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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:
United Mission in Mesopotamia -- Assyrians, 1924-1925
Creator:
United Mission in Iraq.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--20th century., Assyrians--Iraq.
Geographic subjects:
Iraq--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358517
Title:
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza, 1985-1988
Description:
Correspondence, financial records, annual reports, 1985-1988. Bank account numbers have been redacted.
Creator:
Church World Service, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital (Gaza, Palestine)
Topics:
Intifada, 1987-1993.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357063
Title:
Letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, April 1, 1948.
Description:
April 1, 1948 letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, Assistant Secretary, Office of Youth Work, informing Blanchard that she is one of the Alaska Pioneers in the Youth Caravan.
Creator:
Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018. (addressee), Howell, Elizabeth. (author)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Westminster Fellowship.
Topics:
Presbyterian women., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356165
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:
Okinawa Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan minutes and correspondence, 1954-1969.
Description:
Includes minutes and correspondence of the Okinawa Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan.
Creator:
Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries--Archives., Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan--Okinawa Island.
Geographic subjects:
Okinawa Island (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352094
Title:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) scrapbook, 1902-1924.
Description:
Includes a report on the 1918 fire in the boys' dormitory in which 13 students died.
Creator:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), 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., Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348152
Title:
Korean Christian Church - Osaka Ikuno Community Center, 1971-1972.
Description:
Includes correspondence and receipts concerning the community center.
Creator:
Korean Christian Church in Japan. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational Cooperation., Missions--Japan--Tokyo., Community centers--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346911
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:
Letter from Roy T. Ussrey to Mike Spence, February 23, 1989.
Description:
Letter from Roy T. Ussrey, a former student of Dwight Indian Training School in Marble City, Oklahoma. Addressed to Mike Spence of the Dwight Mission. Concerns two artifacts from the school: a printing press and a telescope. Includes newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Ussrey, Roy T. (author), Spence, Mike, (addressee)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), 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:346422
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:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes letters from Korea regarding Korean Independence Movement.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345360
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes Presbyterian Church in Canada statement on Korean situation.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345344
Title:
Egbert W. Smith files related to the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
Description:
Includes Korean and missionary statements on Korean situation.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Independence movements--Korea., Missions--Korea., Civilians in war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345297
Title:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) scrapbook, circa 1926-1945.
Description:
Scrapbook of the House of Neighborly Service, a community center in San Antonio, Texas which was jointly supported by the Synod of Texas and the Board of National Missions. Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and lists of financial contributors. Also includes "A History of the Mexican Mission Work Conducted by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in the Synod of Texas" by B. A. Hodges.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) (creator), Hodges, B. A. (author)
Subject names:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Texas. Texas Synodical., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--San Antonio., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--San Antonio., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Texas--San Antonio., Social settlements--Texas--San Antonio., Community centers--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343628
Title:
Santa Fe Academy, 1885, 1891.
Description:
Records related to Santa Fe Academy in New Mexico. Includes correspondence regarding the Board of Home Missions' decision to stop financially supporting the school.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. College Board--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board for Aid for Colleges and Academies., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Missions--Educational work--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Schools--New Mexico--Santa Fe.
Geographic subjects:
Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340912

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