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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:
Letter from Roy T. Ussrey to Mike Spence, February 23, 1989.
Description:
Letter from Roy T. Ussrey, a former student of Dwight Indian Training School in Marble City, Oklahoma. Addressed to Mike Spence of the Dwight Mission. Concerns two artifacts from the school: a printing press and a telescope. Includes newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Ussrey, Roy T. (author), Spence, Mike, (addressee)
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.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346422
Title:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) scrapbook, circa 1926-1945.
Description:
Scrapbook of the House of Neighborly Service, a community center in San Antonio, Texas which was jointly supported by the Synod of Texas and the Board of National Missions. Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and lists of financial contributors. Also includes "A History of the Mexican Mission Work Conducted by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in the Synod of Texas" by B. A. Hodges.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) (creator), Hodges, B. A. (author)
Subject names:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Texas. Texas Synodical., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--San Antonio., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--San Antonio., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Texas--San Antonio., Social settlements--Texas--San Antonio., Community centers--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343628
Title:
Santa Fe Academy, 1885, 1891.
Description:
Records related to Santa Fe Academy in New Mexico. Includes correspondence regarding the Board of Home Missions' decision to stop financially supporting the school.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. College Board--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board for Aid for Colleges and Academies., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Missions--Educational work--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Schools--New Mexico--Santa Fe.
Geographic subjects:
Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340912
Title:
Foreign Circular Letters and Executive Committee minutes, 1953-1955.
Creator:
Walker, Ruth L. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Ethiopia., United States., Pakistan., Sudan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:329407
Title:
Papers pertaining to Elisabeth Alden Scott Stam and Charles Ernest Scott, 1935-1940.
Description:
Includes pamphlets, sheet music, and clippings.
Creator:
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. (author), Scott, Charles Ernest, 1876- (author), Taylor, Mills J. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Japan., United States., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:325973
Title:
Texas Migrant Ministry material, 1952-1980 and undated.
Description:
Consists of correspondence, essays, reports, clippings, and printed material documenting the ecumenical work with migrant populations in Texas. Much of the material is related to the involvement of the Texas Migrant Ministry Committee of the Texas Council of Churches with migrant workers. Credit: Texas Migrant Ministry collection, 1952-1980 and undated, Austin Seminary Archives, Wright Learning and Information Center, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Creator:
Texas Council of Churches. (creator), Kilpatrick, Harold C., 1902-2002. (author)
Subject names:
Texas Conference of Churches., Texas Council of Churches., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions.
Topics:
Migrant labor--Texas., Church work with migrant labor--Texas., Home missions--Texas.
Geographic subjects:
Texas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293981
Title:
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing records, 1933-1945.
Description:
Records for the School of Nursing at Sage Memorial Hospital, a Presbyterian mission hospital serving the Navajo people in Ganado, Arizona. Primarily concerns commencement ceremonies and graduates of the school. Includes correspondence, programs, postcards, clippings, and a sermon by Dr. Robert Freeman.
Creator:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.) (creator), Gladfelter, Katharine E (author), Salsbury, Clarence G., 1886-1980. (author), Scott, Anna M. (author), Freeman, Robert. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Health, Education and Welfare--Archives., Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Nursing--Study and teaching--Arizona--Ganado., Hospitals--Arizona--Ganado., Nurses--Arizona--Ganado., Home missions--Arizona--Ganado.
Geographic subjects:
Ganado (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179027
Title:
Golden and Dick Baird clippings, circa 1970s.
Description:
Clippings and materials related to the Baird and Stockton families. Also includes two letters.
Creator:
Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Subject names:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994., Stockton, John S., 1849-1932., Stockton, Mary Ann, 1859-1935., Scobey, Sophia.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Newbern (Tenn.), Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:173633
Title:
Arthur L. Carson's papers regarding Walter O. McIntire.
Description:
Arthur L. Carson's papers regarding Walter O. McIntire, a faculty member of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines.
Creator:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Cressey, Paul F. (author)
Subject names:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., McIntire, Walter O., Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), Cressey, Paul F.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete., College teachers--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Norton (Mass.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161132
Title:
Arthur L. Carson correspondence with David S. Hibbard, 1958-1961.
Description:
Correspondence primarily with David S. Hibbard, the first president of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Also includes biographical items related to Hibbard, including newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966. (addressee)
Subject names:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966., Hibbard, Laura.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Pasadena (Calif.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161068
Title:
Mary Louise Blatchley correspondence, 1895-1907.
Description:
Primarily letters addressed to Mary Louise Blatchley.
Creator:
Blatchley, Mary Louise. (addressee), Birkinbine, Mary L. (author), Myers, J. M. (author), Blatchley, Henry Gilbert. (author), Bristol, Sadie. (author), Bennett, Harriet D. (author), Blatchley, Charles Alfred. (author), Haney, Clara L. (author), Reid, Belle. (author), Roberts, Frances L. (author)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Women in church work--Presbyterian Church--Pennsylvania., Women in missionary work., Home missions.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Wayne (Pa.), Guilford (Conn.), Grafton (W. Va.), Cornwall (Conn.), Lebanon (Pa.), Parkesburg (Pa.), Irvington (N.Y.), Prospect Park (Delaware County, Pa.), Berwyn (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158563
Title:
Mary Louise Blatchley speeches and addresses, 1902-1910.
Description:
Speeches on the home and foreign mission work of the Presbyterian Church around the world.
Creator:
Blatchley, Mary Louise. (author)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives., Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Missionaries., Presbyterian Church--Missions., Speeches, addresses, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158335
Title:
Rev. Richard H. and Effie Sidebotham.
Description:
Rev. Richard H. and Mrs. Sidebotham. [From "Michigan Presbyterian", Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2, 1899.]
Subject names:
Sidebotham, Richard H., 1874-1908--Portraits., Sidebotham, Effie--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Portraits., Women missionaries--Korea--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Detroit (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146319
Title:
Millican family clippings, 1941 to 1985.
Description:
Miscellaneous clippings about the Millican family, 1941 to 1985. It includes clippings about the family's missionary service, Embudo Presbyterian Hospital in New Mexico, Edith Millican's successful career as a physician, and memorial services after her death in February 1985.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123154
Title:
William M. Baird clippings and miscellaneous items, 1899, 1916, 1931, n.d.
Description:
William M. Baird's miscellaneous items, including newspaper clippings from Charlestown, Indiana, and Korean tracts, 1899, 1916, 1931, n.d.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Charlestown (Ind.), Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115119
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1890.
Description:
Travel journal consisting of clippings of newspaper articles written by Sheldon Jackson.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83474
Title:
Happy homecoming.
Description:
Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
Creator:
San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
Topics:
Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10149

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