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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:
Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange, Church World Service, National Council of Churches of Christ, 1954-1960.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Christian education--United States., Scholarships--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354019
Title:
Okinawa Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan minutes and correspondence, 1954-1969.
Description:
Includes minutes and correspondence of the Okinawa Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan.
Creator:
Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries--Archives., Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan--Okinawa Island.
Geographic subjects:
Okinawa Island (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352094
Title:
Korean Christian Church - Osaka Ikuno Community Center, 1971-1972.
Description:
Includes correspondence and receipts concerning the community center.
Creator:
Korean Christian Church in Japan. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational Cooperation., Missions--Japan--Tokyo., Community centers--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346911
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:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes letters from Korea regarding Korean Independence Movement.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345360
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes Presbyterian Church in Canada statement on Korean situation.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345344
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes Korean and missionary statements on Korean situation.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345297
Title:
Rural Missions Cooperating Committee, 1933-1939.
Description:
Includes minutes and reports of the Rural Missions Cooperating Committee, a special committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America's Committee of Reference and Counsel.
Creator:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and Counsel. (creator), Moss, Leslie Bates, 1889- (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and Counsel.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Rural missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340332
Title:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Nov. 1944-Sept. 1948.
Description:
Includes correspondence and a memorandum.
Creator:
Bell, Enoch F. (author), Goodsell, Fred Field, 1880-1976. (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340326
Title:
Emma Bayles McAuley correspondence, 1841-1866.
Description:
Transcript of correspondence addressed to her sister-in-law, Margaret Bayles. Written during her time as a missionary in North Central India. Also includes biographical information about Emma Bayles McAuley and her family.
Creator:
McAuley, Emma Bayles, 1815-1891. (author), Bayles, Margaret. (addressee), Cook, Lewis D. (transcriber)
Subject names:
McAuley, Emma Bayles, 1815-1891--Archives., McAuley, Emma Bayles, 1815-1891., Bayles, Margaret., McAuley, William H. (William Hall), d. 1885.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India--Fatehgarh., Missionaries--India--Fatehgarh., Women missionaries--India--Fatehgarh.
Geographic subjects:
Fatehgarh (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:294423
Title:
Letters between David V. Miller and Bishop Desmond Tutu, 1979.
Description:
Letters (January 26 and February 7, 1979) discussing Dave's trip to South Africa.
Creator:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019. (author), Tutu, Desmond. (author)
Subject names:
Tutu, Desmond., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Africa, Southern--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293470
Title:
Richard E. Rodman and Clifton Kirkpatrick correspondence, 1985.
Description:
Letters (March 28, April 15, and April 29, 1985) discussing apartheid, sanctions, and disinvestment in South Africa.
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (author), Rodman, Richard E. (Richard Eugene) (author)
Subject names:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Apartheid--South Africa., Disinvestment--South Africa., Economic sanctions--South Africa.
Geographic subjects:
South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293447
Title:
Special Bulletin No. 7 from C. Darby Fulton, July 23, 1960.
Description:
Bulletin confirming by name the presence of missionaries in Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe.
Creator:
Fulton, C. Darby (Charles Darby), 1892- (author), Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293445
Title:
Letter from Polly Miller to friends, August 2, 1960.
Description:
Letter regarding Polly Miller's departure from the Congo and rumors of a bomb attack at her home in the Congo.
Creator:
Miller, Polly Jean, 1927- (author)
Subject names:
Miller, Polly Jean, 1927-, Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293443
Title:
To All Readers of the Congo Mission News, July 26, 1960.
Description:
Circular by R.V. de Carle Thompson of the Conseil Protestant du Congo describing Congolese Independence and the evacuation of missionaries.
Creator:
Congo Protestant Council. (creator), Thompson, R.V. de Carle. (author)
Subject names:
Congo Protestant Council., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Independence movements--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1960-1997.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293439
Title:
Letter from Rev. David V. Miller to Dr. David B. Jenkins, January 3, 1989.
Description:
Letter regarding David Miller's visit to a Lesotho Evangelical Church building construction project in Kolonyama.
Creator:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019. (author), Jenkins, David B., Dr. (addressee)
Subject names:
Lesotho Evangelical Church., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Lesotho--20th century., Church buildings--Lesotho.
Geographic subjects:
Lesotho.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293432
Title:
David V. Miller and Fred R. Stair correspondence, 1985.
Description:
Letters (February 27 and April 8, 1985) discussing apartheid and disinvestment in South Africa.
Creator:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019. (author), Stair, Fred R. (author)
Subject names:
Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Apartheid--South Africa., Disinvestment--South Africa.
Geographic subjects:
South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293427
Title:
Canton Union Normal School, 1921-1939.
Description:
Includes minutes, reports, photographs, and correspondence of the school.
Creator:
Union Normal School (Canton, China) (creator)
Subject names:
Union Normal School (Canton, China)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Guangzhou., Missions--Educational work--China--Guangzhou., Teachers colleges--China--Guangzhou.
Geographic subjects:
Guangzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288909
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

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