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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:
Unidentified girl, Iran, circa 1871-1884.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: In the Harem.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Harems--Iran., Women--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340115
Title:
Persian woman.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Persian Lady.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Women--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340098
Title:
Unidentified girl, Iran, circa 1871-1884.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: For Article - The Shah. In the Harem. Return to J. Bassett.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Harems--Iran., Women--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339887
Title:
Armenian Class, Tehran, Persia.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Armenians--Missions--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339616
Title:
Girls' School in Chiang Mai.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Girls' School in Chiengmai. Miss Allie McGilvary now Mrs. R. M. Gillies was prin[cipal].
Creator:
Stimson, William Jasper, 1860-1929. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Laos Mission., Gillies, Allie McGilvary.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Thailand--Chiang Mai., Missionaries--Thailand--Chiang Mai., Women missionaries--Thailand--Chiang Mai., Girls' schools--Thailand--Chiang Mai., Schools--Thailand--Chiang Mai.
Geographic subjects:
Chiang Mai (Thailand)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284968
Title:
Lapsley Memorial Chapel, Belgian Congo.
Description:
Interior Lapsley Memorial Chapel. Ibange, Belgian Congo.
Creator:
Wood., E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Chapels--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161219
Title:
Hawkes residence in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
Belle Sherwood Hawkes, James W. Hawkes at their home, Hamadan, Persia.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159903
Title:
Man with horses at the Hawkes' house.
Description:
Taken in court of J. W. Hawkes' house in Hamadan.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W.--Homes and haunts., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Horses--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159899
Title:
Missionaries in Hamadān, Iran, 1899.
Description:
The Hamadan Group - April 1889. Belle Sherwood Hawkes sitting on floor at right. James W. Hawkes front above.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159897
Title:
Men with horse and donkey in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
[Text transcribed from caption] Property of Belle and Jim, Persia. Prince 57' 12 in. high. Peter 55' 12 in. high. In the no. Persian wild ass (the presumptive progenitor of the animal in the photograph), a male's height at the shoulder is given as 50 in., a female's as 44 in. Extinct and vanishing mammals of the Old World. Perhaps the measurement given on the back of the photographs, the original of which belonged to Mrs. Hawkes, applied to the distance from the top of the head to the ground. F.H. 4-16-70. (Francis Harper.)
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Harper, Francis.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Horses--Iran., Donkeys--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159895
Title:
Belle Hawkes on her pet donkey.
Description:
Belle Sherwood Hawkes on "Peter."
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Donkeys--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159885
Title:
Rev. James W. Hawkes.
Description:
"Uncle Jim" Rev. James W. Hawkes. Hamadan, Persia.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W.--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159884
Title:
Portrait of Edwin Charles Cort.
Subject names:
Cort, Edwin Charles, 1879-1950--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand., Missionaries, Medical--Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150368
Title:
Rev. William A. P. Martin.
Description:
Rev. William A. P. Martin. Long president of the Imperial Tungwen College, Peking, China.
Subject names:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149004
Title:
Richard H. Sidebotham.
Description:
R. H. Sidebotham, Fusan, Korea. Photograph taken December 1907.
Creator:
David's Studio (Lapeer, Mich.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Sidebotham, Richard H., 1874-1908--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Pusan--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Pusan (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146318
Title:
Chungju Bible Institute.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Missions--Educational work--Korea--Ch'ungju-si., Missionaries--Korea--Ch'ungju-si., Students--Korea--Ch'ungju-si., Women--Korea--Ch'ungju-si.
Geographic subjects:
Ch'ungju-si (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146011
Title:
First graduates of Chungju Women's Bible Institute and faculty.
Creator:
Sasaki Studio (Tokyo, Japan) (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Missions--Educational work--Korea--Ch'ungju-si., Missionaries--Korea--Ch'ungju-si., College graduates--Korea--Ch'ungju-si., Women--Korea--Ch'ungju-si.
Geographic subjects:
Ch'ungju-si (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145689
Title:
Persian Boys' School, Urmia, Iran.
Description:
Teachers (seated) and students (standing), graduating class.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905., Labaree, Robert M., Sterrett, C. C.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Iranian students--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140092
Title:
Memorial Service for Armenian Catholicos, 1907.
Description:
Urumia, Armenian Churchyard, 1907. W.A.S.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Catholics--Iran--Urūmīyah., Cemeteries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140088
Title:
John Newton Wright family, ca. 1896.
Description:
Dr. and Mrs. Wright and family. Tabriz, Persia.
Subject names:
Wright, John Newton, 1852-1923., Wright, Mattie Evans.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Iran--Tabrīz.--Missions, Missionaries--Iran--Tabrīz., Women missionaries--Iran--Tabrīz., Children of missionaries--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139359

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