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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:
Korea Committee minutes, 1956-1957.
Description:
Includes minutes and reports of the committee.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries. Asia Department. (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--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects:
Korea (South)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352325
Title:
United Nations Day program, 1956.
Description:
Tehran Community School's program for United Nations Day, October 24, 1956.
Creator:
Community School (Tehran, Iran) (creator)
Subject names:
Rankin, Joan, 1923-2006--Archives., Community School (Tehran, Iran), United Nations--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340220
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:
Annual Mission Meeting in Taegu, 1956.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Women missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146173
Title:
Annual Mission Meeting in Taegu, 1956.
Description:
Taken at Presbyterian Mission Annual Meeting June 29, 1956 at Taegu, Korea.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Women missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145949
Title:
New Life Boys Home for delinquent orphans, ca. 1956.
Description:
Near Taegu. First of its kind in South Korea.
Creator:
Rice, Robert Franklin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Orphanages--Korea., Juvenile delinquents--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145837
Title:
Amputee Training Center, Union Christian Center, Taejŏn-si, 1956.
Description:
Learning to hold mugs and utensils. Needlework under tray also made by amputee.
Creator:
Rice, Robert Franklin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Amputees--Rehabilitation--Korea--Taejŏn-si.
Geographic subjects:
Taejŏn-si (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145700
Title:
Men lined up receiving Gospel, Taejŏn-si, 1956.
Description:
"Beggar boys lined up for inspection, receive Gospel literature form a 'sub king'- assistant gang leader. Many were converted but the follow up is harder."
Creator:
Rice, Robert Franklin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea
Geographic subjects:
Taejŏn-si (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145672
Title:
Poethig family on Christmas Day, 1956.
Description:
Christmas in Dayton.
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company. (manufacturer)
Subject names:
Poethig, Kerry--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard.
Topics:
Missionaries--Philippines., Children of missionaries--Philippines., Christmas--Ohio--Dayton.
Geographic subjects:
Dayton (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145541
Title:
Mid-East Profile.
Description:
A report from the Commissions on Missionary Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., about 1956. Explores the powerful and conflicting forces at work in the Middle East and surveys the opportunities open to Christian missions to help form a revitalized society. Filmed in the Middle East.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (creator)
Subject names:
Malik, Charles Habib, 1906-1987.
Topics:
Missions--Middle East.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141949
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1956 to 1957.
Description:
Aimee and Frank Millican's correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1956 to 1957, during their retirement from 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., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135503
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence primarily to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, 1956.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians.
Geographic subjects:
Embudo (N.M.), Spokane (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:121961
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1956.
Description:
Aimee and Frank Millican's correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1956, during their retirement from 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., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:120621
Title:
Women and children group photograph.
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116014
Title:
Women and children group photograph.
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115975
Title:
Women and children group photograph.
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115956
Title:
Union Christian College.
Description:
New students.
Subject names:
Sungsil Taehak (Seoul, Korea), Baird family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Christian universities and colleges--Korea (South)--Seoul., Christian college students--Korea (South)--Seoul., Male college students--Korea (South)--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115853
Title:
The Christmas Story.
Description:
The Christmas Story - American School for Girls.
Subject names:
Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives., American School for Girls (Baghdad, Iraq)
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iraq--Baghdad., Christmas--Iraq--Baghdad.
Geographic subjects:
Baghdad (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104638
Title:
Christmas at American School for Girls.
Description:
Mary, Joseph, Angels - American School for Girls.
Subject names:
Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives., American School for Girls (Baghdad, Iraq)
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iraq--Baghdad., Christmas--Iraq--Baghdad.
Geographic subjects:
Baghdad (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104637
Title:
American Schools for Girls students singing Christmas carols.
Description:
American Schools for Girls - Singing Christmas Carols - Elem. School.
Subject names:
Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives., American School for Girls (Baghdad, Iraq)
Topics:
Christmas--Iraq--Baghdad., Missions--Educational work--Iraq--Baghdad.
Geographic subjects:
Baghdad (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104636

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