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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:
Margaret Purchase slideshow audio, 1957, side 2.
Creator:
Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009. (creator)
Subject names:
Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq., Women missionaries--Iraq.
Geographic subjects:
Iraq.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146307
Title:
Margaret Purchase slideshow audio, 1957, side 1.
Creator:
Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009. (creator)
Subject names:
Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq., Women missionaries--Iraq.
Geographic subjects:
Iraq.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146306
Title:
Iranian women's meeting.
Description:
World Day of Prayer service, Kermanshah, Iran, 1954.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Women--Religious life--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142473
Title:
Edward Otto DeCamp audio letter.
Description:
Korea missionary's letter to Westminster Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), about 1955.
Creator:
DeCamp, Edward Otto, 1911-2001. (speaker)
Subject names:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141951
Title:
Culbertson audio letter to Cogswell, 1963, tape two, side two.
Description:
Dr. M.C. Culbertson's notes on medical mission needs in Korea.
Creator:
Culbertson, M.C. (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Cogswell, James A.
Topics:
Missionaries, Medical--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138689
Title:
Culbertson audio letter to Cogswell, 1963, tape two, side one.
Description:
Dr. M.C. Culbertson's notes on medical mission needs in Korea.
Creator:
Culbertson, M.C. (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Cogswell, James A.
Topics:
Missionaries, Medical--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138688
Title:
Culbertson audio letter to Cogswell, 1963.
Description:
Dr. M.C. Culbertson's notes on medical mission needs in Korea.
Creator:
Culbertson, M.C. (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Cogswell, James A.
Topics:
Missionaries, Medical--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138687
Title:
Culbertson audio letter to Cogswell, 1963, tape one, side two.
Description:
Dr. M.C. Culbertson's notes on medical mission needs in Korea.
Creator:
Culbertson, M.C. (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Cogswell, James A.
Topics:
Missionaries, Medical--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138686
Title:
Culbertson audio letter to Cogswell, 1963, tape one, side one.
Description:
Dr. M.C. Culbertson's notes on medical mission needs in Korea.
Creator:
Culbertson, M.C. (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Cogswell, James A.
Topics:
Missionaries, Medical--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138685
Title:
The Church and mission in Khuzistan, 1960.
Description:
Audioletter from Frank and Jean Woodward to the people of Pine Street Presbyterian Church (Harrisburg, Pa.), 1960.
Creator:
Woodward, Frank Thomas, 1921-1970. (speaker)
Subject names:
Woodward, Jean Louise, 1921-, Smith, Gene Michael, 1922-
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Khūzistān.
Geographic subjects:
Khūzistān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133229
Title:
Margaretta B. Wells interview, about 1967.
Description:
Audio tape interview of Margaretta B. Wells regarding the family’s December 1941 journey of escape from Thailand, arrival in the United States, and the war years in Washington D.C., circa 1967.
Creator:
Wells, Margaretta B. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Thailand Mission., Wells, Margaretta B.--Archives., Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand--History--20th century., Missionaries--Thailand--History--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand., Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116528
Title:
Communist prison life in China, after 1953.
Description:
A radio interview with Dr. John David Hayes, former prisoner of war, recorded between 1953-1957 at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Dr. Hayes was a Presbyterian minister and missionary in China. He was imprisoned, 1951-1952.
Creator:
Hayes, John David, 1888-1957. (interviewee)
Subject names:
National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Communism--China., Prisoners of war--United States., Prisoners of war--China., Political prisoners--China., Communism and Christianity--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116515
Title:
Margaretta B. Wells interview, about 1967, side 2.
Description:
Audio tape interview of Margaretta B. Wells regarding the family’s December 1941 journey of escape from Thailand, arrival in the United States, and the war years in Washington D.C., circa 1967.
Creator:
Wells, Margaretta B. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Thailand Mission., Wells, Margaretta B.--Archives., Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., Missions--Thailand--History--20th century., Missionaries--Thailand--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116478
Title:
Margaretta B. Wells interview, about 1967, side 1.
Description:
Audio tape interview of Margaretta B. Wells regarding the family’s December 1941 journey of escape from Thailand, arrival in the United States, and the war years in Washington D.C., circa 1967.
Creator:
Wells, Margaretta B. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Thailand Mission., Wells, Margaretta B.--Archives., Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand--History--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., Missionaries--Thailand--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116448
Title:
John Elder interview, 1965.
Description:
John Elder (1894-1983) and his wife Ruth Roche Elder (1899-1992) were appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions to the East Persia Mission in 1921. Throughout their 42 years of service, they were engaged in evangelistic missionary work, initially in Kermanshah (1923-1934), the Hamadan (1934-1937), and finally in Tehran (1938-1964). Dr. Elder served as the pastor of the Persian speaking congregations in each city.
Creator:
Elder, John, 1894-1983. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. East Persia Mission, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Elder, John, 1894-1983.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)--History., Kirmānshāhān (Iran)--History., Tehran (Iran)--History.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116398
Title:
Alice Hill open reel tape 2, before 1975.
Subject names:
Hill, Alice Grace, 1911-1982--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Pakistan., Missions--Pakistan.
Geographic subjects:
Pakistan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113583
Title:
Alice Hill open reel tape 2, side 2, before 1975.
Subject names:
Hill, Alice, 1911-1982--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Pakistan., Women missionaries--Pakistan.
Geographic subjects:
Pakistan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112828
Title:
Alice Hill open reel tape 2, side 1, before 1975.
Subject names:
Hill, Alice, 1911-1982--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Pakistan., Women missionaries--Pakistan.
Geographic subjects:
Pakistan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112827
Title:
Alice Hill open reel tape 1, before 1975.
Description:
Choral music and drums from tape labeled "K. Basti boys." Audio on one side only.
Subject names:
Hill, Alice, 1911-1982--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Pakistan., Women missionaries--Pakistan.
Geographic subjects:
Pakistan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112824
Title:
Henry W. Glockler on Lebanon, December 15, 1967.
Description:
Henry Wilfrid Glockler was a Presbyterian missionary to Lebanon from 1925 to 1961, a controller at the American University of Beirut. He died in 1988.
Creator:
Glockler, H. W. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Lebanon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:91761

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