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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: 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: Belle Hawkes Papers
Description: Born as Sarah Belknap Sherwood, Belle Hawkes was appointed to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission in 1883. In 1884, she married the Reverend James W. Hawkes, also of the East Persia Mission. Stationed in Hamadān for 36 years, she ministered to the needs of Armenian, Jewish, and Muslim women and children. Her home became a center of missionary service and hospitality to the flow of travelers between Tehran and Baghdad. She died in service in 1919. The collection consists primarily of Belle Hawkes' outgoing correspondence addressed to her family during her years in Hamadān, and her diaries. It also contains photographs of the East Persia missionaries, including Belle herself. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Belle Hawkes on her pet horse.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator), Hawkes, James W. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries., Hawkes, James W., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran, Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadān, Iran
Physical Location: RG 116; 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
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg116

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: E. W. McDowell memorandum on Assyrian Christians, 1923
Creator Name(s): United Mission in Iraq., McDowell, Edmund Wilson, 1857-1939
Date Created: 1923, 1923, 1923
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iraq--20th century., Assyrians--Iraq.
Geographic subjects: Iraq--Missions--20th century., Asia--Iraq
Physical Location: RG 509, box 5, folder 22; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: United Mission in Iraq Records, 1916-1988.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-509
Identifier (local): RG509-5-22
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358536

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: 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: 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: 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: Karen Henry, Big Rapids, Michigan, on Palestine, 1994.
Creator Name(s): Henry, Karen. (speaker)
Date Created: 1994, March 24, 1994
Name Subject(s): Purchase, Margaret, 1926-2009--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iraq--20th century., Missions--Educational work--Iraq--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Palestine., North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Mecosta--Big Rapids
Physical Location: RG 501, Box 4, Folder 24; 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_b4_f24_KarenHenry
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116535

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
Related Item: Shedd family papers, 1840s-1931.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA4OTg=
Identifier (local): 24-0313_b2_01_photo_album_1899
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359159

Title: Lynda Carver interviewed by Lois Boyd, May 4, 1977.
Description: Lynda Carver was a Presbyterian missionary to Iraq, born 10 May 1903, died 11 October 1994.
Creator Name(s): Carver, Lynda Marie, 1903-1994. (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A., 1936- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1977, May 4, 1977, May 4, 1977
Name Subject(s): Carver, Carver, Lynda Marie, 1903-1994.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iraq--Baghdad., Missions--Educational work--Iraq--Baghdad.
Geographic subjects: Baghdad (Iraq), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia, Iraq, Baghdad.
Physical Location: CASSETTE 734; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Interview with] Lynda Carver [sound recording] / by Lois Boyd and Doug Brackenridge.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1003
Identifier (local): cassette734
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116475

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 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: 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
Related Item: Shedd Family papers, 1888-1934.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA0MTg=
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
Related Item: Shedd Family Papers, 1888-1934.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA0MTg=
Identifier (local): 16-0623_b2_f3_013_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140097

Title: Staff Evangelistic Conference in Mosul.
Date Created: 1926, circa 1926-1928
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iraq--Mosul., Evangelistic work--Iraq--Mosul.
Geographic subjects: Iraq, Mosul., Iraq, Mosul., Asia--Iraq--Nīnawá--Mosul, Mosul (Iraq)
Physical Location: Gal3 M855; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds6893_b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:179832

Title: Tehran Community School
Description: Community School was a Presbyterian boarding school in Tehran, Iran, from 1935 to 1980. What began as a school for “mish kids” (the children of Presbyterian missionaries) eventually enrolled Americans of all backgrounds; English-speaking students of dozens of nationalities and different faiths; and, of course, Iranians, who constituted most of the student body by the 1960s. The faculty and staff were just as diverse. At its height in the 1970s, some 1,500 students attended Community School each year. This collection includes oral histories with alumni and faculty who attended the school as well as photographs and floor plans. Featured image: Southwest view of Tehran Community School.
Name Subject(s): Community School (Tehran, Iran)
Topical Subject(s): Community schools--Iran--Tehran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): islandora:tehran_community_school
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:tehran_community_school

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: United Mission in Mesopotamia -- Assyrians, 1924-1925
Creator Name(s): United Mission in Iraq.
Date Created: 1924, 1924-1925, 1924-1925
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iraq--20th century., Assyrians--Iraq.
Geographic subjects: Iraq--Missions--20th century., Asia--Iraq
Physical Location: RG 509, box 1, folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: United Mission in Iraq Records, 1916-1988.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-509
Identifier (local): RG509-1-4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358517

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: 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: 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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