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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:
Howard Baskerville fiftieth anniversary memorial ceremonies, 1959.
Description:
Includes the following materials: "Program for the Baskerville ceremonies" which lists events organized for attendees of the 50th anniversary memorial ceremonies in Tabriz, sponsored by the US Consulate in Tabriz on April 19th and 20th of 1959; "Talk by the Consul", the speech given by the American Consul in Tabriz during the 1959 ceremonies; "Response by His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of America, Edward T. Wailes at ceremonies honoring Howard Baskerville", the speech given by the American ambassador to Iran during the 1959 ceremonies; and "Non-Americans attending the Baskerville ceremonies" a list of non-Americans from Tehran, Tabriz, and elsewhere, who attended the 1959 ceremonies.
Creator:
Wailes, Edward T. (author), Josif, Harold G. (author)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909--Death and burial.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran--Biography., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--History--1905-1911., Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289527
Title:
And yet they left their homes and came to college.
Description:
Transcript of a speech given at Westminster Congregational Church in Spokane, Washington on May 9, 1946 by an unnamed educator at the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon. The author uses one of their college songs to illustrate the journey and growth of the students.
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon), Westminster Congregational Church (Spokane, Wash.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut, Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut, Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon), Spokane (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145170
Title:
The American Junior College and its Junior Misses.
Description:
Transcript of a speech given to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) by an unnamed American educator at the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon from 1937 through 1945. The author reflects on both their time at the college and various students who made on impression on their life.
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon), American Association of University Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144807
Title:
Women in a changing Near East.
Description:
Transcript of a speech given to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in Everett, Washington by an unnamed American educator on March 28, 1947. Highlights stories of individual students at the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon to show how education has had a positive impact on the women's lives.
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon), American Association of University Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon), Everett (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144745
Title:
Life in a Syrian college.
Description:
Transcript of a speech given to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) by an unnamed American educator at the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon from 1937 through 1946. Illustrates daily life at the college, including a description of the students and their coursework.
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon), American Association of University Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut, Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut, Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144739
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican's Christmas speech transcript, ca. 1952.
Description:
Transcript of Aimee and Frank Millican's Christmas speech, ca. 1952, which highlights their memorable Christmas seasons during their missionary service.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:119914
Title:
Organization service of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon, Elat, 1957.
Description:
Only known recording of this event. Much of the ceremony is in Bulu. Includes an address by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake in English translated in Bulu by Dr. A.I. Good. Side 2 contains Bulu folklore and a message from Dr. H.L. Weber. Speeches, sermons, and songs in Bulu, French, and English.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker), Good, Albert Irwin, 1884-1975. (speaker)
Subject names:
Weber, Hymen Lawrence, 1873-1962., Eglise presbyterienne camerounaise.
Topics:
Missions--Cameroon.
Geographic subjects:
Cameroon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116539
Title:
The Church in independent Africa today, about 1968.
Description:
Produced by Gunter Kaiser for Zambia Broadcasting Services. Includes hymns, worship in English, Bemba, Lozi, and Tonga. Includes speech by Kenneth Kaunda, president of Zambia.
Creator:
Kaunda, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1924- (speaker)
Subject names:
Kaunda, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1924-, Kaiser, Günter.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Africa--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Africa--Religion.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116525
Title:
Organization service of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon, Elat, 1957, side 1.
Description:
Only known recording of this event. Much of the ceremony is in Bulu. Includes an address by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake in English translated in Bulu by Dr. A.I. Good. Side 2 contains Bulu folklore and a message from Dr. H.L. Weber. Speeches, sermons, and songs in Bulu, French, and English.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker), Good, Albert Irwin, 1884-1975. (speaker)
Subject names:
Weber, Hymen Lawrence, 1873-1962., Eglise presbyterienne camerounaise.
Topics:
Missions--Cameroon.
Geographic subjects:
Cameroon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116519
Title:
Kanyinda Isaac speech, about 1950.
Description:
Sermon given in Tshiluba (also Chiluba, Luba-Katanga) by Pastor Kanyinda Isaac at Montreat, N.C., with Carroll R. Stegall interpreting, circa 1950.
Creator:
Isaac, Kanyinda. (speaker), Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965. (speaker)
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116504
Title:
Organization service of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon, Elat, 1957, side 2.
Description:
Only known recording of this event. Much of the ceremony is in Bulu. Includes an address by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake in English translated in Bulu by Dr. A.I. Good. Side 2 contains Bulu folklore and a message from Dr. H.L. Weber. Speeches, sermons, and songs in Bulu, French, and English.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker), Good, Albert Irwin, 1884-1975. (speaker)
Subject names:
Weber, Hymen Lawrence, 1873-1962., Eglise presbyterienne camerounaise.
Topics:
Missions--Cameroon.
Geographic subjects:
Cameroon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116503
Title:
The true facts in the Machen and McIntire cases.
Description:
Based on an address delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Merchantville, N.J. on July 12, 1936, by the pastor Rev. E. Lansing Bennett.
Creator:
Bennett, E. Lansing. (author)
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives., McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002., Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937., Taehan Yesugyo Changnohoe.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115790
Title:
The place whereon we stand.
Description:
Opening address, the Consultation on World Missions, Montreat, North Carolina, October 13-19, 1962, the Rev. T. Watson Street, Executive Secretary, Board of World Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
Creator:
Street, T. Watson (Thomas Watson), 1916- (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:90938
Title:
The Christian world mission in our time.
Description:
Address by Dr. John Coventry Smith, General Secretary of the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, delivered at a conference of missionaries, fraternal workers, Commission members, and staff at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, September 5-8, 1961.
Creator:
Smith, John Coventry, 1903- (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:90824
Title:
The Olympic Games in Berlin: A Question of Fair Play.
Description:
“The Olympic Games in Berlin: A Question of Fair Play,” radio address by Henry Smith Leiper, November 12, 1935.
Creator:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975. (author)
Subject names:
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
Topics:
Olympics--Participation, American.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14414

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