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Title: Women's day of prayer program, March 1954
Description: Recorded at Aleppo College, Aleppo, Syria, March 1954. English and Arabic on parallel tracks. Recorded at 2-1/2 ips. Edit and mix by David Staniunas, March 2022.
Creator Name(s): Jāmiʻat Ḥalab.
Date Created: 1954, March 1954, March 1954
Name Subject(s): National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Syria, Universities and colleges -- Syria -- Aleppo
Geographic subjects: Asia--Syria--Aleppo
Physical Location: TAPE 1327; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Women's day of prayer program [sound recording].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=325
Identifier (local): 1327-edit
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:281977

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: Children's faces as Santa appears.
Date Created: 1956, December 1956, December 1956
Name Subject(s): Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives., American School for Girls (Baghdad, Iraq)
Topical Subject(s): Christmas--Iraq--Baghdad., Missions--Educational work--Iraq--Baghdad.
Geographic subjects: Baghdad (Iraq), Asia--Iraq--Baghdād--Baghdad
Physical Location: RG 501, Box 4, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Purchase papers, 1943-2003.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-501
Identifier (local): ds5862
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:104631

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: 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: 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: William Haddad, executive secretary for the Bible Lands Union for Christian Education.
Date Created: 1960, circa 1960
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Haddad, William.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Educational work--Lebanon--Beirut.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon, Beirut., Lebanon, Beirut., Beirut (Lebanon), Asia--Lebanon--Beyrouth--Beirut
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 144; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b6_f144_18
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:340044

Title: Abeih Station minutes and reports, 1844-1874.
Description: Reports and minutes from the Abeih (Hasbaya) Station in Lebanon.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission. (creator)
Date Created: 1844, 1844-1874, 1844-1874
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Syria Mission., Bustānī, Buṭrus ibn Būlus, 1818 or 1819-1882 or 1883., Thomson, William M. (William McClure), 1806-1894.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Ḥaṣbayyā.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon, Ḥaṣbayyā., Ḥaṣbayyā (Lebanon), Asia--Lebanon, Lebanon, 19th century.
Physical Location: RG 115, Box 1, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission Records, 1808-1967.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-115
Identifier (local): rg115_b1_f5
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:165743

Title: Karen Henry, Big Rapids, Michigan, on Palestine, 1994.
Creator Name(s): Henry, Karen. (speaker)
Date Created: 1994, March 24, 1994
Name Subject(s): Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iraq--20th century., Missions--Educational work--Iraq--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Palestine., North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Mecosta--Big Rapids
Physical Location: RG 501, Box 4, Folder 24; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Purchase Papers, 1940-2009.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-501
Identifier (local): rg501_b4_f24_KarenHenry
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116535

Title: Near East Vortex, circa 1935.
Description: Story about Persia, modern Iran, during the First World War period, by Edward M. Dodd, M.D.
Creator Name(s): Dodd, Edward M. (Edward Mills), 1887-1967. (author)
Date Created: 1935, ca. 1935
Name Subject(s): Dodd, Edward M. (Edward Mills), 1887-1967., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missionaries, Medical--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 91, Box 23, Folder 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: Iran Mission, 1881-1968.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-91
Identifier (local): rg91_b23_f19
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145364

Title: Iran missionaries, 1980, side 1
Description: Recorded July 31, 1980 in New York. A luncheon with Presbyterian missionaries who were invited to leave Iran during the revolution. The missionaries speak about their experiences and the fate of the Christian church in Iran.
Date Created: 1980, 1980, 1980
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran, Iran--History--Revolution, 1979
Geographic subjects: Iran--Missions
Physical Location: CASSETTE 333; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Iran missionaries, 1980--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1319
Identifier (local): cassette333_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149648

Title: Belle Hawkes.
Description: Photograph of Belle Hawkes.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1883, ca. 1883-1919
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran--Portraits., Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects: 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_25
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159908

Title: Belle Sherwood Hawkes.
Description: Portrait of Belle Hawkes.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator), Wooley, Jesse Sumner, 1867-1943. (photographer)
Date Created: 1872, ca. 1872-1883
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits., Missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Iran, Ballston (N.Y. : Town), North and Central America--United States--Saratoga--New York
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_12b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159889

Title: Belle Hawkes.
Description: Belle Sherwood (=Sarah Belknap) afterward Mrs. Hawkes about 1881 or 2.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1881, ca. 1881-1882
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits., Missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects: 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_26
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159907

Title: Iran missionaries, 1980, side 2
Description: Recorded July 31, 1980 in New York. A luncheon with Presbyterian missionaries who were invited to leave Iran during the revolution. The missionaries speak about their experiences and the fate of the Christian church in Iran.
Date Created: 1980, 1980, 1980
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran, Iran--History--Revolution, 1979
Geographic subjects: Iran--Missions
Physical Location: CASSETTE 333; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Iran missionaries, 1980--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1319
Identifier (local): cassette333_side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149649

Title: Belle Sherwood Hawkes.
Description: Portrait of Belle Hawkes.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1883, ca. 1883-1919
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran.--Portraits.
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_14
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159913

Title: Belle Sherwood Hawkes.
Description: Portrait of Belle Hawkes.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator), Wooley, Jesse Sumner, 1867-1943. (photographer)
Date Created: 1872, ca. 1872-1883
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Ballston (N.Y. : Town), North and Central America--United States--Saratoga--New York
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_12a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159901

Title: William McElwee Miller interviewed by Alan C. Thomson, 1979, cassette 2, side b
Creator Name(s): Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993 (interviewee), Thomson, Alan Craft, 1931-2013 (interviewer)
Date Created: 1979, January 17, 1979, January 17, 1979
Name Subject(s): Christian Hospital (Mashhad, Iran), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical -- Iran
Physical Location: CASSETTE559; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Interviews I-VII [sound recording] / conducted by Alan C. Thomson.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1170
Identifier (local): CASSETTE559r2sideb
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344311

Title: William McElwee Miller interviewed by Alan C. Thomson, 1979, cassette 2, side a
Creator Name(s): Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993 (interviewee), Thomson, Alan Craft, 1931-2013 (interviewer)
Date Created: 1979, January 10, 1979, January 10, 1979
Name Subject(s): Christian Hospital (Mashhad, Iran), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical -- Iran
Physical Location: CASSETTE559; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Interviews I-VII [sound recording] / conducted by Alan C. Thomson.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1170
Identifier (local): CASSETTE559r2sidea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344310

Title: Carol Weir, "Passages," 1985
Description: Episode of the Presbyterian Media Mission radio program, "Passages," on the abduction and captivity of Ben Weir.
Creator Name(s): Weir, Carol, 1924-2010, Presbyterian Media Mission (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Date Created: 1985, 1985, 1985
Name Subject(s): Weir, Ben, 1923-2016
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-1003; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Media Mission (Pittsburgh, Pa.) records, 1960-2008.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&cwi=VHJ1ZQ==&r
Identifier (local): 23-1003CarolWeir
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345472

Title: Tehran Community School
Description: Community School was a Presbyterian boarding school in Tehran, Iran, from 1935 to 1980. What began as a school for “mish kids” (the children of Presbyterian missionaries) eventually enrolled Americans of all backgrounds; English-speaking students of dozens of nationalities and different faiths; and, of course, Iranians, who constituted most of the student body by the 1960s. The faculty and staff were just as diverse. At its height in the 1970s, some 1,500 students attended Community School each year. This collection includes oral histories with alumni and faculty who attended the school as well as photographs and floor plans. Featured image: Southwest view of Tehran Community School.
Name Subject(s): Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topical Subject(s): Community schools--Iran--Tehran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): islandora:tehran_community_school
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:tehran_community_school

Title: 198th General Assembly, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 1986.
Description: William H. Wilson and newly elected moderator Benjamin Weir at 198th General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly (198th : 1986 : Minneapolis, Minn.) (creator)
Date Created: 1986, June 1986
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (198th : 1986 : Minneapolis, Minn.), Wilson, William H., 1924-, Weir, Ben, 1923-2016.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon, Beirut, 20th century., Minneapolis (Minn.), North and Central America--United States--Minnesota--Hennepin--Minneapolis
Physical Location: SLIDES B63 (13); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Slides of the 198th General Assembly] / Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1775
Identifier (local): ds6661
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161387

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