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Title: Shedd Family Papers
Description: The Shedd family were Presbyterian missionaries in West Persia from 1892 to 1918. William Ambrose Shedd was appointed to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission in 1892 and served until his death in 1918. His first wife, Adela Myers Shedd served from 1894 until her death in 1901. His second wife, Louise Wilbur Shedd, served from 1900 until her death in 1915. This collection includes photographs of missionary work and travels in Iran and Turkey.
Featured image: Urmia Hospital staff at dinner, ca. 1890-1920.
Creator Name(s): Shedd family (creator)
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918., Shedd, Louise Wilbur, 1868-1915., Shedd, John Haskell, 1833-1895., Shedd, Margaret, 1900-, Coa, Frederick G. (Frederick Gaylord), 1859-1943., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran, Turkey, Asia--Iran, Asia--Turkey
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623; 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
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:shedd_family

Title: Shedd family home.
Description: Shedd City Residence.
Date Created: 1892, ca. 1892-1918
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Shedd family--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Dwellings--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran, Asia--Iran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 3; 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_f3_013_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140097

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: U.S. clergymen hold Easter services for hostages in Iran.
Description: The Rev. Darrell Ruppiper, center, a Roman Catholic priest from Omaha, Neb., and the Revs. Jack Bremmer, left, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Nelson Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo., both Methodists, chat with newsmen after their arrival in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 5, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., United Methodist Church (U.S.), Ruppiper, Darrell., Bremmer, Jack., Thompson, Nelson.
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. PC-53512; 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-53512
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148334

Title: Mother of U.S. hostage visits son in Iran.
Description: Barbara Timm and her husband Kenneth after visiting her son, Kevin Hermening, a U.S. hostage being held by militants at the American Embassy in Tehran.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 21, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Timm, Barbara., Timm, Kenneth., Hermening, Kevin.
Topical Subject(s): Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tehran (Iran), , , , Asia--Iran--------Tehrān--Tehran----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53558; 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-53558
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148262

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: Thomas Kirkpatrick Papers
Description: Thomas LeRoy Kirkpatrick was a Presbyterian missionary to Iran and a United States Navy chaplain. He was appointed to the PCUSA West Persia Mission, sailing for Tabriz in 1911. Kirkpatrick undertook evangelistic work in Tabriz and Urumiyah and traveled in present-day Armenia and Azerbaijan and elsewhere in the Caucasus. He remained in Iran until 1915. From 1918 to 1941 he served as a United States Navy chaplain. Kirkpatrick died on the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. This collection includes Kirkpatrick's photographs of Iran.
Featured image: Thomas Kirkpatrick photograph album, no. 2, North West view from Ark, ca. 1911-1914.
Creator Name(s): Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941. (photographer)
Date Created: 1911, ca. 1911-1914
Name Subject(s): Kirkpatrick, Thomas LeRoy, 1887-1941--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran--Description and travel., Asia--Iran
Identifier (local): tlkirkpatrick
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:tlkirkpatrick

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: Vatican Aide blesses remains of U.S. servicemen killed in Iran.
Description: Monsignor Annibale Bugnini, the papal representative in Iran, blesses the plastic-wrapped bodies of eight American servicemen killed in a hostage rescue attempt. To his left is Greek Catholic Archbishop Hilarion Capucci.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 30, 1980, April 30, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Bugnini, Annibale.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Prayers for the dead--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. PC-53590; 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-53590
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148574

Title: Charred bodies of rescue victims displayed in Iran.
Description: Ayatollah Sadiq Khalkhali watches as Iranian militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran uncover the body of one of the 8 American servicemen reportedly killed during the aborted raid to rescue U.S. hostages.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 27, 1980, April 27, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Armed Forces., United States. Army. Delta Force., Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq.
Topical Subject(s): Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Political kidnapping--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53573; 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_J-53573
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148643

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