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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: Happy homecoming.
Description: Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
Creator Name(s): San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
Date Created: 1985, November 3, 1985, November 3, 1985
Name Subject(s): Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: MUSEUM 1163; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Happy homecoming.
Identifier (local): ds5050
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:10149

Title: Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1949 to 1950.
Description: Some correspondence includes Aimee Millican's time in the United States before the Millicans were transferred to the Philippines Mission in 1950.
Creator Name(s): Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Date Created: 1949, 1949-1950
Name Subject(s): Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Hartford Seminary Foundation.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelistic work--Philippines., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Missions--Educational work--Philippines.
Geographic subjects: Hartford (Conn.), Stanwood (Wash.), California., Manila (Philippines), North and Central America--United States--Hartford--Connecticut--Hartford, North and Central America--United States--Snohomish--Washington--Stanwood, North and Central America--United States--California, Asia--Philippines--Manila
Physical Location: RG 199, Box 1, Folder 15; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Millican Family Papers, 1900-1984.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-199
Identifier (local): rg199_b1_f15
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:136527

Title: Arthur L. Carson correspondence with David S. Hibbard, 1958-1961.
Description: Correspondence primarily with David S. Hibbard, the first president of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Also includes biographical items related to Hibbard, including newspaper clippings.
Creator Name(s): Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895- (author), Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966. (addressee)
Date Created: 1958, ca. 1958-1961
Name Subject(s): Carson, Arthur L. (Arthur Leroy), 1895---Archives., Silliman University--History., Hibbard, David Sutherland, 1868-1966., Hibbard, Laura.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Philippines--Dumaguete., College presidents--Philippines--Dumaguete.
Geographic subjects: Philippines, Dumaguete., Philippines, Dumaguete., New York (N.Y.), Pasadena (Calif.), Dumaguete (Philippines), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, North and Central America--United States--California--Los Angeles--Pasadena, Asia--Philippines--Negros Oriental--Dumaguete
Physical Location: RG 59, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Arthur L. Carson Papers, 1890-1960.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-59
Identifier (local): rg59_b1_f4a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161068

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

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