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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:
Growing Up in Iran.
Description:
Elder Family reunion photograph album and history, "Growing Up In Iran." Reminiscences of five daughters and sons of Ruth (Roche) and John Elder, missionaries of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Recorded by Jack Tiffany during an Elder-family reunion at Conference Point Center in Williams Bay on the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin August 2 and 3, 2010. Page 28 of document is missing.
Creator:
Tiffany, Jack. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Elder family--Archives., Elder family., Elder, John, 1894-1981., Elder, Ruth Roche, 1899-1992., Leake, Alice Elder., Hilton, Miriam Elder., Elder, Joseph., Elder, David., Lund, Louise Elder.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293237
Title:
Alborz to Iranzamin.
Description:
Essay by J. Richard Irvine, educator and missionary to Iran. Also features a letter addressed to Frederick Heuser of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator:
Irvine, John Richard. (author), Heuser, Frederick J. (addressee)
Subject names:
Irvine, John Richard., Community School (Tehran, Iran), Dabīristān-i Alburz., Iranzamin School (Tajrīsh, Iran), Irvine, Mary Ann.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missions--Educational work--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288839
Title:
Theodore Cuyler Young.
Subject names:
Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976., Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288821
Title:
Theodore Cuyler Young.
Subject names:
Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976., Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288820
Title:
Theodore Cuyler Young.
Subject names:
Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976., Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288819
Title:
J. Richard Irvine.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. (publisher)
Subject names:
Irvine, John Richard., Irvine, John Richard--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288818
Title:
J. Richard Irvine.
Subject names:
Irvine, John Richard.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288817
Title:
J. Richard Irvine and family.
Creator:
Artistic Photography (Princeton, N.J.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Irvine, John Richard., Irvine, Mary Ann.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288816
Title:
William Miller and Jane Doolittle.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: William (Bill) Miller. Jane Doolittle.
Subject names:
Miller, William McElwee., Doolittle, Jane, 1899-, Irwin family--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288811
Title:
Women traveling in Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Chavadar! May 1918 Mrs. [illegible], Mrs. Eldrid, Monica. Inside Chavadar. Women sometimes travelled this way.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Vehicles--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280771
Title:
Iran Mission Meeting, 1957.
Description:
Participants identified by Mehdi Abhari in 2017.
Creator:
Abhari, Mehdi. (author)
Subject names:
Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993., Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180818
Title:
Iran Mission Meeting, 1957.
Subject names:
Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993., Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180817
Title:
Mary Frances Sherwood.
Description:
Mary Frances Sherwood, mother of Sarah Belknap ("Belle"), Mary Jane, Abigail Adele, Sidney, William Beattis, and Margaret Pollock.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159914
Title:
Residence in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
Description:
Llewellyn Place, Elysburg, Penna. The dog has since been gathered to his fathers - but he never had such a "hang dog" look at this implies.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Dogs--Pennsylvania--Elysburg.
Geographic subjects:
Elysburg (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159911
Title:
Belle Hawkes memorial chapel in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
Memorial chapel in memory of Belle Sherwood Hawkes, Hamadan, Persia.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Chapels--Iran--Hamadān.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159909
Title:
Belle Hawkes.
Description:
Photograph of Belle Hawkes outside.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159905
Title:
James W. and Belle Hawkes.
Description:
BS Hawkes. JW Hawkes. 18 Abbott St. Wellesley, Mass.
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:
Wellesley (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159904
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:
James W. Hawkes.
Description:
James Hawkes and servant, Hamadan, Persia. 1892.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159898

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