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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:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea., Boats and boating--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341065
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea., Dogs--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341064
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341063
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341062
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea. Includes footage of a boar hunt.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Wild boar hunting--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341061
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea. Includes footage of a boar hunt.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Wild boar hunting--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341060
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea. Includes footage of camping and Paektu Mountain, a sacred volcano on the northern border of Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Volcanoes--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Paektu Mountain (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341059
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea. Includes footage of camping and Paektu Mountain, a sacred volcano on the northern border of Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Volcanoes--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Paektu Mountain (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341058
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea. Includes footage of Paektu Mountain, a sacred volcano on the northern border of Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Volcanoes--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Paektu Mountain (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341057
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341056
Title:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea. Includes footage of Korean cultural events.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Manners and customs--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341055
Title:
In search of strength.
Description:
On Christian churches in Hong Kong, about 1965. Presented by United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ; a cooperative production of the Division of Communications and Division of Interpretation and Stewardship ; the Support Agency, United Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency. Division of Interpretation and Stewardship., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency. Commmunications Division.
Topics:
Missions--China--Hong Kong., Refugees--China--Hong Kong.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177399
Title:
Parviz goes to college, about 1930.
Description:
A motion picture produced by Alborz College, Tehran.
Creator:
Dabīristān-i Alburz.
Topics:
Educational work--Missions--Iran--20th century., Education, Higher--Iran--20th century., Universities and colleges--Iran--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:169213
Title:
G.I. Jimmie Meets the Iran Mission, about 1945.
Description:
A motion picture profile of Iran as seen through the eyes of an American soldier stationed there during the World War II, which tells of how he finds a slice of home at the American Mission. Photography by John Elder, a missionary in Iran.
Creator:
Elder, John, 1894-1981.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission
Topics:
Missions--Iran--20th century., Church work with military personnel., Soldiers--Iran--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:169212
Title:
Children of Guatemala.
Description:
Production and photography by Clay and Mary Helen Cooper, assisted by Glen "Butch" Thorp.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Guatemala Mission., Cooper, Clay., Cooper,, Mary Helen., -, Thorp, Glen Alan, 1944-
Topics:
Missions--Presbyterian Church--Guatemala--20th century., Missions, Medical--Guatemala--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Guatemala--Social life and customs., Guatemala--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166021
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:
Kenneth E. Wells and Margaretta B. Wells home movie, 1930s.
Description:
Wells family home movie, featuring Wells children and pet gibbon, Bimbo, 1930s.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Thailand Mission., Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981., Wells, Margaretta B., 1902-1999.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71682
Title:
South of the Clouds, 1950.
Description:
The story of two women of widely different backgrounds who attend Beirut College for Women. One is a Christian, the other a Moslem. Shows educational work among women abroad.
Subject names:
Heard, Paul F., James, William., Shilin, Alan., Albekri, Saida., Beirut College for Women.
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Lebanon., Women's colleges--Lebanon., Women Education (Higher)--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Lebanon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1945

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