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Title: Margaretta B. Wells interview, about 1967.
Description: Audio tape interview of Margaretta B. Wells regarding the family’s December 1941 journey of escape from Thailand, arrival in the United States, and the war years in Washington D.C., circa 1967.
Creator Name(s): Wells, Margaretta B. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1967, ca. 1967
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Thailand Mission., Wells, Margaretta B.--Archives., Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Thailand--History--20th century., Missionaries--Thailand--History--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Geographic subjects: Thailand., Washington (D.C.), Asia--Thailand, North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 268, Box 18, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Kenneth E. Wells and Margaretta B. Wells Papers, circa 1859-2000.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-268
Identifier (local): rg268_b18_f1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116528

Title: Official schedule/timetable of Mother Joseph celebrations.
Description: Program of Mother Joseph celebrations, including the presentation of the statue to President Jimmy Carter.
Creator Name(s): Mother Joseph Foundation. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 30-May 1, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Charity of Providence., De Weldon, Felix, 1907-2003.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Northwest, Pacific., Bronze sculpture--20th century., Bronze sculpture, American., Sculptors--United States.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Northwest, Pacific., , , , , 20th century., , , , United States., , , , , , , , , Washington (D.C.), , , , North and Central America--United States--------District of Columbia--Washington----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. C-53553; 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-53553_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149206

Title: Margaret Moore Gottlieb auto-biographical essays.
Description: Two autobiographical essays by Margaret Moore Gottlieb, daughter of American missionaries in India. The first is typewritten and recounts the author's life, beginning in 1937, when she was studying at Wooster College in Wooster, Ohio. Subsequently, this essay recounts the story of Margaret Moore Gottlieb's married life, to Sid Gottlieb, including their rural lifestyle in Northern Virginia, the raising of their four children, their later years spent traveling and volunteering in Australia, Africa, and India, a five-year stint spent residing in Santa Cruz, California, and finally their move back to Northern Virginia. In the second essay, titled "The Anguish of India," the author recounts her childhood and adolescence living in a rural town in India, her feelings about missionary work, her sentiments toward the greater culture she encountered in India, and her thoughts about this culture after returning forty years later to work for a time in a mission hospital.
Creator Name(s): Gottlieb, Margaret Moore, 1919- (author)
Date Created: circa 1990s, 1990
Name Subject(s): Gottlieb, Sidney, 1918-1999., Gottlieb, Margaret Moore, 1919-, College of Wooster.
Topical Subject(s): Children of missionaries--India--20th Century--Biography., Missionaries--India--20th Century.
Geographic subjects: India, 20th Century, India, 20th Century., District of Columbia., India., North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia, Asia--India, North and Central America--United States--California--Santa Cruz--Santa Cruz, North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Wayne--Wooster, Australia--State of Tasmania--Perth, Africa, North and Central America--United States--Virginia
Physical Location: RG 489, Box 1, Folder 24; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Moore Family Papers, 1910-1997.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-489
Identifier (local): rg489_b1_f24_auto-biographical_essays
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:287129

Title: Nine birthday dinners honor Dr. Jones.
Creator Name(s): Methodist Information (Washington, D.C.) (author)
Date Created: 1964, January 3, 1964, January 3, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jones, E. Stanley (Eli Stanley), 1884-1973., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Hays, Marion Prather., Youngdahl, Luther W., 1896-1978., Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Evangelists--Washington (D.C.), Returned missionaries--India., Birthdays--Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30498; 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_P-30498_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352668

Title: Nine birthday dinners honor Dr. Jones.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30498 NINE BIRTHDAY DINNERS HONOR DR. JONES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nine dinners held in various cities across the country paid tribute to Dr. E. Stanley Jones, internationally known missionary-evangelist and author, on his 80th birthday (Jan. 3). The Methodist minister, who spoke at each of the events, is shown addressing a dinner at Washington’s Mt. Vernon Place Methodist church. Seated at his right are Mrs. Brooks Hays, wife of the former special assistant to President Johnson, and U.S. District Court Judge Luther W. Youngdahl of Washington, chairman of a national committee of 80 prominent persons which sponsored the dinners. Dr. Jones is scheduled to go abroad to conduct a number of evangelistic crusades in India, Japan, Hong Kong and the Phillipines [sic]. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-1D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Methodist Information (Washington, D.C.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 3, 1964, January 3, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jones, E. Stanley (Eli Stanley), 1884-1973., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Hays, Marion Prather., Youngdahl, Luther W., 1896-1978., Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Evangelists--Washington (D.C.), Returned missionaries--India., Birthdays--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), India., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30498; 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_P-30498
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352959

Title: Bongo beat.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30609 BONGO BEAT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Songs to the accompaniment of bongo drums. The drummers are Sister Pierre de Sauveur, left, and Sister Thomas Edward of the White Sisters of Africa. Members of their order sang African folk songs at a Washington, D.C. program for African missions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-RO-2B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 6, 1964, February 6, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., White Sisters.
Topical Subject(s): Folk songs--Africa., Bongo music., Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Missions--Study and teaching--Washington (D.C.), Missionaries--Africa.
Geographic subjects: Africa., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Africa., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30609; 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-30609
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353722

Title: Truman confers with Baptist missionaries.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN CONFERS WITH BAPTIST MISSIONARIES #1896 WASHINGTON -- President Truman, a Baptist himself, is shown at the White House with some of the 31 Baptist missionaries who called on him during the observance of World Mission Week. Front row (left to right) are: Rev. H. C. Lacerda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian pastor; Mrs. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Louise N. Griffin, South China; Inabelle Coleman, China missionary from Durham, N.C.; Mrs. H. P. McCormick, Nigeria, Brookhaven, Miss.; Democratic Congressman A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield, Louisiana; President Truman; Rev. Luther J. Holcomb, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Luther J. Holcomb; Martha Franks, China, Richmond, Va.; Dr. E. H. Clayton, China, New York City, and Mrs. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Back row (left to right) are: Rev. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Rev. Howard Haworth, Washington, D.C.; H. Lee Addleman, Palestine, Louisville, Ky.; R. Dean Woodwin, New York City; Dr. Marian Criswell, West China, Wichita, Kansas; Dr. A. S. Gillespie, China, Wake Forest, N.C.; Dr. J. W. Marshall, Richmond, Va.; Dr. S. F. Dowis, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Alfred Carpenter, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. M. Chandler Stith, Washington, D.C.; Geraldine Brown, Washington, D.C.; Earl Riley, president of Bacone Junior College, Bacone, Okla.; Rev. James Belote, Hawaii, Washington, D.C.; Rev. A. F. Merrill, Assam, Plainfield, N.J.; Rev. A. Lincoln Smith, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Lewis Martin, Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-WASH-MES-3A-46-B)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Missionaries--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Colonies--Religious aspects., Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1896; 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_1896
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358672

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