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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:
Women in a changing Near East.
Description:
Transcript of a speech given to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in Everett, Washington by an unnamed American educator on March 28, 1947. Highlights stories of individual students at the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon to show how education has had a positive impact on the women's lives.
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon), American Association of University Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon), Everett (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144745
Title:
Life in a Syrian college.
Description:
Transcript of a speech given to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) by an unnamed American educator at the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon from 1937 through 1946. Illustrates daily life at the college, including a description of the students and their coursework.
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon), American Association of University Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut, Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut, Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144739
Title:
College tribune
Description:
The first volume of the College Tribune, a monthly magazine published by the journalism class at the Beirut College for Women. This issue from November 25, 1963 celebrates the fourtieth anniversary of the college's opening.
Subject names:
Beirut College for Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut, Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut, Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144710
Title:
Trireme.
Description:
The Trireme, Volume 5, Number 2, February 1940. Published by the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon. The theme of the issue is "The Rooms in a House."
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon)--Students--Periodicals.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144695
Title:
Trireme.
Description:
The Trireme, Volume 5, Number 3, March 1940. Published by the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon. The theme of the issue is "Manners and Customs, Old and New."
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon)--Students--Periodicals.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144682
Title:
Trireme.
Description:
The Trireme, Volume 5, Number 4, April 1940. Published by the American Junior College for Women in Beirut, Lebanon. The theme of the issue is "You and Your Clothes."
Subject names:
American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon)--Students--Periodicals.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144669
Title:
Syria-Lebanon Mission Executive Committee minutes, 1953-1958.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission. (author)
Subject names:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Nicol, James H. (James Houden), 1875-1962., Story, Cullen I. K., Johnson, R. Park, 1907-, Willoughby, James Wallace, 1898-, National Evangelical Synod of Syria., Jāmi‵at Ḥalab., Beirut College for Women., Kullīyat al-Lāhūt lil-Sharq al-Adná., Near East Council of Churches.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Syria--History--19th century., Missions--Lebanon--History--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138251
Title:
Syria-Lebanon Mission Newsletters, 1957-1961.
Description:
Newsletter of the Syria-Lebanon Mission, vol. V, No. 1-149, January 1957 - August 22, 1961, with index.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission. (author)
Subject names:
Gray, Frances Mecca, 1910-2001., Flory, Margaret., Leber, Charles T. (Charles Tudor), 1924-, Wysham, William Norris, 1890-1982., Stoltzfus, William A. (William Alfred), 1891-1964., Willoughby, James Wallace, 1898-, Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Story, Cullen I. K., Johnson, R. Park, 1907-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Beirut College for Women., National Evangelical Synod of Syria., Jāmi‵at Ḥalab., Kullīyat al-Lāhūt lil-Sharq al-Adná.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Syria--History--19th century., Missions--Lebanon--History--19th century., Missionaries--Syria., Missionaries--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:137984
Title:
Syria-Lebanon Mission Board letters, 1952-1954.
Creator:
Gray, Frances Mecca, 1910-2001. (author), Flory, Margaret. (author), Leber, Charles T. (Charles Tudor), 1924- (author), Wysham, William Norris, 1890-1982. (author)
Subject names:
Stoltzfus, William A. (William Alfred), 1891-1964., Willoughby, James Wallace, 1898-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Beirut College for Women., Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Story, Cullen I. K., Johnson, R. Park, 1907-, National Evangelical Synod of Syria., Jāmi‵at Ḥalab., Kullīyat al-Lāhūt lil-Sharq al-Adná.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Syria--History--19th century., Missions--Lebanon--History--19th century., Missionaries--Syria., Missionaries--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:137368
Title:
Palestinians mourning dead, Beirut, Lebanon.
Description:
Palestinians mourning dead wrapped in blankets.
Topics:
Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon--Beirut., Lebanon--History--Israeli intervention, 1982-1985., Missions--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129640
Title:
Cars destroyed by Israeli tanks, Beirut, Lebanon.
Description:
Gone under Israeli tanks--Wardieh Area, West Beirut. Sept. 82.
Topics:
Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Lebanon--History--Israeli intervention, 1982-1985.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129639
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:
"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:
Church of Scotland mission, 1851-1959.
Description:
Records related to the Church of Scotland mission in Beirut, Lebanon,including reports, history, correspondence, maps, newsletters and postcards, 1851-1959.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Syria Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beruit., Missionaries--Lebanon--Beruit.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:91342
Title:
A kindergarten class at the Dekwaneh refugee camp.
Description:
Palestine 214. The refugee problem is largely a problem of youth, for the total of 868,000 refugees, more than half are below sixteen years old. Furthermore, with the high birth rate of 40.8 per thousand, some 36,000 refugee babies were born last year. This picture shows the kindergarten at Dekwani camp, Lebanon, where, although there is no backyard, and no blackboard, few books, and the children sit barefoot on the floor, there is a keen attendance.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Lebanon--Beirut., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83417
Title:
A student reads at a school located in the Dekwaneh refugee camp.
Description:
Palestine 215 The refugee problem is largely a problem of youth, for the total of 860,000 refugees more than half are below sixteen years old. At this school a lesson in Arabic is going on. This school in the Dekwani [Dekwaneh] camp in Lebanon has 155 pupils who need books, stationery, and blackboards.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Lebanon--Beirut., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83414
Title:
Swiss Sanaan goats arriving via plane, Beirut, Lebanon.
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Swiss Sanaan goats sent by the Heifer Project for J.R.F. arriving at Beirut airport.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Beirut.--Lebanon
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69961
Title:
Property map of American Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, Beirut, Lebanon.
Description:
Ground plot of property of American Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, Beirut, Lebanon, January 25, 1894.
Creator:
Jessup, Henry Harris, 1832-1910. (artist)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10475

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