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Title: Agricultural missions and rural reconstruction.
Description: Agricultural missions and rural reconstruction are part of the work in Deir ez Zor and surrounding area. In this picture a young Palestinian refugee, Mahmoud Hamad, takes advantage of the current copy of Poultry Journal in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Carl [ Jean Catherine] Nelson. Mr. Hamad is a teacher in the government elementary school of agriculture in Deir ez Zor. Personal friendship with the missionaries meant much to this young man recently when he lost his wife.
Date Created: 1950
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Nelson, Carl, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Nelson, Jean C.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Agricultural work--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Rural missions--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Church work with refugees--Syria--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Syria, Dayr al-Zawr, 20th century., Syria, Dayr al-Zawr, 20th century., Syria, 20th century., Dayr al-Zawr (Syria), Syria, 20th century., Asia--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--Dayr az Zawr
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 13-0901; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Syria-Lebanon photographs, 1948-1956.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTY5MQ==&qr
Identifier (local): ds3866
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8161

Title: Aleppo High School for Girls, 1950.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo High School for Girls. A Moslem Launcelot, an Armenian Galahad, and an Amernian King Arthur seek to fulfill Arthur's Christmas dream, to bring a perfect gift to Christ. Donor: Carl Nelson.
Creator Name(s): Nelson, Carl. (donor)
Date Created: 1950
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Syria--Aleppo., High school students--Syria--Aleppo., Students--Syria--Aleppo., Theater--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects: Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Aleppo (Syria), Asia--Syria--Ḩalab--Aleppo
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 135; 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_f135_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339642

Title: Aleppo High School for Girls, 1950.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo High School for Girls. Girls and teacher of American High School for Girls, Aleppo, Syria, prepare properties for a Christian pageant. Donor: Carl Nelson.
Creator Name(s): Nelson, Carl. (donor)
Date Created: 1950
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Syria--Aleppo., High school students--Syria--Aleppo., Students--Syria--Aleppo., Teachers--Syria--Aleppo., Christmas pageants--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects: Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Aleppo (Syria), Asia--Syria--Ḩalab--Aleppo
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 135; 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_f135_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339938

Title: Aleppo High School for Girls, 1950.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo High School for Girls. Many graduates teach, but this especially capable one (center) becomes school secretary at American High School for Girls, Aleppo, Syria. Donor: Carl Nelson.
Creator Name(s): Nelson, Carl. (donor)
Date Created: 1950
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Syria--Aleppo., High schools--Administration--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects: Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Aleppo (Syria), Asia--Syria--Ḩalab--Aleppo
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 135; 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_f135_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339494

Title: Aleppo Leadership Training Conference, 1954.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Aleppo - Leadership training conference from Syria area. Meeting in Aleppo at the College. Dr. James Hine.
Date Created: 1954
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Jāmiʻat Ḥalab., Hine, James.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Aleppo., Missions--Educational work--Syria--Aleppo.
Geographic subjects: Syria, Aleppo., Syria, Aleppo., Aleppo (Syria), Asia--Syria--Ḩalab--Aleppo
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 135; 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_f135_05
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:340022

Title: Bernice Hunting.
Description: Portrait of Bernice Hunting, missionary to Syria.
Date Created: ca. 1896-1920, 1896
Name Subject(s): Hunting, Bernice, 1867-1920.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Syria.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Syria., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Bernice Hunting (1867-1920) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MTQ4Nw==
Identifier (local): ds6208
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:133235

Title: Hamlin Memorial Sanatorium staff.
Description: Nurse Afifa Saba and Dr. Naami Nucho (seated) with Hamlin Memorial Sanatorium staff.
Creator Name(s): Syria Mission of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (publisher)
Date Created: 1930
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Syria., Missionaries, Medical--Syria.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Syria., Syria., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: RG 115, Box 8, Folder 17; 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): ds6539
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153451

Title: Harriette Hoskins with Syrian woman.
Date Created: ca. 1875-1924, 1875
Name Subject(s): Hoskins, Harriette Mollison, 1855-1929.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Syria.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Syria., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Harriette Mollison Hoskins (1855-1929) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MTQ1Ng==
Identifier (local): ds6209
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:133236

Title: Map of Syrian missions.
Description: [From "Bible work in Bible lands ; or, Events in the history of the Syria mission / by Isaac Bird ; fully illustrated."]
Creator Name(s): Bird, Isaac, 1793-1876. (author)
Date Created: 1872
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Syria--Maps.
Geographic subjects: Syria, Syria, Asia--Syria
Physical Location: WESTPR 1130; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Bible work in Bible lands ; or, Events in the history of the Syria mission / by Isaac Bird ; fully illustrated.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=4876
Identifier (local): ds6407
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147405

Title: Mary P. Eddy, M.D.
Description: Mary P. Eddy, M.D., Syria Portrait, No. 147.
Creator Name(s): Bachrach & Bro. (photographer)
Date Created: n.d.
Name Subject(s): Eddy, Mary Pierson, 1864-1923., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Foreign Missions. Department of Missionary Personnel--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries, Medical--Syria., Women missionaries--Syria.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Syria, Asia--Syria
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Mary Pierson Eddy (1864-1923) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=49195
Identifier (local): ds2069
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6409

Title: Members of the Mission Farm staff.
Description: Members of the Mission Farm staff compare a fine American rooster with one of the local varieties. Six hundred baby chicks were flown by Pan-American Clipper Cargo from New York to Damascus in February, 1949. Now grown to maturity they are ready to reproduce themselves -- with the aid of two new incubators -- for distribution throughout Syria.
Date Created: 1950
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--20th century., Missions--Agricultural work--Syria--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Syria, 20th century., Syria, 20th century., Syria, 20th century., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 13-0901; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Syria-Lebanon photographs, 1948-1956.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTY5MQ==&qr
Identifier (local): ds3865
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7546

Title: National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon.
Description: Web site of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon. The Synod's field of work in Syria and Lebanon includes 38 churches comprising more than 4000 communicant members among its broader community of 12 to 15 thousand Presbyterian peoples.
Creator Name(s): National Evangelical Synod of Syria. (creator)
Date Created: 2018
Name Subject(s): National Evangelical Synod of Syria.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Lebanon., Syria., Lebanon., Asia--Syria, Asia--Lebanon
Related Item: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Related and Ecumenical Organizations--https://archive-it.org/collections/4735
Identifier (local): synodsl
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145323

Title: Portrait of Henry Harris Jessup, D.D.
Date Created: 1910
Name Subject(s): Jessup, Henry Harris, 1832-1910.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Syria.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: BV 3202 .J4 1910 v. 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Fifty-three years in Syria by Henry Harris Jessup, D.D. ; introduction by James S. Dennis.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=10726
Identifier (local): ds6212
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:133239

Title: Portrait of Kamil Abdul Messiah al-Aietany.
Description: "The setting of the crescent and the rising of the cross : or Kamil Abdul Messiah, a Syrian convert from Islam to Christianity" by the Rev. Henry Harris Jessup, page 3.
Date Created: 1898
Name Subject(s): Kamil, Abdul Messiah el Aietany.
Topical Subject(s): Christian converts from Islam--Syria., Missions--Syria., Missions to Islam--Syria.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: WESTPR 1462; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The setting of the crescent and the rising of the cross : or Kamil Abdul Messiah, a Syrian convert from Islam to Christianity / by the Rev. Henry Harris Jessup.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=4596
Identifier (local): ds6214
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:133241

Title: Syria Lebanon Partnership Network.
Description: Web site of the Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network. The Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network of the PC(USA) brings together Presbyterians from around the United States to facilitate partnerships with churches and church-related ministries in Syria and Lebanon. The network also provides a place for US Presbyterians to share information and coordinate their efforts. Priorities of the network include supporting the capacity of the church in Syria and Lebanon, supporting leadership development and theological education, and working towards God's just peace in the region.
Creator Name(s): Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network. (creator)
Date Created: 2018
Name Subject(s): Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Lebanon., Syria., Lebanon., Asia--Syria, Asia--Lebanon
Related Item: Mission history.--https://archive-it.org/collections/10547
Identifier (local): syrialebanonpn
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145302

Title: Syria Mission map.
Description: Map of the Syria Mission of the American Presbyterian Church and other evangelical missions.
Creator Name(s): Jessup, Henry Harris, 1832-1910. (publisher)
Date Created: 1873
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Syria--Maps.
Geographic subjects: Syria, Syria, Asia--Syria
Physical Location: MAPCASE 19:15; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): map-case_19-15_SyriaMission
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286639

Title: Syria-Lebanon missions map.
Description: Missions map of Syria and Lebanon.
Date Created: ca. 1947-1951, 1947
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--Maps, Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Maps.
Geographic subjects: Asia--Syria, Syria, Lebanon, Lebanon, Syria, Asia--Lebanon
Physical Location: RG 492, Box 43, Folder 28; Presbyteiran Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Syria-Lebanon Mission Records, 1822-1984.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-492
Identifier (local): ds4766
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1482

Title: Syrian boy.
Date Created: 1950, circa 1950-1954
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Children--Syria.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Syria., Syria., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 6, Folder 135; 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_f135_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:340153

Title: The Middle East Council of Churches.
Description: Web site of the Middle East Council of Churches. The Council is an ecumenical organization, bringing together churches in the East for common Christian witness in the region where Christ was born, lived, died and was resurrected. The MECC represents the four families of Christianity present in the region: the Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical/Protestant.
Creator Name(s): Majlis Kanāʼis al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ. (creator)
Date Created: 2019
Name Subject(s): Majlis Kanāʼis al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Jordan., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Egypt.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Lebanon., Jordan., Egypt., Syria., Lebanon., Jordan., Egypt., Asia--Syria, Asia--Lebanon, Asia--Jordan, Asia--Egypt
Related Item: Mission history.--https://archive-it.org/collections/10547
Identifier (local): mecc
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145327

Title: The Syria Anti-Tuberculosis Society stamp.
Creator Name(s): Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. (publisher)
Date Created: 1929, ca. 1929
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Syria., Tuberculosis--Syria., Tuberculosis--Prevention.
Geographic subjects: Syria., Syria., Syria., Asia--Syria
Physical Location: RG 115, Box 8, Folder 19; 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): ds6540
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153452

Title: The finished task.
Description: Foreign missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. who entered into life during the year. April 1, 1916-March 31, 1917.
Date Created: ca. 1917, 1917
Name Subject(s): Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916--Archives., Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916., Killie, Charles A. (Charles Andrews), 1857-1916., Farnham, John Marshall W., d. 1917., Newton, Charles Beatty, d. 1917., Underwood, Horace Grant, 1859-1916., Wilson, Samuel Graham, 1858-1916., Nelson, Emma Haay, d. 1916., Harper, Mary R., d. 1917., Mitchell, Alice, 1862-1916., Dobson, Effie W. Moore, d. 1916., Gleysteen, Alice Carter, d. 1917., Reed, Anna G., d. 1916., Anderson, Elizabeth Esther, d. 1916., Brack, Edna M., d. 1916.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Missionaries--India., Missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Asia--China, Asia--India, Asia--South Korea, Asia--North Korea, Asia--Iran, Asia--Syria, China., India., Korea., Iran., Syria.
Physical Location: RG 172, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Annie Laurie Adams Baird Papers, 1890-1928.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-172
Identifier (local): rg172_b1_f4b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:113044

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

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