Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 039 Papers of Sarah "Belle" Hawkes
Collection
Identifier: CN 039
Scope and Contents
Correspondence etters, reports, and photos relating to the missionary service of Sarah "Belle" Sherwood Hawkes in Persia, now Iran under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Subjects discussed in letters include status of women in Persia, progress of mission work, and Sherwood family affairs.The collection consists of several letters written by Hawkes to her family, 1883-1899; and two reports prepared for the mission board which she served, 1884 and 1899. The...
Dates:
Created: 1881 - 1899
Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser
Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1979
Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates:
Created: 1986-1990
Collection 344 Oral History Interview with Paul B. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 344
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Brown Long in which he discusses his childhood, attendance at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College (including individuals Hudson, Taylor Armerding, Edward A. Coray, V. Raymond Edman, Billy Graham, Ruth Bell Graham, Clarence Jaarsma, Clarence Simpson, C. Gregg Singer), missionary work in education, evangelism, and church planting in the former Belgian Congo and in Brazil. Other topics include animism, church discipline, Christianity and culture, rearing a...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller
Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1988
L. Nelson Bell Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 318
Brief Description
Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...
Dates:
1923-1973
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
/
L. Nelson Bell Papers
Small Collection 039 Papers of Henry Hickok
Collection
Identifier: Small CN 039
Scope and Contents
Commission for home mission work issued to Hickok by the Board of Mission of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Document details the length of his service, compensation, conduct and activity expected of him, and plans for giving aid to the Board and for correspondence between presbyteries and the Board.
Dates:
Created: 1832
Filtered By
- Subject: Missionaries X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Presbyterians. 6
- Church and state. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions. 5
- Conversion. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 4
- Presbyterian Church. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Christian education. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Family. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Animism. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Christian education -- Iran. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- China. 2
- Church and state -- Iran. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Iran. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Korea. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Iranians. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Medical care -- Korea. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Brazil. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Iran. 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Missions -- United States. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Muslims -- Iran. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Sunday schools. 2
- Tsing Kiang Pu (China) 2
- Worship (Christian) 2
- Worship. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Anglicans. 1
- Animism -- Brazil. 1
- Anti-communist movements. 1
- Armenians. 1
- Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
- Authors and publishers -- United States. 1
- Authors and publishers. 1
- Bahai Faith. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Brazil -- Religion. 1
- Brazil. 1
- Brazil. -- Social conditions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church -- United States. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China -- Manners and customs. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese language. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian education of children. 1 ∧ less
∨ more