Thomas Kirkpatrick Papers

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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.

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Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
Boys and buffaloes.
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.
Topics:
Water buffalo--Iran., Boys--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138904
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Auto Julfa-Tabriz.
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.
Topics:
Automobiles--Iran., Camels--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Description and travel., Julfā (Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138903
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Flour mill. [Bottom] The mill stones.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Flour mills--Iran--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138902
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Meat shop. [Bottom] Making donkey saddles.
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.
Topics:
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Iran., Saddlery--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138901
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] The Boarders, 1911-12 [Bottom] Picnic H.S. Soph. 1914.
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.
Topics:
High school sophomores--Iran., Boarding school students--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138900
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Left] Troglodyte village. [Right] Village woman.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Women--Iran., Dwellings, Prehistoric--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138899
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top left] Bridge over Aji Chai. [Top right] Gathering thorns. [Bottom] Between Tabriz and Maragha.
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.
Topics:
Bridges--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Description and travel., Marāghah (Āz̠arbāyjān-i Khāvarī, Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138898
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
Bringing crop to floor.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Agriculture--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138897
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Left] Unwinding silk. [Right] Kurds.
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.
Topics:
Men--Iran., Kurds--Clothing., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138896
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
Fragment of photograph of scorpion.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Scorpions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138895
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
On Sultan Dagh.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Sultan Daği (Turkey)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138894
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
Muḥarram.
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.
Topics:
Fasts and feasts--Islam., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138893
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Left] Portal, Blue Mosque (Tabriz). [Right] Mosaic detail.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Mosques--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Description and travel., Tabrīz (Iran)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138892
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top left] A present for the lepers. [Bottom left] Giving the Gospel to the leper women. [Right] A baby.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Leprosy--Patients--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138891
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Shoe repairer. [Bottom left] Taking the children along. [Bottom right] Persian Saw Mill, AD 1912.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Sawmill workers--Iran., Travel with donkeys--Iran., Shoemakers--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138890
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
War scenes and executions, probably 1911.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Executions and executioners--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138889
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] The view from Thomas Kirkpatrick's roof. [Bottom] (Thomas Kirkpatrick?) 1914.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138888
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Street near the Citadel. Arg of Tabriz. [Bottom] Tabriz (S.) from Ark, or Citadel.
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.
Topics:
Fortification--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Tabrīz (Iran)--Description and travel., Tabrīz (Iran)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138887
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] "Sangak" bakery [Bottom] The "Hammam" or bath-house.
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.
Topics:
Bakeries--Iran., Bathhouses--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138886
Title:
Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2.
Description:
[Top] Courtyard. [Bottom] Vineyard.
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.
Topics:
Missions--Iran., Courtyards--Iran., Vineyards--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Iran--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138885

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