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Title: Iran missionaries, 1980
Description: Recorded July 31, 1980 in New York. A luncheon with Presbyterian missionaries who were invited to leave Iran during the revolution. The missionaries speak about their experiences and the fate of the Christian church in Iran.
Physical Location: CASSETTE 333; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): cassette333
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149647

Title: Iran Mission Meeting, 1957.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0417, SPP 132; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds6894
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:180820

Title: Iran missionaries, 1980, side 1
Description: Recorded July 31, 1980 in New York. A luncheon with Presbyterian missionaries who were invited to leave Iran during the revolution. The missionaries speak about their experiences and the fate of the Christian church in Iran.
Date Created: 1980, 1980, 1980
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran, Iran--History--Revolution, 1979
Geographic subjects: Iran--Missions
Physical Location: CASSETTE 333; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Iran missionaries, 1980--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1319
Identifier (local): cassette333_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149648

Title: Iran missionaries, 1980, side 2
Description: Recorded July 31, 1980 in New York. A luncheon with Presbyterian missionaries who were invited to leave Iran during the revolution. The missionaries speak about their experiences and the fate of the Christian church in Iran.
Date Created: 1980, 1980, 1980
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran, Iran--History--Revolution, 1979
Geographic subjects: Iran--Missions
Physical Location: CASSETTE 333; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Iran missionaries, 1980--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1319
Identifier (local): cassette333_side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149649

Title: All Iran Summer Conference in Isfahan, 1932.
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 124; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): rg223_b6_f124-1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:340157

Title: Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran, press release.
Creator Name(s): American Jewish Congress. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 25, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53573; 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-53573_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149219

Title: U.S. clergymen hold Easter services for hostages in Iran.
Description: The Rev. Darrell Ruppiper, center, a Roman Catholic priest from Omaha, Neb., and the Revs. Jack Bremmer, left, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Nelson Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo., both Methodists, chat with newsmen after their arrival in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 5, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., United Methodist Church (U.S.), Ruppiper, Darrell., Bremmer, Jack., Thompson, Nelson.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53512; 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_PC-53512
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148334

Title: Mother of U.S. hostage visits son in Iran.
Description: Barbara Timm and her husband Kenneth after visiting her son, Kevin Hermening, a U.S. hostage being held by militants at the American Embassy in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 21, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Timm, Barbara., Timm, Kenneth., Hermening, Kevin.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53558; 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_PC-53558
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148262

Title: Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran, alternative caption.
Description: Alternative caption that includes a statement from Howard M. Squadron of the American Jewish Congress.
Date Created: 1980, April 27, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force., American Jewish Congress., Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq., Squadron, Howard M.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53573; 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-53573_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149132

Title: Vatican Aide blesses remains of U.S. servicemen killed in Iran.
Description: Monsignor Annibale Bugnini, the papal representative in Iran, blesses the plastic-wrapped bodies of eight American servicemen killed in a hostage rescue attempt. To his left is Greek Catholic Archbishop Hilarion Capucci.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 30, 1980, April 30, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Bugnini, Annibale.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Prayers for the dead--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. PC-53590; 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_PC-53590
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148574

Title: Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran.
Description: Ayatollah Sadiq Khalkhali watches as Iranian militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran uncover the body of one of the 8 American servicemen reportedly killed during the aborted raid to rescue U.S. hostages.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 27, 1980, April 27, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force., Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53573; 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-53573
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148643

Title: Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran.
Description: Ayatollah Sadiq Khalkhali watches as Iranian militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran uncover the body of one of the 8 American servicemen reportedly killed during the aborted raid to rescue U.S. hostages.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53573; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-53573
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149285

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: Eden Naby oral history, 2022.
Description: Oral history, 2022, on growing up in Urmia and Golpashan, the genocide of Assyrians during the First World War, the transfer of mission schools to government control after 1934, her mother Lillie's career as a teacher, and her father Mishael's work as a Presbyterian pastor in Urmia and at Gaston Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Eden Naby is an Assyrian-Iranian cultural historian of Central Asia and the Middle East. She was born in the Assyrian village of Golpashan, located outside Urmia in Iran. She has conducted research, taught and published on minority issues in countries from Turkey to Xinjiang. Her work on Afghanistan and on the Assyrians stands out in the field of cultural survival.
Creator Name(s): Naby, Eden. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2022, April 27, 2022, April 27, 2022
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Assyrians--Iran--Urūmīyah--History--20th century., Assyrians--Crimes against--Iran--History.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 22-0438; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Eden Naby oral history, 2022.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAyMjA=&sI
Identifier (local): EdenNaby
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286183

Title: William McElwee Miller interviewed by Alan C. Thomson, 1979, cassette 2, side b
Creator Name(s): Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993 (interviewee), Thomson, Alan Craft, 1931-2013 (interviewer)
Date Created: 1979, January 17, 1979, January 17, 1979
Name Subject(s): Christian Hospital (Mashhad, Iran), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical -- Iran
Physical Location: CASSETTE559; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Interviews I-VII [sound recording] / conducted by Alan C. Thomson.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1170
Identifier (local): CASSETTE559r2sideb
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344311

Title: William McElwee Miller interviewed by Alan C. Thomson, 1979, cassette 2, side a
Creator Name(s): Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993 (interviewee), Thomson, Alan Craft, 1931-2013 (interviewer)
Date Created: 1979, January 10, 1979, January 10, 1979
Name Subject(s): Christian Hospital (Mashhad, Iran), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical -- Iran
Physical Location: CASSETTE559; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Interviews I-VII [sound recording] / conducted by Alan C. Thomson.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1170
Identifier (local): CASSETTE559r2sidea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344310

Title: Tehran Community School
Description: Community School was a Presbyterian boarding school in Tehran, Iran, from 1935 to 1980. What began as a school for “mish kids” (the children of Presbyterian missionaries) eventually enrolled Americans of all backgrounds; English-speaking students of dozens of nationalities and different faiths; and, of course, Iranians, who constituted most of the student body by the 1960s. The faculty and staff were just as diverse. At its height in the 1970s, some 1,500 students attended Community School each year. This collection includes oral histories with alumni and faculty who attended the school as well as photographs and floor plans. Featured image: Southwest view of Tehran Community School.
Name Subject(s): Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topical Subject(s): Community schools--Iran--Tehran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): islandora:tehran_community_school
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:tehran_community_school

Title: Aftermath of a mission that failed.
Description: The rotor blades of a burned-out U.S. helicopter create a stark silhouette against the desert skies of eastern Iran where the American commando mission to rescue the hostages proved impossible after equipment failure. Photo, taken Saturday April 26, also shows U.S. helicopter that was left behind when the mission was aborted.
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 26, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran., , , , Asia--Iran--------------, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53574; 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_PC-53574
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148670

Title: Thomas Kirkpatrick Papers
Description: 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.
Creator Name(s): Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941. (photographer)
Date Created: 1911, ca. 1911-1914
Name Subject(s): Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran--Description and travel., Asia--Iran
Identifier (local): tlkirkpatrick
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:tlkirkpatrick

Title: Town raises flag a day for U.S. hostages.
Description: Employees of a Hermitage, Pa. cemetery raise another flag recently, to the collection marking the days that the U.S. hostages are held in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, February 28, 1980, February 28, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Flags--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Hermitage (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Mercer--Pennsylvania--Hermitage
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53413; 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_PC-53413
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150022

Title: A moment of prayer in Teheran.
Description: Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church, prays with an unidentified hostage during an Easter visit in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 6, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Iran, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. C-53525; 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-53525
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148550

Title: Belle Hawkes Papers
Description: Born as Sarah Belknap Sherwood, Belle Hawkes was appointed to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission in 1883. In 1884, she married the Reverend James W. Hawkes, also of the East Persia Mission. Stationed in Hamadān for 36 years, she ministered to the needs of Armenian, Jewish, and Muslim women and children. Her home became a center of missionary service and hospitality to the flow of travelers between Tehran and Baghdad. She died in service in 1919. The collection consists primarily of Belle Hawkes' outgoing correspondence addressed to her family during her years in Hamadān, and her diaries. It also contains photographs of the East Persia missionaries, including Belle herself. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Belle Hawkes on her pet horse.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator), Hawkes, James W. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries., Hawkes, James W., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran, Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadān, Iran
Physical Location: RG 116; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg116

Title: Shedd family home.
Description: Shedd City Residence.
Date Created: 1892, ca. 1892-1918
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Shedd family--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Dwellings--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran, Asia--Iran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Shedd Family Papers, 1888-1934.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA0MTg=
Identifier (local): 16-0623_b2_f3_013_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140097

Title: Cheerful mother of hostage patiently awaits his return.
Description: Toni Sickmann, mother of U.S. Marine Rodney V. Sickmann -- one of the 50 hostages being held in the American Embassy in Tehran -- displays her faith, patriotism, and good cheer on as she smiles from a decorated window of her home.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, March 27, 1980, March 27, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sickmann, Toni., Sickmann, Rodney V.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects: Missouri., North and Central America--United States--Franklin--Missouri--Krakow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53478; 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_PC-53478
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148472

Title: Priest's T-shirt gives message of Lenten prayer crusade.
Description: The Rev. Bede Ferrara, a Franciscan priest, smiles as he shows the T-shirt given to him by Allyssa Keough, of Brookline, whose father, William, is one of the 50 hostages being held by militants in Iran.
Date Created: 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscan Fathers: Province of the Immaculate Conception., Ferrara, Bede.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects: Lynn (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Essex--Massachusetts--Lynn
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53460; 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_PC-53460
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150072

Title: Priest's T-shirt gives message of Lenten prayer crusade.
Description: The Rev. Bede Ferrara, a Franciscan priest, smiles as he shows the T-shirt given to him by Allyssa Keough, of Brookline, whose father, William, is one of the 50 hostages being held by militants in Iran.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53460; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53460
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150221

Title: Priest's T-shirt gives message of Lenten prayer crusade, press release.
Date Created: 1980, circa March 30, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscan Fathers: Province of the Immaculate Conception., Ferrara, Bede.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects: Lynn (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Essex--Massachusetts--Lynn
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53460; 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_PC-53460_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149723

Title: Shedd Family Papers
Description: The Shedd family were Presbyterian missionaries in West Persia from 1892 to 1918. William Ambrose Shedd was appointed to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission in 1892 and served until his death in 1918. His first wife, Adela Myers Shedd served from 1894 until her death in 1901. His second wife, Louise Wilbur Shedd, served from 1900 until her death in 1915. This collection includes photographs of missionary work and travels in Iran and Turkey.
Featured image: Urmia Hospital staff at dinner, ca. 1890-1920.
Creator Name(s): Shedd family (creator)
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918., Shedd, Louise Wilbur, 1868-1915., Shedd, John Haskell, 1833-1895., Shedd, Margaret, 1900-, Coa, Frederick G. (Frederick Gaylord), 1859-1943., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran, Turkey, Asia--Iran, Asia--Turkey
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Shedd Family papers, 1888-1934.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA0MTg=
Identifier (local): 16-0623
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:shedd_family

Title: Ballston Female Heathen School Society Records.
Description: The Ballston Female Heathen School Society was founded in 1817 by fifty-seven women from the Ballston region of New York to support the work of the Princeton Theological Seminary and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' (ABCFM) work in Brainerd, North Carolina and Ceylon. Its scope later broadened to include support for mission work in Beirut, Syria, Iran, and with Native Americans near Detroit. The collection includes the Society’s constitution, annual reports, a subscriber roll with contributions, acknowledgments of contributions, and correspondence from recipients of support. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Ballston Female Heathen School Society constitution, 1817.
Creator Name(s): Ballston Female Heathen School Society.
Name Subject(s): Ballston Female Heathen School Society., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions., Princeton Theological Seminary.
Topical Subject(s): Women in missionary work., Women--Societies and clubs.
Geographic subjects: Ballston (N.Y. : Town), North American--United States--New York--Saratoga
Physical Location: RG 422; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-422
Identifier (local): islandora:rg422
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg422

Title: The Middle East forum / Amal Dibo and others, side 1.
Description: Recorded at the United Presbyterian Women's National Meeting, Purdue University, July 17-22, 1985.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Women. National Meeting (1985 : Purdue University), Dibo, Amal. (speaker)
Date Created: 1985, July 1985, July 1985
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Middle East., Refugees, Arab--Lebanon., Refugees, Arab--Palestine.
Geographic subjects: Middle East.
Physical Location: CASSETTE 1169; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: The Middle East forum [sound recording] / Amal Dibo and others.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=745
Identifier (local): cassette1169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286643

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