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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:
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
Title:
Moslem editors say
Description:
Compiled by Herrick B. Young, Professor of Literature at Alborz College of Teheran.
Creator:
Young, Herrick B. (Herrick Black), 1904- (compiler)
Topics:
Islamic press., Muslims., Public opinion--Middle East.
Geographic subjects:
Iran., Syria., Palestine., Turkey., Egypt.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301543
Title:
Shan-Tung College
Subject names:
Shantung Christian University (Jinan, Shandong Sheng, China)--History., Bergen, Paul D., Mateer, C. W. (Calvin Wilson), 1836-1908., Wen, Chou Li., Ting, Li Mei, 1871-1936.
Topics:
Christian universities and colleges--China--Shandong Sheng--History.
Geographic subjects:
Shandong Sheng (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:132853
Title:
Missionary life in Alaska by Mrs. E.S. Willard.
Description:
Letters written from missionaries at the Chilcat [Chilkat] Mission, Haines, Alaska.
Creator:
Willard, Eugene S., Mrs., 1853-1915. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Mission to the Chilkats (Haines, Alaska)
Topics:
Chilkat Indians--Alaska.--Missions
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:90679
Title:
The neglect of education in Alaska.
Description:
Address given by Sheldon Jackson on March 23, 1882, in Washington at an unidentified national meeting of educators and printed in Circulars of information for 1882, Department of Superintendence, from which this has been extracted.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Topics:
Missions--Alaska., Education--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:90652
Title:
Chahta uba isht taloa holisso
Description:
131 Choctaw hymns without music.
Creator:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Choctaw language--Texts., Hymns, Choctaw.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:79965
Title:
Nkana mu Ncema.
Description:
Hymnbook, Nkana mu Ncema, 1909.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:15798
Title:
Mukanda wa Misambu.
Description:
Hymnbook, Mukanda wa Misambu, 1909.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:15709
Title:
Chosŏn Yesugyo Changnohoe.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:15352
Title:
Illustrated mission lands.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions. (author), Rankin, D. C. (editor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--19th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Laos Mission--19th century.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--19th century, Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missions--Brazil--19th century., Missions--Asia--19th century., Missions--Mexico--19th century., Missionaries--Thailand--19th century., Missionaries--Italy--19th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missionaries--Brazil--19th century., Missionaries--Asia--19th century., Missionaries--Mexico--19th century., Missionaries--Thailand--19th century., Missionaries--Italy--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--19th century., Brazil--Missions--19th century., Japan--Missions--19th century., Korea--Missions--19th century., Mexico--Missions--19th century., Thailand--Missions--19th century., Italy--Missions--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:3554
Title:
The Collected Letters of Henry Smith Leiper: The China Years (1918-1922)
Description:
A selection of Henry Smith Leiper's (1891-1975) letters, selected and edited by his granddaughter, Eleanor Leiper (Nor) Hall, documenting Leiper and family's life in North China, where Leiper served as a Presbyterian missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1918-1922. The original letters are part of the Leiper Family Papers, RG 490, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Creator:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975. (author), Hall, Nor. (editor)
Subject names:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975., Leiper, Eleanor Cory, 1890-1935., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975--Correspondence., Hall, Carrell, 1916-2006., Leiper, Hal, 1918-1960., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. North China Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--China--20th century., Missionaries--China--20th century--Correspondence., Missions--China--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
China--Missions--20th century., China--Description and travel., Korea--Description and travel., Siberia (Russia)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:3154
Title:
The Collected Letters of Henry Smith Leiper: The China Years (1918-1922)
Description:
A selection of Henry Smith Leiper's (1891-1975) letters, selected and edited by his granddaughter, Eleanor Leiper (Nor) Hall, documenting Leiper and family's life in North China, where Leiper served as a Presbyterian missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1918-1922. The original letters are part of the Leiper Family Papers, RG 490, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Creator:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975. (author), Hall, Nor. (editor)
Subject names:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975., Leiper, Eleanor Cory, 1890-1935., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975--Correspondence., Hall, Carrell, 1916-2006., Leiper, Hal, 1918-1960., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. North China Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--China--20th century., Missionaries--China--20th century--Correspondence., Missions--China--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Beidaihe Qu (Qinhuangdao Shi, China), Diamond Mountains (Korea), Tianjin (China), Tongzhou Qu (Beijing, China), Vladivostok (Russia), China--Missions--20th century., China--Description and travel., Korea--Description and travel., Siberia (Russia)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2727
Title:
Bia Bi Bulu = Hymns in Bulu.
Creator:
Fraser, Melvin, 1858-1936. (author)
Topics:
Hymns, Bulu., Presbyterian Church--Hymns., Bulu language--Texts.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2600

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