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Title: New Hope in Central America, 1990
Description: An account of United States interventions in Central America in the 1980s, "viewed through the perspectives of the churches" "
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Friendship Press
Date Created: 1990, 1990, 1990
Topical Subject(s): Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.
Geographic subjects: Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979., El Salvador -- History -- Civil War, 1979-1992.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0529c; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Friendship Press records, 1978-2002--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MzkyNg==&qr
Identifier (local): 03-0529c-NewHopeCentralAmerica
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:281972

Title: International visitors to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Description: Among visitors lending Assembly an international accent were (from left): Mrs. Diana Tumbekala-Ratulangi from Indonesia; Mrs. Isabel deUrdaneta, Colombia; and Mrs. Jean Jolobe, South Africa. They and other women on their team were in the United States to attend National Meeting of United Presbyterian Women and a consultation of Church Women United. [Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, p. 39.]
Date Created: 1967
Name Subject(s): Tumbekala-Ratulangi, Diana., deUrdaneta, Isabel., Jolobe, Jean., United Presbyterian Women. National Meeting (1967 : Purdue University), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian women.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Oregon--Portland--Multnomah, Portland (Or.)
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 74-0311; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Life and AD Magazine Records, 1950-1972.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDkx&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds4943
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4298

Title: Israeli Ambassador to Colombia returns home after ordeal.
Description: Eliyahu Barak, Israeli Ambassador to Colombia, right, is greeted by Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir in Tel Aviv after returning from his 61-day ordeal as hostage inside the Dominican Embassy in Bogotá.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 28, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Barak, Eliyahu., Shamir, Itzhak, 1915-2012.
Topical Subject(s): Embassy takeovers--Colombia--Bogotá., Hostages--Colombia--Bogotá.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Colombia, Bogotá., , Colombia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tel Aviv (Israel), , , , Asia--Israel--------Tel Aviv--Tel Aviv-Jaffa ----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. J-53587; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-53587
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148625

Title: Guerillas set free embassy captives on arrival in Cuba.
Description: Article written for the Religious News Service.
Date Created: 1980, April 29, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Barak, Eliyahu., Shamir, Itzhak, 1915-2012.
Topical Subject(s): Embassy takeovers--Colombia--Bogotá., Hostages--Colombia--Bogotá.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Colombia, Bogotá., , Colombia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Bogotá (Colombia), , , , South America--Colombia--------Bogotá --Bogotá ----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. J-53587; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-53587_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149143

Title: Florence Marie Sayer.
Description: [Florence Marie Sayer, PCUSA missionary to Colombia.]
Date Created: 1916
Name Subject(s): Sayer, Florence Marie., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Foreign Missions. Dept. of Missionary Personnel--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Colombia--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Colombia--Missionaries--20th century., South America--Colombia
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Florence Marie Sayer Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=49195
Identifier (local): ds3289
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7386

Title: W. Stanley Rycroft interviewed by John H. Sinclair, 1983, tape 3, side 2.
Description: W. Stanley Rycroft (1899-1993) worked as a missionary, teacher and general advocate for Protestant missions in Latin America and for the separation of church and state in the United States. This interview was recorded January 12, 1983.
Creator Name(s): Rycroft, W. Stanley (William Stanley), 1899-1993. (interviewee), Sinclair, John H., 1924-2021. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1983, January 12, 1983, January 12, 1983
Name Subject(s): Rycroft, W. Stanley (William Stanley), 1899-1993--Interviews.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Latin America., Church and state--Latin America.
Geographic subjects: Latin America., Latin America., Latin America, Latin America
Physical Location: CASSETTE 914; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Interview of W. Stanley Rycroft--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1123
Identifier (local): cassette914-side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:176154

Title: Les parens and les amis defrichant la terre qui est destinee aux nouveaux maries.
Description: Les parens & les amis defrichant la terre qui est destinee aux nouveaux maries.
Creator Name(s): Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733. (creator)
Date Created: 1723
Topical Subject(s): Indians of Central America--Darien (Panama and Colombia)--Marriage customs and rites., Indigenous peoples--Panama--18th century.
Geographic subjects: Darien (Panama and Colombia)--History--18th century., , , , North and Central America--Panama--------------------Darién----
Physical Location: MAPCASE 6:24; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): ds3116
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7048

Title: W. Stanley Rycroft interviewed by John H. Sinclair, 1983, tape 2, side 2.
Description: W. Stanley Rycroft (1899-1993) worked as a missionary, teacher and general advocate for Protestant missions in Latin America and for the separation of church and state in the United States. This interview was recorded January 12, 1983.
Creator Name(s): Rycroft, W. Stanley (William Stanley), 1899-1993. (interviewee), Sinclair, John H., 1924-2021. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1983, January 12, 1983, January 12, 1983
Name Subject(s): Rycroft, W. Stanley, 1899-1993--Interviews.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Latin America., Church and state--Latin America.
Geographic subjects: Latin America., Latin America., Latin America, Latin America
Physical Location: CASSETTE 913; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Interview of W. Stanley Rycroft.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1123
Identifier (local): cassette913-side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:176152

Title: Israeli Ambassador to Colombia returns home after ordeal.
Description: Eliyahu Barak, Israeli Ambassador to Colombia, right, is greeted by Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir in Tel Aviv after returning from his 61-day ordeal as hostage inside the Dominican Embassy in Bogotá.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. J-53587; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-53587
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149287

Title: Mariage des Indiens du Panama.
Description: Mariage des Indiens du Panama.
Creator Name(s): Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733. (creator)
Date Created: 1723
Topical Subject(s): Indians of Central America--Darien (Panama and Colombia)--Marriage customs and rites., Indigenous peoples--Panama--18th century.
Geographic subjects: Darien (Panama and Colombia)--History--18th century., , , , North and Central America--Panama--------------------Darién----
Physical Location: MAPCASE 6:24; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item
Identifier (local): ds3115
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7217

Title: Making peace in Central America : a call for today, Marta Benavides, 1985
Description: Recorded at the United Presbyterian Women's National Meeting, Purdue University, July 17-22, 1985. Marta Benavides (born 1943) is a feminist religious leader from El Salvador. She is a theologian, ordained American Baptist minister, permaculturist, educator, and artist. After the military coup in El Salvador in 1979 and the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War, she became the leader of the Ecumenical Committee for Humanitarian Aid, a group sponsored by the Archbishop Óscar Romero. From 1982 to 1992 she lived in exile in the United States and Mexico.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Women. National Meeting (1985 : Purdue University)., Benavides, Marta
Date Created: 1985, July 1985, July 1985
Topical Subject(s): Central America--Social conditions, Central America--Politics and government, Sanctuary movement
Geographic subjects: El Salvador--History--Civil War, 1979-1992.
Physical Location: CASSETTE 1167; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Making peace in Central America [sound recording] : a call for today / Marta Benavides.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=741
Identifier (local): cassette1167
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286242

Title: North and South of the Equator.
Description: Autobiography of Addison Miller Alexander, a Presbyterian missionary to South America.
Creator Name(s): Alexander, Addison Miller, 1902- (author)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Alexander, Addison Miller, 1902-, Alexander, Addison Miller, 1902---Biography.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Colombia., Missionaries--Chile., Missions--Educational work--Colombia., Missions--Educational work--Chile.
Geographic subjects: Colombia., Chile., Colombia., Chile., South America--Chile, South America--Colombia
Physical Location: BV 2852 .A43 A3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: North and south of the equator / [Addison Miller Alexander].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=9326
Identifier (local): bv_2852_a43_a3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344383

Title: Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 3.
Description: Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator Name(s): Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1983
Name Subject(s): Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.), Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 85-0930; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: R. W. Bauer papers, 1977-1985.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MzM2&qrs=
Identifier (local): bauer_lewis_1983_side3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116204

Title: Pax Romana holds interfederal assembly.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31368 PAX ROMANA HOLDS INTERFEDERAL ASSEMBLY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Luis Fernando Duque of Medellin, Colombia (left), was named president-elect at the biennial Interfederal Assembly of Pax Romana, international organization of Catholic students, at Washington, D.C. He is congratulated by Peter Vygantas of Washington (center), who will leave the president office in July, 1965 . Mr. Vygantas, an American citizen, heads the Lithuanian exiled student group in the nation's capital. Others in photo are from second left, Alfred Stirnemann of Vienna, Austria, outgoing secretary-general; Bishop Mark McGrath, C.S.C., of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama, Pax Romana episcopal moderator for Latin America; and P.T. Kuriakose of New Delhi, India, new secretary-general. Mr. Duque heads the movement's permanent sub-secretariat for Latin America. Timothy Dyer of Ypsilanti, Mich., not shown here, was elected a vice-president of Pax Romana. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WASH-8A-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Pax Romana--Congresses., Asamblea Interamericana de Universitarios Católicos, Pax Romana., Duque, Luis F. (Luis Fernando), Vygantas, Peter., Stirnemann, Alfred., McGrath, Marcos G., Kuriakose, P.T.
Topical Subject(s): Catholic youth., Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Youth in church work--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31368; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31368
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349052

Title: Marymont College students bound for summer lay missionary work in Bogota, Colombia.
Creator Name(s): Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.) (author)
Date Created: 1964, circa May 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Richard, Eugene F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Students., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Lay missionaries--Catholic Church., Missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Missions--Colombia--Bogotá., College students in missionary work., College students--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women college students--New York (State)--Tarrytown.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. C-31059; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31059_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349817

Title: College girls in summer apostolate.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31059 COLLEGE GIRLS IN SUMMER APOSTOLATE TARRYTOWN, N. Y.-Students at Marymount College, Tarrytown, N. Y., bound for summer lay missionary work in Bogota, Colombia, receive best wishes from Msgr. Eugene F. Richard of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers. Shown with them is Sister M. Borromeo of the Marymount faculty who will accompany the girls. Fifty-two Marymount students will spend all or part of the summer doing lay apostolate work in some 15 areas of the U. S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and South America. They will work with both Negroes and whites and in many instances among non-Catholics. Msgr. Richard conducted a “departure ceremony” for the students who received a mission Crucifix. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-5E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa May 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Richard, Eugene F., Catholic Church--Clergy., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Students., Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Lay missionaries--Catholic Church., Missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women missionaries--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Missions--Colombia--Bogotá., College students in missionary work., College students--New York (State)--Tarrytown., Women college students--New York (State)--Tarrytown.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Tarrytown., New York (State), Tarrytown., New York (State), Tarrytown., Colombia, Bogotá., New York (State), Tarrytown., New York (State), Tarrytown., Tarrytown (N.Y.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. C-31059; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31059
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350118

Title: College girls in summer apostolate.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31059 COLLEGE GIRLS IN SUMMER APOSTOLATE TARRYTOWN, N. Y.-Students at Marymount College, Tarrytown, N. Y., bound for summer lay missionary work in Bogota, Colombia, receive best wishes from Msgr. Eugene F. Richard of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers. Shown with them is Sister M. Borromeo of the Marymount faculty who will accompany the girls. Fifty-two Marymount students will spend all or part of the summer doing lay apostolate work in some 15 areas of the U. S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and South America. They will work with both Negroes and whites and in many instances among non-Catholics. Msgr. Richard conducted a “departure ceremony” for the students who received a mission Crucifix. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-5E-64-NAB)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. C-31059; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31059
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350306

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