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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:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.) session, 1914.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Session of Mexican Church. El Paso, Texas. 1914.
Creator:
Juarez, M. H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.)
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--El Paso.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343627
Title:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) Board of Directors' constitution and by-laws.
Description:
Constitution and by-laws of the Board of Directors 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.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) Board of Directors. (creator)
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:343618
Title:
Hugh O'Neill Memorial Presbyterian Church, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Creator:
Foto Lopez. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hugh O'Neill Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Topics:
Missions--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century., Church buildings--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Juan (P.R.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343606
Title:
Church building, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Creator:
Foto Lopez. (photographer)
Topics:
Missions--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century., Home missions--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century., Church buildings--Puerto Rico--San Juan--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Juan (P.R.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343605
Title:
Paul Fuller.
Subject names:
Full, Paul Harrison., Fuller, Paul Harrison--Portrait.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand--20th century., Missions--Thailand--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343604
Title:
William Perkins.
Subject names:
Perkins, William Harvey, 1894-1967., Perkins, William Harvey, 1894-1967--Portrait.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand--20th century., Missions--Thailand--20th century., Missions, Medical--Thailand--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343603
Title:
John Horst.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: John V. Horst 1927 Dr. John V. Horst
Subject names:
Horst, John Van der Au, 1900-., Horst, John Van der Au, 1900---Portrait.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand--20th century., Missions--Thailand--20th century., Missions, Medical--Thailand--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343602
Title:
Loren Hanna.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mr. Loren S. Hanna.
Subject names:
Hanna, Loren Stanley, 1884-1948., Hanna, Loren Stanley, 1884-1948--Portrait.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand--20th century., Missions--Thailand--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343601
Title:
Newton Carl Elder.
Creator:
The Jordan Studio. (photographer)
Subject names:
Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988., Elder, Newton Carl, 1898-1988--Portrait.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand--20th century., Missions--Thailand--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343600
Title:
Paul Eakin.
Creator:
Daugherty. (photographer)
Subject names:
Eakin, Paul Anderson, 1890-1966., Eakin, Paul Anderson, 1890-1966--Portrait.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand--20th century., Missions--Thailand--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Grove City (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343599
Title:
Allen Bassett.
Creator:
Moore, K.C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Bassett, Allen Bennett, 1891-1988--Portrait., Bassett, Allen Bennett, 1891-1988.
Topics:
Missionaries--Thailand--20th century., Missions--Thailand--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343598
Title:
Bob Abrams.
Subject names:
Abrams, Bob, 19230.
Topics:
Missionaries--India--20th century., Missions--India--20th century., Presbyterian men--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341005
Title:
Mountaineer Mining Mission slideshow.
Description:
Slides, taken from 1952 to 1957 by Edgar Thorne, of the Mountaineer Mining Mission, Jordan, W. Va. and Edna, W. Va.; converted to VHS, about 1989.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of West Virginia., Thorne, Edgar., Mountaineer Mining Mission.
Topics:
Home missions--Appalachian Region., Appalachians (People)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340959
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
Title:
Developing Damavand College.
Description:
Fundraising brochure for Damavand College, a women's college in Tehran, Iran.
Creator:
Damavand College (Tehran, Iran) (creator)
Subject names:
Thompson, Mary Christine, 1913---Archives., Damavand College (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340406
Title:
Rural Missions Cooperating Committee, 1933-1939.
Description:
Includes minutes and reports of the Rural Missions Cooperating Committee, a special committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America's Committee of Reference and Counsel.
Creator:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and Counsel. (creator), Moss, Leslie Bates, 1889- (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and Counsel.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Rural missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340332
Title:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Nov. 1944-Sept. 1948.
Description:
Includes correspondence and a memorandum.
Creator:
Bell, Enoch F. (author), Goodsell, Fred Field, 1880-1976. (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340326
Title:
The Message of an Alaskan Life.
Description:
Tells the story of Frances (Fannie) H. Willard, a Tlingit missionary. Written by Susan H. Pingry (published under the name Mrs. John F. Pingry.)
Creator:
Pingry, Susan H. (author)
Subject names:
Willard, Frances H.--Biography., Willard, Frances H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions., Sitka Training School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit children--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit women--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Women missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340294
Title:
The Cowboys' Hitchin' Post.
Description:
Glimpses of the work of Sunday school missionaries in the Southwest and a cattlemen's camp meeting. Photographed by Frederick R. Thorne. Edited by John Fenton. Script written by Joe Forest. The title was suggested by the book of the same name written and published by Joe M. Evans of El Paso, Texas.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Forest, Joe. (author), Fenton, John. (editor)
Topics:
Church work with cowboys--Southwest, New., Camp meetings--Southwest, New., Home missions--Southwest, New.
Geographic subjects:
Southwest, New.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340289
Title:
An elementary book of the Ioway Language.
Creator:
Hamilton, William, 1811-1891. (author), Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), 1812- (author), Roy, J. B. (translator), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. (contributor)
Topics:
Iowa language--Grammar., Iowa language--Translating.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340229

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