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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:
Letter from Woodrow Wilson to the Board of Foreign Missions, 1907.
Description:
Letter written by Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton University, to the Board of Foreign Missions. Concerns the appointment of Howard Baskerville as a teacher in Tabriz.
Creator:
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. (author)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabriz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabriz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Missions., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346904
Title:
Letter from Howard Baskerville to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, 1907.
Description:
Letter from Howard Baskerville, then student at Princeton University, to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions.
Creator:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909. (author), Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963. (addressee)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Missions., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346901
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:
Chinkiang High School yearbook, 1924.
Description:
The 1924 yearbook of Chinkiang High School in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. China Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--China--Zhenjiang Fu., Missions--China--Zhenjiang Fu., High schools--China--Zhenjiang Fu.
Geographic subjects:
Zhenjiang Fu (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:160914
Title:
Chinkiang High School catalogue, 1915.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. China Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--China--Zhenjiang Fu., Missions--China--Zhenjiang Fu., High schools--China--Zhenjiang Fu.
Geographic subjects:
Zhenjiang Fu (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:154302
Title:
Beirut Seminary for Girls playground.
Description:
[From "Church at Home and Abroad" December 1894, p. 493.]
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Students--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147394
Title:
Shan-Tung College
Subject names:
Shantung Christian University (Jinan, Shandong Sheng, China)--History., Bergen, Paul D., Mateer, C. W. (Calvin Wilson), 1836-1908., Wen, Chou Li., Ting, Li Mei, 1871-1936.
Topics:
Christian universities and colleges--China--Shandong Sheng--History.
Geographic subjects:
Shandong Sheng (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:132853
Title:
Weihsien High School for Girls, Graduating Class, 1913.
Description:
Weihsien High School for Girls, Graduating Class, 1913, from A Record of American Presbyterian Mission Work in Shantung Province, China, 1861-1913.
Subject names:
Wei Xian (Shandong Sheng, China), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Shantung Mission.
Topics:
Students--China--Shandong Sheng., Missions--Educational work--China--Shandong Sheng., Education--China--Shandong Sheng.
Geographic subjects:
Shandong Sheng (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116199
Title:
Union Christian College.
Description:
Founder and first president.
Subject names:
Sungsil Haktang (P'yŏngyang, Korea), Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931--Portraits., Baird family--Archives.
Topics:
Christian universities and colleges--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang., College presidents--Korea (North)--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115822
Title:
First Christian School, Pusan, Korea, 1895.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Busan., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Busan., Education--Korea--Busan.
Geographic subjects:
Busan (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113607
Title:
The Seoul Girls School. Group photo.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Seoul., Education--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113606
Title:
First Christian School, Pusan, Korea, 1895.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Busan., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Busan., Education--Korea--Busan.
Geographic subjects:
Busan (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113601
Title:
The Seoul Girls School. Group photo.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Seoul., Education--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113593
Title:
Go and tell John.
Description:
A lesson in bandaging, Women's Medical College, Canton. [From Go and Tell John, by A.W. Halsey, p. 20].
Subject names:
Hackett Medical College for Women (Guangzhou, China), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Central China Mission.
Topics:
Missions, Medical--China--20th century., Medical colleges--China--Guangzhou--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
China--Missions, Medical--20th century., China--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7412
Title:
Miss Pearl Sydenstricker and Her Class of Chinese Girls.
Description:
Miss Pearl Sydenstricker and Her Class of Chinese Girls. [From The Children's Missionary.]
Subject names:
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Foreign Missions. Dept. of Missionary Personnel--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--China--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
China--Missionaries--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6853
Title:
School for Indian children.
Description:
School for Indian children, Rev. Simonson, American. Text transcribed from caption: School for heathen children, Rev. Simonson, American. Original title: School for heathen children.
Subject names:
Wanless, W. J. (William James), Sir, 1865-1933--Archives.
Topics:
Missions, Medical--India--19th century.--Miraj, Schools--India--Miraj--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Miraj (India), India--Missions, Medical--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5444
Title:
Girls boarding school in Kolhapur, India.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Girls boarding school, Kolhapur.
Subject names:
Wanless, W. J. (William James), Sir, 1865-1933--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--India--Kolhapur--19th century., Girls' schools--India--Kolhapur., Boarding schools--India--Kolhapur.
Geographic subjects:
Kolhapur (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5205
Title:
Fowler Orphanage in Cairo, Egypt.
Description:
Girls in Fowler Orphanage, Cairo. [From Annual Report of the American United Presbyterian Mission in Egypt 1907-1908].
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Egypt Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Egypt--Cairo--20th century., Orphanages--Egypt--Cairo., Orphans--Egypt--Cairo.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5045
Title:
Dr. Mary H. Fulton and Pundit.
Description:
Dr. Mary H. Fulton and Pundit translating medical text-books from English into Chinese. Hackett Medical College for Women. Canton, January 1911. [Text transcribed from Inasmuch, Mary H. Fulton, after p. 32].
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. South China Mission., Fulton, Mary H., 1854-1927., Hackett Medical College for Women (Guangzhou, China)
Topics:
Missions, Medical--China--Guangzhou--20th century., Medical colleges--China--Guangzhou--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Guangzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5011
Title:
Track meet at Assiut College.
Description:
The American Mission in Egypt. A Track Meet at Assiut College. Athletics are fostered in the Mission Schools. Basketball, football, baseball, tennis and track are popular in the order named.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Egypt Mission., Assiut College (Asyūṭ, Egypt), Watkins, Clarence Bradley, 1914-2007--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Schools--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Track and field--Egypt--Asyūṭ.
Geographic subjects:
Asyūṭ (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4031

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