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Title: Persian mother and son.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Un paysan conduisant sa mère [Back] Persian woman traveling. Typical Persian scene.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Families--Iran.
Geographic subjects: 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): ds6820
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280827

Title: Persian wedding, 1946.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Warmest wishes, your sincere friends. Vajdieh Usafe November 13 1946 Persian Wedding.
Date Created: 1946, November 1946, November 1946
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Weddings--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: 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): ds6827
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280808

Title: Laborers carrying camel thorn.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Paysans transportant des fagots [Back] Loads of camel thorn for man and donkey. It is used as kindling.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Donkeys--Iran.
Geographic subjects: 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): ds6821
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280824

Title: Tatbir (Ritual bloodletting).
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Muharram headcutters a religious ceremony. Carte Postale.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Tenth of Muḥarram--Iran., Missions--Iran.
Geographic subjects: 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): ds6828
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280763

Title: Tabriz American Hospital gate.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Tabriz - Hospital Gate. American Mission Iran.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Hospitals--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions, Medical--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Tabrīz (Iran), Asia--Iran--East Azerbaijan--Tabriz
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): ds6826
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280767

Title: Tabriz Station missionaries.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Tabriz Station missionaries.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Missionaries--Iran--Tabrīz., Women missionaries--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Tabrīz (Iran), Asia--Iran--East Azerbaijan--Tabriz
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): ds6812
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280802

Title: Vendors and children of Tabriz.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Les mendiants de Tauris [Back] Persian men - beggars, chicken vendor, etc.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Children--Iran--Tabrīz., Merchants--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Tabrīz (Iran), Asia--Iran--East Azerbaijan--Tabriz
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): ds6823
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280828

Title: Tabriz ruins, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Tauris. Les débris de la Mosquée-Bleue, pendant la Révolution Persane. [Back] Ruins of the famous Blue Mosque, once one of the most beautiful buildings in Tabriz.
Creator Name(s): Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Ruins., Mosques--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Tabrīz (Iran), Asia--Iran--East Azerbaijan--Tabriz
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): ds6809
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280829

Title: Tabriz procession.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: People in the streets watching a "Moharam" procession. Tall spire, Funch Catholic Church. Pointed spire, our Preb. Church. Tabriz Iran.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Processions, Religious--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabrīz., Iran, Tabrīz., Tabrīz (Iran), Asia--Iran--East Azerbaijan--Tabriz
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): ds6811
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280811

Title: Men in Urumia marketplace.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Bringing in the silver tomans from the market place in Urumia. This money to be used for mission purposes and relief work. One thousand tomans is all one man can carry at a time unless he is unusually strong.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Men--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Urūmīyah., Iran, Urūmīyah., Urūmīyah (Iran), Asia--Iran--West Azerbaijan--Orūmīyeh
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): ds6840
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280810

Title: Ganjnameh inscriptions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Hamadan, Gandjnamé [Back] Carte Postale Hamadan Ganjnameh inscription (Walls).
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Achaemenian inscriptions.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Hamadān (Iran), Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadan
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): ds6822
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280777

Title: Furough School, Resht, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Resht, Iran. Furough School 1938. 3rd Term 1933 - 1940. Teachers -- front row -- #6 Marie Gillespie, Principal.
Date Created: 1938
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Rasht., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Rasht., Teachers--Iran--Rasht., Schoolgirls--Iran--Rasht.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Rasht (Iran), Asia--Iran--Gīlān--Rasht
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): ds6813
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280778

Title: Furough School, Resht, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Furough School - Resht 1936. Graduating Class. Teachers in front row - #5 M. Gillespie, Principal.
Date Created: 1936
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives., Gillespie, Marie.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Rasht., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Rasht., Teachers--Iran--Rasht., Schoolgirls--Iran--Rasht.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Rasht (Iran), Asia--Iran--Gīlān--Rasht
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): ds6871
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280785

Title: Tabriz ruins, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Tauris. La citadelle.
Creator Name(s): Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Ruins.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabrīz., Tabrīz (Iran), Asia--Iran--East Azerbaijan--Tabriz
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): ds6808
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280768

Title: Tabriz street scene.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: [Front] Tabriz Tauris. Une rue de Tauris et les magasins "Econome". [Back] Société par Actions "Econome".
Creator Name(s): Société par Actions "Econome" (publisher)
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Tabrīz.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabrīz., Tabrīz (Iran), Asia--Iran--East Azerbaijan--Tabriz
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): ds6824
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280819

Title: Rezaieh, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Rezaieh Iran.
Date Created: 1917, circa 1917-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Urūmīyah., Urūmīyah (Iran), Asia--Iran--West Azerbaijan--Orūmīyeh
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): ds6836
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280779

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: The Alborz Foundation.
Description: Pamphlet for the Alborz Foundation, an agency of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.
Date Created: 1948, circa 1948
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Alborz Foundation (Tehran, Iran)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RG 91, Box 17, Folder 8; 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_b17_f8_alborz_foundation_pam
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288895

Title: Iranian Students Learn of Christ
Date Created: 1948, circa 1948
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Alborz Foundation (Tehran, Iran)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RG 91, Box 17, Folder 22; 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_b17_f22_story_alborz_foundation
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288900

Title: Furough School, Resht, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Furough School 1936 Resht Iran. Celebration of Unveiling of Persian women.
Date Created: 1936
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Rasht., Schoolgirls--Iran--Rasht., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Rasht.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Rasht (Iran), Asia--Iran--Gīlān--Rasht
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): ds6816
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280807

Title: Furough School, Resht, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Furough High School girls - at our celebration of the unveiling of the Persian women. Resht, Iran. 1936. Mission School Resht Iran Closed 1940 - Sold to Iranian [illegible].
Date Created: 1936
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Rasht., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Rasht., Schoolgirls--Iran--Rasht.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Rasht (Iran), Asia--Iran--Gīlān--Rasht
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): ds6870
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280793

Title: Furough School, Resht, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Teachers in Furough (M. Gillespie--1933-1940).
Date Created: 1933, circa 1933-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Rasht., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Rasht., Teachers--Iran--Rasht.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Rasht (Iran), Asia--Iran--Gīlān--Rasht
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): ds6818
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280765

Title: Furough School, Resht, Iran.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Teachers in Furough (M. Gillespie--1933-1940).
Date Created: 1933, circa 1933-1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission., Gillespie, Marie--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--Rasht., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Rasht., Teachers--Iran--Rasht.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Iran, Rasht., Rasht (Iran), Asia--Iran--Gīlān--Rasht
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): ds6818_b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280789

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