Thomas LeRoy Kirkpatrick was a Presbyterian missionary to Iran and a United
States Navy chaplain. He was appointed to the PCUSA West Persia Mission,
sailing for Tabriz in 1911. Kirkpatrick undertook evangelistic work in Tabriz
and Urumiyah and traveled in present-day Armenia and Azerbaijan and elsewhere
in the Caucasus. He remained in Iran until 1915. From 1918 to 1941 he served
as a United States Navy chaplain. Kirkpatrick died on the USS Arizona in the
attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. This collection includes Kirkpatrick's
photographs of Iran.
Featured image: Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2, North
West view from Ark, ca. 1911-1914.