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Title: Rachel Kerr Johnson Papers.
Description: Born in February 1837, Rachel Kerr Johnson and her husband William F. (Will) Johnson served as Presbyterian missionaries in the northwestern provinces of India from 1860-1884. Upon their return to the United States, Rachel became a frequent speaker at women's missionary society meetings in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia. She died in 1888 of injuries sustained in a buggy accident. The collection consists of correspondence from Rachel Kerr Johnson to her family members from 1856, her first year at the Female Seminary in Steubenville, Ohio, until 1888. Her letters reveal the dynamics of family relations and provide colorful descriptions and keen insight about India and mission life. The collection includes a few letters written by her husband Will (William F.) and daughters Mary (Mary Ella) and Jane (Jennie). View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Rachel Kerr Johnson correspondence, 1886-1888.
Creator Name(s): Johnson, Rachel Kerr, 1837-1888., Johnson, William F., 1838-1926., Johnson, Mary Ella, 1864-, Johnson, Jane, 1870-
Date Created: 1854-1888, 1854
Name Subject(s): Johnson, Rachel Kerr, 1837-1888--Archives., Kerr, Frank., Kerr, Samuel., Kerr, Stella., Johnson, Edwin, 1865-1890., Biddle University., Steubenville Female Seminary.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Presbyterian Church--India., Evangelistic work--India., Female seminaries--Ohio--Steubenville., Returned missionaries--Charlotte.--North Carolina, Women in missionary work--India--19th century., Women missionaries--India--19th century.
Geographic subjects: India., India., Ohio, Steubenville., Charlotte., North Carolina, India, 19th century., India, 19th century., India., Steubenville (Ohio), Asia--India, North America--United States--Ohio--Jefferson--Steubenville
Physical Location: RG 392; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Rachel Kerr Johnson Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-392
Identifier (local): rg392
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg392

Title: Miss Donaldina Cameron.
Description: Donaldina Cameron, head of the Occidental Board of Foreign Missions in San Francisco, which rescued Chinese immigrant girls and women from sex trafficking. Text transcribed from caption: Miss Donaldina Cameron, a San Francisco woman who is not especially popular with certain classes of Chinamen. For twenty years she has been in charge of the rescue work of the Occidental Board of Foreign Missions in San Francisco, and in that time she has rescued from slavery 1,500 Chinese girls. Women's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, No. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Date Created: not dated
Name Subject(s): Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968, Donaldina Cameron House.
Topical Subject(s): Home missions--United States., Church work with immigrants--California--San Francisco., Human trafficking--San Francisco.--California, Church work with children--California--San Francisco., Church work with prostitutes--California--San Francisco., Women missionaries--San Francisco--California
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, California, San Francisco., San Francisco., California, California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., San Francisco, California, San Francisco (Calif.), North America--United States--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: RG 414 ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Donaldina Mackenzie Cameron (1869-1968) Biographical Vertical File.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83724
Identifier (local): ds1849
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6103

Title: Sheldon Jackson and Laplanders aboard the Bear.
Description: Sheldon Jackson and Laplanders aboard the Bear.
Date Created: ca. 1855-1908, 1855
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topical Subject(s): Sami (European people), Missionaries--Alaska., Home missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Alaska., Alaska., Alaska, Alaska, North America--Region--United States
Physical Location: RG 239, Box 11, Folder 29, no. 275; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Sheldon Jackson Papers, 1855-1909.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-239
Identifier (local): ds2774
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6945

Title: Porto Rico: isle of charm (about 1930), reel 2.
Description: Second reel of a two reel film on Presbyterianism in Puerto Rico. Includes footage of Presbyterian children's hospital, daily life, students in Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Date Created: 1930, about 1930, about 1930
Name Subject(s): Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico (San Juan, P.R.)
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Puerto Rico
Geographic subjects: North America--United States--Puerto Rico
Physical Location: MOTION PICTURE A110; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Porto Rico [motion picture] : the island of charm.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1700
Identifier (local): A110_porto_rico
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146309

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