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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, 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 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:
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:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
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--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82720
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
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--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82686
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
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--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82678
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
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--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82672
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
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--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82604
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Japanese American Citizens League San Francisco Chapter.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Japanese American Citizens' League.
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:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57366
Title:
Happy homecoming.
Description:
Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
Creator:
San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
Topics:
Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10149
Title:
Dr. Rogers baptizing a baby.
Description:
[Dr. Rogers of Lakeside Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California baptizing a baby.]
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Lakeside Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church development, New--United States--20th century., Home missions--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8335
Title:
Dr. Rogers receives members].
Description:
[Dr. Rogers of Lakeside Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California, receives members.]
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Lakeside Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church development, New--United States--20th century., Home missions--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8318
Title:
Lakeside Church in San Francisco, California.
Description:
[Long shot--interior of the crowded Lakeside Church in San Francisco, California.]
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Lakeside Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church development, New--United States--20th century., Home missions--United States--20th century., Church buildings--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8289
Title:
The house itself - It's a large square building located on a corner.
Description:
The house itself - It's a large square building located on a corner.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Donaldina Cameron House.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco--20th century., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco--20th century., Asian Americans--Missions--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6632
Title:
Presbyterian Japanese Mission, San Francisco.
Description:
Presbyterian Japanese Mission, San Francisco.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (218th : 2008 : San Jose, Calif.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco., Japanese Americans--Missions., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6270
Title:
Occidental board.
Description:
Occidental Board Headquarters and Mission Home, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco [p. 151].
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (218th : 2008 : San Jose, Calif.), Occidental Board Mission Home for Chinese Girls., Chinese Presbyterian Girls' Home (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topics:
Buildings--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco., Home missions--California--San Francisco., Chinese American women---California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco Bay Area. (Calif.)--Church history., San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6245

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