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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:
Cape Navarin, Siberia.
Description:
Tent and group of Siberian indigenous people near Cape Navarin, 1890. Former description: Tent and group of natives near Cape Navarin, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Siberian--Russia--Anadyr, Gulf of.
Geographic subjects:
Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103350
Title:
Cape Navarin, Siberia.
Description:
Tent near Cape Navarin, Siberia, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Russia--Anadyr, Gulf of.--Siberian
Geographic subjects:
Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103238
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
School No. 1, Douglas City, Alaska. 1890-1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Douglas Island., Children of missionaries--Alaska--Douglas Island., Education--Alaska--Douglas Island., Women missionaries--Alaska--Douglas Island.
Geographic subjects:
Douglas Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103156
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Bethel, Alaska. April 25, 1890. Photographed by the Missionaries.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Bethel.
Geographic subjects:
Bethel (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103055
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Prof. L. M. Stevenson, Capt. Borden and assistants, Refuge Station, Point Barrow, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Stevenson, Leander M., Borden, C. B.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102962
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mary, Alaska Native interpreter, 1890. Former description: Mary. Eskimo Interpreter, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native women.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102916
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. James Millar, 1890.
Creator:
Skene Lowe. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Millar, James, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102876
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Group of Alaska Natives. Arctic Ocean, 1890. Sheldon Jackson. Text transcribed from caption: Group of Eskimos. Arctic Ocean, 1890. Sheldon Jackson.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Inuit--Alaska., Inuit families--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102860
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: James Millar, Hunter Bay, Alaska, 1890.
Creator:
Skene Lowe (Victoria, B.C.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Millar, James.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102847
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Henry Phillips. Nov. 1890. Alaska.
Creator:
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Phillips, Henry.
Topics:
Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102820
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. John A. Luck, Teacher at Unalaska, Alaska, 1890.
Creator:
Peters, J.H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Luck, John A., Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102792
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mr. Oliver D. Eaton, Treasurer, Board of Home Missions, Presbyterian Church U.S.A. 1890.
Creator:
Dana (N.Y.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Eaton, Oliver D.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102729
Title:
Board of Missions for Freedmen application book, 1890-1894.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen--Archives.
Topics:
Slaves--United States--Emancipation., Freedmen--United States--Religious life., African Americans--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:93578
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1890.
Description:
Travel journal consisting of clippings of newspaper articles written by Sheldon Jackson.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83474
Title:
Portrait of Reverend Lewis Boyd Tate.
Subject names:
Tate, Lewis Boyd, 1862-1929.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83453
Title:
Adolphus Clemens Good journal/miscellaneous notes (v.2), 1890-1891.
Creator:
Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (author)
Subject names:
Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects:
Ogooué River Region (Gabon)--Discovery and exploration.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:45133
Title:
William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description:
835.01.08b: Baketa children Luebo. Thirteen unidentified native children, one with a bowl on her head, others wearing native beads.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Teke (African people), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:33645
Title:
William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description:
835.02.16a: The Lapsley II in dry dock in the Congo. 835.02.16b: Native men on the shore of the river. 835.02.16c: Group of native men and boys looking at something. 835.02.16d: Bakuba fishermen.n
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Kuba (African people)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:33642
Title:
William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description:
835.02.02e: Members of different Missions at Kinchassa attending the Missionary Conference. 835.02.02f: Dr. Mabie of the A.B.M.U. Woman seated at a table at dinner outside a hut. 835.02.02g: Boulevard at Leopoldville. A man leading a camel down a wide street lined by palm trees.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:33641
Title:
William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description:
835.02.03a: A native hand loom with woven grass. 835.02.03b: Miss [Annie] Taylor dressing an ulcer on the leg of a native girl. Sitting on steps of the Sheppard house with four native girls around. 835.02.03c: Mr. [Adolphus] Rochester dressing an ulcer on the leg of a native man. Outside a native hut, with three other native men around. Medical kit is visible beside Rochester. 835.02.03d: Natives grinding corn with mortar and pestle. Native man and woman.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Rochester, Adolphus A. (Adolphus Augustas), 1878-1960.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:33640

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