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Date: ca. 1856 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Portrait of Gulian Lansing, who arrived in Nov 1856, after five years of experience in the Syria Mission. He later married the first single woman assigned to the Egypt field, Sarah B. Dales, who arrived in 1858. Lansing was the author of "Egypt's Princes : Missionary Labor in the Valley of the ... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1885 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: This image shows the male AME missionaries present thirty years into the organization's history. In the front row, left to right : William Harvey, John Hogg, Gulian Lansing, S.C. Ewing, and Andrew Watson. In the back row, left to right : Chauncey Murch, John Giffen, Elmer Lansing M.D., J.R. Alexa... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1920 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: A portrait of Robert Stewart McClenahan (not McClanahan) and his wife Margaret. They joined the AME in 1897. R.S. McClenahan was the Secretary/Treasurer of Assiut College, and Professor of Ethics and Biblical Instruction. He joined with Charles R. Watson to start the American University in Cairo,... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1861 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Image of building in the Ezbekia district of Cairo used as a school for girls. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1952 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: A list on paper found with the slides reads "Girls College today." The photo represents the school as it had developed up to the Centennial of the American Mission in 1954. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1870 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Image of the chapel at Assiut College, which was founded in 1870. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1912 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: A seminary for the training of pastors was formally established in Cairo very early in the history of the American Mission, on 26 Sept 1864, by Revs. Lansing and Hogg. Promising candidates were recruited from Assiut College as they completed their secondary education. A list on paper found with... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1954 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: A list on paper found with the 25 slides in this collection. The titles on the list sometimes are slightly at variance with titles handwritten on the paper edges of the slides. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1872 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Margaret Anna Smith arrived in Egypt in 1872. She led the founding of the Fowler Orphanage, and was also instrumental in the conversion from Islam of Ahmed Fahmy, which became a major incident due to the opposition of his family and the involvement of the Egyptian authorities. See Sharkey, pp. 78... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1894 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: The same photo is found in Andrew Watson, "The American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1896," facing page 377, but there it is dated 1892. Edge of slide is damaged by adhesive tape. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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