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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:
Horace and Ethel Underwood family film.
Description:
Family film of Horace and Ethel Underwood, Presbyterian missionaries to Korea. Includes footage of Korean cultural events.
Creator:
Underwood family. (creator)
Subject names:
Underwood, Horace H. (Horace Horton), 1890-1951., Underwood, Ethel.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--20th century., Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Manners and customs--Korea., Outdoor recreation--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341055
Title:
Bob Abrams.
Subject names:
Abrams, Bob, 19230.
Topics:
Missionaries--India--20th century., Missions--India--20th century., Presbyterian men--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341005
Title:
Mountaineer Mining Mission slideshow.
Description:
Slides, taken from 1952 to 1957 by Edgar Thorne, of the Mountaineer Mining Mission, Jordan, W. Va. and Edna, W. Va.; converted to VHS, about 1989.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of West Virginia., Thorne, Edgar., Mountaineer Mining Mission.
Topics:
Home missions--Appalachian Region., Appalachians (People)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340959
Title:
Santa Fe Academy, 1885, 1891.
Description:
Records related to Santa Fe Academy in New Mexico. Includes correspondence regarding the Board of Home Missions' decision to stop financially supporting the school.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. College Board--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board for Aid for Colleges and Academies., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Home missions--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Missions--Educational work--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Schools--New Mexico--Santa Fe.
Geographic subjects:
Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340912
Title:
Developing Damavand College.
Description:
Fundraising brochure for Damavand College, a women's college in Tehran, Iran.
Creator:
Damavand College (Tehran, Iran) (creator)
Subject names:
Thompson, Mary Christine, 1913---Archives., Damavand College (Tehran, Iran)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340406
Title:
Rural Missions Cooperating Committee, 1933-1939.
Description:
Includes minutes and reports of the Rural Missions Cooperating Committee, a special committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America's Committee of Reference and Counsel.
Creator:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and Counsel. (creator), Moss, Leslie Bates, 1889- (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Committee of Reference and Counsel.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Rural missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340332
Title:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Nov. 1944-Sept. 1948.
Description:
Includes correspondence and a memorandum.
Creator:
Bell, Enoch F. (author), Goodsell, Fred Field, 1880-1976. (author)
Subject names:
Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Archives., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340326
Title:
The Message of an Alaskan Life.
Description:
Tells the story of Frances (Fannie) H. Willard, a Tlingit missionary. Written by Susan H. Pingry (published under the name Mrs. John F. Pingry.)
Creator:
Pingry, Susan H. (author)
Subject names:
Willard, Frances H.--Biography., Willard, Frances H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions., Sitka Training School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit children--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit women--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Women missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340294
Title:
The Cowboys' Hitchin' Post.
Description:
Glimpses of the work of Sunday school missionaries in the Southwest and a cattlemen's camp meeting. Photographed by Frederick R. Thorne. Edited by John Fenton. Script written by Joe Forest. The title was suggested by the book of the same name written and published by Joe M. Evans of El Paso, Texas.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Forest, Joe. (author), Fenton, John. (editor)
Topics:
Church work with cowboys--Southwest, New., Camp meetings--Southwest, New., Home missions--Southwest, New.
Geographic subjects:
Southwest, New.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340289
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:
United Nations Day program, 1956.
Description:
Tehran Community School's program for United Nations Day, October 24, 1956.
Creator:
Community School (Tehran, Iran) (creator)
Subject names:
Rankin, Joan, 1923-2006--Archives., Community School (Tehran, Iran), United Nations--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340220
Title:
Gertrude Roe Bayless memoir, 1923-1950.
Description:
Gertrude Roe Bayless' typed memoir of her years as a missionary and music teacher in China from 1923 through 1950.
Creator:
Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890- (author)
Subject names:
Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890---Archives., Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hunan Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--20th century., Women missionaries--China--20th century., Missionaries--China--20th century., Church musicians--China., Music teachers--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340163
Title:
Pakistan, 1960.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Pakistan., Patients--Pakistan.
Geographic subjects:
Pakistan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340156
Title:
Rooftop school, Hong Kong, 1962.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rooftop school student with application for school meals.
Creator:
Fujihira, Toge. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Church World Service., Hong Kong Christian Council.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Hong Kong., Missions--Educational work--China--Hong Kong., Students--China--Hong Kong., Food relief--China--Hong Kong.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340155
Title:
Rev. Paul S. Seto at Middle East Seminar, 1960.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mid-East Seminar -- The Rev. Paul S. Seto, of the University Christian Center addressing the group.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Seto, Paul S.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Seminars.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340154
Title:
Syrian boy.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Children--Syria.
Geographic subjects:
Syria.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340153
Title:
Hong Kong, 1968.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Church of Christ in China. Man in front of steps.
Creator:
Pommerenke, Jean Macpherson, 1895- (donor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Zhonghua Jidu jiao hui.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Hong Kong., Men--China--Hong Kong.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340152
Title:
Beirut College for Women Neighborhood House Project.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Children leaving neighborhood house gate.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Beirut College for Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut., Universities and colleges--Lebanon--Beirut., Women's colleges--Lebanon--Beirut., Children--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects:
Beirut (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340151
Title:
Oral School for the Deaf, Tokyo, 1956.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: "Dance, Kindergarten."
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan--Tokyo., Missions--Educational work--Japan--Tokyo., Deaf--Education--Japan--Tokyo., Christian education of the deaf--Japan--Tokyo., Deaf children--Japan--Tokyo., Children--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340150
Title:
Page of Hebrew text from collection of James and Abigail Basset.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: From the collection of James and Abigail Bassett - pioneer missionaries in Tehran under the Presbyterian Board.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Bible. Leviticus.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340149

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