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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:
Church and congregation, Korea, ca. 1958.
Description:
Possibly Seoul.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Church buildings--Korea., Children--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146199
Title:
General Secretary of the National Christian Council Dr. H. Namkung in Korea.
Description:
Korea. Dr. H. Namkung, Gen. Sec. of the Nat. Chris. Council gathers a small group together to give a personal message as he goes on to other countries and the Bangkok conf. Donor: Raymond Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., National Christian Council of Korea.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Evangelistic work--Korea., Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146198
Title:
Open air school in Korea.
Description:
Somewhere in Korea. Open air school. R. Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea., Schools--Korea., Open-air schools--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146157
Title:
Rev. Harold Voelkel preaching to Korean prisoners of war, ca. 1950.
Description:
Chaplain Harold Voelkel preaching to POWs. R. Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea., Military chaplains--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Prisoners of war--Korea., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146090
Title:
Students reading in a classroom, ca. 1958.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Students--Korea., Classrooms--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146048
Title:
Dr. John A. Mackay visiting the 38th parallel in Korea.
Description:
After returning from the front of Sondo, the day Dr. John A. Mackay visited the 38th parallel in Korea on November 7, 1949, the party views a very historic site where a patriot's blood was spilled in defense of his country many hundred of years ago. Donor: Raymond Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Mackay, John Alexander, 1889-1983.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea., Soldiersapos; bodies, Disposition of--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South), Korea--History--Partition, 1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146006
Title:
Dr. John A. Mackay visiting the 38th parallel in Korea.
Description:
Donor: Raymond Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Mackay, John Alexander, 1889-1983.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Fortification--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South), Korea--History--Partition, 1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145936
Title:
Rev. Harold Voelkel preaching to Korean prisoners of war, ca. 1950.
Description:
Chaplain Harold Voelkel asks for a show of hands of those wishing to know more about Christianity. Photo: Raymond Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea., Military chaplains--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Prisoners of war--Korea., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145827
Title:
Rev. Voelkel and Dr. Mackay on ferry in Korea.
Description:
Korea. Rev. Voelkel and Dr. Mackay being ferried across an unbridged river on their way to Songdo, a large Methodist center. Donor: Raymond Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Mackay, John Alexander, 1889-1983., Voelkel, Harold
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea., Missionaries--Korea--Kaesŏng-si., Ferries--Korea--Kaesŏng-si.
Geographic subjects:
Kaesŏng-si (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145810
Title:
Rural village with church, 1958.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Rural churches--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145790
Title:
Dr. Hahn Kyung Chik preaching in Korea.
Description:
R. Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea., Children--Korea., Church work with children--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145780
Title:
Sunday school, ca. 1958.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Students--Korea., Sunday schools--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145772
Title:
Korean family praying, ca. 1958.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Families--Prayers and devotions.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145709
Title:
Children and professors, 1958.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Students--Korea., Teachers--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145702
Title:
Dr. Jonh A. Mackay addressing the Westgate Presbyterian Church in 1949.
Description:
Korea. Dr. Mackay giving his last address before leaving for Japan to a youth congress of Presbyterians in the West Gate Presbyterian Church. Donor: Raymond Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Mackay, John Alexander, 1889-1983., Underwood, Horace Grant--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Evangelistic work--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145685
Title:
Dr. John A. Mackay ducks under the 38th parallel in Korea.
Description:
Donor: Raymond Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Mackay, John Alexander, 1889-1983.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea., Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South), Korea--History--Partition, 1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145643
Title:
Rev. Harry Hill visits the sick and the wounded.
Description:
R. Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Hill, Harry.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Church work with the sick--Korea., War--Relief of sick and wounded--Korea., Patients--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145640
Title:
Korean pastor holding a service amidst rubble, 1953.
Description:
Somewhere in Korea. In the midst of rubble a service is held. R. Provost.
Creator:
Provost, Raymond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea., Clergy--Korea., War and society--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145611

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