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Title:Description:[Water garden with bridge at a Japanese American incarceration camp.]Creator:Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)Topics:Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6740
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Title:Description:Rev. Jas. Power Smith D.D. born July 4, 1837, died Aug. 6, 1923; Captain and aide on staff of Gen. Stonewall Jackson; Pastor Big Lick, Va., Fredericksburg, Va.; Editor Central Presbyterian; Stated Clerk, Synod of Va. for 50 years; Chairman Committee of Publication.Creator:Confederate States of America.Subject names:Smith, James Power, 1837-1923.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.Geographic subjects:United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6177
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Description:Presbyterian Churchman Receives Medal for Merit -- Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson presents the Medal for Merit to the Reverend William Barrow Pugh, D.D., of Philadelphia, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., for his services to the United States during the war. As chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, Dr. Pugh was instrumental in bringing two thousand clergymen into the chaplaincy. The ceremony took place in Mr. Patterson's office, Pentagon, Washington D.C., July 8, 1947.Subject names:Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950--Medals., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)Topics:World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5640
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Description:(Left to right) Chaplain William V. Morgan, Wing Chaplain, North Atlantic Wing; Chaplain Victor J. Laketek (Roman Catholic) 494th Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; the Rev. William Barrow Pugh, chairman of General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains and Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Army Deputy Chief of Chaplains George F. Rixey. Photographed in the office of the Army Air Field Post Chapel, Presque Isle, Maine, August 16, when Dr. Pugh and Chaplain Rixey were en route to Army and Navy war theaters on a mission to Protestant chaplains and service men.Subject names:Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh), Morgan, William V., Laketek, Victor J., Rixey, George F.Topics:World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.Geographic subjects:Presque Isle (Me.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5616
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Description:Reverend Harold Voelkel preaching to Republic of Korea troops near Seoul, 1950.Creator:Provost, Raymond. (photographer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Voelkel, Harold.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Military chaplains--South Korea.Geographic subjects:South Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5582
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Description:Children playing outside at a Japanese American incarceration camp.Creator:Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)Topics:Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Child internment camp inmates--United States.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5580
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Description:Dr. William Pugh, stated clerk PCUSA and chairman general commission of army and navy chaplains, visits military cemetery in Iceland on tour of battlefronts, 1943.Subject names:Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)Topics:World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Cemeteries--Iceland., Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Iceland.Geographic subjects:Iceland.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5569
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Creator:Provost, Raymond. (photographer)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.Topics:Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Military chaplains--South Korea.Geographic subjects:South Korea.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5557
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: Chaplain Reads Thanksgiving Proclamation in Field; Lieut. Col. Edward L. R. Elson, 75th Infantry Division chaplain, is shown reading the President's Thanksgiving proclamation as a highlight [..]Subject names:Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.Topics:Military chaplains., Thanksgiving Day sermons., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5550
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Title:Description:Ready for a "quick" service in the desert, Chaplain J. T. Harbert in "fatigues" (Calif. Desert).Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Camp and Church Activities--Archives., Harbert, Jason T., 1899-Topics:Chaplains--California.Geographic subjects:California.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5534
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Description:Library at a Japanese American incarceration camp.Creator:Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)Topics:Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Libraries--United States.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5454
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Title:Description:Dr. E. Elson.Creator:Harris and Ewing. (photographer)Subject names:Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Portraits.Topics:Military chaplains--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5450
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from handwritten caption on back of original artwork: Making Clothes For Ministerial Students. The First Women's Missionary Society, Chartiers, Pennsylvania.Creator:Bonsall, Mary W., 1868-1959. (artist)Topics:Home missions--United States--Pictorial works., Women missionaries--United States--19th century., Women in church work--Pennsylvania--Chartiers (Washington County)--Pictorial works., Women--Societies and clubs--Pictorial works.Geographic subjects:Chartiers (Washington County, Pa. : Township)--Pictorial works., United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5418
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Description:Japanese American incarceration camp California.Creator:Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)Topics:Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.Geographic subjects:California.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5403
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Description:Medical Health Facilities at a Japanese American incarceration camp.Creator:Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)Topics:Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5388