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Title: Hostage Benjamin Weir tells of his 16 month ordeal in Lebanon, 1985.
Description: Ben and Carol Weir interviewed on the Today show by Jane Pauley, September 20, 1985.
Creator Name(s): Weir, Ben, 1923-2016. (interviewee), Weir, Carol. (interviewee), Pauley, Jane, 1950- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1985, September 20, 1985, September 20, 1985
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Lebanon., Hostages--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon., North and Central America--United States, Lebanon., Lebanon.
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC (VIDEO) E8; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Hostage Benjamin Weir tells of his 16 month ordeal in Lebanon [videorecording].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1345
Identifier (local): VideoE8_BenWeirInterview_1985_HQ
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:101258

Title: Henry W. Glockler on Lebanon, December 15, 1967.
Description: Henry Wilfrid Glockler was a Presbyterian missionary to Lebanon from 1925 to 1961, a controller at the American University of Beirut. He died in 1988.
Creator Name(s): Glockler, H. W. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1967, December 15, 1967, December 15, 1967
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon., Lebanon., Asia--Lebanon
Physical Location: TAPE 1219; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Observations on Syria Mission [sound recording] / H.W. Glockler.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205
Identifier (local): tape1219_glockler1967
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:91761

Title: John Elder interview, 1965.
Description: John Elder (1894-1983) and his wife Ruth Roche Elder (1899-1992) were appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions to the East Persia Mission in 1921. Throughout their 42 years of service, they were engaged in evangelistic missionary work, initially in Kermanshah (1923-1934), the Hamadan (1934-1937), and finally in Tehran (1938-1964). Dr. Elder served as the pastor of the Persian speaking congregations in each city.
Creator Name(s): Elder, John, 1894-1983. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. East Persia Mission, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Elder, John, 1894-1983.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Hamadān (Iran)--History., Asia--Iran, Kirmānshāhān (Iran)--History., Tehran (Iran)--History.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0714; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Elder family papers, 1929-1970.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA4MjM=
Identifier (local): 17-0714_JohnElder
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116398

Title: Eden Naby oral history, 2022.
Description: Oral history, 2022, on growing up in Urmia and Golpashan, the genocide of Assyrians during the First World War, the transfer of mission schools to government control after 1934, her mother Lillie's career as a teacher, and her father Mishael's work as a Presbyterian pastor in Urmia and at Gaston Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Eden Naby is an Assyrian-Iranian cultural historian of Central Asia and the Middle East. She was born in the Assyrian village of Golpashan, located outside Urmia in Iran. She has conducted research, taught and published on minority issues in countries from Turkey to Xinjiang. Her work on Afghanistan and on the Assyrians stands out in the field of cultural survival.
Creator Name(s): Naby, Eden. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2022, April 27, 2022, April 27, 2022
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Assyrians--Iran--Urūmīyah--History--20th century., Assyrians--Crimes against--Iran--History.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 22-0438; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Eden Naby oral history, 2022.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAyMjA=&sI
Identifier (local): EdenNaby
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286183

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