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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:
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:
Samuel Lapsley.
Subject names:
Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Portraits., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286573
Title:
Samuel Lapsley's gravestone.
Description:
Gravestone of Samuel Lapsley, missionary of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Burial--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286571
Title:
Map of Siam and Laos.
Creator:
Theo. Leonhardt & Son. (printer), Cheek, Marion A. (designer)
Topics:
Maps--Siam., Maps--Laos.
Geographic subjects:
Siam--Description and travel., Laos--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177401
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:
Korea Mission map.
Description:
[From page 190 of "Reports of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America."]
Creator:
Bridgman, E. C. (publisher)
Topics:
Missions--Korea--Maps.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Maps.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150480
Title:
Rev. W. A. P. Martin, D.D.
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:149008
Title:
Dr. William Alexander Parsons Martin.
Description:
Dr. W. A. P. Martin. For forty years President of the Chinese Imperial University and Author of "A Cycle of Cathay" and "The Lore of Cathay," standard books on China. World's Work. Jan. 1906.
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:149003
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:
Eliza D. Everett.
Description:
[From Woman's Work for Woman, vol. 17, no. 9, April 1902, p. 106.]
Subject names:
Everett, Eliza--Portraits., Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Syria., Women missionaries--Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147391
Title:
Rev. Richard H. and Effie Sidebotham.
Description:
Rev. Richard H. and Mrs. Sidebotham. [From "Michigan Presbyterian", Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2, 1899.]
Subject names:
Sidebotham, Richard H., 1874-1908--Portraits., Sidebotham, Effie--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Portraits., Women missionaries--Korea--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146319
Title:
Portrait of Peter Parker.
Description:
[From "Pioneer Missionaries of the Church," by C.C. Creegan, p. 138.]
Subject names:
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--China., Missionaries, Medical--China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146312
Title:
Card with Theme Song and photo of Chen River.
Description:
Greeting card from Edith Millican photo album.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Boone, Muriel, 1893-
Topics:
Missionaries--China--Chenzhou., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China.
Geographic subjects:
Chenzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136794
Title:
Card with Theme Song and photo of Chen River
Description:
Greeting card from Edith Millican photo album.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Boone, Muriel, 1893-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China--Chenzhou.
Geographic subjects:
Chenzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133759
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.
Description:
Henry H. Jessup. Taken when Moderator of the General Assembly.
Subject names:
Jessup, Henry Harris, 1832-1910.
Topics:
Missionaries--Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133240
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:
Madge Mateer with corner-stone for Shadyside Presbyterian Hospital, Wei Xian, Shandong Sheng, China.
Description:
Mrs. Mateer adds a new one to her many accomplishments. The Chinese trowel or 'Brick knife' is of a different pattern from its American cousin. (From Weihsien Views and Interviews, 1923-1924, Report of the Weihsien Station, Shantung Mission, China, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Image between pages 8 and 9.)
Subject names:
Mateer, Madge Dickson, 1860-1939., Shadyside Presbyterian Hospital (Wei Xian, Shandong Sheng, China), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Wei Hsien Mission Station (Shandong Sheng)
Topics:
Women missionaries--China--Shandong Sheng., Cornerstone laying--China--Shandong Sheng., Missions--China--Shandong Sheng., Missions, Medical--China--Shandong Sheng.
Geographic subjects:
Shandong Sheng (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122053
Title:
Laying the Corner-stone of the Shadyside Presbyterian Hospital, Wei Xian, Shandong Sheng, China.
Description:
Mrs. R.M. Mateer, M.D. who helped lay the foundations of the Weihsien Medical Work thirty-five years ago, laying the Corner-stone of the Shadyside Hospital. (From Weihsien Views and Interviews, 1923-1924, Report of the Weihsien Station, Shantung Mission, China, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Image between pages 8 and 9.)
Subject names:
Mateer, Madge Dickson, 1860-1939., Shadyside Presbyterian Hospital (Wei Xian, Shandong Sheng, China), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Wei Hsien Mission Station (Shandong Sheng)
Topics:
Missions, Medical--China--Shandong Sheng., Missions--China--Shandong Sheng., Cornerstone laying--China--Shandong Sheng.
Geographic subjects:
Wei Xian (Shandong Sheng, China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122052
Title:
Missionary Map of China (Presbyterian).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Missions--China--Maps.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122051

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