers from Philadelphia Seminary Alumnae Association and Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church. Also includes handwritten prose and ephemera related to Wayne Presbyterian Church.
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives., Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.), Wayne Presbyterian Church (Wayne, Pa.)
Topics:
Missions.--Presbyterian Church, Women in missionary work., Presbyterian Church--Women in church work--Pennsylvania., Female seminaries--Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania, Societies and clubs.--Women
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Wayne (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158668
Title:
Home life in lands not Christian: Siam and Laos.
Description:
12 page publication about Siam [Thailand] and Laos.
Creator:
Phraner, Mrs. S. K. (author), Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Laos Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Siam Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Thailand Mission.
Topics:
Women in missionary work--Laos., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Thailand., Women in missionary work--Thailand., Laotians., Thais.
Geographic subjects:
Laos.--Presbyterian Church--Missions, Laos--Civilization., Thailand--Civilization.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158313
Title:
Annual report, Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Philadelphia, Presbytery of Chester, 1907-1908.
Description:
1907-1908 annual report of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Philadelphia, Presbytery of Chester.
Creator:
Blatchley, Mary Louise. (compiler), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Chester. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. (creator)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives., Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Chester--Missions., Wayne Presbyterian Church (Wayne, Pa.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Women in missionary work., Women--Societies and clubs.
Geographic subjects:
Wayne (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158307
Title:
Eleven reasons for attending missionary meetings.
Description:
Pamphlet offering reasons to attend missionary society meetings.
Creator:
Reed, Agnes A. (author), Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives., Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
Topics:
Missions.--Presbyterian Church, Women in missionary work., Women--Societies and clubs.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158121
Title:
The movement for new China.
Description:
Plans and suggestions for ways women's missionary societies can support work in China.
Creator:
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives.
Topics:
Women in missionary work--China., Missions--Presbyterian Church--China., Missions--China.
Geographic subjects:
China--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158114
Title:
Belle Hawkes' personal items.
Description:
Loose papers removed from Belle Hawkes' diary. Includes a draft of "The Best Way of Reaching the Women" by Belle Hawkes; a 1904 letter from Ralph T. Hale of the Bobbs-Merrill Company and a related letter from G. Y. Holliday; and a letter from Clara H. Field.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Hale, Ralph T. (Ralph Tracy), -1880. (author), Holliday, G. Y. (author), Field, Clara. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries., Bobbs-Merrill Company., Hale, Ralph T., 1880-, Holliday, G. Y., Field, Clara.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:157875
Title:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1897-1901.
Description:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1897-1901. Also includes some letters written by her husband, Rev. James H. Hawkes. Organized chronologically.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Hawkes, James W. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:157642
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1912.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1912.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:157269
Title:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1880-1885.
Description:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1880-1885. Organized chronologically, with earlier material predating her mission work in Iran.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, William., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156957
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1890-1895.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1890-1895.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156622
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1914.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1914.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156495
Title:
Belle Hawkes condolence letters, 1919-1920.
Description:
Condolence letters addressed to Margaret Sherwood, Belle's younger sister, after Belle's death in December 1919. Written by various people in Belle Hawkes' life, including fellow missionaries in Iran.
Creator:
Findley, Mary G. (author), Speer, Emma Bailey, 1872-1961. (author), Holmes, Mary W. (author), Pray, Margaret. (author), Farrington, Agnes E. (author), Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Condolence notes.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156451
Title:
Belle Hawkes' personal items.
Description:
Begins with a note from Belle Hawkes' relative: "Miscellaneous items found with Aunt Belle's diaries - plans of some house - Persia? Wit and humor - a fascinating collection." Includes unspecified building plans, paintings that Belle Hawkes created for her sister, Margaret, and a collection of jokes and humorous stories.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156344
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1899-1903.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1899-1903.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156219
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1917.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1917.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156072
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1918.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1918.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155919

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