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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:
"Converted Sorceress, Sim Ssi."
Description:
Illustration from "Daybreak in Korea." [Full title: "Daybreak in Korea : a tale of transformation in the Far East,"by Annie L.A. Baird.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Christian converts--Korea., Women--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140275
Title:
"Dear Friends" letter by Edwin and Arpine Hanna, December 5, 1982.
Description:
"Dear Friends" letter by Edwin and Arpine Hanna written on December 5, 1982 in Beirut, Lebanon. The letter details the summer 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and includes photographs of building damage and Palestinian refugee children.
Creator:
Hanna, Edwin Bell, 1926-2012. (author), Hanna, Arpiné Yenovkian, 1924-2010. (author)
Topics:
Lebanon--History--Israeli intervention, 1982-1985., Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Buildings--War damage--Lebanon--Beirut., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116018
Title:
"Down the Yalu" 1926.
Description:
"Down the Yalu" (personal travel account), 1926
Creator:
Baird, Richard H. (Richard Hamilton), 1898-1995. (author)
Subject names:
Baird family--Archives., Baird, William Martyn, 1897-.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missionaires--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Yalu River (China and Korea)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115676
Title:
"Dum Hua" celebration in Thailand.
Subject names:
Cort, Edwin Charles, 1879-1950.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., Missions, Medical--Thailand., Rites and ceremonies--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand--Social life and customs.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150380
Title:
"Dum Hua" celebration in Thailand.
Description:
7. Townspeople gather outside mission residence for "Dum Hua" celebration.
Subject names:
Cort, Edwin Charles, 1879-1950.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., Missions, Medical--Thailand., Rites and ceremonies--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand--Social life and customs.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150379
Title:
"Dum Hua" celebration in Thailand.
Description:
10. Complicated sword dance in honor of departing doctor and wife, is done to rhythm of native drum and gongs, and chanting of the crowd.
Subject names:
Cort, Edwin Charles, 1879-1950.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., Missions, Medical--Thailand., Rites and ceremonies--Thailand., Sword dance--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand--Social life and customs.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150382
Title:
"Dum Hua" celebration in Thailand.
Description:
9. Money tree, with leaves of paper bills, is passed over heads of crowd to doctor and wife hidden beneath.
Subject names:
Cort, Edwin Charles, 1879-1950.
Topics:
Missions--Thailand., Missions, Medical--Thailand., Rites and ceremonies--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand--Social life and customs.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150381
Title:
"Each One Reach One," Shimizugaoka Church, Japan.
Creator:
Post, Helen. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission., Shimizugaoka Church (Japan), Kuramochi, Yoshio.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Church growth--Japan., Clergy--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339649
Title:
"Each One Reach One," Shimizugaoka Church, Japan.
Creator:
Post, Helen. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission., Shimizugaoka Church (Japan), Kuramochi, Yoshio.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Church growth--Japan., Clergy--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339590
Title:
"Our Dear Friends" letter by Elleroy and Mabelle Smith, November 10, 1937.
Description:
"Our Dear Friends" letter written by Elleroy and Mabelle Smith on November 10, 1937 in Ningbo, China. The letter provides updates about their mission in China, the recent military conflict between China and Japan, and their stay at the Millicans' house in Shanghai.
Creator:
Smith, Elleroy. (author), Smith, Mabelle. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.
Geographic subjects:
Ningbo Shi (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136428
Title:
"Place Des Martyres" in Downtown Beirut.
Description:
Statue of Lebanese Independence in central square of Downtown Beirut ("The Bourj" or Place de Cannon). Sept. '82.
Subject names:
Sāḥat al-Shuhadāʾ (Beirut, Lebanon)
Topics:
Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Lebanon--History--Israeli intervention, 1982-1985., Statues--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129638
Title:
"Some Incidents in the Independent Movement in Korea," circa 1940.
Description:
"Some Incidents in the Independent Movement in Korea," probably written by Dr. Bull circa 1940, details how the Korean struggle for resistance under Japanese occupation affected Presbyterian missionary schools and students.
Creator:
Bull, W. F. (William Ford), 1876-1941. (author)
Subject names:
Preston, John Fairman, 1875-1975.
Topics:
Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115598
Title:
"Venezuela Free!"
Description:
Newsletter with general updates on the social and political climate in Venezuela, March 1958. Written by Presbyterian missionaries, Bob and Jean Seel.
Creator:
Seel, Bob. (author), Seel, Jean. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Venezuela Mission., Seel, Bob., Seel, Jean.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Venezuela.
Geographic subjects:
Venezuela--History--Revolution--1958.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147310
Title:
(Scattered) Commission Representative Letters, 1964-71.
Topics:
Missions--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:37049
Title:
1931 General Assembly.
Description:
1931 General Assembly.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6898
Title:
3rd Republic of Korea Army Hospital, Pusan.
Description:
3rd ROK Army Hospital, Pusan. (Where requests for rehabilitation of Korean amputees originated.) Donor: Dr. Torrey.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1887-1970--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Korean War, 1950-1953--Korea--Pusan., War--Relief of sick and wounded--Korea--Pusan., Korean War, 1950-1953--Medical care., Hospitals--Korea--Pusan., Buildings--Korea--Pusan.
Geographic subjects:
Pusan (Korea)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145885
Title:
41st Annual Convention of the American Mission to Lepers brochure.
Description:
Brochure for the 41st Annual Convention of the American Mission to Lepers in Chicago, October 21-22, 1948.
Creator:
American Mission to Lepers. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Mission to Lepers.
Topics:
Missions to leprosy patients., Church work with leprosy patients., Meetings--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147323
Title:
50 Views of Siege of Peking, 1900.
Description:
Fifty views in the set, nine of them taken at the Methodist Compound, and forty-nine in the British, Russian, and American Legations, the Hanlin Yuan, the Mongol Market, and along the Wall. Included in this number are the twenty-six large views taken by request of the British Minister and the General Committee of Public Comfort of the Siege.
Creator:
Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916. (photographer)
Subject names:
Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916., Killie, Louise Scott, b. 1856., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Shantung Province., Missionaries--China., Missions--China.
Geographic subjects:
China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901., Shantung Province (China)--History., Beijing (China)--History.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:34313
Title:
50th Anniversary held in Seoul.
Description:
Fletcher, Chairman. The Mission Jubilee Annual Meeting. Picture taken on the steps of the John D. Wells School which was then a part of the Yun Chi Dong Compound in Seoul. (later sold) Picture includes many guests from other lands and other missions in Korea who attended the Jubilee Celebration.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Moffett, Samuel Austin, 1864-1939., Baird, Anna Landis Reist, 1895-1981.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Women missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Children of missionaries--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113615
Title:
8th Annual Baguio Religious Acculturation Conference photograph.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 8th. Annual Baguio Religious Acculturation Conference, U.P. College Auditorium, Baguio City. Dec. 28-31, 1964. Text transcribed from verso: The Image of the Priest & Pastor. [Richard Poethig is featured first from left.]
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Richard P.
Topics:
Missionaries--Philippines., Presbyterian men., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Baguio (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356149

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