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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:
Syrian boy.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Children--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340153
Title:
Aleppo Leadership Training Conference, 1954.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo - Leadership training conference from Syria area. Meeting in Aleppo at the College. Dr. James Hine.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Jāmiʻat Ḥalab., Hine, James.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects:
Aleppo (Syria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340022
Title:
Aleppo High School for Girls, 1950.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo High School for Girls. Girls and teacher of American High School for Girls, Aleppo, Syria, prepare properties for a Christian pageant. Donor: Carl Nelson.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (donor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Syria--Aleppo., High school students--Syria--Aleppo., Students--Syria--Aleppo., Teachers--Syria--Aleppo., Christmas pageants--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects:
Aleppo (Syria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339938
Title:
Aleppo High School for Girls, 1950.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo High School for Girls. A Moslem Launcelot, an Armenian Galahad, and an Amernian King Arthur seek to fulfill Arthur's Christmas dream, to bring a perfect gift to Christ. Donor: Carl Nelson.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (donor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Syria--Aleppo., High school students--Syria--Aleppo., Students--Syria--Aleppo., Theater--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects:
Aleppo (Syria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339642
Title:
Aleppo High School for Girls, 1950.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo High School for Girls. Many graduates teach, but this especially capable one (center) becomes school secretary at American High School for Girls, Aleppo, Syria. Donor: Carl Nelson.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (donor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Administration--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects:
Aleppo (Syria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339494
Title:
Moslem editors say
Description:
Compiled by Herrick B. Young, Professor of Literature at Alborz College of Teheran.
Creator:
Young, Herrick B. (Herrick Black), 1904- (compiler)
Topics:
Islamic press., Muslims., Public opinion--Middle East.
Geographic subjects:
Iran., Syria., Palestine., Turkey., Egypt.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301543
Title:
Syria Mission map.
Description:
Map of the Syria Mission of the American Presbyterian Church and other evangelical missions.
Creator:
Jessup, Henry Harris, 1832-1910. (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Syria--Maps.
Geographic subjects:
Syria--Maps.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286639
Title:
The Syria Anti-Tuberculosis Society stamp.
Creator:
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. (publisher)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topics:
Missions, Medical--Syria., Tuberculosis--Syria., Tuberculosis--Prevention.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153452
Title:
Hamlin Memorial Sanatorium staff.
Description:
Nurse Afifa Saba and Dr. Naami Nucho (seated) with Hamlin Memorial Sanatorium staff.
Creator:
Syria Mission of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (publisher)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topics:
Missions, Medical--Syria., Missionaries, Medical--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153451
Title:
Map of Syrian missions.
Description:
[From "Bible work in Bible lands ; or, Events in the history of the Syria mission / by Isaac Bird ; fully illustrated."]
Creator:
Bird, Isaac, 1793-1876. (author)
Topics:
Missions--Syria--Maps.
Geographic subjects:
Syria--Maps.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147405
Title:
The Middle East Council of Churches.
Description:
Web site of the Middle East Council of Churches. The Council is an ecumenical organization, bringing together churches in the East for common Christian witness in the region where Christ was born, lived, died and was resurrected. The MECC represents the four families of Christianity present in the region: the Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical/Protestant.
Creator:
Majlis Kanāʼis al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ. (creator)
Subject names:
Majlis Kanāʼis al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Jordan., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Egypt.
Geographic subjects:
Syria., Lebanon., Jordan., Egypt.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145327
Title:
National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon.
Description:
Web site of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon. The Synod's field of work in Syria and Lebanon includes 38 churches comprising more than 4000 communicant members among its broader community of 12 to 15 thousand Presbyterian peoples.
Creator:
National Evangelical Synod of Syria. (creator)
Subject names:
National Evangelical Synod of Syria.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Syria., Lebanon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145323
Title:
Syria Lebanon Partnership Network.
Description:
Web site of the Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network. The Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network of the PC(USA) brings together Presbyterians from around the United States to facilitate partnerships with churches and church-related ministries in Syria and Lebanon. The network also provides a place for US Presbyterians to share information and coordinate their efforts. Priorities of the network include supporting the capacity of the church in Syria and Lebanon, supporting leadership development and theological education, and working towards God's just peace in the region.
Creator:
Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network. (creator)
Subject names:
Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Syria., Lebanon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145302
Title:
Portrait of Kamil Abdul Messiah al-Aietany.
Description:
"The setting of the crescent and the rising of the cross : or Kamil Abdul Messiah, a Syrian convert from Islam to Christianity" by the Rev. Henry Harris Jessup, page 3.
Subject names:
Kamil, Abdul Messiah el Aietany.
Topics:
Christian converts from Islam--Syria., Missions--Syria., Missions to Islam--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133241
Title:
Portrait of Henry Harris Jessup, D.D.
Subject names:
Jessup, Henry Harris, 1832-1910.
Topics:
Missionaries--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133239
Title:
Harriette Hoskins with Syrian woman.
Subject names:
Hoskins, Harriette Mollison, 1855-1929.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133236
Title:
Bernice Hunting.
Description:
Portrait of Bernice Hunting, missionary to Syria.
Subject names:
Hunting, Bernice, 1867-1920.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133235
Title:
The finished task.
Description:
Foreign missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. who entered into life during the year. April 1, 1916-March 31, 1917.
Subject names:
Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916--Archives., Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916., Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916., Farnham, John Marshall W., d. 1917., Newton, Charles Beatty, d. 1917., Underwood, Horace Grant, 1859-1916., Wilson, Samuel Graham, 1858-1916., Nelson, Emma Haay, d. 1916., Harper, Mary R., d. 1917., Mitchell, Alice, 1862-1916., Dobson, Effie W. Moore, d. 1916., Gleysteen, Alice Carter, d. 1917., Reed, Anna G., d. 1916., Anderson, Elizabeth Esther, d. 1916., Brack, Edna M., d. 1916.
Topics:
Missionaries--China., Missionaries--India., Missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
China., India., Korea., Iran., Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113044
Title:
Agricultural missions and rural reconstruction.
Description:
Agricultural missions and rural reconstruction are part of the work in Deir ez Zor and surrounding area. In this picture a young Palestinian refugee, Mahmoud Hamad, takes advantage of the current copy of Poultry Journal in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Carl [ Jean Catherine] Nelson. Mr. Hamad is a teacher in the government elementary school of agriculture in Deir ez Zor. Personal friendship with the missionaries meant much to this young man recently when he lost his wife.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Nelson, Carl, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Nelson, Jean C.
Topics:
Missions--Agricultural work--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Rural missions--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Church work with refugees--Syria--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Dayr al-Zawr (Syria), Syria--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8161
Title:
Members of the Mission Farm staff.
Description:
Members of the Mission Farm staff compare a fine American rooster with one of the local varieties. Six hundred baby chicks were flown by Pan-American Clipper Cargo from New York to Damascus in February, 1949. Now grown to maturity they are ready to reproduce themselves -- with the aid of two new incubators -- for distribution throughout Syria.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--20th century., Missions--Agricultural work--Syria--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Syria--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7546

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