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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:
Keeping Dad Alive.
Description:
October 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, this project was launched to tell the story of Richard’s resilience and of the family’s efforts to ease the psychic impact of his isolation during lockdown in a senior living residence. The conversations are described as “glimpses into what sustains us over a long life and an antidote to the tragedy of separation from our elders during this pandemic.”
Creator:
Poethig, Margaret. (creator)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018., Poethig family.
Topics:
Missionaries--Philippines., Missions--Philippines., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357708
Title:
Ellinwood-Malate Church worship bulletin and sermon.
Description:
Ellinwood-Malate Church (Manila, Philippines) worship bulletin (October 20, 1963). Includes "The Tower and the Wall" sermon written by Richard P. Poethig.
Creator:
Poethig, Richard P. (author)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Ellinwood-Malate Church (Manila, Philippines)
Topics:
Missionaries--Philippines., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Manila (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356150
Title:
Back of the African's Mind.
Description:
Annotated typescript of chapter five of "Forty Years in the Congo" written by Carroll R. Stegall, Presbyterian missionary in the Congo.
Creator:
Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965. (author)
Subject names:
Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965--Archives., Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356051
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:
Fifty-four Years in India
Description:
Compiled by her sister, Anna M. Fullerton.
Creator:
Fullerton, Mary. (author), Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938. (author)
Subject names:
Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938., Fullerton, Mary.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Missionaries--India., Women missionaries--India.
Geographic subjects:
India--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353265
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:
Japan Christian Activity News, 1952-1957.
Description:
Includes newsletters by the National Christian Council in Japan.
Creator:
Nihon Kirisutokyō Kyōgikai. (publisher)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries--Archives., Nihon Kirisutokyō Kyōgikai.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:351502
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:
The Susan Reynolds Underhill African Art Collection.
Description:
Pamphlet for the Susan Reynolds Underhill African Art Collection at Lincoln University's Vail Library. The collection was gifted to the university by Rev. Irwin W. Underhill as a memorial to his wife who died in 1934 during her mission service in Cameroon.
Creator:
Vail Library (Lincoln University) (creator)
Subject names:
Underhill, Irvin Windfield, 1896-1982--Archives., Underhill, Irvin Windfield, 1896-1982., Underhill, Susan R. (Susan Reynolds), 1904-1934., Vail Library (Lincoln University)
Topics:
Art objects, African., Art, African., Antiquities--Collection and preservation., African American missionaries--Cameroon., Women missionaries--Cameroon., Missionaries--Cameroon.
Geographic subjects:
Chester County (Pa.), Africa--Antiquities.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345219
Title:
Mr. Ward's Embassy.
Description:
An overview of the two American embassies in China. Written by W.A.P. Martin, a Presbyterian missionary. Pages 75-83 are missing from the manuscript.
Creator:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916. (author)
Subject names:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916--Archives., United States. Embassy (China), United States. Embassy (China)--History.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Diplomatic and consular service, American--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., China--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344961
Title:
The Peiho and Peking.
Description:
A history of the Peking (Beijing) Mission. Written by W.A.P. Martin, a Presbyterian missionary to China.
Creator:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916. (author)
Subject names:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Peking Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Peking Mission--History.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Beijing., Missionaries--China--Beijing.
Geographic subjects:
Beijing (China), Beijing (China)--Missions--History.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344702
Title:
North and South of the Equator.
Description:
Autobiography of Addison Miller Alexander, a Presbyterian missionary to South America.
Creator:
Alexander, Addison Miller, 1902- (author)
Subject names:
Alexander, Addison Miller, 1902-, Alexander, Addison Miller, 1902---Biography.
Topics:
Missionaries--Colombia., Missionaries--Chile., Missions--Educational work--Colombia., Missions--Educational work--Chile.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344383
Title:
Developing Damavand College.
Description:
Fundraising brochure for Damavand College, a women's college in Tehran, Iran.
Creator:
Damavand College (Tehran, Iran) (creator)
Subject names:
Thompson, Mary Christine, 1913---Archives., Damavand College (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340406
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:
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

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