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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:
Fiftieth anniversary historical sketch.
Description:
Pamphlet celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission, 1853-1903.
Creator:
Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.), Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Chinese Americans--Missions., Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco., Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177255
Title:
Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, circa 1960-1969.
Description:
Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, both personal in nature and official, during his time at COEMAR, circa 1960-1969.
Creator:
Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Subject names:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994., Little, Henry, Jr., Bergstresser, Rebecca Baird., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.), Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:173642
Title:
Golden and Dick Baird's correspondence, circa 1950-1959.
Description:
Golden and Dick Baird's correspondence, circa 1950-1959. Written during their retirement from mission work and during Dick's time at COEMAR. Includes a letter addressed to Golden from their daughter, Nancy Elisabeth.
Creator:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982. (author), Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Subject names:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994., Wells, Nancy Baird., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Wooster (Ohio), Newbern (Tenn.), Oakland (Calif.), Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:173609
Title:
Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, 1960.
Description:
Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, both personal in nature and official, during his time at COEMAR, 1960. Also includes a letter from E. Otto DeCamp.
Creator:
Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Subject names:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994., DeCamp, E. Otto., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.), Seoul (Korea), San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:173588
Title:
Arthur L. Carson correspondence with David S. Hibbard, 1958-1961.
Description:
Correspondence primarily with David S. Hibbard, the first president of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Also includes biographical items related to Hibbard, including newspaper clippings.
Creator:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966. (addressee)
Subject names:
Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966., Hibbard, Laura.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Pasadena (Calif.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161068
Title:
Arthur Garner Welbon's seminary graduation photo, 1900.
Description:
Arthur Garner Welbon (1866-1928). Fourth son of Thomas and Mary Esther. Picture taken for his graduation from San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1900. [From p. 24 of "Arthur goes to Korea : the early life of Arthur Garner Welbon and his first years as a missionary to Korea, 1900-1902" by Priscilla Welbon Ewy.]
Creator:
Ewy, Priscilla Welbon, 1937- (author)
Subject names:
Welbon, Arthur Garner, 1866-1928--Portraits., San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Portraits., Seminarians--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:153019
Title:
Cameron House, San Francisco, ca. 1920s.
Description:
Group of women and girls at Chinese Mission Home - San Francisco, California.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Donaldina Cameron House., Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150478
Title:
"920" News Letter.
Description:
"920" News Letter, Vol. 1, No. 8, March 1935. Provides updates from the Chinese Presbyterian Mission Home in San Francisco, California.
Subject names:
Donaldina Cameron House., Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco--20th century., Women missionaries--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150257
Title:
Donaldina Cameron with others.
Subject names:
Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968., Donaldina Cameron House.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco--20th century., Women missionaries--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150256
Title:
Manzanar Japanese Relocation Center.
Description:
The Japanese Relocation Center in Manzanar, CA.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146378
Title:
Campus Pepper newsletter.
Description:
Campus Pepper, Vol. II, No. 1, September 28, 1943. Written and published bi-monthly by Manzanar High School journalism students at the Japanese American Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.
Subject names:
Oltmans, Sarah Clarke, 1889-1991--Archives., Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Asian American students--Pacific Coast (U.S.), Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions., Student newspapers and periodicals--California--Manzanar., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Incarceration camps--California.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146376
Title:
Little Ah Yee of the Opium Dens.
Description:
Caption title: Chinese waifdom; a memorial tribute to Little Ah Yee, her life and death.
Creator:
Cable, Emma R. (author)
Subject names:
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A.). Occidental Board.
Topics:
Chinese--United States., Chinese Americans--Missions--California., Opium trade--California--San Francisco.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141136
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1949 to 1950.
Description:
Some correspondence includes Aimee Millican's time in the United States before the Millicans were transferred to the Philippines Mission in 1950.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Hartford Seminary Foundation.
Topics:
Evangelistic work--Philippines., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Missions--Educational work--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Hartford (Conn.), Stanwood (Wash.), California., Manila (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136527
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, May to December 1941.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author), Millican family--Archives.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Christian Literature Society for China.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
China., Oakland (Calif.), Weehawken (N.J.), Hawaii.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136438
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1942.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith in 1942, during which Aimee Millican was in the United States on furlough.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.), Oakland (Calif.), Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135932
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1962.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1962, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Margaret A. Frame, September 29, 1962.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135340
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, June to December 1963.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, June to December 1963, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Edith Millican from Dr. J.B. Blough of Embudo Presbyterian Hospital, August 15, 1963.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135119
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1964 to 1965.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1964 to 1965, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Edith Millican from social activist, Muriel Lester, February 1964.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134782
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944, during which Aimee Millican was in the United States on furlough.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.), Oakland (Calif.), Berkeley (Calif.), Spokane (Wash.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134493
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, January to June 1963.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, January to June 1963, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Mrs. William H. Boddy and a newspaper clipping announcing Mary Eve Millican's engagement.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134221

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