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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:
Christmas card from the Holladays.
Description:
Merry Christmas from the Holladays. John Scott II in wedding picture with Phyllis. Anna Marie Robert. Mid 1940s Jack and Marie Holladay Thailand.
Subject names:
Holladay, John Scott., Holladay, Phyllis., Holladay, Robert., Holladay, Anna Marie., Wells family--Archives., Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981--Archives., Wells, Margaretta B., 1902-1999--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand., Missions--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:58238
Title:
William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description:
835.02.09e: Children of the Maria Carey Home, Ibanche. 835.02.09g: Christmas 1909. Mrs. [Bertha] Morrison making children happy with 'Christmas gifts.' With a group of native boys all in western shirts and neckties.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:33626
Title:
William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description:
835.02.09f: Christmas at the Pantops Home, Luebo, with Annie Taylor.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:33608
Title:
Christmas 1933.
Description:
Christmas 1933. We had the big dinner in this room.
Subject names:
Faught, Marjorie, 1907- --Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Ethiopia--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Ethiopia--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8193
Title:
Brazil Mission photo album.
Description:
Three photographs: 1. Members of the Christmas play - Salinas, Dec. 1950; 2. The first spiritual retreat for North Minas field - Salinas, Feb 1951; 3. unidentified. [Brazil Mission Photo Album #2, p. 4.]
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Central Brazil Mission.
Topics:
Christmas plays., Missions--Brazil--20th century., Missionaries--Brazil--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Brazil--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8056
Title:
Christmas photo card, Luebo.
Description:
Merry Christmas to you and yours. [Christmas photo card, Luebo, undated -- sent to Winnie from Florence.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Luebo--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7944
Title:
Luebo Christmas pageant.
Description:
[Luebo Christmas pageant.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Luebo--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7808
Title:
Luebo Christmas pageant.
Description:
[Luebo Christmas pageant.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Luebo--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7566
Title:
Chongju Home and School for Blind Children, Chongju, Korea.
Description:
Chongju Home and School for Blind Children, Chongju, Korea. [verso] Our Christmas Play at the Blind Home moved the audience as they saw the so often "unloved" blind children present the Christmas Story of God's Great Gift to them and the world.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--20th century., Blind children--Education--Korea--20th century., Schools--Korea--Ch'ŏngju-si
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Missions--20th century., Ch'ŏngju-si (Ch'ungch'ŏng-bukto, Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6845
Title:
Christmas 1957 in our living room.
Description:
Christmas 1957 in our living room. December.
Subject names:
Currell, Susan McDowell, 1889-1970--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Japan--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6093
Title:
Christmas celebration.
Description:
Christmas celebration for church members and servants' families, Doulatabad-Malayir. The tree is an oleander bush.
Subject names:
Zoeckler family--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Malāyir--20th century., Missionaries--Iran--Malāyir., Children--Iran--Malāyir., Christmas.
Geographic subjects:
Malāyir (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5378
Title:
Christmas pageant scene.
Description:
Mary and Joseph. Ruth & Christie trained and costumed the boys and girls for the Christmas pageant, given Dec. 31st, 1936. It was very well done, the service was well attended.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Ethiopia Mission., Faught, Marjorie, 1907---Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Ethiopia--20th century., Women missionaries--Ethiopia--20th century., Christmas plays.
Geographic subjects:
Ethiopia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4964
Title:
Ben and Carol Weir's 1982 Christmas card.
Description:
[Ben and Carol Weir's 1982 Christmas card illustration of their Beirut apartment.]
Subject names:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Weir, Carol, 1924-
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2316
Title:
Sheppard family Christmas card.
Description:
Bakuba House, Congo, Africa Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. [Christmas card signed by the Sheppards, 1901.]
Subject names:
Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1865-1927--Archives., Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955.
Topics:
Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1865

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