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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:
Women in Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Veiled women.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280813
Title:
Men in Urumia marketplace.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Bringing in the silver tomans from the market place in Urumia. This money to be used for mission purposes and relief work. One thousand tomans is all one man can carry at a time unless he is unusually strong.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Men--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280810
Title:
Japan International Christian University, January-November 1950.
Description:
Correspondence, clippings, publications, and reports related to the establishment of a Christian university in Japan, January through November 1950.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives., Japan International Christian University., Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1990., Diffendorfer, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1879-1951., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William),, 1891-1956., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Stamm, John S. (John Samuel), 1878-1956.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Educational work--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180483
Title:
Golden and Dick Baird clippings, circa 1970s.
Description:
Clippings and materials related to the Baird and Stockton families. Also includes two letters.
Creator:
Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Subject names:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994., Stockton, John S., 1849-1932., Stockton, Mary Ann, 1859-1935., Scobey, Sophia.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Newbern (Tenn.), Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:173633
Title:
Moga Training School, 1926-1947.
Description:
Correspondence and other materials related to the Training School for Village Teachers in Moga, India, 1926-1947.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Punjab Mission. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Moga Training School (Moga, India), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Punjab Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India--Moga., Missions--Educational work--India--Moga.
Geographic subjects:
Moga (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:170298
Title:
Moga Training School, 1921-1925.
Description:
Correspondence and other materials related to the Training School for Village Teachers in Moga, India, 1921-1925.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Punjab Mission. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Moga Training School (Moga, India), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Punjab Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India--Moga., Missions--Educational work--India--Moga.
Geographic subjects:
Moga (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:170194
Title:
Philippines mission correspondence, 1904-1924.
Description:
Correspondence related to mission work in the Philippines, 1904-1924. Also includes clippings, printed materials, and reports.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Philippine Mission. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Philippine Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Philippines.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:169806
Title:
Arthur L. Carson's papers regarding Walter O. McIntire.
Description:
Arthur L. Carson's papers regarding Walter O. McIntire, a faculty member of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines.
Creator:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Cressey, Paul F. (author)
Subject names:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., McIntire, Walter O., Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), Cressey, Paul F.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete., College teachers--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Norton (Mass.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161132
Title:
Arthur L. Carson correspondence with David S. Hibbard, 1958-1961.
Description:
Correspondence primarily with David S. Hibbard, the first president of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Also includes biographical items related to Hibbard, including newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966. (addressee)
Subject names:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966., Hibbard, Laura.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Pasadena (Calif.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161068
Title:
Rev. Richard H. and Effie Sidebotham.
Description:
Rev. Richard H. and Mrs. Sidebotham. [From "Michigan Presbyterian", Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2, 1899.]
Subject names:
Sidebotham, Richard H., 1874-1908--Portraits., Sidebotham, Effie--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Portraits., Women missionaries--Korea--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146319
Title:
Millican family clippings, 1941 to 1985.
Description:
Miscellaneous clippings about the Millican family, 1941 to 1985. It includes clippings about the family's missionary service, Embudo Presbyterian Hospital in New Mexico, Edith Millican's successful career as a physician, and memorial services after her death in February 1985.
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., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123154
Title:
Carl McIntire and the Korean Church, 1952-1966, 1974.
Description:
Includes correspondence; newspaper clippings; Presbyterian Underworld, a paper by Richard H. Baird; Ministry of Disruption, a brief study of the activities of Carl McIntire and the American Council of Churches; and Presbyterian Outlook articles.
Creator:
Wysham, William Norris, 1890-1982. (author), Baird, Richard H. (Richard Hamilton), 1898-1995. (author)
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives., McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002., Baird, Richard H. (Richard Hamilton), 1898-1995.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115691
Title:
William M. Baird clippings and miscellaneous items, 1885-1888, 1903, 1913-1932, 1951, n.d.
Description:
William M. Baird's collection of miscellaneous items, including personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, published articles, mission station reports, minutes of the 1930 annual meeting of the Bible Committee of Korea, and an obituary written by son, Richard H. Baird after his death in 1931. Materials span 1885-1888, 1903, 1913-1932, and 1951.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Bible Committee of Korea., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Hanover College.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115354
Title:
William M. Baird clippings and miscellaneous items, 1899, 1916, 1931, n.d.
Description:
William M. Baird's miscellaneous items, including newspaper clippings from Charlestown, Indiana, and Korean tracts, 1899, 1916, 1931, n.d.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Charlestown (Ind.), Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115119
Title:
William M. Baird scrapbook of miscellaneous items, 1891-1902, 1914-1915.
Description:
William M. Baird's scrapbook of miscellaneous items, including publication excerpts, newspaper clippings, and mission reports, 1891-1902, 1914-1915.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:114669
Title:
Happy homecoming.
Description:
Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
Creator:
San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
Topics:
Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10149
Title:
Cyril Ross.
Description:
Theological student reads his bible in original Greek text. [clipping from Dallas Morning News, October 1, 1936].
Subject names:
Ross, Cyril, 1867-1963., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Foreign Missions. Dept. of Missionary Personnel--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5168

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