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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: 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
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Identifier (local): 16-0623
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:shedd_family

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
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Identifier (local): 16-0623_b2_f3_013_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140097

Title: Louise Wilbur Shedd photograph album, Iran, circa 1899.
Description: Photograph album belonging to Louise Wilbur Shedd, a missionary in West Persia. Includes photographs of her husband, William Ambrose Shedd, and various scenes from the mission field.
Creator Name(s): Shedd, Louise Wilbur, 1868-1915. (creator)
Date Created: 1899, circa 1899
Name Subject(s): Shedd family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission., Shedd, Louise Wilbur, 1868-1915., Shedd, William Ambrose, 1865-1918., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905., Cochran, Bertha H., Coan, Frederick G. (Frederick Gaylord), 1859-1943., Coan, Ida Speer, 1861-1939.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran., Children of missionaries--Iran., Missionary settlements--Iran., Kurds--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 24-0313, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): 24-0313_b2_01_photo_album_1899
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359159

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