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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:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) scrapbook, 1902-1924.
Description:
Includes a report on the 1918 fire in the boys' dormitory in which 13 students died.
Creator:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Dwight Indian Training School (Marble City, Okla.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Oklahoma--Marble City., Missions--Educational work--Oklahoma--Marble City., Schools--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Education--Oklahoma--Marble City., Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma--Marble City.
Geographic subjects:
Marble City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348152
Title:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) scrapbook, circa 1926-1945.
Description:
Scrapbook 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. Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and lists of financial contributors. Also includes "A History of the Mexican Mission Work Conducted by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in the Synod of Texas" by B. A. Hodges.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) (creator), Hodges, B. A. (author)
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:343628
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] Smith, M. G., Robin[illegible] [Bottom] English Y. M. C. A. secy's in Costume.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Gillespie, Marie.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Women missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280830
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Children from the Baqubah refugee camp. Text transcribed from caption: Happy Little Refugees.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee children--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280823
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280822
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Baquba Camp 1918-1919. 50,000 refugees from Urumia.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280821
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] Refugees -- Baquaba -- 1918.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280820
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280818
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top Left] Refugees [Bottom Left] Tribal Chiefs.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280817
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Left] 1919 M. G. [Right] Wool for quilts.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Gillespie, Marie.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Women missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280815
Title:
Babylon.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Babylon.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Iraq., Babylon (Extinct city), Missions--Iraq.
Geographic subjects:
Iraq--Antiquities.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280806
Title:
Al-Kāẓimayn, Baghdad, Iraq and Tāq Kasrā (Arch of Ctesiphon).
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] Kazimain (near Baghdad) Bagdad [Bottom] Ctesiphon.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Ctesiphon.
Topics:
Buildings--Iraq--Kāẓimīyah., Ruins., Missions--Iraq--Kāẓimīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Kāẓimīyah (Iraq)--Antiquities.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280805
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] 1918-19 [Bottom] Bakuba Camp Refugees 1918.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280803
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top Left] Flight from Urumia 1918.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugees--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq), Urūmīyah (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280801
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Baquba.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee children--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280796
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] Workers - Mrs. Shedd, Mr. Smith, Marie G. Baquba 1918-19.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Gillespie, Marie., Shedd, Louise Wilbur.
Topics:
Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Women missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280794
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] 1918-19.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280788
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top Right] Smith in costume.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280786
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top Left] Chieftains [Right] Mrs. Shedd.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Shedd, Louise Wilbur.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280783
Title:
Baqubah refugee camp.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: [Top] Sister of Nestorian Patriarch - with family [Bottom] Refugee Children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topics:
Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Syriac Christians--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects:
Baʻqūbah (Iraq)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280782

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