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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: East Persia missionaries Valentine party, ca. 1925.
Description: East Persia missionaries Valentine party, ca. 1925.
Date Created: 1925, ca. 1925
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Hamadān (Iran), Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadān
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0508; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: East Persia Mission photograph, 1926 or 1927.
Identifier (local): ds5034
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:10128

Title: J. Richard Irvine.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. (publisher)
Date Created: 1956
Name Subject(s): Irvine, John Richard., Irvine, John Richard--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: 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): ds7202
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288818

Title: Iran Mission Meeting, 1957.
Description: Participants identified by Mehdi Abhari in 2017.
Creator Name(s): Abhari, Mehdi. (author)
Date Created: 2017
Name Subject(s): Miller, William McElwee, 1892-1993., Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0417, SPP 132; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Westminster Gardens residents collection, 1957-1990s.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=107960
Identifier (local): ds6894a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:180818

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: J. Richard Irvine and family.
Creator Name(s): Artistic Photography (Princeton, N.J.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1950, circa 1950s
Name Subject(s): Irvine, John Richard., Irvine, Mary Ann.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., 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): ds7200
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288816

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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