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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:
Group photograph at the wedding of Eunice Blanchard and Richard Poethig.
Description:
Text transcribed from verso: June 7, 1952. Erna Poethig, Eunice Blanchard & Richard Poethig, Juliet Rumsey Stroh Blanchard, David Blanchard. [Individuals described from left to right.]
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Richard P., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018.
Topics:
Presbyterian men., Presbyterian women., Weddings.
Geographic subjects:
Dayton (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356169
Title:
Presbytery of Western New York Leader Training photograph.
Description:
Text transcribed from verso: PCUSA Presbytery of Western New York Leader Training, 1990? [Features Eunice Blanchard Poethig in front of display table.]
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Western New York.
Topics:
Presbyterian women., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356168
Title:
Portrait photograph of Richard P. Poethig.
Description:
Portrait photograph / professional headshot of Richard P. Poethig.
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Richard P.
Topics:
Presbyterian men., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356164
Title:
Union Theological Seminary class group photograph.
Description:
Group photograph of Richard P. Poethig's Union Theological Seminary (New York City, New York) class. Poethig is featured in the middle row, fourth from left.
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Richard P., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Seminarians--New York (State)--New York., Presbyterian men.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356163
Title:
The Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council statement to the City of Chicago Board of Education, May 23, 1941.
Description:
Statement from the Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council to the City of Chicago Board of Education on high school weekday credit courses in religion.
Creator:
Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Archives., Chicago Interfaith Committee on Reference and Council., Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Illinois--Chicago., Religion in public schools--Illinois--Chicago., Jewish religious education--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.).
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354069
Title:
Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange, Church World Service, National Council of Churches of Christ, 1954-1960.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Christian Education.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Christian education--United States., Scholarships--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354019
Title:
Letter from Woodrow Wilson to the Board of Foreign Missions, 1907.
Description:
Letter written by Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton University, to the Board of Foreign Missions. Concerns the appointment of Howard Baskerville as a teacher in Tabriz.
Creator:
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. (author)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabriz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabriz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Missions., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346904
Title:
Letter from Howard Baskerville to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, 1907.
Description:
Letter from Howard Baskerville, then student at Princeton University, to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions.
Creator:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909. (author), Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963. (addressee)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Missions., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346901
Title:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859.
Creator:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870. (author)
Subject names:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870., Oak Ridge Manual Labor School (Holdenville, Okla.)
Topics:
Seminole Indians--Missions., Missions--Oklahoma--Holdenville.
Geographic subjects:
Holdenville (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346890
Title:
Letter from John Lilley to Col. Rutherford, Aug. 25, 1859.
Description:
Transcription of letter from John Lilley, Oak Ridge, to Col. Rutherford, in reference to missionary labors among the Seminole people, Aug. 25, 1859. Letter originally processed as part of RG 224, Box 6, Folder 30 (American Indian correspondence : the Presbyterian Historical Society collection of missionaries' letters, 1833-1893, 1949-1950).
Creator:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870. (author)
Subject names:
Lilley, John, 1810-1870., Oak Ridge Manual Labor School (Holdenville, Okla.)
Topics:
Seminole Indians--Missions., Missions--Oklahoma--Holdenville.
Geographic subjects:
Holdenville (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346886
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) basketball team, 1915-1916.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Basket-ball 1915-16. Won 11. Lost 3. Harjo. Davis. Long. Marshall. Ward. Guigou (Asst. Coach). Marsey. Scott. Wiley. Dunson. Alexander (Capt.). Cornell. Heusel (Coach).
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma--Marble City., Basketball teams--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346515
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers, 1902-1904.
Description:
Letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346322
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook and correspondence, 1902-1904.
Description:
Letterpress copybook and correspondence of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345993
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) Schaub letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers, 1900-1902.
Description:
Letterpress copybook, correspondence and vouchers of Frederick L. Schaub of the Dwight Mission. Text is faded and often hard to read.
Creator:
Schaub, Frederick L. (author)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Schaub, Frederick L., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345495
Title:
Seven years old and going to Boggs.
Description:
A promotional film for the Presbyterian-operated Boggs Academy in Keysville, Georgia. Tells the story of Shirley, a little girl who dreams of learning everything at Boggs. Produced by the PCUSA Board of National Missions, 1937.
Creator:
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., Boggs Academy.
Topics:
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Keysville., African American children--Georgia--Keysville.
Geographic subjects:
Keysville (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344681
Title:
Adventuring in Brotherhood
Description:
Written by Thomas C. Moffett, D.D., Presbyterian missionary to Native Americans.
Creator:
Moffett, Thomas C. (Thomas Clinton), 1869-1945. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--Missions--United States., Missionaries--United States--20th century., Indigenous peoples--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344157
Title:
Advance in Our Indian Work.
Description:
A report by the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--Missions--United States., Missions--Educational work--United States--20th century., Indigenous peoples--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344152
Title:
At Work Among the American Indians.
Description:
Reprinted from the Second Annual Report of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. in 1925.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Mission Development--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--Missions--United States., Indigenous peoples--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344131
Title:
Good Will mission, Dakota Presbytery, 1886.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1- John Renville 2- Daniel Renville 3- Charles Crawford 5- Joseph Rodgers 7- John P. Williamson 8- George Fire Cloud 9- John Eastman 10- Moses Makey 11- Moses N. Adams 12- John Flute presented by John Tallmadge Bergen.
Creator:
Bergen, John Tallmadge, 1860-1948. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Renville, John B. (John Baptiste), 1832?-1903., Renville, Daniel, 1840?-., Williamson, John Poage, 1835-1917., Firecloud, George, 1878-1968., Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902., Flute, John., Crawford, Charles., Eastman, John, 1849-1921., Makey, Moses, -1948.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Missions--History., Home missions--Dakota Territory--19th century., Indigenous peoples--Dakota territory., Missionaries--Dakota Territory--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Pine Ridge (S.D.), Dakota Territory.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344108
Title:
Good Will mission, Dakota Presbytery, 1886.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dakota Presbytery Apr. 22. 1886 Good Will Mission.
Creator:
Bergen, John Tallmadge, 1860-1948. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Renville, John B. (John Baptiste), 1832?-1903., Renville, Daniel, 1840?-., Williamson, John Poage, 1835-1917., Firecloud, George, 1878-1968., Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902., Flute, John., Crawford, Charles., Eastman, John, 1849-1921., Makey, Moses, -1948.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Missions--History., Home missions--Dakota Territory--19th century., Indigenous peoples--Dakota territory., Missionaries--Dakota Territory--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Pine Ridge (S.D.), Dakota Territory.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344107

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