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Title: Little Ah Yee of the Opium Dens.
Description: Caption title: Chinese waifdom; a memorial tribute to Little Ah Yee, her life and death.
Creator Name(s): Cable, Emma R. (author)
Date Created: 1886
Name Subject(s): Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A.). Occidental Board.
Topical Subject(s): Chinese--United States., Chinese Americans--Missions--California., Opium trade--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: United States., California., California, San Francisco., North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: PAM BV 2787 .C32 1886; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Little Ah Yee of the opium dens.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=41935
Identifier (local): pam_bv_2787_c32_1886
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:141136

Title: Lakeside Church in San Francisco, California.
Description: [Long shot--interior of the crowded Lakeside Church in San Francisco, California.]
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Date Created: 1951
Name Subject(s): Lakeside Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Church development, New--United States--20th century., Home missions--United States--20th century., Church buildings--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc., North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: KIT 337; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A Forest of steeples presented by the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. slide.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35945
Identifier (local): ds4054
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8289

Title: Occidental board.
Description: Occidental Board Headquarters and Mission Home, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco [p. 151].
Date Created: 1906
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (218th : 2008 : San Jose, Calif.), Occidental Board Mission Home for Chinese Girls., Chinese Presbyterian Girls' Home (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topical Subject(s): Buildings--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco., Home missions--California--San Francisco., Chinese American women---California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco Bay Area. (Calif.)--Church history., San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc., North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: BV 2570 .A1 W9 1906 ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Woman's work for woman.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=13085
Identifier (local): ds1754
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6245

Title: Fiftieth anniversary historical sketch.
Description: Pamphlet celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission, 1853-1903.
Creator Name(s): Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
Date Created: 1903
Name Subject(s): Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.), Chinese Presbyterian Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Topical Subject(s): Chinese Americans--Missions., Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco., Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: PAM BV 2787 .C55 1903; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Fiftieth anniversary historical sketch.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=41989
Identifier (local): pam_bv_2787_c55_1903
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:177255

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: Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, 1960.
Description: Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, both personal in nature and official, during his time at COEMAR, 1960. Also includes a letter from E. Otto DeCamp.
Creator Name(s): Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Date Created: 1960
Name Subject(s): Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994., DeCamp, E. Otto., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects: Korea., Oakland (Calif.), Seoul (Korea), San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--Alameda--California--Oakland, Asia--South Korea--Seoul, North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0639; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Golden and Dick Baird correspondence, 1922-1935.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTc5NTU=
Identifier (local): 18-0639_15_correspondence_1960
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:173588

Title: Cameron House, San Francisco, ca. 1920s.
Description: Group of women and girls at Chinese Mission Home - San Francisco, California.
Date Created: 1920, ca. 1920s
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Donaldina Cameron House., Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968.
Topical Subject(s): Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco, 20th century., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RG 303, Box 4, Folder 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency Photographs, ca. 1870-ca. 1982.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-303
Identifier (local): ds6493
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150478

Title: Dr. Rogers baptizing a baby.
Description: [Dr. Rogers of Lakeside Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California baptizing a baby.]
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Date Created: 1951
Name Subject(s): Lakeside Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Church development, New--United States--20th century., Home missions--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc., North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: KIT 337; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A Forest of steeples presented by the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. slide.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35945
Identifier (local): ds4055
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8335

Title: Correspondence to the Board of Foreign Missions from Divie Bethune McCartee.
Description: Bound collection of letters, clippings, and articles, including portraits of Divie Bethune McCartee. Primarily letters to the Board of Foreign Missions from Dr. Divie Bethune McCartee, but also includes a letter to Juana Knight McCartee from A.R. Kepler, 1905; letters to Dr. McCartee from T. Sasaoka, 1897; a letter to Robert E. Speer from Juana, 1899; a typed letter to Henry W. Grant, Esq., 1900 (handwritten draft version, see folder 9); a letter from Juana notifying Speer of Dr. McCartee's death, 1900; an obituary and bibliography for Dr. McCartee; and clippings relating to Dr. McCartee and East Asian missions.
Creator Name(s): McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author), McCartee, Juana Knight, -1920 (author), Sasaoka, T. (author)
Date Created: 1889, 1889-1905, 1889-1905
Name Subject(s): McCartee family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission., Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Gillespie, John, 1830?-1899., Grant, Henry W.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), New York (N.Y.), San Francisco (Calif.), Taipei (Taiwan), Ningbo Shi (China), Asia--Japan--Tokyo, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco, Asia--Taiwan--Taibei--Taipei, Asia--China--Zhejiang--Ningbo
Physical Location: RG 177, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: McCartee Family Papers, 1854-1906.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-177
Identifier (local): rg177_b1_f6
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:144017

Title: Laughlin grave.
Description: [Loughlin grave].
Date Created: ca. 1918, 1918
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (218th : 2008 : San Jose, Calif.), Laughlin, J. H. (John Hood), 1854-1918--Death and burial., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Foreign Missions. Dept. of Missionary Personnel--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Sepulchral monuments--California--San Francisco., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco Bay Area. (Calif.)--Church history., China--Missionaries., North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Hood Laughlin Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MjA5MA==
Identifier (local): ds1752
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6201

Title: Dr. Rogers receives members].
Description: [Dr. Rogers of Lakeside Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California, receives members.]
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer), Elkins, Joseph M. (photographer)
Date Created: 1951
Name Subject(s): Lakeside Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Church development, New--United States--20th century., Home missions--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc., North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: KIT 337; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A Forest of steeples presented by the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. slide.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35945
Identifier (local): ds4056
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8318

Title: Arthur Garner Welbon's seminary graduation photo, 1900.
Description: Arthur Garner Welbon (1866-1928). Fourth son of Thomas and Mary Esther. Picture taken for his graduation from San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1900. [From p. 24 of "Arthur goes to Korea : the early life of Arthur Garner Welbon and his first years as a missionary to Korea, 1900-1902" by Priscilla Welbon Ewy.]
Creator Name(s): Ewy, Priscilla Welbon, 1937- (author)
Date Created: 2008
Name Subject(s): Welbon, Arthur Garner, 1866-1928--Portraits., San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea--Portraits., Seminarians--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: Korea, California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: FOLIO BV 3462.W4 E88 2008; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Arthur Garner Welbon (1866-1928) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=NTg4OA==
Identifier (local): ds6519
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153019

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Japanese American Citizens League San Francisco Chapter.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Name Subject(s): Japanese American Citizens' League.
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: SLIDES B34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Relocation of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War] slide.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1866
Identifier (local): ds5240
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57366

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: SLIDES B34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Relocation of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War] [slide].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1866
Identifier (local): ds5488
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82604

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: SLIDES B34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Relocation of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War] [slide].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1866
Identifier (local): ds5486
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82720

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: SLIDES B34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Relocation of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War] [slide].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1866
Identifier (local): ds5490
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82686

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: SLIDES B34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Relocation of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War] [slide].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1866
Identifier (local): ds5485
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82672

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League) San Francisco Chapter.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--California., Incarceration camps--California., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: SLIDES B34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Relocation of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War] [slide].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1866
Identifier (local): ds5487
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82678

Title: Returning to China mission field.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RETURNING TO CHINA MISSION FIELD #c-3265 SAN FRANCISCO -- The Rev. Herbert F. Vandenberg (left), of Chicago, and the Rev. Vincent D. Smith, of Milwaukee, Wis., are shown in their stateroom on the S.S. Lakeland Victory before its departure for China where they will resume their mission work interrupted by the war. The Vincentian priests, two of a group of four, are returning to Yukiang, remote part of Kiangsi province, 400 miles southwest of Shanghai. When the Japanese occupied the region they fled to the hills. They arrived back in this country after five months of walking, hitch-hiking, and sailing. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BLR-SF-MES-4C-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., Vandenberg, Herbert F., Smith, Vincent D.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--California--San Francisco., Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., World War, 1939-1945--China.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., China, Yujiang Xian., China., San Francisco (Calif.), Yujiang Xian (China), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3265; 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-3265
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359108

Title: Mass meeting honors missionaries.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #S-4540 MASS MEETING HONORS MISSIONARIES SAN FRANCISCO -- Temporarily stranded here by the shipping strike, 400 missionaries bound for the Orient crowd the stage of the Opera House during a mass-meeting held in their honor. More than 3,000 persons attended the meeting, which was addressed by Henry R. Luce, editor of Time, Life and Fortune magazines, and other outstanding in public life. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AC-NY-MES-9C-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Grand Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.), Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967.
Topical Subject(s): Labor disputes--California--San Francisco., Meetings--California--San Francisco., Missionaries--California--San Francisco., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., Asia., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4540; 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_S-4540
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360328

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