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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:
Letter from Woodrow Wilson to the Board of Foreign Missions, 1907.
Description:
Letter written by Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton University, to the Board of Foreign Missions. Concerns the appointment of Howard Baskerville as a teacher in Tabriz.
Creator:
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. (author)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabriz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabriz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Missions., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346904
Title:
Letter from Howard Baskerville to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, 1907.
Description:
Letter from Howard Baskerville, then student at Princeton University, to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions.
Creator:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909. (author), Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963. (addressee)
Subject names:
Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Missions., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:346901
Title:
Golden Baird's outgoing correspondence to her family, circa 1920-1929.
Description:
Golden Baird's outgoing correspondence to her family, circa 1920-1929. Primarily written from their mission station in Kanggye (rendered Kangkei or Kanghei), Korea, but also includes correspondence during their furlough in Princeton, New Jersey. Recipients include her mother and father, her sister, her brother-in-law, and Aunt Sophia. Some letters are authored by Dick Baird, including one to Harold Cole, the couple's nephew.
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., Stockton, John S., 1849-1932., Stockton, Mary Ann, 1859-1935., Scobey, Sophia., Cole, William S., Cole, Harold.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Kanggye (Korea), Newbern (Tenn.), Princeton (N.J.), P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:173204
Title:
Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence to Golden Baird, circa 1920-1929.
Description:
Dick Baird's correspondence to Golden, 1920-1929. Letters primarily predate their marriage and arrival in Korea in July 1923.
Creator:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982. (addressee), Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Subject names:
Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton (N.J.), Newbern (Tenn.), Wooster (Ohio), Halls (Tenn.), Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:172052
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top left] S. S. "Kronprinz Wilhelm." [Top right] Men and women on ship, 8/1/1911. [Bottom left] Good-bye America! Aug. 1, 1911. Statue of Liberty. [Bottom right] Paris, view of Eiffel Tower.
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941. (photographer)
Subject names:
Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Kronprinz Wilhelm (Passenger liner), Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.), Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Topics:
Passenger ships., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Paris (France)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138868
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:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton Junction (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116443
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 1, side 1.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton Junction (N.J.), Princeton Junction (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116431
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 2, side 1.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of PHS.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton Junction (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116427
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 1, side 2.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton Junction (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116419
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 3, side 1.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of PHS.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton Junction (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116418
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 2, side 2.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of PHS.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton Junction (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116414
Title:
Princeton Theological Seminary Class of 1922.
Subject names:
Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Princeton Theological Seminary., Baird family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Theological seminaries--United States--New Jersey--Princeton., Students--United States--New Jersey--Princeton.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton (N. J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115862
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Charles E. Hedges, N.J.
Creator:
Lawrence's Photographs (N.Y.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Hedges, Charles E.
Topics:
Missionaries--New Jersey., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
New Jersey.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102894
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Wm. G. Roberts, D.D., Elizabeth, N.J. 1881.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Roberts, William G.
Topics:
Missionaries--New Jersey--Elizabeth., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Elizabeth (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102863
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Dr. Hall, Trenton, N.J., 1864.
Creator:
Good&Stokes (Trenton, N.J.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Hall, John, 1806-1894.
Topics:
Missionaries--New Jersey--Trenton., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Trenton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102861
Title:
Pastor talking to industrial workers.
Description:
Pastor talking to industrial workers.
Creator:
Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives.
Topics:
Home missions--New Jersey--20th century., Church work with the working class--New Jersey--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New Jersey.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:9954
Title:
Katharine Bennett and Laura Y. Pinney.
Description:
Mrs. Bennett [left], President of Woman's Board of Home Missions, and Mrs. Pinney [center], President of Occidental Board, on the boardwalk at Atlantic City where the annual meeting was held.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions., Bennett, M. Katharine (Mary Katharine), 1864-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign Missions., Pinney, Laura Ann (Young), Mrs., 1849-
Geographic subjects:
Atlantic City (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7011
Title:
Arnold Loewe.
Description:
Arnold Loewe, Bloomfield NJ.
Creator:
Potter, H. G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Loewe, Arnold H., 1888-1977--Portraits., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Foreign Missions. Dept. of Missionary Personnel--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Africa.
Geographic subjects:
Bloomfield (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5349

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