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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries. See the following related collections: Foreign missions; Domestic missions. Featured image: Missionary to China Aimee Boddy Millican (1884-1974) and radio broadcasting staff.

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Title:
Fiftieth anniversary historical sketch.
Description:
Pamphlet celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission, 1853-1903.
Creator:
Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.), Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Chinese Americans--Missions., Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco., Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177255
Title:
Donaldina Cameron with others.
Subject names:
Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968., Donaldina Cameron House.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco--20th century., Women missionaries--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150256
Title:
Manzanar Japanese Relocation Center.
Description:
The Japanese Relocation Center in Manzanar, CA.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146378
Title:
Little Ah Yee of the Opium Dens.
Description:
Caption title: Chinese waifdom; a memorial tribute to Little Ah Yee, her life and death.
Creator:
Cable, Emma R. (author)
Subject names:
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A.). Occidental Board.
Topics:
Chinese--United States., Chinese Americans--Missions--California., Opium trade--California--San Francisco.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141136
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1949 to 1950.
Description:
Some correspondence includes Aimee Millican's time in the United States before the Millicans were transferred to the Philippines Mission in 1950.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Hartford Seminary Foundation.
Topics:
Evangelistic work--Philippines., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Missions--Educational work--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Hartford (Conn.), Stanwood (Wash.), California., Manila (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136527
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, May to December 1941.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author), Millican family--Archives.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Christian Literature Society for China.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
China., Oakland (Calif.), Weehawken (N.J.), Hawaii.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136438
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1942.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith in 1942, during which Aimee Millican was in the United States on furlough.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (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., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.), Oakland (Calif.), Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135932
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1962.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1962, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Margaret A. Frame, September 29, 1962.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (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.), Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135340
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, June to December 1963.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, June to December 1963, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Edith Millican from Dr. J.B. Blough of Embudo Presbyterian Hospital, August 15, 1963.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135119
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1964 to 1965.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1964 to 1965, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Edith Millican from social activist, Muriel Lester, February 1964.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (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:
Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134782
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944, during which Aimee Millican was in the United States on furlough.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.), Oakland (Calif.), Berkeley (Calif.), Spokane (Wash.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134493
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, January to June 1963.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, January to June 1963, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Mrs. William H. Boddy and a newspaper clipping announcing Mary Eve Millican's engagement.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (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.), Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134221
Title:
Millican family biographies.
Description:
Biographies of the Millican family. Frank and Aimee Millican's biographies released after their deaths in memoriam (1961 and 1974, respectively). Edith Millican's autobiography of her life after missionary service in China.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Duarte (Calif.), United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124402
Title:
Frank Millican correspondence to his daughter, Edith, 1951 to 1961.
Description:
Frank Millican's correspondence to his daughter, Edith. Correspondence is organized chronologically from 1951 to 1961, with undated materials found at the end.
Creator:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Christian Literature Society for China., Silliman University.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Missions--Educational work--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China), Stanwood (Wash.), Dumaguete (Philippines), Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:120308
Title:
San Buenaventura, California.
Description:
Henry L. Harris and Spanish School. San Buenaventura, California. March 1883.
Creator:
Brewster, J.C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Harris, Henry L.
Topics:
Missionaries--California--Ventura., Education--California--Ventura., Students--California--Ventura., Portraits, Group--California--Ventura., Missions--Educational work--California--Ventura.
Geographic subjects:
Ventura (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103519

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