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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:
Fifty-four Years in India
Description:
Compiled by her sister, Anna M. Fullerton.
Creator:
Fullerton, Mary. (author), Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938. (author)
Subject names:
Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938., Fullerton, Mary.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Missionaries--India., Women missionaries--India.
Geographic subjects:
India--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353265
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:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers, 1902-1904.
Description:
Letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., 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:346322
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook and correspondence, 1902-1904.
Description:
Letterpress copybook and correspondence of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., 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:345993
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers, 1900-1902.
Description:
Letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission. Text is faded and often hard to read.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., 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:345495
Title:
Mr. Ward's Embassy.
Description:
An overview of the two American embassies in China. Written by W.A.P. Martin, a Presbyterian missionary. Pages 75-83 are missing from the manuscript.
Creator:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916. (author)
Subject names:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916--Archives., United States. Embassy (China), United States. Embassy (China)--History.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Diplomatic and consular service, American--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., China--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344961
Title:
The Peiho and Peking.
Description:
A history of the Peking (Beijing) Mission. Written by W.A.P. Martin, a Presbyterian missionary to China.
Creator:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916. (author)
Subject names:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Peking Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Peking Mission--History.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Beijing., Missionaries--China--Beijing.
Geographic subjects:
Beijing (China), Beijing (China)--Missions--History.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344702
Title:
Adventuring in Brotherhood
Description:
Written by Thomas C. Moffett, D.D., Presbyterian missionary to Native Americans.
Creator:
Moffett, Thomas C. (Thomas Clinton), 1869-1945. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--Missions--United States., Missionaries--United States--20th century., Indigenous peoples--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344157
Title:
Advance in Our Indian Work.
Description:
A report by the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--Missions--United States., Missions--Educational work--United States--20th century., Indigenous peoples--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344152
Title:
At Work Among the American Indians.
Description:
Reprinted from the Second Annual Report of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. in 1925.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--Missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344131
Title:
Good Will mission, Dakota Presbytery, 1886.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344109
Title:
Good Will mission, Dakota Presbytery, 1886.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1- John Renville 2- Daniel Renville 3- Charles Crawford 5- Joseph Rodgers 7- John P. Williamson 8- George Fire Cloud 9- John Eastman 10- Moses Makey 11- Moses N. Adams 12- John Flute presented by John Tallmadge Bergen.
Creator:
Bergen, John Tallmadge, 1860-1948. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Renville, John B. (John Baptiste), 1832?-1903., Renville, Daniel, 1840?-., Williamson, John Poage, 1835-1917., Firecloud, George, 1878-1968., Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902., Flute, John., Crawford, Charles., Eastman, John, 1849-1921., Makey, Moses, -1948.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Missions--History., Home missions--Dakota Territory--19th century., Indigenous peoples--Dakota territory., Missionaries--Dakota Territory--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Pine Ridge (S.D.), Dakota Territory.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344108
Title:
Good Will mission, Dakota Presbytery, 1886.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dakota Presbytery Apr. 22. 1886 Good Will Mission.
Creator:
Bergen, John Tallmadge, 1860-1948. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Renville, John B. (John Baptiste), 1832?-1903., Renville, Daniel, 1840?-., Williamson, John Poage, 1835-1917., Firecloud, George, 1878-1968., Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902., Flute, John., Crawford, Charles., Eastman, John, 1849-1921., Makey, Moses, -1948.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Missions--History., Home missions--Dakota Territory--19th century., Indigenous peoples--Dakota territory., Missionaries--Dakota Territory--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Pine Ridge (S.D.), Dakota Territory.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344107
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:
The Message of an Alaskan Life.
Description:
Tells the story of Frances (Fannie) H. Willard, a Tlingit missionary. Written by Susan H. Pingry (published under the name Mrs. John F. Pingry.)
Creator:
Pingry, Susan H. (author)
Subject names:
Willard, Frances H.--Biography., Willard, Frances H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions., Sitka Training School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit children--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit women--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Women missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340294
Title:
Page of Hebrew text from collection of James and Abigail Basset.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: From the collection of James and Abigail Bassett - pioneer missionaries in Tehran under the Presbyterian Board.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Bible. Leviticus.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340149

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