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Title: Adams Family Papers
Description: The Adams family served as missionaries in Korea for two generations. This collection includes photographs, negatives, and a photograph album primarily documenting the period of the family's life and work at Taiku (Taegu), Korea. The collection also contains annual meeting photos of the Korea/Chosen Mission; a few "Dear Friends" letters written by Edward Adams in 1937, 1938 and 1941; and his annual personal report from Korea for 1938. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Young Benjamin Adams standing with two Korean men outside of a building.
Creator Name(s): Adams family. (creator)
Date Created: 1896, 1896, 1941, 1896-1941, 1896-1941
Name Subject(s): Adams family., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Edward, 1895-1965., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, George J. (George Jacob), 1907-, Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects: Korea., Korea., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_adams_family
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg251

Title: Addison and Katherine Talbot photograph album, 1920s.
Description: Addison and Katharine Talbot's photograph album depicting mission work in southern China, including photographs of friends, buildings, and landscapes around Kuling (Guling).
Creator Name(s): Talbot, Addison Alexander, 1877-1947. (creator), Talbot, Katherine, d. 1937. (creator)
Date Created: 1920, 1920s
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Missions--China.
Geographic subjects: Guling (China)--Description and travel., Asia--China--Jiangxi--Lushan
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0434, SPP 128; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Addison and Katherine Talbot photograph album, 1920s.
Identifier (local): 17-0434_spp128
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:86232

Title: William H. Sheppard Papers
Description: William H. Sheppard was a Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Congo for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, 1890-1910. Sheppard was one of the earliest African-American foreign missionaries for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. He and his wife, Lucy Gantt Sheppard, were stationed at Luebo and later at Ibanche. Collection consists primarily of photograph albums and photographs. Photographs document mission stations and churches at Luebo and Ibanche; the Sheppard family; other Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries; and native people of the Bateke, Baluba, Bakuba, Zappo Zap, and other tribes. The collection includes a small number of papers, including correspondence; Sheppard's reminiscences of his time at the Stillman Institute in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; a pamphlet entitled "How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom"; printed materials about the Congo and King Leopold; hymnbooks in Tshiluba and an unidentified language; and glass and nitrate negatives. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Sheppard with his mother.
Creator Name(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions., Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:whsheppard

Title: Photo Album of Peking, circa 1898.
Creator Name(s): Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916. (photographer)
Date Created: 1898, ca. 1898
Name Subject(s): Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916., Killie, Louise Scott, b. 1856., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Shantung Province., Missionaries--China., Missions--China.
Geographic subjects: China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901., Shantung Province (China)--History., Beijing (China)--History., Asia--China--Beijing
Physical Location: RG 226, Box 3, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Killie Family Papers, ca. 1889-1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-226
Identifier (local): rg226_b3_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:34427

Title: Millican Family Papers
Description: Correspondence, biographical materials, and photographs documenting the Millican family's missionary experiences in China, and to a lesser extent in the Philippines, emphasizing the difficulties of their work during the Sino-Japanese War of the late 1930s and during the post-World War II years. Edith Millican's correspondence documents medical work in China during and after World War II, giving insight into the training and experiences of, and opportunities for, American women doctors. Also included are photographs documenting Edith Millican's time serving the Board of National Missions as a physician in New Mexico. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Aimee and Frank Millican just before going to China, 1907.
Creator Name(s): Millican family. (creator)
Date Created: 1900-1984, 1902-1984, 1900, 1984, 1902-1984
Name Subject(s): Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. China Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Philippine Mission., Christian Literature Society for China., Chenhsien Hospital (Hunan, China), Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--New Mexico., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Religious literature--Distribution--China., Missions, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Religious broadcasting--China., Religious broadcasting--Philippines., Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.
Geographic subjects: New Mexico., Asia--China, Asia--Philippines, China., Philippines., North and Central America--United States--New Mexico
Physical Location: RG 199; 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_millican_family
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg199

Title: Africa in Picture.
Description: Dr. Kellersberger's Africa album - Front cover embossed, AFRICA IN PICTURE / A.P.C.M. BIBANGA / E.R.K., 1913-1943, 1970 and undated, bulk 1920s-1940. Contains over 2,000 items, mostly photographs. The album includes a topical index, an introductory note by Kellersberger, and multiple inscriptions. It primarily spans the years from the 1920s to 1940.
Creator Name(s): Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966. (creator)
Date Created: 1913-1943, 1970, 1913
Name Subject(s): Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966.
Topical Subject(s): African trypanosomiasis., Leprosy., Leprosy Hospitals--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tropical medicine--Congo (Democratic Republic), African trypanosomiasis., Missionaries, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic), African trypanosomiasis., Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 436, Box 27-30; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
Identifier (local): rg436_b27-30
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:9576

Title: 50 Views of Siege of Peking, 1900.
Description: Fifty views in the set, nine of them taken at the Methodist Compound, and forty-nine in the British, Russian, and American Legations, the Hanlin Yuan, the Mongol Market, and along the Wall. Included in this number are the twenty-six large views taken by request of the British Minister and the General Committee of Public Comfort of the Siege.
Creator Name(s): Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916. (photographer)
Date Created: 1900
Name Subject(s): Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916., Killie, Louise Scott, b. 1856., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Shantung Province., Missionaries--China., Missions--China.
Geographic subjects: China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901., Shantung Province (China)--History., Beijing (China)--History., Asia--China--North Carolina--Beijing
Physical Location: RG 226, Box 3, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Killie Family Papers, ca. 1889-1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-226
Identifier (local): rg226_b3_f1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:34313

Title: Kenneth E. Wells family photo album.
Description: Album documenting Kenneth E. Wells’s April 1935 journey to Chiang Rung (Kiulungkiang) and Keng Tung; also family, missionary colleagues, and friends, circa 1930-circa 1936.
Creator Name(s): Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981. (creator)
Date Created: ca. 1930-1936, 1930
Name Subject(s): Wells, Kenneth Elmer, 1896-1981--Archives., Wells, Margaretta B., 1902-1999--Archives., Wells family.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Thailand.
Geographic subjects: Asia--China--Jinghong--Yunnan, Asia--Myanmar--Keng Tung--Shan State--Yunnan, Jinghong., Keng Tung (Burma)
Physical Location: RG 268, Box 14; 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_b14
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:79724

Title: Photo Album, circa 1893-1900.
Creator Name(s): Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916. (photographer)
Date Created: 1893, ca. 1893-1900
Name Subject(s): Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916., Killie, Louise Scott, b. 1856., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Shantung Province., Missionaries--China., Missions--China.
Geographic subjects: China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901., Shantung Province (China)--History., Beijing (China)--History., Asia--China--Beijing
Physical Location: RG 226, Box 4, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Killie Family Papers, ca. 1889-1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-226
Identifier (local): rg226_b4_f1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:34179

Title: Presbytery of Cuba photograph album, 1949.
Description: Photograph album commemorating the first fifty years of mission work in Cuba; includes images of missionaries, local congregations, and Westminster Fellowship. Leather cover bears seal of the Presbytery.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cuba. (creator)
Date Created: 1949
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cuba., Westminster Fellowship.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cuba--20th century., Presbyterians--Cuba--20th century.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--Cuba, Cuba.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0433; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbytery of Cuba photograph album, 1949.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71453
Identifier (local): 17-0433
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112253

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: Stony Point Study Fellowship Group photograph album, 1962.
Description: Various loose inserts found within the photograph album, including church and event programs.
Date Created: 1962, Fall 1962, Fall 1962
Name Subject(s): Stony Point Center (Stony Point, N.Y.)--Archives., Stony Point Center (Stony Point, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Church conference centers--New York (State)--Stony Point., Missions--Study and teaching--New York (State)--Stony Point., Christian education--New York (State)--Stony Point.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Stony Point., New York (State), Stony Point., New York (State), Stony Point., Stony Point (N.Y. : Town), North and Central America--United States--New York--Rockland--Stony Point
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 22-0737, Box 2, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Stony Point Center (Stony Point, N.Y.) records, 1949-2020.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAzMzg=
Identifier (local): 22-0737_b2_f3_text
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:292425

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