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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:
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:
Mr. and Mrs. Peck in Guatemala.
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Peck reading Bible to Indian village family.
Subject names:
Peck, Horace Dudley., Peck, Dorothy Gertrude.
Topics:
Missionaries--Guatemala--20th century., Women missionaries--Guatemala--20th century., Evangelistic work--Guatemala.
Geographic subjects:
Guatemala
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146298
Title:
Marina Neighborhood House, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Description:
The day nursery takes a walk. Marina Neighborhood House, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 1942.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Community centers--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez., Church work with children--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez., Nurseries--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez.
Geographic subjects:
Mayagüez (P.R.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142220
Title:
Marina Neighborhood House, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Description:
Taking the baby to the doctor. Marina Neighborhood House, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 1942.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Community centers--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez., Church work with children--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez.
Geographic subjects:
Mayagüez (P.R.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142115
Title:
Marina Neighborhood House, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Description:
Try a slide. Marina Neighborhood House, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 1942.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez--20th century., Community centers--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez., Church work with children--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez., Amusements--Puerto Rico--Mayagüez.
Geographic subjects:
Mayagüez (P.R.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142054
Title:
Aguadilla Fellowship House, Christmas 1942.
Description:
Fellowship House, Christmas 1942. Cartons, crêpe paper, electric bulb and wood from the dead flamboyant fire! - fun to see the northerners stand warming their hands - and throwing waste paper into the fire!! Everybody helped trim the tree.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Puerto Rico--Aguadilla--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--Aguadilla--20th century., Community centers--Puerto Rico--Aguadilla., Church work with military personnel--Puerto Rico--Aguadilla.
Geographic subjects:
Aguadilla (P.R.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141976
Title:
Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations' correspondence to Aimee Millican.
Description:
Board of Foreign Missions' Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations' correspondence to Aimee Millican. It includes a 1942 letter from Department of Missionary Personal Secretary Herrick B. Young and a 1964 letter from Assistant Treasurer Edgar B. B. Matthews.
Creator:
Young, Herrick B. (author), Matthews, Edgar B. B. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136783
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:
Edith Millican New Mexico Medical License, April 1942.
Description:
Edith Millican's medical license authorized by the New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners.
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
New Mexico.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122912
Title:
William M. Baird, Jr., Anna L. Baird, and Mexican students.
Description:
Mexico. The University Student Center, Mexico City.
Subject names:
Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Baird, Anna Landis Reist, 1895-1981., Baird family--Archives.
Topics:
Students--Mexico--Mexico City.
Geographic subjects:
Mexico City (Mexico)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116017
Title:
William M. Baird, Jr., Anna L. Baird, and Mexican students.
Description:
Mexico. The University Student Center, Mexico City.
Subject names:
Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Baird, Anna Landis Reist, 1895-1981., Baird family--Archives.
Topics:
Students--Mexico--Mexico City.
Geographic subjects:
Mexico City (Mexico)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115934
Title:
William M. Baird, Jr., Anna L. Baird, and Mexican students.
Description:
Mexico. The University Student Center, Mexico City.
Subject names:
Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Baird, Anna Landis Reist, 1895-1981., Baird family--Archives.
Topics:
Students--Mexico--Mexico City.
Geographic subjects:
Mexico City (Mexico)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115928
Title:
Korea Club, Gripsholm Gathering, New York, 1942.
Description:
Property of Mary Anna Baird Anderson, Rockford, Illinois.
Subject names:
Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Baird, Anna Landis Reist, 1895-1981., Baird family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--United States--New York--New York., Women missionaries--United States--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115894
Title:
Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1942.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives.
Topics:
Slaves--United States--Emancipation., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., African Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:92866
Title:
Hainan Was My Home, 1915-1942.
Description:
Essay by Mary M. Moninger detailing her experiences in China including the Japanese occupation and her repatriation.
Creator:
Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission., Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86259
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Children stand beside a fence at Manzanar War Relocation Center, California.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82986
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Street view of Manzanar incarceration Camp.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82985
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Sign for Protestant Church, Block 15, Building 15.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United Staes., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82984
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Gardeners at a Japanese American incarceration camp.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
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:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82732
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Children playing in playground at Manzanar incarceration camp.
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--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82731

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