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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:
Japan International Christian University, January 1948-June 1949.
Description:
Correspondence, pamphlets, and reports related to the establishment of a Christian university in Japan, January 1948 through June 1949.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives., Japan International Christian University., Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1990., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Diffendorfer, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1879-1951., Fieser, James L., 1883-1965.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Educational work--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180206
Title:
Japan International Christian University, January-December 1947.
Description:
Correspondence and reports related to the establishment of a Christian university in Japan, January through December 1947, with some materials undated.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives., Japan International Christian University., Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1990., Brumbaugh, Thoburn T. (Thoburn Taylor), 1896-, Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Taft, Charles P. (Charles Phelps), 1897-1983., Diffendorfer, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1879-1951., Fieser, James L., 1883-1965.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Educational work--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179991
Title:
Japan International Christian University, July-December 1949.
Description:
Correspondence, pamphlets, and reports related to the establishment of a Christian university in Japan, July through December 1949, with some materials undated.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives., Japan International Christian University., Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1990., Diffendorfer, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1879-1951., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Educational work--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179838
Title:
Nijubashi Bridge, Tokyo postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: Nijubashi (Double Bridges), Main Entrance to the Imperial Palace, Tokyo.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Bridges--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Nijūbashi (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175921
Title:
Sarah Clarke.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175917
Title:
Sarah Clarke Oltmans with students.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan., Missions--Educational work--Japan., Students--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175912
Title:
Nijubashi Bridge, Tokyo postcard.
Description:
Postcard addressed to Sarah Clarke Oltmans from Megumi and Masaru.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991.
Topics:
Returned missionaries.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Lexington (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175901
Title:
Sarah Clarke in a Japanese kimono.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan., Kimonos.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175895
Title:
Sarah Clarke Oltmans with students.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan., Missions--Educational work--Japan., Students--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175894
Title:
Sarah Clarke.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175892
Title:
Daibutsu postcard.
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: Daibutsu, the huge bronze Buddha at Kamakura, a summer resort near Tokyo, attracts treks of pious pilgrims.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Buddhas in art., Bronze sculpture--Japan--Kamakura-shi., Buddhism--Japan--Kamakura-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Kamakura-shi (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175891
Title:
Students with Christmas tree in Japan.
Description:
Theme Christmas trees with ornaments created by Sue Althouse's students as part of her instruction.
Subject names:
Althouse, Sue S., 1928---Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Japan--20th century., Christmas trees--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142485
Title:
Japan Committee, June 1944-Dec 1950.
Description:
Includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the committee.
Creator:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee on East Asia. (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141701
Title:
Japan Mission Deputation, Sept 1945-Sept 1946; n.d.
Description:
Includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the committee.
Creator:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee on East Asia. (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141640
Title:
Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan, April 1947-Dec 1950.
Description:
Includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the committee.
Creator:
Interboard Committee for Christian Work in Japan. (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141445
Title:
The Church herald.
Description:
A Christian weekly serving the Reformed Church in America. Caption: Sukeman Itami, Japanese American. Includes article on Protestant deputation to Japan.
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives.
Topics:
Reformed Church in America--Periodicals., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141420
Title:
Voices from Japan, 1960s.
Description:
Promotional phonograph flexidisc featuring students of Shikoku Christian College (Zentsuji, Japan), produced by TRAV for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of Women's Work.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of Women's Work., Shikoku Gakuin Daigaku.
Topics:
Missions--Japan
Geographic subjects:
Zentsūji-shi (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138683
Title:
William M. Baird correspondence, 1916.
Description:
William M. Baird's correspondence during his work in Korea, regarding the illness and death of his first wife, Annie Laurie Adams Baird.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:114641
Title:
Correspondence from Annie Baird, 1914-1916.
Description:
Correspondence from Annie Baird, 1914-1916, mostly to her husband, William Baird, written from the United States, Korea, and Japan. Includes church service programs.
Creator:
Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916 (author)
Subject names:
Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916--Archives., Baird family., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea), Taegu (Korea), Pusan (Korea), Yokohama-shi (Japan), P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113242
Title:
Portrait of Margaret H. Taylor.
Description:
Margaret H. Taylor, 1982.
Subject names:
Taylor, Margaret Ruth Hopper, 1922-1984.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104588

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