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Title:
Adolphus Clemens Good Papers
Description:
Adolphus Clemens Good was appointed in 1882 by the Board of Foreign Missions to the West Africa Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Initially assigned to the Baraka Station, he was transferred to the Ogowe River area in 1884 and spent the bulk of his career there. In addition to his work as a teacher and evangelist, Dr. Good studied bird and animal life in the Ogowe Valley and in the Cameroon, as well as the ethnology and religious beliefs of various West African tribes. He also prepared a text on Bulu grammar which was published posthumously. Consists of Dr. Good's journals and notes, his papers on the religious beliefs of the Gabwa and the role of women among the Bulu, and miscellaneous Bulu language items. The collection also contains various personal items, including letters sent to his widow, Lydia B. Walker Good. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Portrait of Adolphus Clemens Good, undated.
Start date:
1882
End date:
1896
Creator:
Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (creator)
Subject names:
Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894., Good, Lydia Belle Walker, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Africa., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Missions--Gabon., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon., Bulu (African people)--Social life and customs., Gabonese--Religion., Bulu language--Texts.
Geographic subjects:
Ogooué River Region (Gabon)--Discovery and exploration., Baraka (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic)--Discovery and exploration.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:adgood
Title:
Animals in the archives
Description:
Images of animals from the Presbyterian Historical Society's collection.
Topics:
Animals., Pets.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:animals
Title:
Church buildings
Description:
Images of church buildings.
Featured image: Church at Emerson Institute, Blackville, South Carolina.
Topics:
Church architecture., Church buildings., Presbyterian church buildings.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:churchbuildings
Title:
Church work with youth
Description:
History of Presbyterian-affiliated Sunday schools, church camps, and youth ministry.
Featured image: A mobile minister has a Sunday school class outdoors.
Topics:
Church camps., Church work with youth., Sunday schools., Church work with teenagers., Presbyterian vacation schools., Presbyterian Church--Education.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:youth
Title:
Church World Service Records
Description:
In 1946, seventeen denominations formed Church World Service (CWS) as a relief agency. Churches throughout the United States provided over 11 million pounds of food and medical supplies to communities in Europe and Asia that were affected by World War II. Over the course of the next two decades, CWS expanded its work into Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, and the mission of the organization shifted from providing immediate disaster relief to creating long-term development projects in partnership with local communities. CWS also began to work in the United States to provide aid after natural disasters and established refugee resettlement offices around the country.

View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Hurricane Flora aftermath, Haiti, 1963.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States--20th century., Human rights--Religious aspects--Christianity--20th century., Disaster relief--United States--20th century., Church work with refugees--20th century., International relief--20th century., Church work with disaster victims--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:cws
Title:
Early American history
Description:
History of Presbyterianism in Colonial and Revolutionary-era America (1600-1789).
Featured image: Painting of Reverend Charles Beatty and Reverend George Duffield preaching to the Indians on the banks of the Muskingum River by Mary W. Bonsall, undated.
End date:
1789
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775., United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:early_american
Title:
Higher education
Description:
History of Presbyterian-affiliated colleges, seminaries, and universities.
Featured image: Rev. Dr. Kenneth Bailey and Rev. Emile Zaki with pre-seminary students in Assiut, 1963.
Topics:
Presbyterian universities and colleges., Education, Higher., Religious education., Junior colleges., Presbyterian Church--Education., Presbyterian theological seminaries., African American schools., African Americans--Education.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:highered
Title:
Japanese American incarceration during World War II
Description:
Images of, and publications regarding, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Includes the entirety of Frederick Thorne's "Japanese American forced removal and incarceration during World War II slide collection," a circa 1944 slide collection documenting life at Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II, including Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Features images of imprisoned Japanese Americans as well as scenes of Presbyterian mission work in the camps. In 2023, description found in this digital collection was revised as part of ongoing effort to address harmful and offensive language. For more information, contact us at refdesk@history.pcusa.org.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center., Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Geographic subjects:
Rohwer (Ark.), Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:slides_b34
Title:
Millican Family Papers
Description:
Correspondence, biographical materials, and photographs documenting the Millican family's missionary experiences in China, and to a lesser extent in the Philippines, emphasizing the difficulties of their work during the Sino-Japanese War of the late 1930s and during the post-World War II years. Edith Millican's correspondence documents medical work in China during and after World War II, giving insight into the training and experiences of, and opportunities for, American women doctors. Also included are photographs documenting Edith Millican's time serving the Board of National Missions as a physician in New Mexico. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Aimee and Frank Millican just before going to China, 1907.
Start date:
1900
End date:
1984
Creator:
Millican family. (creator)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. China Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Philippine Mission., Christian Literature Society for China., Chenhsien Hospital (Hunan, China), Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--New Mexico., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Religious literature--Distribution--China., Missions, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Religious broadcasting--China., Religious broadcasting--Philippines., Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.
Geographic subjects:
New Mexico., China., Philippines.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg199
Title:
Nursing history
Description:
In recognition of the incredible work being done by healthcare workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in honor of National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2020), we have curated a collection that celebrates the long history of Presbyterian involvement in nursing, from training prospective nurses in Presbyterian schools and hospitals, to hands-on work with the sick and suffering.
Featured image: Taegu Nurses' School dedication, June 1952.
Topics:
Nurses,, Nursing--History., Missions, Medical.--Presbyterian Church, COVID-19.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:nurses
Title:
Portraits
Description:
Featured image: Portrait of Maggie Kuhn by Julie Jensen Bryan, undated.
Topics:
Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:portraits
Title:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection
Description:
The African American Synods Collection consists of the annual minutes of the synods of Atlantic, East Tennessee/Blue Ridge, Canadian, and Catawba; newsletters published by the synods of Atlantic and Catawba; and a small number of photographs of members of the synods of Atlantic and Catawba. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Synod of Atlantic group photo.
Start date:
1873
End date:
1988
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Blue Ridge., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of East Tennessee., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Canadian., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba.
Topics:
African American women--Societies and clubs., African American Presbyterians--History--20th century., African American Presbyterians--Periodicals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg395
Title:
Presbyterian General Assemblies
Description:
History of Presbyterian General Assemblies--annual and now biennial meetings to review the work of the denomination and resolve controversies within the church.
Featured image: Rev. Joan Salmon Campbell at the 202nd General Assembly, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1990.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Government., Presbyterian Church--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:general_assemblies
Title:
Sheldon Jackson Papers
Description:
Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) founded churches and missions throughout the West and Alaska. He was named U.S. General Agent for Education in Alaska in 1885. This collection includes Sheldon Jackson's journals, correspondence, and photographs relating to Jackson's work for the Board of National Missions in the West until 1877 and then in Alaska, and his personal mission to make the Presbyterian Church and U.S. government aware of problems in Alaska. Digitization funded by the Alaska Library Network and the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Group of Alaska Native girls.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Alaska., Indians of North America Missions--Educational work., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Missionaries--Alaska., Pioneers--Alaska., Reindeer--Alaska., Education--Alaska., Home missions--West (U.S.), Home missions--Alaska., Indians of North America--West (U.S.), Indians of North America--Alaska., Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Social conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:sheldon_jackson
Title:
Support Agency Photographs
Description:
This collection consists of photographs from the Board of National Missions and its predecessor agencies used to document and promote the various missions carried out by the Board. Some of the images were used in brochures, exhibits, filmstrips, newsletters, and slide sets. Images represent schools, hospitals, community and neighborhood centers, mission and non-mission churches, missionaries and mission workers, and general assemblies. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Portland Oregon lumber camp, 1922.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Educational Work., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Unit of Visual Aids., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Office of Visual Aids., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Pictorial works., Home missions--United States--Pictorial works., Church buildings--United States--Pictorial works.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg303
Title:
Vass Family Papers
Description:
Three generations of the Vass family served the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Congo during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vass III's wife (and daughter of medical missionary Eugene R. Kellersberger), Winifred Kellersberger (1917-2010), also served with her husband. This collection includes photographic prints, glass and film negatives, and lantern slides primarily documenting Vass II in the Congo, the American Presbyterian Congo Mission (APCM), the S.S. Samuel N. Lapsley I and II, the Congo's indigenous villages and peoples, and Belgian atrocities. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: L.C. Vass and Mr. and Mrs. Crowley seated with birds, ca. 1898.
End date:
1999
Creator:
Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896. (creator), Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962. (creator), Vass, Winifred Kellersberger, 1917-2010. (creator)
Subject names:
Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896., Vass, Lachlan C., 1915-2010., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962., Vass, Winifred Kellersberger, 1917-2010., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Samuel N. Lapsley I (Ship), Samuel N. Lapsley II (Ship)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Southern States--19th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:vass
Title:
William M. Baird Papers
Description:
The Rev. Dr. William M. Baird and his wife, Annie Laurie Adams Baird, were appointed to the Chosen (Korea) Mission in 1890 by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From 1891 until 1897, they served at the Seoul, Fusan, and Taiku stations. In 1897, Baird was appointed president of the Pyengyang Academy and Union Christian College (also known as Sungsil Haktang and later Sungsil Taehak), a position that he held until his death in 1931. The William M. Baird Papers, 1885-1951 (bulk 1885-1931), consist of Baird's diaries, correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings and miscellaneous items. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: First All-Korea Presbytery Meeting, 1907.
Start date:
1885
End date:
1951
Creator:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931. (creator)
Subject names:
Baird family., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Pyengyang Academy., Sungsil Taehak (Seoul, Korea), Sungsil Haktang (Pʻyŏngyang, Korea)
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Schools--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Pyongyang (Korea)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg173

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