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Title: The finished task.
Description: Foreign missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. who entered into life during the year. April 1, 1916-March 31, 1917.
Date Created: ca. 1917, 1917
Name Subject(s): Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916--Archives., Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916., Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916., Farnham, John Marshall W., d. 1917., Newton, Charles Beatty, d. 1917., Underwood, Horace Grant, 1859-1916., Wilson, Samuel Graham, 1858-1916., Nelson, Emma Haay, d. 1916., Harper, Mary R., d. 1917., Mitchell, Alice, 1862-1916., Dobson, Effie W. Moore, d. 1916., Gleysteen, Alice Carter, d. 1917., Reed, Anna G., d. 1916., Anderson, Elizabeth Esther, d. 1916., Brack, Edna M., d. 1916.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Missionaries--India., Missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Asia--China, Asia--India, Asia--South Korea, Asia--North Korea, Asia--Iran, Asia--Syria, China., India., Korea., Iran., Syria.
Physical Location: RG 172, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Annie Laurie Adams Baird Papers, 1890-1928.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-172
Identifier (local): rg172_b1_f4b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:113044

Title: Laura Barnett McComb Muller, Hugo Arthur Muller, and baby Ruth, 1911.
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Muller. Baby Ruth. Age 5 1/2 mos. Sept 1911. Persia.
Date Created: 1911, September 1911
Name Subject(s): Muller, Hugo Arthur, 1884-1983.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Hugo Arthur Muller (1884-1983) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=49195
Identifier (local): ds5298
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:76899

Title: The Shedd family arriving to mission work, 1890s.
Description: John Haskell Shedd in early 1890s. Mr. and Mrs. Shedd arriving in mission premises after last furlough.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890s
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, John Haskell, 1833-1895., Shedd, Sarah Jane Dawes, 1836-1921.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 2; 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_f2_006
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139122

Title: Coan family in Iran.
Description: Frederick and Ida Coan and their children seated on steps.
Date Created: 1885, ca. 1885-1900
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Coan, Frederick G. (Frederick Gaylord), 1859-1943., Coan, Ida Speer, 1861-1939.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., , Iran., , Iran., , , , , , Iran., , , , Asia--Iran----, --
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 2; 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_f2_014
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139087

Title: Group of missionaries, Iran.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1920
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., , Iran., , Iran., , , , , , Iran., , , , Asia--Iran----, --
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 2; 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_f2_018
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139044

Title: Belle Hawkes' pet cats.
Description: Cats brought from Teheran autumn of 1890 while 6 months old. This photograph taken in autumn of 1899. Aug. 23, '99. White cat weighed 12 lbs 10 oz. Black cat weighed 13 lbs.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1899, August 23, 1899, August 23, 1899
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Cats--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 2, Folder 13; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b2_f13_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159893

Title: Women traveling in Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Chavadar! May 1918 Mrs. [illegible], Mrs. Eldrid, Monica. Inside Chavadar. Women sometimes travelled this way.
Date Created: 1918, May 1918, May 1918
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Vehicles--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: Gal3 Ir12g; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission. Photographs from the estate of Marie Gillespie, missionary to Iran, 1917-1940.
Identifier (local): ds6832
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280771

Title: Missionary families, Iran.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1920
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., , Iran., , Iran., , Iran., , , , Iran., , , , Asia--Iran----, --
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 2; 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_f2_029
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139117

Title: James W. Hawkes.
Description: James W. Hawkes and other missionaries in Persia. 1885. J.W. Hawkes: front, 2nd from left.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1885, 1885, 1885
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 2, Folder 13; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b2_f13_31
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159881

Title: Group of missionaries, Iran.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1920
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., , Iran., , Iran., , Iran., , , , Iran., , , , Asia--Iran----, --
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0623, Box 2, Folder 2; 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_f2_022
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139047

Title: Theodore Cuyler Young.
Date Created: 1930, circa 1930s
Name Subject(s): Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976., Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Theodore Cuyler Young (1900-1976) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=NjIzNw==
Identifier (local): ds7203
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288819

Title: Theodore Cuyler Young.
Date Created: 1930, circa 1930s
Name Subject(s): Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976., Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Theodore Cuyler Young (1900-1976) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=NjIzNw==
Identifier (local): ds7205
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288821

Title: Theodore Cuyler Young.
Date Created: 1920, circa 1920s
Name Subject(s): Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976., Young, T. Cuyler (Theodore Cuyler), 1900-1976--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Theodore Cuyler Young (1900-1976) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=NjIzNw==
Identifier (local): ds7204
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288820

Title: J. Richard Irvine.
Date Created: 1950, circa 1950s
Name Subject(s): Irvine, John Richard.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Richard Irvine (1923-2022) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MjU5Nw==
Identifier (local): ds7201
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288817

Title: Belle Hawkes' biographical items.
Description: Belle Hawkes biographical data as provided by some of her loved ones. Includes: a letter written by Robert Speer addressed to Belle Hawkes' sister, Margaret; "Belle Sherwood Hawkes - Thirty-Six Years in Persia," a 1931 essay written her husband, James W. Hawkes for the Elmira College Alumnae News; an excerpt from a 1969 letter from LeRoy Bailey, the nephew of Belle, to Jane and Francis Harper. Also includes Belle Hawkes' "Circular Letter to Expected Students," for Elmira College, 1871.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947. (author), Hawkes, James W. (author), Bailey, LeRoy, 1946- (author)
Date Created: 1871, ca. 1871-1969
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955., Hawkes, James W., Harper, Jean, Harper, Francis., Cowles, A. W., Bailey, LeRoy, 1946-, Sherwood, Mary Frances., Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Elmira College.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 2, Folder 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes papers, 1872-1919.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b2_f14
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:155909

Title: Belle Hawkes' personal items.
Description: Begins with a note from Belle Hawkes' relative: "Miscellaneous items found with Aunt Belle's diaries - plans of some house - Persia? Wit and humor - a fascinating collection." Includes unspecified building plans, paintings that Belle Hawkes created for her sister, Margaret, and a collection of jokes and humorous stories.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1872, ca. 1872-1919
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 2, Folder 15; 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_b2_f15
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:156344

Title: William Miller and Jane Doolittle.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: William (Bill) Miller. Jane Doolittle.
Date Created: 1960, circa 1960s
Name Subject(s): Miller, William McElwee., Doolittle, Jane, 1899-, Irwin family--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 11-0609; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Irwin family papers, 1928-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTE4OQ==
Identifier (local): ds7194
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288811

Title: Louise Wilbur Shedd photograph album, Iran, circa 1899.
Description: Photograph album belonging to Louise Wilbur Shedd, a missionary in West Persia. Includes photographs of her husband, William Ambrose Shedd, and various scenes from the mission field.
Creator Name(s): Shedd, Louise Wilbur, 1868-1915. (creator)
Date Created: 1899, circa 1899
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, Louise Wilbur, 1868-1915., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905., Cochran, Bertha H., Coan, Frederick G. (Frederick Gaylord), 1859-1943., Coan, Ida Speer, 1861-1939.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran., Missionary settlements--Iran., Kurds--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 24-0313, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Shedd family papers, 1840s-1931.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA4OTg=
Identifier (local): 24-0313_b2_01_photo_album_1899
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359159

Title: Alborz to Iranzamin.
Description: Essay by J. Richard Irvine, educator and missionary to Iran. Also features a letter addressed to Frederick Heuser of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator Name(s): Irvine, John Richard. (author), Heuser, Frederick J. (addressee)
Date Created: 1998
Name Subject(s): Irvine, John Richard., Community School (Tehran, Iran), Dabīristān-i Alburz., Iranzamin School (Tajrīsh, Iran), Irvine, Mary Ann.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missions--Educational work--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Richard Irvine (1923-2022) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MjU5Nw==
Identifier (local): rg360-1_jr_irvine_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288839

Title: Lictwardt family.
Description: Dr. Lichtwardt; Mrs. Lichtwardt.
Date Created: 1920
Name Subject(s): Hoffman, Rolla E. (Rolla Edwards), 1887-1974--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--20th century., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, 20th century., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran, Iran., Iran.
Physical Location: RG 231, Box 1, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Rolla Edwards Hoffman Papers, ca. 1915-1949.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-231
Identifier (local): ds1376
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5531

Title: Kejovehs.
Description: Kejovehs: boxes on donkeys to carry women and children.
Date Created: ca. 1914-1970, 1914
Name Subject(s): Zoeckler family--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--20th century., Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Donkeys--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, 20th century., Iran., Asia--Iran, Iran., Iran., Iran.
Physical Location: RG 280, Box 1, Folder 42; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Zoeckler Family Papers, 1912-1970.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-280
Identifier (local): ds1355
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5413

Title: Growing Up in Iran.
Description: Elder Family reunion photograph album and history, "Growing Up In Iran." Reminiscences of five daughters and sons of Ruth (Roche) and John Elder, missionaries of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Recorded by Jack Tiffany during an Elder-family reunion at Conference Point Center in Williams Bay on the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin August 2 and 3, 2010. Page 28 of document is missing.
Creator Name(s): Tiffany, Jack. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2010, August 2010, August 2010
Name Subject(s): Elder family--Archives., Elder family., Elder, John, 1894-1981., Elder, Ruth Roche, 1899-1992., Leake, Alice Elder., Hilton, Miriam Elder., Elder, Joseph., Elder, David., Lund, Louise Elder.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0714; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Elder family papers, 1929-1970.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA4MjM=
Identifier (local): 17-0714_growing_up_iran
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:293237

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