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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:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] Smith, M. G., Robin[illegible] [Bottom] English Y. M. C. A. secy's in Costume.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Gillespie, Marie.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Women missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280830
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:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Children from the Baqubah refugee camp. Text transcribed from caption: Happy Little Refugees.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee children--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280823
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280822
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Baquba Camp 1918-1919. 50,000 refugees from Urumia.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280821
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] Refugees -- Baquaba -- 1918.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280820
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:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280818
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top Left] Refugees [Bottom Left] Tribal Chiefs.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280817
Title:
Zanjan to Tabriz.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Zenjan to Tabriz. May 1919. Flight 1919 Edna Gould Browning (getting on horse) Iran.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Browning, Edna Gould., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Zanjān., Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Women missionaries--Iran--Zanjān., Women missionaries--Iran--Tabrīz., Missionaries--Iran--Zanjān., Missionaries--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran), Zanjān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280816
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Left] 1919 M. G. [Right] Wool for quilts.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Gillespie, Marie.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Women missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280815
Title:
Women in Iran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Veiled women.
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:
Women--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280813
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: March 1919 Baquba refugees (10,000 tents).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280812
Title:
Tabriz procession.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: People in the streets watching a "Moharam" procession. Tall spire, Funch Catholic Church. Pointed spire, our Preb. Church. Tabriz 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--Tabrīz., Processions, Religious--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280811
Title:
Men in Urumia marketplace.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Bringing in the silver tomans from the market place in Urumia. This money to be used for mission purposes and relief work. One thousand tomans is all one man can carry at a time unless he is unusually strong.
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., Men--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280810

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