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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: Mary Jane Stickley oral history, 2023
Description: Mary Jane Stickley oral history, 2 August 2023, on CROP support of agricultural education and animal husbandry at Jibrail, in Northern Lebanon, 1960-1961.
Creator Name(s): Stickley, Mary Jane
Date Created: 2023, August 2, 2023, August 2, 2023
Name Subject(s): Christian Rural Overseas Project
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Lebanon
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--California
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0936; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Mary Jane Stickley oral history, 2023--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NTI=&s
Identifier (local): MaryJaneStickley
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345458

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: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1880-1885.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1880-1885. Organized chronologically, with earlier material predating her mission work in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1880, 1880-1885, 1880-1885
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, William., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 3; 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_b1_f3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:156957

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1872-1879.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, from 1872-1879. Organized chronologically. Predates her mission work in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1872, 1872-1879, 1872-1879
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, Williiam., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 2; 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_b1_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:154485

Title: James W. and Belle Hawkes.
Description: BS Hawkes. JW Hawkes. 18 Abbott St. Wellesley, Mass.
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., Hawkes, James W.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Wellesley (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Norfolk--Massachusetts--Wellesley
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_20
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159904

Title: James W. and Belle Hawkes.
Description: BS Hawkes. JW Hawkes. 1910 Ogunquit, Maine.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1910, 1910, 1910
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Hawkes, James W.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Ogunquit (Me.), North and Central America--United States--York--Maine--Ogunquit
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_15
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159888

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: Iraq After the Gulf War, 1991.
Date Created: 1991
Name Subject(s): Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Iraq--20th century., Women missionaries--Iraq--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Iraq., Asia--Iraq
Physical Location: RG 501, Box 4, Folder 13; 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): IraqAftertheGulfWar_1991
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:115627

Title: Margaret Purchase speaking at worship about her personal mission.
Date Created: 1990, ca. 1990s
Name Subject(s): Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iraq--20th century., Missions--Educational work--Iraq--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Iraq., North and Central America--United States--Michigan
Physical Location: RG 501, Box 4, Folder 18; 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): MargaretPurchase_sermon
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:115628

Title: Mary Frances Sherwood.
Description: Mary Frances Sherwood, mother of Sarah Belknap ("Belle"), Mary Jane, Abigail Adele, Sidney, William Beattis, and Margaret Pollock.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1901, 1901, 1901
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran.
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 2, Folder 13; 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_f13_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159914

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 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: 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), 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: Forest.
Description: Photograph of a forest.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1883, ca. 1883-1919
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: 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_19
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159906

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: Residence in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
Description: Llewellyn Place, Elysburg, Penna. The dog has since been gathered to his fathers - but he never had such a "hang dog" look at this implies.
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--Homes and haunts.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Dogs--Pennsylvania--Elysburg.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Pennsylvania, Elysburg., Elysburg (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Northumberland--Pennsylvania--Elysburg
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_16
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:159911

Title: Belle Hawkes condolence letters, 1919-1920.
Description: Condolence letters addressed to Margaret Sherwood, Belle's younger sister, after Belle's death in December 1919. Written by various people in Belle Hawkes' life, including fellow missionaries in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Findley, Mary G. (author), Speer, Emma Bailey, 1872-1961. (author), Holmes, Mary W. (author), Pray, Margaret. (author), Farrington, Agnes E. (author), Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1919, 1919-1920, 1919-1920
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Condolence notes.
Geographic subjects: Iran.
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 7; 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_b1_f7
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:156451

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

Title: Al-Atrash family eviction and arrest, Hebron, March 1998.
Description: Al Aan [الآن] news program.
Date Created: 1998, March 1998
Name Subject(s): Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Iraq--20th century., Women missionaries--Iraq--20th century., Palestinian Arabs--West Bank--Hebron., Palestinian Arabs--Crimes against.
Geographic subjects: Palestine., Asia--Palestine--Hebron
Physical Location: RG 501, Box 4, Folder 21; 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): RG501-4-21-Desktop
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:115634

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

Title: G.I. Jimmie Meets the Iran Mission, about 1945.
Description: A motion picture profile of Iran as seen through the eyes of an American soldier stationed there during the World War II, which tells of how he finds a slice of home at the American Mission. Photography by John Elder, a missionary in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Elder, John, 1894-1981.
Date Created: 1945, about 1945, about 1945
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--20th century., Church work with military personnel., Soldiers--Iran--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Iran, 20th century., Iran, 20th century., Iran, 20th century.
Physical Location: MOTION PICTURE A65; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: G.I. Jimmie meets the Iran Mission [motion picture]--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1720
Identifier (local): A65
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:169212

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