Guide to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs

Descriptive Summary

Title

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs

Inclusive Dates

1861-1989

Call Number

RG 525

Creator(s)

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions.

Quantity

22.50 cubic feet (23 boxes)

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

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Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

The first American Presbyterian missionaries were sent out by the United Foreign Missionary Society and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. During the late 1830s, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School) Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions began new missions of its own. The Board organized missions in several countries, including Liberia (1833), India (1836), China (1838), Thailand (1840), Colombia (1856), and Japan and Brazil (1859). Because the PCUSA/PCUS division had not yet occurred, these early missions were established on behalf of Presbyterians in both the North and South.

During the Civil War years, the newly formed Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America had difficulty carrying out its program of foreign missions, and the blockade of southern ports effectively cut overseas communication, travel, and supplies. Following the war, the South was in economic ruin and the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS), like other southern denominations, had to repair war-damaged church buildings, recover confiscated church property, and restore its financial base. As a result of its postwar condition, the PCUS’s program of foreign missions was again delayed. Only gradually did the church develop work in several countries, including China (1867, where by 1926 it had built a large force of 209 missionaries), Brazil (1869), Mexico (1874), Japan (1885), the Congo (1890), Korea (1892), and Cuba (1899). Less permanent work was conducted in Italy (1867-1878), and Greece (1873-1892).

The church’s large mission program was carried out by its Executive Committee of Foreign Missions (ECFM), reorganized and renamed the Board of World Missions (BWM) in 1949, and the Division of International Mission (DIM) in 1973. The ECFM was located in Columbia, South Carolina until 1875 when it moved to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1889, the Committee moved to Nashville, Tennessee where it remained until the PCUS was restructured in 1972 and the BWM was centralized, along with other offices, in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Committee’s first executive secretary was J. Leighton Wilson who served until 1885. A former PCUSA missionary in West Africa, Wilson was the main driving force behind the denomination’s early foreign mission work. Richard McIlwaine (1834-1913) served as coordinate secretary from 1872 to 1882 when the work of the Executive Committee included both domestic and foreign missions. Another former missionary, Matthew Hale Houston (1841-1905), succeeded Wilson in 1885 and served until his return to China in 1893. Samuel Hall Chester (1851-1940) followed Houston, serving until 1912. The work of the Committee was reorganized by Egbert Watson Smith (1862-1944) during his tenure from 1912 to 1932. Smith was succeeded by a former missionary to Japan, Charles Darby Fulton (1892-1977), who served from 1932 to 1960. T. Watson Street, a professor of church history and missions at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, served from 1961 to 1973, and G. Thompson Brown, a former missionary in Korea, from 1973 to 1981.

Although the church’s missionary platform of 1907, calling for the commissioning of 800 missionaries and the training of 5,000 native workers, proved to be too ambitious, international mission work continued to expand during the first quarter of the twentieth century. By 1924, the church maintained 517 overseas missionaries in a large program which was exceeded by only a few other American denominations. However, the effects of the Depression and World War II seriously eroded the church’s missionary force, and not until 1957 was the church able to rebuild its contingent to pre-war levels from a 1944 low of 328 missionaries.

Important institutions founded by PCUS missionaries include Good Shepherd Hospital in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kinjo Gakuin University and Shikoku Christian College in Japan; Wilson Leprosy Center in Pusan and the Presbyterian Medical Center in Chonju, Korea; Gammon Institute in Lavras, and the Edward Lane Bible Institute in Patrocinio, Brazil.

Source: Guide to the manuscript collections of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. Robert Benedetto ; assisted by Betty K. Walker.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1990 (Call number: Z 6611 .P74 B46 1990)

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged as follows:

SERIES I: CONGO/ZAIRE, 1891-1983

SERIES II: MEXICO, 1861-1981

SERIES III: BRAZIL, 1875-1989

SERIES IV: CHINA, 1892-1950

SERIES V: JAPAN, 1890-1988

SERIES VI: KOREA, 1892-1983

SERIES VII: TAIWAN, 1948-1980

SERIES VIII: OTHER COUNTRIES/CONTINENTS, 1948-1985

SERIES IX: SUBJECT FILES, 1925-1987

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Preferred Citation

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, RG 525, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions.

Topical Subject

Presbyterian Church--Missions--Photographs.

Genre-form

Photographs. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

		SERIES I: CONGO/ZAIRE, 1891-1983

		Location
1	1	Bibanga, Bibanga Hospital (includes negatives), 1954-1975, undated
1	2	Bulape, 1954-1983, undated
1	3	Bulape Girls' School and Boys' School (includes letter describing pictures), 1954
1	4	Bulape Hospital, 1955-1983, undated
1	5	Kakinda, Church Clinic, and Morrison Institute, 1954-1974, undated
1	6	Katuebue, 1954-1966, undated
1	7	Kisangani, 1970-1973
1	8	Leopoldville/Kinshasa, 1952-1983, undated
1	9	Leopoldville/Kinshasa, Medical Work, 1957-1983, undated
1	10	Lubondai Dental School (includes negatives), 1954-1959, undated
1	11	Lubondai Hospital, 1936-1960s, undated
1	12	Lubondai, Schools and Students (includes negatives), 1937-1957, undated
1	13	Luebo, Churches and Schools (includes negatives), 1926, 1948-1975
1	14	Luebo, Medical Work, Scenes and People (includes negatives), undated
1	15	Luebo, Mission Press and Literature Committee (includes negatives), 1957-1971, undated
1	16	Luluabourg/Kananga (includes negatives), 1953-1983, undated
1	17	Luluabourg Churches, 1957, undated
1	18	Luluabourg, United Theological School (includes negatives), 1961-1973
1	19	Mboi (includes negatives), 1958
1	20	Mbujimayi/Bakwanga, Church School, Health Center, 1958-1983
1	21	Moma, Moma Girls Home; Scenes and People, 1955-1958, 1974
1	22	Mutoto, Churches, Schools, Medical Work (include negatives), 1928-1929, 1949, 1957-1960
1	23	Mweka Church and Sunday School (includes negatives), 1959-1960

		Subject Files
1	24	100th Anniversary of Protestant Work in Zaire, 1978 October
1	25	Agriclulture (includes negatives), 1960-1971, undated
1	26	American Persbyterian Congo Mission, 1957
1	27	Arts, Crafts, Music, (Includes negatives), 1958, undated
1	28	Board of World Missions Tour, 1969
1	29	Board of World Missions Tour (includes negatives), 1969
1	30	Board of World Missions Tour, 1949, 1970
1	31	Broadcasting, 1959-1963, undated
1	32	Buildings and Architecture (includes negatives), 1960-1983, undated
1	33	Children and Young People, 1955-1976
1	34	Christians /Coworkers and Church Services, 1959-1983, undated
1	35	Churches/Congregations (includes negatives), 1957-1983, undated
1	36	Congo Church Autonomy (APCM/EPC Integration) (includes negatives), 1970
1	37	Congo Missionaries Poster (includes negatives), 1891-1924, undated
1	38	Congolese Pastors and Leaders (includes negatives), 1941-1974, undated

2	1	Congopresse Photos, 1930-1954, undated
2	2	Congo Protestant Relief Agency, 1960-1961
2	3	Evacuation of Missionaries from Congo, 1960
2	4	Independence Day Celebrations, 1960	Digital
2	5	Independence Day Celebrations, Luebo (includes negatives), 1960	Digital
2	6	Industrial Works, 1963-1971, undated	Digital
2	7	Inforcongo/Belgian Tourist Bureau Photos, 1947-1957, undated
2	8	Itinerating with Mary Crawford (Photos sent by Mrs. Frances Clapp), circa 1954
2	9	journalism, 1959-1965, undated
2	10	Literature Distribution, Literature Van (includes negative), 1956-1962, undated
2	11	Medical, Air Dispensaries, 1958-1968, undated
2	12	Medical, Good Shepherd Hospital, Tshikaji (includes negatives), 1972-1983, undated
2	13	Medical, Institut Medical Christian du Kasai (IMCK), 1956-1983, undated
2	14	Medical, Nutrition Work (includes negatives), 1971-1983, undated
2	15	Medical Work (includes negatives), 1957-1976, undated
2	16	Mission Meetings and Group Photos, 1912-1954, undated
2	17	Missionaries and Missionary Children, A-F, 1919-1974, undated
2	18	Missionaries and Missionary Children, G-M, 1957-1976, undated
2	19	Missionaries and Missionary Children, N-Z, 1959-1972, undated
2	20	Missionary Residences and Mobile Homes (includes negatives), 1957-1973, undated
2	21	Presbyterian Youth Center (includes negatives), 1957-1965, undated
2	22	Proof Sheets and Negatives, undated
2	23	Proof Sheets and Negatives, undated
2	24	Proof Sheets and Negatives, undated
2	25	Refugees/Emergency Aid (includes negatives), 1960-1961
2	26	Religious News Service Photos, 1954-1966, undated
2	27	Scenes and People, 1948-1972, undated
2	28	Scenes and People, 1948-1972, undated
2	29	Scenes and People, 1948-1972, undated
2	30	Scenes and people, 1948-1972, undated
2	31	Schools and Students, 1957-1972, undated
2	32	Synod, Eglise du Christ au Congo, 1959-1960, 1963
2	33	Transportation (includes photos of "Lapsley" Steamer) (includes negatives), 1967-1971, undated
2	34	United Nations, 1960-1971
2	35	William Sheppard Photos (?) (includes Lapsley Memorial Chapel, Ibanj), undated
2	36	World Health Organization, 1960-1963

		SERIES II: MEXICO, 1861-1981

		Location
3	1	Acapulco, Guerrero, church, congregation, and workers, 1930s, undated
3	2	Acapulco, Guerrero, people and scenes, 1927, 1965, undated
3	3	Acatepec, Guerrero, Vacation Bible School commencement and people and scenes, 1962, undated
3	4	Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Bible students, 1928, circa 1934, 1938, 1941
3	5	Chilpancingo, Guerrero, church and chapel, and internados (Christian boarding homes for boys and for girls), circa 1927, early 1930s, 1960, undated
3	6	Chilpancingo, Guerrero, people and scenes, circa early 1930s, undated
3	7	Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Wallace Institute, circa early 1930s, undated
3	8	Coatepec de Morales, Michoacán, Young Men's Bible School, church, Daily Vacation Bible School (DVBS) children, circa early 1950s, undated
3	9	Colotlipa, Guerrero, people and scenes, late 1950s
3	10-11	Coyoacán, D.F., Central Bible School (Escuela Biblica Central), 1950s-1960s
3	12	Coyoacán, D.F., schools/students, mission and church, and people and scenes, 1920s, undated
3	13	Cuernavaca, Morelos, camps/campers, undated
3	14	Cuernavaca, Morelos, churches, Bible School students, and Vacation Bible School/Daily Vacation Bible School (DVBS), early 1930s, 1954, undated
3	15	Cuernavaca, Morelos, Internado "Betania," 1951, 1956
3	16	Cuernavaca, Morelos, mission compound/house and missionaries, 1934, 1940 November 22, 1965, undated
3	17	Cuernavaca, Morelos, people and scenes, 1904, undated [some by C.B. (Charles Betts) Waite, 1861-1927, photographer]
3	18	Guadalajara, Jalisco, and Manzanillo, Colima, mission and church, 1960s-1970s, undated
3	19	Huerta Vieja, Guerrero, mission school and day school, undated
3	20	Ixtapalapa, Mexico City, Education and Family Project, 1977
3	21	Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Presbyterian Church, Alice J. McClelland and students, and people and scenes, 1910s, undated [2 photographs by photographer Robert Runyon, 1881-1968]
3	22	Mexico City, Bible Training School for Girls, 1920s, 1939

23	1	Oversize: Mexico City and Coyoacán, D.F., Presbyterian Mission Day Schools, 1899, 1923, undated

3	23	Mexico City, people and scenes, 1900s-1977 [some by C.B. (Charles Betts) Waite, 1861-1927, photographer]

23	2	Oversize: Mexico City, Presbyterian Normal School for Girls, 1885-1917
23	3	Oversize: Mexico City, Presbyterian Normal School for Girls, class of 1897 and teachers, 1897

3	24	Mexico City, Sanatorio "La Salud," 1962
3	25	Mexico City, Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian Theological Seminary, early 1920s, 1932, 1960s-early 1970s, undated
3	26	Monterrey Nuevo León, church and congregation, undated
3	27	Monterrey Nuevo León, Monterry Committee on Occupational Evangelism, and Evangelical Association of Professional and Business Men (includes negatives), 1965, undated
3	28	Morelia, Michoacán, Christians/co-workers, 1926, 1934, undated
3	29	Morelia, Michoacán, church, Anna King Memorial, and colporteurs, and Bible institutes, circa 1933, 1951, undated
3	30	Morelia, Michoacán, people and scenes (includes negatives), 1904-1905, 1920s, 1943, 1959, undated [some by C.B. (Charles Betts) Waite, 1861-1927, photographer]
3	31	Morelia, Michoacán, Sanatorio "La Luz" (Hospital of the Light and nursing school), circa 1930s-1950s
3	32-34	Morelia, Michoacán, Sanatorio "La Luz" (Hospital of the Light and nursing school), circa 1950s
3	35-36	Morelia, Michoacán, Sanatorio "La Luz" (Hospital of the Light and nursing school), circa 1960s
3	37	Morelia, Michoacán, Sanatorio "La Luz" (Hospital of the Light and nursing school), circa 1960s-1971
3	38-39	Morelia, Michoacán, Sanatorio "La Luz" (Hospital of the Light and nursing school), undated
3	40	Ometepec, Guerrero, Missionaries (James and Marguerite Boyce, John B. and Madge Wood), 1950s-early 1960s
3	41	Ometepec, Guerrero, people and scenes, 1962, 1971, undated
3	42	Ometepec, Guerrero, Sanatorio "La Amistad" (Friendship Hospital), 1950s
3	43	Ometepec, Guerrero, Sanatorio "La Amistad" (Friendship Hospital), 1960s-early 1970s
3	44	Ometepec, Guerrero, Sanatorio "La Amistad" (Friendship Hospital), early 1970s, undated
3	45	Opopeo, Michoacán, Bible/Christian institute, Sunday school, Christians, and churches, 1926, 1931
3	46	Ozumba, state of Mexico, Presbyterian mission day school, 1894 January
3	47	Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, people and scenes, circa 1920s-circa 1940, 1956, 1962, undated
3	48	Pátzcuaro, San Bartolo, and the Pátzcuaro field, Michoacán; church and congregation, Bible school, public school, and Christians/co-workers, circa 1930s-circa early 1940s, undated
3	49	San Ángel, D.F., Presbyterian Normal School for Young Women, 1910s-1920s, undated
3	50	Santiago Undameo, Michoacán, church members/congregation, 1920s-1930s
3	51	Tapalpa, Jalisco, Bible institute, undated
3	52	Taxco, Guerrero, church and youth center, 1950s
3	53	Taxco, Guerrero, people and scenes, circa 1930s-circa early 1950s, undated
3	54	Taxquillo, Hidalgo, people and scenes, including the Otomi, 1943, undated
3	55	Teloloapan, Guerrero, mission and church, 1950s-1970, undated
3	56	Toluca (state of) Mexico, Bible Training School for Girls (Presbyterial of the South Bible School), early 1940s, early to mid-1950s, undated
3	57	Toluca (state of) Mexico, church, pastors, and members, circa 1900s-1941
3	58	Toluca (state of) Mexico, internado/student home, community center, and James H. and Edith Scott Wray and children, 1920s
3	59	Toluca (state of) Mexico, scenes, 1904, 1919, undated [one by C.B. (Charles Betts) Waite, 1861-1927, photographer]
3	60	Torreón, Coahuila, Iglesia Presbyteriana "El Buen Pastor," 1958 July
3	61	Uruapan, Michoacán, church and pastor, 1926, 1933, 1941
3	62	Uruapan, Michoacán, people and scenes, early 1940s, undated
3	63	Uruapan, Michoacán, photograph/postcard sets with narrative, early 1940s, undated
3	64	Xochipala, Guerrero, church, Sunday school, elders, and Christian home, undated
3	65	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, Bible institute, 1935 and undated, and Cotzio, Michoacán, Bible institute, 1943
3	66	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, church, congregation, and Sunday school, 1920s-1950s
3	67	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, Escuela Centenarista, 1920s-1930s
3	68	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, Graybill Memorial School, 1920s-1930s
3	69	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, internados (student homes for girls and for boys), 1950s, undated
3	70	Near Zitácuaro, Michoacán, Men's Bible School (includes slides), 1950s
3	71	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, missionaries and Christians/co-workers, 1920s-1930s, undated
3	72	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, people and scenes, circa early 1900s, 1920s-1930s, 1943, undated [one by C.B. (Charles Betts) Waite, 1861-1927, photographer]
3	73	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, schools/students, 1927, 1934, undated
3	74	Zitácuaro, Michoacán, Women's Convention (panorama), 1934 July

		Subject Files
4	1	Board of World Missions trip, 1962
4	2	Board of World Missions trip (negatives), 1962
4	3	Caravans, 1950s, 1981, undated
4	4-5	Centennial Celebration, Presbyterian Church of Mexico and meeting of Board of World Missions (includes negatives), 1972 October
4	6-9	Centennial Celebration, Presbyterian Church of Mexico and meeting of Board of World Missions, 1972 October
4	10	Centennial Celebration, Presbyterian Church of Mexico and meeting of Board of World Missions (negatives), 1972 October

23	4	Oversize: Christian Endeavor Convention, 1896 and first General Assembly of Christian Workers held in Mexico, 1888

4	11	Christians/co-workers, 1920s-1930s, undated
4	12	Christians/co-workers, 1920s-1950s, undated
4	13	Churches and congregations, 1920s-1930s, 1950s-1971, undated
4	14-20	Mission and church (includes negatives), 1920s-1970s, undated
4	21	Mission and church (includes negatives), 1920s, undated
4	22	MIssion and church (negatives), undated
4	23	Missionaries (primarily mission meetings, primarily group photographs), 1913, 1920s-1930s, 1960, undated
4	24	Missionaries and missionary children, A-C, circa 1933-1976, undated
4	25	Missionaries and missionary children, D-M, 1920s-1971, undated
4	26	Missionaries and missionary children, N-R, 1920s-circa 1960s, undated
4	27	Missionaries and missionary children, S-Z, circa late 1910s-1979
4	28	National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Christian Education Department, undated
4	29	National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, General Assembly (meetings, moderators, and other officers), 1947-1965, undated
4	30	National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Presbytery of Tamaulipas, Presbytery of the South, Presbyterial Union of the South (primarily group photographs), 1920s-1930s, circa mid-1960s, undated
4	31	National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Synod, Synodical, and general convention (group photographs), 1901, 1924, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1943-1944, 1951-1952

23	5-7	Oversize: National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Synod, Synodical, and general convention (group photographs), 1904, 1919, undated

4	32-39	People and scenes, 1910s-1960s, undated
4	40-44	People and scenes, 1900s [by C.B. (Charles Betts) Waite, 1861-1927, photographer]
4	45	United Nations and Unesco, 1961

		SERIES III: BRAZIL, 1875-1989

		Location
5	1	East Brazil (includes negatives), 1950s-1960s, undated
5	2	East Brazil missionaries (includes negatives), 1950s
5	3	East Brazil schools, 1959-1960
5	4	East Minas Field, 1950s-1970s
5	5	North Brazil, 1918, 1950s-1960s
5	6	North Brazil missionaries, C-H, 1950s-1960s
5	7	North Brazil missoinaries, S-T, 1960-1967
5	8	West Brazil, 1920s, 1950s-1960s, undated
5	9	West Brazil, 1950s
5	10	West Brazil, 1943-1962
5	11	West Brazil schools, 1950s-1960s

		Subject Files
5	12	ABC Literacy Campaign, 1950-1980
5	13	Agnes Eskine flood, 1966
5	14	Agnes Eskine School, 1945-1972
5	15	Agnes Eskine School, 1955-1965
5	16	Airplanes/mission planes, 1960, undated
5	17	American students in Brazil, 1962
5	18	Annual Report of Brazil, 1973-1975
5	19	Bandeirante School for Missionary Children (Ceres, Brazil), 1964-1965, 1970, undated
5	20	Board of World Missions trip to Brazil for selected Presbyterian Ministers (Board sponsored, conducted by Sam Hope, May 1969), 1969 May
5	21	BR-14 Highway to Brasilia Belem - Brasilia Highway, 1972, undated
5	22	Brasilia, 1958-1961
5	23	Brasilia Consultation (Board of World Missions), 1973
5	24	Bible Institute of the North (Garanhuns), 1949-1960
5	25	Camp Belo, 1930s, undated
5	26	Churches and congregations, 1958-1976
5	27	Conferences, 1959-1980
5	28	Educational work, mission schools, groups, and other (includes negatives), 1950s-1970s
5	29	Edward Lane Bible Institute (includes negatives), 1973
5	30	Evangelistic work, 1960s-1970s
5	31	15th of November School (Garanhuns), 1951-1981
5	32	15th of November School (Garanhuns), 1959

6	1	Gammon Institute (Lavras), 1942-1973
6	2	Gammon Institute (Lavras), 1941-1972
6	3	Gammon Institute (Lavras), 1942-1960
6	4	Gammon Institute (Lavras), 1942-1960
6	5	Japanese Church in Brazil, 1961, undated
6	6	Land for the Landless, 1978, early 1980s
6	7	Medical work (includes negatives), 1943-1980
6	8	Mission and church, 1875, 1930s-1950s, undated
6	9	Missionary meetings (group shots), 1920s-1930s, 1964
6	10	Missionaries, groups and unidentified missionaries, 1930, 1948, undated
6	11	Missionaries (includes negatives), A-F
6	12	Missionaries, G-K
6	13	Missionaries (includes negatives), L
6	14	Missionaries, M-R
6	15	Missionaries, S
6	16	Missionaries, T-W
6	17	"Missionaries for a month," 1973-1979
6	18	Missionaries, Frank Arnold photographs taken of/by (includes evangelists, self-help projects), 1965-1970
6	19	Missionaries, John Crow photographs taken of/by (includes negatives), 1960-1970
6	20	Missionaries, Paul Long photographs taken of/by (includes negatives), 1970s
6	21	People and scenes, 1950s-1970s, undated
6	22	People and scenes, 1950s-1960s, undated
6	23	People and scenes, 1960s-1970s, undated
6	24	Photographs submitted by Dr. C. Darby Fulton, Executive Secretary for Board of World Missions, circa 1954
6	25	Presbytery camps, 1965-1975

23	8-9	Oversize: Presbyterian Church of Brazil, circa 1906, undated

6	26	Presbyterian Church of Brazil, General Assembly meetings, 1942-1950
6	27	Presbyterian Church of Brazil, moderator Dr. José Borges dos Santos Jr. and executive secretary Rev. Wilson de Castro Ferreira, 1958
6	28	Presbyterian Church of Brazil, Synod of Brazil (includes negatives), undated
6	29	Presbyterian Church of Brazil, Presbyerty Valadares, undated
6	30	Trip of Rev. Paul Warren to Brazil, 1959
6	31	Radio and audiovisual, 1959-1989
6	32	Sunday schools, 1970s
6	33-34	Joseph R. Woody's trip to Brazil (photographs taken by Woody for Board of World Missions), 1965

7	1-5	Joseph R. Woody's trip to Brazil (photographs taken by Woody for Board of World Missions), 1965
7	6	World Neighbors Center, undated
7	7	Unidentified negatives, undated

		SERIES IV: CHINA, 1892-1950

		Location
8	1	Changchow (Zhangzhou), includes King Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1931, undated
8	2	Chefoo (Yantai), includes Wilson Memorial building, undated
8	3	Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), includes Goldsby King Memorial Hospital and wedding of Pearl Sydenstrider and John Lossing Buck, 1917, 1926-1937, undated	Digital
8	4	Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), Boys' High School, circa 1915-1923
8	5	Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), scenes and people, 1925, undated
8	6	Haizhou, missionaries and missionaries' children, includes funeral of Rev. John Walker Vinson Sr. (1931), 1920-1924
8	7	Haizhou, Christians and coworkers, 1934, undated
8	8	Haizhou, Haichow Boys' School, 1920, undated
8	9	Haizhou, scenes and people, 1920, 1934, undated
8	10	Haizhou, Mary Orme Flinn Bible School for Women, 1931-1934
8	11	Haizhou, Ellen Lavine Graham Hospital (includes negatives), 1918-1934
8	12	Hangchow (Hangzhou), missionaries, 1890s-1925
8	13	Hangchow (Hangzhou), schools and churches, 1921, undated
8	14	Hangchow (Hangzhou), Union Girls' School, 1924, undated
8	15	Hangchow (Hangzhou), Christians and coworkers, 1904-1928, undated
8	16	Hangchow (Hangzhou), Hangchow Christian College, 1911-1931
8	17	Hangchow (Hangzhou), scenes and people, includes three photographs related to the Revolution of 1911, 1911-1926, undated
8	18	Hsuchowfu (Xuzhou), Christians, 1909-1926
8	19	Hsuchowfu (Xuzhou), evangelism, 1926-1930	Digital
8	20	Hsuchowfu (Xuzhou), hospitals, 1920-1935
8	20a	Hsuchowfu (Xuzhou), missionaries, 1908-1939
8	21	Hsuchowfu (Xuzhou), scenes, 1920-1930
8	22	Hsuchowfu (Xuzhou), schools, 1914-1930
8	23	Hwaianfu (Huai'an), Christians and coworkers, 1924-1934
8	24	Hwaianfu (Huai'an), evangelism, 1912-1936
8	25	Hwaianfu (Huai'an), missionaries, 1918-1935
8	26	Huaiyin (Huai'an), schools and relief, 1917-1934
8	27	Huaiyin (Huai'an), scenes, 1926-1934
8	28	Kashing (Jiaxing), 1931-1935
8	29	Kiangya (Jiangyin), Christians and coworkers, 1918-1934
8	30	Kiangya (Jiangyin), evangelism, 1910-1941
8	31	Kiangya (Jiangyin), missionaries, 1918-1925
8	32	Kiangya (Jiangyin), schools, 1910-1930
8	33	Kiangya (Jiangyin), scenes, 1914-1920
8	34	Kuling (Guling), 1924-1934
8	35	Moganshan, Hangzhou, 1920s
8	36	Nanjing, 1916-1941	Digital
8	37	North Kiangsu (Jiangsu), 1922-1936
8	38	Peking (Beijing), 1925
8	39	Shanghai, 1895-1941	Digital
8	40	Soochow (Suzhou), evangelism and scenes, 1914-1934
8	41	Soochow (Suzhou), missionaries, 1892-1940
8	42	Soochow (Suzhou), schools and hospitals, 1916-1926
8	43	Sutsien (Suqian), Christians and coworkers, 1917-1931
8	44	Sutsien (Suqian), evangelism, 1927-1939
8	45	Sutsien (Suqian), hospitals, 1907-1932
8	46	Sutsien (Suqian), missionaries, 1920-1930
8	47	Sutsien (Suqian), scenes, 1920-1934
8	48	Sutsien (Suqian), schools, 1916-1931
8	49	Taichow (Taizhou), 1916-1935
8	50	Tenghsien (Tenxian), 1922-1939
8	51	Tsinan (Jinan), 1900-1935
8	52	Tsingkiangpu (Qingjiangpu), 1917-1934	Digital
8	53	Yengcheng (Yangcheng), 1920-1934	Digital

		Subject Files
8	54	MIssionaries, 1900-1935
8	55	Negatives, 1902-1939
8	56	People and scenes (includes maps and photographs of famine refugees), 1917-1950

		SERIES V: JAPAN, 1890-1988

		Subject files
9	1	Former missionaries, A-E, 1920s-1960s
9	2	Former missionaries, F-L, 1910s-1960s
9	3	Former missionaries, M-Mi, 1920s-1960s
9	4	Former missionaries, Mo-R, 1910s-1960s
9	5	Former missionaries, S-Y, 1920s-1960s
9	6	Mission staff, board, missionary families, 1940s-1960s
9	7	Educational work, 1920s-1960s
9	8	Educational work, 1920s-1970s
9	9	Educational work, 1930s-1960s
9	10	Educational work, 1950s-1960s
9	11	Educational work, 1920s-1930s
9	12	Work with Chinese in Japan, including Chinese church (Kobe), 1950s-1960s
9	13	Evangelism, 1956-1961
9	14	Evangelism, 1960s
9	15	Evangelism, Hokkaido Radio Evangelism and Mass Communications, 1960s-1970s
9	16	Evangelism, Kyodan, 1961-1972
9	17	Evangelism, ministry to truck drivers, 1965
9	18	Evangelism, Rokko Christian Student Center, 1957-1958
9	19	Churches, 1956-1961

10	1-2	Medical work, 1955-1973
10	3	Missionaries, 1920-1921
10	4	Scenes, 1890-1955
10	5	Southern Baptists in Hong Kong, 1962-1963
10	6	Untied Nations, 1960s
10	7-10	People, 1955-1988
10	11	Children, 1957-1972
10	12	Interpretation photographs, 1959-1967
10	13	Negatives, 1892-1975	Digital
10	14	Kinjo Gakuin, Golden Castle Women's High School and College, photo album and postcards, 1948-1952

11	1	Kochi-Fukuicho photo album, 1960s
11	2	Kagawa, Shikoku Christian College, photo album, circa 1960
11	3	Yodogawa Christian Hospital, circa 1950

		SERIES VI: KOREA, 1892-1988

		Location
12	1	Chidi San mountain (includes photographs of missionaries), 1925-1926
12	2	Chunju, 1898, 1916-1929
12	3	Chunju, Bible Institutes (mostly class photographs), 1916-1939
12	4	Chunju, Christians and coworkers, undated
12	5	Chunju, churches and Sunday schools, 1922-1971
12	6	Chunju, medical work, 1950-1970
12	7	Chunju, medical work, amputee clinic, 1950s
12	8	Chunju, medical work, buildings, 1917-1970, 1988
12	9	Chunju, medical work, medical evangelism, 1952-1965
12	10	Chunju, medical work, nurses and nurse training school, 1949-1970
12	11	Chunju, medical work, staff photographs, 1949-1965
12	12	Chunju, medical work, 1950s
12	13-14	Chunju, medical work, 1960-1972
12	15	Chunju, medical work, 1972-1980s
12	16	Chunju, medical work, undated
12	17	Chunju, medical work, negatives, undated
12	18	Chunju, missionary meetings/groups of missionaries, 1921-1949
12	19	Chunju, missionaries, B-W, 1916-1960
12	20	Chunju, orphanage, 1950s
12	21	Chunju, schools, 1916-1959
12	22	Chunju, schools/seminaries, 1917-1974
12	23	Kunsan, 1913-1949
12	24	Kunsan, hospitals and schools, 1916-1934
12	25	Gwangju (includes negatives), 1922-1984
12	26	Gwangju, churches and Sunday Schools, 1899-1955
12	27	Gwangju, Honam Theological Seminary, 1962-1976
12	28	Gwangju, "Livestock Center" photo project by Dwight Linton, 1968
12	29	Gwangju, medical work (includes negatives), 1952-1978
12	30	Gwangju, medical work, 1958-1978
12	31	Gwangju, medical work, 1929-1960s

13	1	Gwangju, schools (includes negatives), 1928-1975
13	2	Mokpo (includes negatives), 1926-1954
13	3	Mokpo, churches and missionaries (includes negatives), 1920-1963
13	4	Mokpo, medical work, 1916-1930, 1978
13	5	Mokpo, schools, 1912-1964
13	6	Pyongyang, 1926-1933
13	7	Pyongyang, Theological Seminary, 1929-1930s
13	8	Quelpart Island (includes Christians and coworkers), 1920s
13	9	Seoul, 1921-1976
13	10	Seoul, Presbyterian Seminary, 1959-1972
13	11	Soonchun (Sunchŏn), 1929-1955
13	12	Soonchun (Sunchŏn), churches and Sunday Schools, 1919-1957
13	13	Soonchun (Sunchŏn), medical work, undated
13	14	Soonchun (Sunchŏn), medical work, R.M. Wilson Hospital, 1947-1973
13	15	Soonchun (Sunchŏn), station photo album, 1973
13	16	Soonchun (Sunchŏn), schools, 1929-1960
13	17	Taejon (Daejeon), 1926-1963
13	18	Taejon (Daejeon), colleges and seminaries, 1955-1962
13	19	Taejon (Daejeon), colleges and seminaries, 1960s

		Subject files
13	20	Agricultural work, 1929-1964
13	21	Audiovisuals (includes radio stations), 1960-1970
13	22	Ceremonies and events (includes visits of U.S. dignitaries), 1916-1926, 1961-1967, undated
13	23	Christian Center for Servicemen, 1953-1980
13	24	Christians and coworkers, 1918-1934, 1962-1978, undated
13	25-26	Churches and congregations, 1947-1978

14	1	Evangelism (rural and urban), 1951-1983
14	2	Family Service Projects, 1972
14	3	Industrial mission, 1968-1972
14	4	Land Reclamation Program, 1971-1972
14	5	Medical work, 1953-1982
14	6	Missionary meetings/group photographs (includes negatives), 1892-1958
14	7	Missionaries, A-G, 1961-1978
14	8	Missionaries, H, 1953-1973
14	9	Missionaries, I-R, 1970s, undated
14	10	Missionaries, S-Z, 1925, 1970s, undated
14	11-12	Former missionaries (includes negatives), 1950s-1970s, undated
14	13	Missionaries, language study, 1952-1976
14	14	Missionaries, Dr. Paul Crane photograph collection, 1958-1972
14	15	Missionaries, Charles H. Pratt photograph collection, 1940s-1950s
14	16	People and scenes, 1926-1972
14	17	People and scenes, 1916-1929, 1950s, undated
14	18	Presbyterian Church of Korea General Assemblies and officials, 1916-1934, 1972, undated
14	19	Presbytery of North Chulla meetings, 1921-1938
14	20	Schools and students, 1916-1930, 1950-1979, undated
14	21	Student Christian Movement, 1960s
14	22	Relief work, 1950s

		SERIES VII: TAIWAN, 1948-1980

		Subject files
15	1	Agricultural missions, 1958-1975
15	2	Bible School photo album, circa 1960s-1973
15	3	Bible schools and children's groups, 1955-1980
15	4	Hsinchu Bible School, 1960-1961
15	5	Zhubei Bible School, 1957-1963
15	6	Centennial, 1985
15	7	Christmas, 1960-1962
15	8	Church buildings, 1956-1976
15	9	Congregations, 1956-1966
15	10	Education, 1955-1978
15	11	Theological Education, 1956-1964
15	12	Education, Tunghai University, 1957-1963
15	13-14	Evangelistic work, 1956-1974
15	15	Evangelistic work, 1955-1975
15	16	Evangelstic work, tent evangelism, 1956-1961
15	17	Friendship Corner Church, 1954-1963
15	18	Indigenous people, 1954-1978
15	19	Interpretation, 1955-1978
15	20	Medical work, 1954-1975
15	21	Missionaries, 1954-1981
15	22	Missionaries, negatives, 1948-1968
15	23-25	People and scenes, 1955-1976

16	1	Puppet ministry theater, 1968
16	2	Radio and television, 1960s-1970s
16	3	Earthquake relief, 1964
16	4	E.H. Hamilton slides, 1950s
16	5	A.G. Peery slides, 1963
16	6	Negatives, 1948-1968
16	7	Negatives and filmstrips (includes medical work, education, and evangelism), 1957-1960s

17	1	Agricultural work, oversize photographs, 1960-1968
17	2	Missions scrapbook, 1964

		SERIES VIII: OTHER COUNTRIES/CONTINENTS, 1948-1985

18	1	Portugal, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1954-1959
18	2	Portugal, 1950-1957
18	3	Portugal, 1955-1985
18	4	Ecuador, United Andean Indian Mission, circa 1960
18	5-6	Ecuador, 1954-1965
18	7	Bangladesh, 1971-1975
18	8	Bangladesh, 1974-1979
18	9-12	Bangladesh, 1971-1979
18	13	Bangladesh, agricultural work, 1971-1979
18	14	Bangladesh, PFB, CHARA, 1971-1979
18	15	Bangladesh, negatives, 1974-1975
18	16	Iraq (mostly contains pictures of Yazidis), 1955-1960	Digital

19	1	Iraq (mostly contains pictures of Baghdad School for Girls), 1955-1962
19	2	Brazil, 1961-1980
19	3	Guatemala (includes earthquake photographs), 1976
19	4	Haiti, 1977-1984
19	5	Honduras, 1976-1977
19	6	Nicaragua, earthquake relief, 1970
19	7	Peru, earthquake relief, 1970
19	8	India, 1948-1970
19	9	Indonesia, 1964-1979
19	10-12	Indonesia, 1970-1982
19	13	Vietnam, Montagnards (Thomas Stanton photographs), 1965
19	14	Africa, 1958-1978
19	15	Africa, 1971-1978
19	16	Africa, conferences, 1962-1973
19	17	Africa, Theological Education Fund, 1964-1972
19	18	Biafra, Girard Klijn photographs, 1968
19	19	Ghana, 1958-1983
19	20	Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, 1970-1983
19	21	Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, 1969-1983
19	22	Zaire, 1961-1983
19	23	Drought in the Sahel, 1973-1974
19	24-25	Asia-Pacific, 1969-1981

		SERIES IX: SUBJECT FILES, 1925-1987

20	1	Church World Service, India, 1955-1975
20	2	Church World Service, Pakistan, 1971
20	3	Church World Service, Bangladesh, 1971-1975
20	4	Church World Service, Japan, 1950s
20	5	Church World Service, Vietnam, 1965-1968
20	6	Church World Service, Madagascar (includes audio cassette of D.O.M. Africa working group), 1973-1975
20	7	Church World Service, Middle East and North Africa, 1950s-1980s
20	8	Church World Service, Arab refugees, Palestine, 1951-1957
20	9	Church World Service, Arab refugees, Palestine, 1950-1975
20	10	Church World Service, Lebanon, 1975-1979
20	11	Church World Service, Cyprus, 1975
20	12	Church World Service, Europe, 1950-1975
20	13	Church World Service, Germany, 1948-1951
20	14	Church World Service, Germany, 1948-1954
20	15	Church World Service, Greece, 1950-1969
20	16	Church World Service, Hungary, 1956
20	17	Church World Service, Italy, 1950-1951
20	18	Church World Service, Italy, Trieste refugees, 1951-1953
20	19	Church World Service, Yugoslavia, 1951
20	20	Church World Service, Latin America, 1954-1976
20	21	Church World Service, Guatemala earthquake, 1976
20	22-24	Church World Service, Refugees and relief, 1950-1975
20	25-26	Church World Service, Church World Service, 1962-1967

21	1-2	United Nations relief and development, 1956-1972
21	3	World Council of Churches, 1960-1972
21	4	Appalachia (includes contact sheets and negatives), circa 1970
21	5	Black Power (includes Dick Gregory), 1968
21	6	Hunger and famine, 1961-1980
21	7	Board of World Missions staff and board members, 1953-1972
21	8	Board of World Missions staff and board members, 1961-1970
21	9	International student house, "The Bridge" in Washington D.C., 1963
21	10	Medical missions filmstrip photographs, circa 1955
21	11	Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), 1950s	Digital
21	12	Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, Virginia), mission consultation, 1964
21	13-16	Interpretation photographs (includes negatives), 1950s-1980s
21	17	Interpretation photographs, 1973-1978
21	18	Interpretation photographs, 1949-1971
21	19	Interpretation photographs, 1969-1980
21	20	Interpretation, contact sheets and negatives, 1977-1981
21	21	Interpretation, criminal justice contact sheets and negatives, 1976

22	1	Missionary correspondence photographs, 1949-1976
22	2	Missionary correspondence photographs, 1979-1980
22	3	General Assembly contact sheets and negatives, 1979-1983
22	4	Montreat Missionary Institute, 1943-1984
22	5	Montreat World Mission conferences, 1953-1962
22	6	Montreat World Mission conferences, 1962-1967
22	7	Montreat World Mission conferences, 1971-1975
22	8	Montreat World Mission conference, 1976
22	9	Montreat conferences (includes plurality, singles), 1953-1980s
22	10	Photograph compliation, 150th anniversary, world mission, 1987
22	11	Negatives (mostly George Cooley), 1965-1967

23	10	Oversize: Board of World Missions micro photograph index of Brazil, Congo, China, and Japan, 1925-1929
23	11	Oversize: Missionary scrapbook, David McLear family (includes mission work in China, Brazil, Mexico), 1950s-1960s
23	12	Oversize: International House scrapbook (Huntington, Virginia), 1965
23	13	Oversize: Board of World Missions photo album (mostly group photographs of missionaries), 1944-1961

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