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Title: A Persian oven.
Description: Two girls cooking with an Iranian oven.
Date Created: 1892, ca. 1892-1918
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Cooking--Iran., Girls--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., , Iran., , Iran., , , , , , Iran, , , , Asia--Iran----, --
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 5; 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_f5_019
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139125

Title: A group of dispensary patients at the door of Westminster Hospital, Urmia, Iran.
Description: A Group of Dispensary Patients at the Door of Westminster Hospital.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. (publisher)
Date Created: n.d.
Name Subject(s): Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran--20th century., Missions--Iran--20th century., Missionaries--Iran--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Asia--Iran--West Azerbaijan--Orūmīyeh, Urūmīyah (Iran)
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Joseph P. Cochran Sr. (1855-1905) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org /cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=49195
Identifier (local): ds5004
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8491

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: A pastor and his family.
Description: Son of Selly - a pastor and his family. L.W.S.
Date Created: 1892, ca. 1892-1918
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Clergy--Iran--Urūmīyah., Families of clergy--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Urūmīyah., Iran, Urūmīyah., Iran, Urūmīyah., , , , , Urūmīyah (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--West Azerbaijan--Orūmīyeh, --
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 5; 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_f5_004
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139070

Title: A prayer being offered.
Date Created: 1960, circa 1960
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Prayer groups--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 129; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b6_f129_12
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339579

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: Alborz College and staff.
Date Created: 1930, circa 1930s
Name Subject(s): Elder family--Archives., American College of Teheran., Dabīristān-i Alburz.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RG 189, Box 1, Folder 9; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Elder Family Papers, 1925-1979.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-189
Identifier (local): ds7245
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288822

Title: Alborz to Iranzamin.
Description: Essay by J. Richard Irvine, educator and missionary to Iran. Also features a letter addressed to Frederick Heuser of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator Name(s): Irvine, John Richard. (author), Heuser, Frederick J. (addressee)
Date Created: 1998
Name Subject(s): Irvine, John Richard., Community School (Tehran, Iran), Dabīristān-i Alburz., Iranzamin School (Tajrīsh, Iran), Irvine, Mary Ann.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missions--Educational work--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Richard Irvine (1923-2022) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MjU5Nw==
Identifier (local): rg360-1_jr_irvine_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288839

Title: All Iran Church Conference, Tehran, circa 1930.
Creator Name(s): Khadem, M. D. (publisher)
Date Created: 1930, circa 1930
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Religious meetings--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 128; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b6_f128_10
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339746

Title: All Iran Summer Conference in Isfahan, 1932.
Date Created: 1932, Summer 1932, Summer 1932
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Iṣfahān., Meetings--Iran--Iṣfahān.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Iṣfahān., Iran, Iṣfahān., Iṣfahān (Iran), Asia--Iran--Eşfahān--Eşfahān
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 124; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b6_f124-1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:340099

Title: All Iran Summer Conference in Isfahan, 1932.
Date Created: 1932, Summer 1932, Summer 1932
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Iṣfahān., Meetings--Iran--Iṣfahān.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Iṣfahān., Iran, Iṣfahān., Iṣfahān (Iran), Asia--Iran--Eşfahān--Eşfahān
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 124; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b6_f124-2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:340074

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: American Sunday School Union papers, 1817-1915.
Creator Name(s): Sokolosky, Barbara A. (editor)
Date Created: 1980
Name Subject(s): American Sunday-School Union., American Sunday-School Union--Archives--Microform catalogs.
Topical Subject(s): Protestant churches--Publishers and publishing.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: REF BV 1503 .A47 A3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: American Sunday School Union papers, 1817-1915 : a guide to the microfilm collection.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=34289
Identifier (local): ref_bv1503_a47_a3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:248

Title: Annie Montgomery.
Description: Annie Montgomery standing, formal pose.
Date Created: ca. 1882-1917, 1882
Name Subject(s): Montgomery, Annie., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Foreign Missions. Dept. of Missionary Personnel--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran--Missionaries.
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Annie Montgomery Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MjQ3OA==
Identifier (local): ds2468
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6576

Title: Ark Square.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: A nearer view of the central decorations of the Ark Square, Meshed, which consisted of a blaze of 300 lamps, ranged tier upon tier.
Date Created: 1915, ca. 1915-1922
Name Subject(s): Hoffman, Rolla E. (Rolla Edwards), 1887-1974--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Mashhad--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Mashhad, 20th century., Mashhad (Iran), Asia--Iran--Mashhad--Khorāsān-e Raẕavī
Physical Location: RG 231, Box 1, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Rolla Edwards Hoffman Papers, ca. 1915-1949.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-231
Identifier (local): ds1377
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5296

Title: Armenian Class, Tehran, Persia.
Date Created: 1871, circa 1871-1884
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Bassett, James, 1834-1906., Bassett, Abigail.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Armenians--Missions--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 128; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b6_f128_08
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339616

Title: Assyrian and National Church History: History of Iran: Rise of Islam.
Description: Volume 1 of Isaac Moorhatch's two-volume manuscript work "Assyrian and National Church History: History of Iran: Rise of Islam." The work is written in Assyrian, and each volume includes a table of contents. The date of the manuscript is not known, but internal evidence suggests that it was finished in 1938. Pages 530-533 and 620-623 of the manuscript are blank.
Creator Name(s): Moorhatch, Isaac B., 1880-1951 (author)
Date Created: 1938, circa 1938
Topical Subject(s): Islam--Iran--History., Assyrians--History
Geographic subjects: Iran, Iran, Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 379, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Isaac B. Moorhatch Papers, 1938.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-379
Identifier (local): rg379_b1_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300810

Title: Assyrian and National Church History: History of Iran: Rise of Islam.
Description: Volume 2 of Isaac Moorhatch's two-volume manuscript work "Assyrian and National Church History: History of Iran: Rise of Islam." The work is written in Assyrian, and each volume includes a table of contents. The date of the manuscript is not known, but internal evidence suggests that it was finished in 1938.
Creator Name(s): Moorhatch, Isaac B., 1880-1951 (author)
Date Created: 1938, circa 1938
Topical Subject(s): Islam--Iran--History., Assyrians--History
Geographic subjects: Iran, Iran, Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 379, Box 1, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Isaac B. Moorhatch Papers, 1938.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-379
Identifier (local): rg379_b1_f3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:301437

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: Baqubah refugee camp.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: March 1919 Baquba refugees (10,000 tents).
Date Created: 1919, March 1919
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects: Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Baʻqūbah (Iraq), Asia--Iraq--Diyālá--Baʻqūbah
Physical Location: Gal3 Ir12g; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission. Photographs from the estate of Marie Gillespie, missionary to Iran, 1917-1940.
Identifier (local): ds6844
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280812

Title: Baqubah refugee camp.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Nahrawan Canal. At the top of the bank are rows and rows of tents. Refugee camp 1918-19 Baquba. People of Urumia fled from Turkish Invasion. Mrs. Wm. Shedd Marie Gillespie Missionaries worked here.
Date Created: 1918, circa 1918-1919
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Gillespie, Marie., Shedd, Louise Wilbur.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Women missionaries--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Missions--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects: Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Baʻqūbah (Iraq), Asia--Iraq--Diyālá--Baʻqūbah
Physical Location: Gal3 Ir12g; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission. Photographs from the estate of Marie Gillespie, missionary to Iran, 1917-1940.
Identifier (local): ds6861
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280791

Title: Baqubah refugee camp.
Date Created: 1918, circa 1918-1919
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Iraq--Baʻqūbah., Refugee camps--Iraq--Baʻqūbah.
Geographic subjects: Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Iraq, Baʻqūbah., Baʻqūbah (Iraq), Asia--Iraq--Diyālá--Baʻqūbah
Physical Location: Gal3 Ir12g; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission. Photographs from the estate of Marie Gillespie, missionary to Iran, 1917-1940.
Identifier (local): ds6866
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280790

Title: Barbara Hanville oral history transcript, 2015.
Description: Transcript of oral history interview with Barbara Hanville (née Schlup), a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Conducted as part of a series of interviews by Julian Cole Phillips during research for his M.A. thesis, "Missionary Education in the American Century: The Changing Mission of the Tehran Community School, 1932-1980." Transcript was extensively revised for clarity purposes.
Creator Name(s): Phillips, Julian Cole. (interviewer), Hanville, Barbara. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2015, September 19, 2015, September 19, 2015
Name Subject(s): Community School (Tehran, Iran), Hanville, Barbara.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-1222; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Julian Cole Phillips Tehran Community School oral histories, 2015-2016.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=107937
Identifier (local): Barbara_Hanville_Transcript_Final
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286091

Title: Barbara Hanville oral history, 2015.
Description: Oral history interview with Barbara Hanville (née Schlup), a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Conducted as part of a series of interviews by Julian Cole Phillips during research for his M.A. thesis, "Missionary Education in the American Century: The Changing Mission of the Tehran Community School, 1932-1980."
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-1222; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): Interview_Barbara_Hanville
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286116

Title: Barbara Hanville oral history, 2015.
Description: Oral history interview with Barbara Hanville (née Schlup), a former student of the Community School in Tehran, Iran. Conducted as part of a series of interviews by Julian Cole Phillips during research for his M.A. thesis, "Missionary Education in the American Century: The Changing Mission of the Tehran Community School, 1932-1980."
Creator Name(s): Phillips, Julian Cole. (interviewer), Hanville, Barbara. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2015, September 19, 2015, September 19, 2015
Name Subject(s): Community School (Tehran, Iran), Hanville, Barbara.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Community schools--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-1222; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Julian Cole Phillips Tehran Community School oral histories, 2015-2016.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=107937
Identifier (local): Interview_Barbara_Hanville
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:285929

Title: Beebee Khanoum.
Description: Beebee Khanoum and Ahmed in their room in hospital. Text transcribed from Rolla Edwards Hoffman photograph album #2, page 28.
Date Created: ca. 1915-1922, 1915
Name Subject(s): Hoffman, Rolla E. (Rolla Edwards), 1887-1974--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Hospitals--Iran--Mashhad., Missions, Medical--Iran--Mashhad.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Mashhad., Iran, Mashhad., Mashhad (Iran), Asia--Iran--Mashhad--Khorāsān-e Raẕavī
Physical Location: RG 231, Box 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Rolla Edwards Hoffman Papers, ca. 1915-1949.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-231
Identifier (local): ds1003
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5373

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: Belle Hawkes condolence letters, 1919-1920.
Description: Condolence letters addressed to Margaret Sherwood, Belle's younger sister, after Belle's death in December 1919. Written by various people in Belle Hawkes' life, including fellow missionaries in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Findley, Mary G. (author), Speer, Emma Bailey, 1872-1961. (author), Holmes, Mary W. (author), Pray, Margaret. (author), Farrington, Agnes E. (author), Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1919, 1919-1920, 1919-1920
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Condolence notes.
Geographic subjects: Iran.
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 7; 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_b1_f7
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:156451

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1872-1879.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, from 1872-1879. Organized chronologically. Predates her mission work in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1872, 1872-1879, 1872-1879
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, Williiam., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 2; 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_b1_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:154485

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1880-1885.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1880-1885. Organized chronologically, with earlier material predating her mission work in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1880, 1880-1885, 1880-1885
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, William., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 3; 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_b1_f3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:156957

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