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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:
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:
Belle Hawkes' personal items.
Description:
Loose papers removed from Belle Hawkes' diary. Includes a draft of "The Best Way of Reaching the Women" by Belle Hawkes; a 1904 letter from Ralph T. Hale of the Bobbs-Merrill Company and a related letter from G. Y. Holliday; and a letter from Clara H. Field.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Hale, Ralph T. (Ralph Tracy), -1880. (author), Holliday, G. Y. (author), Field, Clara. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries., Bobbs-Merrill Company., Hale, Ralph T., 1880-, Holliday, G. Y., Field, Clara.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:157875
Title:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1897-1901.
Description:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1897-1901. Also includes some letters written by her husband, Rev. James H. Hawkes. Organized chronologically.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Hawkes, James W. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:157642
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1912.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1912.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:157269
Title:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1880-1885.
Description:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1880-1885. Organized chronologically, with earlier material predating her mission work in Iran.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, William., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156957
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1890-1895.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1890-1895.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156622
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1914.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1914.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156495
Title:
Belle Hawkes condolence letters, 1919-1920.
Description:
Condolence letters addressed to Margaret Sherwood, Belle's younger sister, after Belle's death in December 1919. Written by various people in Belle Hawkes' life, including fellow missionaries in Iran.
Creator:
Findley, Mary G. (author), Speer, Emma Bailey, 1872-1961. (author), Holmes, Mary W. (author), Pray, Margaret. (author), Farrington, Agnes E. (author), Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Condolence notes.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156451
Title:
Belle Hawkes' personal items.
Description:
Begins with a note from Belle Hawkes' relative: "Miscellaneous items found with Aunt Belle's diaries - plans of some house - Persia? Wit and humor - a fascinating collection." Includes unspecified building plans, paintings that Belle Hawkes created for her sister, Margaret, and a collection of jokes and humorous stories.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156344
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1899-1903.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1899-1903.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156219
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1917.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1917.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:156072
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1918.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1918.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155919
Title:
Belle Hawkes' biographical items.
Description:
Belle Hawkes biographical data as provided by some of her loved ones. Includes: a letter written by Robert Speer addressed to Belle Hawkes' sister, Margaret; "Belle Sherwood Hawkes - Thirty-Six Years in Persia," a 1931 essay written her husband, James W. Hawkes for the Elmira College Alumnae News; an excerpt from a 1969 letter from LeRoy Bailey, the nephew of Belle, to Jane and Francis Harper. Also includes Belle Hawkes' "Circular Letter to Expected Students," for Elmira College, 1871.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947. (author), Hawkes, James W. (author), Bailey, LeRoy, 1946- (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955., Hawkes, James W., Harper, Jean, Harper, Francis., Cowles, A. W., Bailey, LeRoy, 1946-, Sherwood, Mary Frances., Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Elmira College.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155909
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1915.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1915.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155772
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1913.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1913.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155391
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1880-1913.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary. Entries are mostly undated but range from 1880 through 1913.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155322
Title:
Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1887-1889.
Description:
Belle Hawkes outgoing correspondence from 1887-1889. Organized chronologically.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, William., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155158
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1916.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1916.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:155017
Title:
Belle Hawkes' diary, 1919.
Description:
Belle Hawkes diary, 1919.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:154622

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