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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:
Oral School for the Deaf, Tokyo, 1956.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: "Dance, Kindergarten."
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan--Tokyo., Missions--Educational work--Japan--Tokyo., Deaf--Education--Japan--Tokyo., Christian education of the deaf--Japan--Tokyo., Deaf children--Japan--Tokyo., Children--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340150
Title:
Page of Hebrew text from collection of James and Abigail Basset.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: From the collection of James and Abigail Bassett - pioneer missionaries in Tehran under the Presbyterian Board.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Bible. Leviticus.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340149
Title:
India, 1939.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Men--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340148
Title:
India, circa 1930-1936.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Missionaries--India., Women missionaries--India., Children--India., Portraits, Group--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340146
Title:
India, 1951.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Taking gifts of food to a neighbor. Christian Home.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Families--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340145
Title:
Christian boy, Iran, circa 1960.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Evangelistic work--Iran., Children--Iran., Church work with children--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340143
Title:
Rashidieh Refugee Camp, Lebanon.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rashidieh Refugee Camp, Lebanon. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Fifty percent of the refugees are children under the age of eighteen, and the complexity of the problem is increased by 40,000 births every year. These children are seen in UNRWA's Rashidieh refugee camp in South Lebanon.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East., Church World Service.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Children--Lebanon., Refugee children--Lebanon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon., Refugee camps--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Lebanon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340142
Title:
Kinugasa Hospital, Yokosuka, October 1965.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Hospital under renovation.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan--Yokosuka-shi., Hospital buildings--Japan--Yokosuka-shi., Hospital buildings--Design and construction.
Geographic subjects:
Yokosuka-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340141
Title:
Pakistan, 1960.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Pakistan., Worship--Pakistan.
Geographic subjects:
Pakistan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340139
Title:
Iranian students clapping.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missions--Educational work--Iran., Students--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340138
Title:
India, circa 1915.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Missionaries--India., Women missionaries--India., Horse-drawn vehicles--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340136
Title:
Middle East refugees.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon., Refugee camps--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Lebanon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340135
Title:
India, 1939.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Children--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340133
Title:
Dr. Toyokiko Kazawa, Kanazawa, circa 1949.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan--Kanazawa-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Kanazawa-shi (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340132
Title:
Near mission premises, Tehran, Iran.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missionary settlements--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340131
Title:
India, circa 1950s.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Bookstores--India., Books--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340130
Title:
The Alborz Foundation, Tehran, Iran, 1960.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Teheran - Alborz Foundation. Children in the library. Toge Fujihira.
Creator:
Fujihira, Toge. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Alborz Foundation (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Schools--Iran--Tehran., Students--Iran--Tehran., School children--Iran--Tehran., Libraries--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340127
Title:
Hong Kong, 1968.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Church of Christ in China. Meal at the Kowloon Tsai Chapel.
Creator:
Pommerenke, Jean Macpherson, 1895- (donor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Zhonghua Jidu jiao hui.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Kowloon., Food relief--China--Kowloon., Church work with children--China--Kowloon.
Geographic subjects:
Kowloon (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340126
Title:
India, circa 1950s.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Women standing outside of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana building.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India--Chandīgarh., Women missionaries--India--Chandīgarh., Missionaries--India--Chandīgarh., Courthouses--India--Chandīgarh.
Geographic subjects:
Chandīgarh (India : Union Territory)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340125
Title:
Presbyterian Industrial Project office in Kowloon.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Ruth T. Soong, director of the Presbyterian Industrial Project, examining and appraising handmade books by a Mandarin speaking Chinese refugee, which will be sold.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Soong, Ruth T.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Kowloon., Books--China--Kowloon., Political refugees--China--Kowloon., Humanitarian assistance--China--Kowloon.
Geographic subjects:
Kowloon (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340124

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