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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:
Evangelical Seminary, Matanzas, Cuba.
Description:
Evangelical Seminary. Matanzas, Cuba. Students in the library.
Creator:
Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--Matanzas--20th century., Theological seminaries--Cuba--Matanzas., Seminarians--Cuba--Matanzas.
Geographic subjects:
Matanzas (Cuba)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142494
Title:
Evangelical Seminary, Matanzas, Cuba.
Description:
Evangelical Seminary. View of campus showing distant view of down below. A number of young adults, plus 2 children relax on the campus. Bay in background.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--Matanzas--20th century., Theological seminaries--Cuba--Matanzas.
Geographic subjects:
Matanzas (Cuba)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142493
Title:
Evangelical Seminary, Matanzas, Cuba.
Description:
Evangelical Theological Seminary, Matanzas, Cuba.
Creator:
Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--Matanzas--20th century., Theological seminaries--Cuba--Matanzas., Seminarians--Cuba--Matanzas.
Geographic subjects:
Matanzas (Cuba)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142492
Title:
A calf is brought to its mother, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. A calf is brought to its mother.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Agricultural work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Lebanon--Missions.--Missions, Jibrail (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69962
Title:
Man tends to chickens
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center. A member of the cooperative tends the chickens.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69960
Title:
Group of girls playing in a circle, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Mrs. S. N. [Edith Maria] Alter gives freely of her time to help the girls, not only in school, but also in enjoying circle games. Many of the games are played to the tunes of village folksongs...which aim at the development of indigenous rural culture.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Alter, Edith M.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69959
Title:
Students play volleyball, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Volleyball encourages the growth of the idea of teamwork - almost a new idea to the Arab, who is traditionally one of the most rugged of individualists.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69958
Title:
Students walk to school from their homes, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. (See S 219) Walking to school from their homes across the valley.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Lebanon--Missions, Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69957
Title:
A student teaches Bible stories to kindergarten pupils, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Students in the village school get practice in childcare by teaching day kindergarten pupils. This girl tells a Bible story with the help of a flannelgraph.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69956
Title:
Teachers show students how to prune an olive tree, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Mr. Alter in the tree before pruning. Munir Khourny standing near.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Tripoli (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69951
Title:
Two teachers take a group of students to the olive orchard, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Mr. Alter and Munir Khourny take a group of boys out to the olive orchard to study trees in preparation for demonstration of proper pruning.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Presbyterian Church--Lebanon., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69950
Title:
Two boys and a teacher with a rabbit, Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rurual Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Assistant to Mr. Alter developing the boys' program is Mr. Munir Khoury, who returned last fall from two years' special study in American on Board scholarship to equip him for this work. Here he explains the good qualities of two superior type rabbits. Since there are still no prepared quarters for the rabbits on school grounds, Munir keeps them in a pen at his home in the village. Love for rural life and a conviction of the need for raising the standard of his own area has made him turn down many more attractive jobs elsewhere to throw his own lot with the work of Mr. and Mrs. [Samuel Neale and Edith Maria] Alter.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69926
Title:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center
Description:
Jibrail Rural Fellowship Center, Tripoli. Mr. and Mrs. Alter are developing their new school on the western slope of the valley opposite the old village. Girls bring part of their food supplies and small fees which enable them to "live in" as resident students. All work is done by the girls themselves to give them practical training in home-making. From the old village is but a brief ten minute walk to their new school buildings.
Creator:
Nelson, Carl. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missions--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Jibrail (Lebanon), Lebanon--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:69924
Title:
Our Last Frontier -- Princeton Hall.
Description:
Text transcribed from accompanying script: The Presbyterians are proud of their territorial "Navy" -- the Princeton Hall, shown here, and the S.J.S. II. These boats are used for evangelistic work and transportation to church conferences.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Home missions--Alaska., Boats and boating in missionary work--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5526
Title:
Our Last Frontier -- Haines House.
Description:
Text transcribed from accompanying script: Presbyterians look with particular affection at Haines House -- the only home which many native children have ever known.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Orphanages--Alaska--Haines., Home missions--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5464
Title:
Sheldon Jackson students.
Description:
Text transcribed from accompanying script: At night, in the dormitories of Sheldon Jackson, prayers are said before the lights go out. Each day ends on a spiritual note, testifying to the fact that the good citizens of Alaska's tomorrow must learn to be good Christians today.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Alaska--Sitka., Home missions--Alaska--Sitka., College students--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5449
Title:
Our Last Frontier -- Gold Mining Dredge.
Description:
And today, gold is still mined at Fairbanks -- though machines like this six-story dredge have replaced the pan of the gold rush.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Topics:
Home missions--Alaska--Fairbanks., Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Fairbanks.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Missions., Fairbanks (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5203

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