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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:
Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952.
Description:
Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952. Includes entries of dates students entered the school and their ages upon entry. Pages 1, 4-13, 264-end of the volume are blank.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360142
Title:
Tucson Indian Training School register inserts, 1888-1961.
Description:
Inserts found inside Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952. Includes loose letters regarding Ricardo Manuel and Isaac Paul, 1960-1961.
Creator:
Tucson Indian Training School. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Tucson Indian Training School.
Topics:
Off-reservation boarding schools--Arizona--Tucson., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Missions--Arizona., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Missions--Arizona., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Cultural assimilation., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Cultural assimilation., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Education., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Education., Indigenous peoples--Education--Arizona--Tucson., Students--Arizona--Tucson., Missions--Educational work--Arizona--Tucson.
Geographic subjects:
Tucson (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360134
Title:
Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952.
Description:
Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952. Includes entries of dates students entered the school and their ages upon entry. Pages 1, 4-13, 264-end of the volume are blank.
Creator:
Tucson Indian Training School. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Tucson Indian Training School.
Topics:
Off-reservation boarding schools--Arizona--Tucson., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Missions--Arizona., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Missions--Arizona., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Cultural assimilation., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Cultural assimilation., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Education., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Education., Indigenous peoples--Education--Arizona--Tucson., Students--Arizona--Tucson., Missions--Educational work--Arizona--Tucson.
Geographic subjects:
Tucson (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359875
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:
Roger Craig Cumberland, 1921.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Craig. Roger C. Cumberland.
Creator:
Sargeant, John A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Cumberland, Roger Craig, 1894-1938., Cumberland, Roger Craig, 1894-1938--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iraq.
Geographic subjects:
Columbia (S.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356803
Title:
Anne Edgar Randolph.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #125 9-7-15 Mrs. Annie E. Randolph. China + Japan. Born 9/14/27 Died 3/27/02. Presbyterian Bd of World Missions Box 330 Nashville, Tenn.
Creator:
Calvert, Peter Ross, 1855-1931. (photographer), Calvert, Ebenezer, 1850-1924. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. (publisher)
Subject names:
Randolph, A.E. (Anne Edgar), 1897-1902., Randolph, A.E. (Anne Randolph), 1827-1902--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Women missionaries--China., Women missionaries--Japan., Missionaries--Japan., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Nashville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356216
Title:
Letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, April 1, 1948.
Description:
April 1, 1948 letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, Assistant Secretary, Office of Youth Work, informing Blanchard that she is one of the Alaska Pioneers in the Youth Caravan.
Creator:
Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018. (addressee), Howell, Elizabeth. (author)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Westminster Fellowship.
Topics:
Presbyterian women., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356165
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:
The Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council statement to the City of Chicago Board of Education, May 23, 1941.
Description:
Statement from the Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council to the City of Chicago Board of Education on high school weekday credit courses in religion.
Creator:
Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Archives., Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council., Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Religion in public schools--Illinois--Chicago., Jewish religious education--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.).
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354069
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:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) scrapbook, 1902-1924.
Description:
Includes a report on the 1918 fire in the boys' dormitory in which 13 students died.
Creator:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348152
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:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346896
Title:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859.
Creator:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870. (author)
Subject names:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870., Oak Ridge Manual Labor School (Holdenville, Okla.)
Topics:
Seminole Indians--Missions., Missions--Oklahoma--Holdenville.
Geographic subjects:
Holdenville (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346890
Title:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Transcription of letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859. Letter originally processed as part of RG 224, Box 6, Folder 30 (American Indian correspondence : the Presbyterian Historical Society collection of missionaries' letters, 1833-1893, 1949-1950).
Creator:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870. (author)
Subject names:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870., Oak Ridge Manual Labor School (Holdenville, Okla.)
Topics:
Seminole Indians--Missions., Missions--Oklahoma--Holdenville.
Geographic subjects:
Holdenville (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346886
Title:
Zohreh Kazemi-Dunn oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Zohre Kazemi-Dunn, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346885
Title:
Warren Groves oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Warren Groves, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346884
Title:
Stephen Arpee and Janet Arpee oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Stephen Arpee, a former teacher of the Community School in Tehran, Iran, and Janet Arpee, a former staff member of the Community School. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346883
Title:
Sarah McNair-Grove oral history, 2022.
Description:
Oral history interview with Sarah McNair-Grove, a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Interview conducted by Matthew K. Shannon as part of the Community School Oral History Project.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346882

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