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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.

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Found in 5 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 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

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Church and state. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
Missionaries. 4
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 4
Presbyterian Church. 4
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Conversion. 3
Family. 3
Medical care 3
Missionaries -- Training of. 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Women missionaries. 3
World War, 1939-1945. 3
Christian education -- Iran. 2
Christian education. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church and state -- China. 2
Church and state -- Iran. 2
College students in missionary work. 2
Education 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Evangelistic work -- Iran. 2
Evangelistic work -- Korea. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Iranians. 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Medical care -- Korea. 2
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
Missions -- Brazil. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Iran. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Muslims -- Iran. 2
Muslims. 2
Pentecostalism. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Tsing Kiang Pu (China) 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
Worship (Christian) 2
African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
African Americans. 1
Anglicans. 1
Animism -- Brazil. 1
Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Animism. 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
Brazil -- Religion. 1
Brazil. 1
Brazil. -- Social conditions. 1
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church -- United States. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Children of missionaries. 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 of children. 1
Christian education of teenagers. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian life. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Church and social problems -- China. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and state -- United States. 1
Church discipline. 1
Church growth. 1
Church work with military personnel. 1
Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
Church work with prisoners. 1
Church work with students. 1
Church work with women. 1
Civil rights movements 1
Civil rights movements -- United States. 1
College students -- United States 1
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
College students. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
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