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- Title
- Happy homecoming.
- Description
- Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
- Creator Name(s)
- San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1985, November 3, 1985, November 3, 1985
- Name Subject(s)
- Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
- Physical Location
- MUSEUM 1163; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Happy homecoming.
- Identifier (local)
- ds5050
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:10149
- Title
- Correspondence to the Board of Foreign Missions from Divie Bethune McCartee.
- Description
- Bound collection of letters, clippings, and articles, including portraits of Divie Bethune McCartee. Primarily letters to the Board of Foreign Missions from Dr. Divie Bethune McCartee, but also includes a letter to Juana Knight McCartee from A.R. Kepler, 1905; letters to Dr. McCartee from T. Sasaoka, 1897; a letter to Robert E. Speer from Juana, 1899; a typed letter to Henry W. Grant, Esq., 1900 (handwritten draft version, see folder 9); a letter from Juana notifying Speer of Dr. McCartee's death, 1900; an obituary and bibliography for Dr. McCartee; and clippings relating to Dr. McCartee and East Asian missions.
- Creator Name(s)
- McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author), McCartee, Juana Knight, -1920 (author), Sasaoka, T. (author)
- Date Created
- 1889, 1889-1905, 1889-1905
- Name Subject(s)
- McCartee family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission., Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Gillespie, John, 1830?-1899., Grant, Henry W.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--Japan.
- Geographic subjects
- Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), New York (N.Y.), San Francisco (Calif.), Taipei (Taiwan), Ningbo Shi (China), Asia--Japan--Tokyo, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco, Asia--Taiwan--Taibei--Taipei, Asia--China--Zhejiang--Ningbo
- Physical Location
- RG 177, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- McCartee Family Papers, 1854-1906.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-177
- Identifier (local)
- rg177_b1_f6
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:144017
