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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:
Zahrire d-bahra, 1897-1900.
Description:
Zahrire d-bahra. Rays of Light, 1897-1900, with manuscript index. Newspaper of the Urmia Station.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission. Urmia Station. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286646
Title:
Tabriz ruins, Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Tauris. Les débris de la Mosquée-Bleue, pendant la Révolution Persane. [Back] Ruins of the famous Blue Mosque, once one of the most beautiful buildings in Tabriz.
Creator:
Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Ruins., Mosques--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Antiquities.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280829
Title:
Vendors and children of Tabriz.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Les mendiants de Tauris [Back] Persian men - beggars, chicken vendor, etc.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Children--Iran--Tabrīz., Merchants--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280828
Title:
Persian mother and son.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Un paysan conduisant sa mère [Back] Persian woman traveling. Typical Persian scene.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Families--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280827
Title:
Fiske Seminary graduates.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Graduating class of Fiske Seminary after 5 mos of Trouble. Type of [illegible] girls. Indoor veils, veiled girls of Fiske Seminary 1920? Carte Postale.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Fiske Seminary (Urūmīyah, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Theological seminaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Urūmīyah., Schoolgirls--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280826
Title:
Laborers carrying camel thorn.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Paysans transportant des fagots [Back] Loads of camel thorn for man and donkey. It is used as kindling.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Donkeys--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280824
Title:
Tabriz street scene.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Tabriz Tauris. Une rue de Tauris et les magasins "Econome". [Back] Société par Actions "Econome".
Creator:
Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280819
Title:
Fiske Seminary graduates.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Graduating class of Fiske Seminary after 5 mos of Trouble. Type of [illegible] girls. Indoor veils, veiled girls of Fiske Seminary 1920? Carte Postale.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Fiske Seminary (Urūmīyah, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Theological seminaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Urūmīyah., Schoolgirls--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280809
Title:
Rezaieh, Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rezaieh Iran.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280779
Title:
Ganjnameh inscriptions.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Hamadan, Gandjnamé [Back] Carte Postale Hamadan Ganjnameh inscription (Walls).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Achaemenian inscriptions.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280777
Title:
Tabriz ruins, Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Tauris. La citadelle.
Creator:
Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Ruins.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Antiquities.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280768
Title:
Tatbir (Ritual bloodletting).
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Muharram headcutters a religious ceremony. Carte Postale.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Tenth of Muḥarram--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280763
Title:
Staff Evangelistic Conference in Mosul.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--Mosul., Evangelistic work--Iraq--Mosul.
Geographic subjects:
Mosul (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179832
Title:
Staff Evangelistic Conference in Mosul.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Photo's of early (1926) evangelists of the Iraq Mission.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--Mosul., Evangelistic work--Iraq--Mosul.
Geographic subjects:
Mosul (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179831
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
"Pictures taken by Thomas L. Kirkpatrick, 1911-1914. Mostly in and about Tabriz, Persia." Map from inside cover of album showing route taken to and from Tabriz.
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941. (photographer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138852
Title:
Katharine Talcott Hale letter book.
Description:
Collection of letters written by Presbyterian missionary Katharine Hale Cochran while serving in Iran from 1878 to 1895. These letters were edited and compiled by Cochran's sister Mary Hale, 1916. Includes biographical sketch written by Katharine Cochran's son Joseph, and letter to "my dear neices and nephers" by Mary Hale. Rebound in 1936, and photographs added to illustrate the text, 1956 and 1964.
Creator:
Cochran, Katharine Talcott Hale, 1853-1895. (author), Hale, Mary T. (compiler)
Subject names:
Cochran, Katharine Talcott Hale, 1853-1895., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1892-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136918
Title:
Kurdistan.
Creator:
Coan, Frederick G. (Frederick Gaylord), 1859-1943. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Turkey.
Geographic subjects:
Kurdistan--History.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136901
Title:
Life of Rev. John Haskell Shedd.
Creator:
Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918. (author)
Subject names:
Shedd, John Haskell, 1833-1895., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136844

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