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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:
Two women grinding at a mill.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Women--Iran., Mills and mill-work--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139078
Title:
Native teachers of Fiske Seminary, Urmia, Iran.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Fiske Seminary (Urūmīyah, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Urūmīyah., Women seminarians--Iran., Teachers--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139144
Title:
Some Persian Costumes.
Description:
The Shedd house.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Shedd family--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139156
Title:
Persian man and woman.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Muslim men--Iran., Muslim women--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139182
Title:
Kurdish women in Mavana, Iran.
Description:
Daughters of Haji Agha Kurds at Mawaua.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Women, Kurdish--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139158
Title:
Kurds and Christians, Iran.
Description:
"Two Kurds (one at each end) and six Christian girls and a boy, who escaped from captivity, the former guiding the others back 150 miles through ... (?)."
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Children--Iran., Kurds--Iran., Syriac Christians--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139184
Title:
One of the first graduates of Fiske Seminary in Iran.
Description:
Selly, one of the first graduates of Fiske Seminary - murdered by Kurds. Ancienne élève de l'Ecole des Missions et son fils, pasteur. (Former student of the School of Missions and her son, pastor.)
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Fiske Seminary (Urūmīyah, Iran)
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Urūmīyah., Women seminarians--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139035
Title:
Kurds and Christians, Iran.
Description:
"Two Kurds (one at each end) and six Christian girls and a boy, who escaped from captivity, the former guiding the others back 150 miles through ... (?)."
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Children--Iran., Kurds--Iran., Syriac Christians--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140094
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Driveway, Kala, Urumiah. [Bottom] Boys' school, Urumiah.
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:
Single-sex schools--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)--Description and travel., Urūmīyah (Iran)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138809
Title:
Portrait of Mohammed Moussa Khan.
Description:
Mohammed Moussa Khan - "Crown Prince." (Son of Yacoob Khan)
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Nobility--Iran., Muslim boys--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139139
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
Plowing with water buffalo, Urumiah.
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:
Agriculture--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138879
Title:
Persian Boys' School, Urmia, Iran.
Description:
Teachers (seated) and students (standing), graduating class.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905., Labaree, Robert M., Sterrett, C. C.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Iranian students--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139149
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Persian House. [Bottom] Interior.
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:
Dwellings--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138834
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Left] The same the world over. [Right] Buttermilk.
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:
Men--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138846
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top left] The Village "Lala." [Top right] Boy and donkey. [Bottom] Gardens west of 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:
Gardens--Iran--Tabrīz., Boys--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel., Tabrīz (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138840
Title:
Man smoking pipe for Nowruz Feast.
Description:
Haider Ali, smoking water-pipe, in room fixed up for the feast.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Pipe smoking--Iran., Hookahs--Iran., Nawrūz (Festival)--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140112
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Tabriz from west. [Bottom] Tabriz from south.
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:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138820
Title:
Doctor Cochran - Urmia Hospital.
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905.
Topics:
Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries, Medical--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139185
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Wilson Home. [Bottom] Vanneman Home.
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:
Dwellings--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138843
Title:
Portrait of Iran missionary, 1911.
Description:
A ma chére Mrs. Shedd se souvenir affectuous, L Kutter-Barden. Auvernier le 22 mars 1911. (To my dear Mrs. Shedd to remember affectionately...)
Creator:
Rossi-Vogt. (photographer)
Subject names:
Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139176

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