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Date: ca. 1862 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Image of a building acquired by the AME with the help of Mr. Thayer, the American Consul-General, from the Viceroy Sa'id Pasha, in 1862. It stood at the west end of Muski Street (spelled "Musky" on the slide) and was the first property owned by the AME. Up to that time, the missionaries had bee... 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: ca. 1925 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Portrait of five "ministers" (pastors?) who are not identified. They appear to include one missionary and four Egyptian pastors. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1897 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Image of seven graduates of Assiut College with three staff members : J.R. Alexander, Carrie Buchanan and S.G. Hart. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1897 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Image of 11 staff members and instructors, including J.R. Alexander, Carrie Buchanan and S.G. Hart. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1920 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Medical ministry was undertaken by the AME beginning with the arrival of Dr. D.R. Johnston and his wife Margaret in 1868. By 1891, a small clinic was established in Asyut by Dr. L.M. Henry. This image shows the hospital building about 1920. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1864 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: In 1864, a Punjabi prince, the Maharajah Dulip Singh (son of Runjit Singh) visited Egypt. He was a Protestant convert and became acquainted with the AME staff, serving as a benefactor to the Mission. He requested the help of John Hogg and Sarah Dales to find him a pious Christian wife, and they... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1928 Contributing Institution: Asbury Theological Seminary B. L. Fisher Library Description: Book display in a bookstore window. Many copies of ESJ's "Christ at the Round Table" book are shown in the display with several signs that say the following: "A Sincere, Vital and Challenging Book That Compels Deep Consideration" and "Important New Missionary Book, Just Published, "Christ at th... -
Date: ca. 1870 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: John Hogg arrived in Egypt from Edinburgh in 1856 with his wife Bessie Kay, at the invitation of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. His life story is related by their daughter, Rena L. Hogg, in the book "Master Builder on the Nile" (1914), and in Andrew Watson, "The American Missio... 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. 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: 1901 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Image of the American Mission building in the Ezbekia district of 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: 1940/1949 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: A large group of men, women, and children. Written on verso: Get acquainted social. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Date: 1910 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: A list on paper found with the slides reads "Girls College Original Building." This view shows the extensive gardens that surrounded the College. The building was made possible by a gift of $18,000 from John D. Rockefeller in 1907. See Elder, pp. 133-34. 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. 1861 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: The Ibis was the houseboat on which the AME missionaries traveled between Cairo and Upper Egypt, conducting worship and evangelistic work, distributing literature and so on. The Ibis was purchased and refitted by Dulip Singh in 1865 for a honeymoon trip with his bride Bamba, and in 1874 was dona... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1940 Contributing Institution: Graduate Theological Union Description: Post card advertising book by Rev. Stanley Armstrong Hunter on the Temple of Religion and Tower of Peace. The picture shows Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, president of Mills Collecge, addressing a crowd of over 10,000 on "The Gospel of America " at the "Keep America Out of War Meeting." View Full Item at Graduate Theological Union -
Date: 1925/1935 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: "Mammy", a woman with headscarf. View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff 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: 1931 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Anna Thompson arrived in Egypt in 1871 and devoted a colorful 61 years to her work with and for women. Her impact is summarized in Sharkey, pp. 87-89; her papers are held at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, and a literature exists detailing her life and career. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1910 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Portrait of Ella O. Kyle, who arrived in Egypt in 1883, and first served at the boarding school for girls in Asyut. In 1892, she became director of the American School for Girls at Ezbekia. In 1910, she founded the American College for Girls in Cairo (later renamed Ramses College for Girls) and... 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: ca. 1861 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Image of first teacher in the school for girls at Ezbekia. A list of slides found with the collection spells her name as "Muallima Sayiada." 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 -
Date: ca. 1854 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Portrait of Thomas McCague. He and his wife Henrietta arrived in Cairo from Ohio on 15 Nov 1854. In December, James Barnett joined them, after serving in the Syria Mission. The McCagues served in Egypt until their return to America in 1861. The image is damaged around the edges by adhesive tape. 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: 1910 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: The American College for Girls in Cairo was dedicated on 28 March 1910, with former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in attendance. Also in this photo is Miss Ella O. Kyle, principal and founder of the College. E.E. Elder states that Miss Kyle was not present when the photo was taken and was lat... View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 1898 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Unidentified female members of the American Mission. A similar photo is found in Andrew Watson, "The American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1896," facing page 401, containing nine identified people. Some of them appear to be the same individuals. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: Evangelical Free Church of America Date: 1941 Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: From the Foreword: ""At the request of the Board of Education of The Evangelical Free Church of America, we have prepared this brief and modest booklet to perpetuate the memory of our greatly beloved and highly esteemed president of the Free Church Bible Institute and Seminary,"" Axel Leonard Wed... View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Hanson, Philip C., Anderson, Frank W., and Dahlin, John E. Date: 1945 Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: Brief reflections from EFCA ministers from around the country. View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Thorwall, LaReau Date: 1969 Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: A biography of EFCA preacher Axel Johnson Thorwall (1890-1960), who immigrated from Sweden to Rockord, Illinois. A physically-imposing, larger-than-life man, Thorwall was raised in Sweden's state Lutheran Church before joining the Evangelical Free Church movement, eventually becoming a prominent ... View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Beckingsale, Emma, 1870-1955 Date: 1935 Contributing Institution: Carey Baptist College Ayson Clifford Library Description: Presidential address to the Baptist Women's Missionary Union on its jubilee in 1935. There are 6 pages of typed text. View Full Item at Carey Baptist College Ayson Clifford Library -
Creator: Larson, Mel Date: 1967 Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: Mel Larson's sequel to his popular ""117 Ways to the Mission Field."" Once more he collects stories from missionaries serving all over the world, exploring their motivations, inspirations, and challenges they faced as missionaries for Christ. View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Larson, Mel Date: 1957 Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: Mel Larson's collection of stories and testimonials from missionaries all over the world. Taking people from every walk of life, he documents their motivations to enter the missions field and the success, progress, and spiritual fulfillment they felt living as a missionary. View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Angels hold the winds of the four corners of the earth back while the 144,000 saints are sealed with the mark of Christ -
Creator: Scott Paper Company Contributing Institution: Duke University Divinity School Library Description: Advertisement for Waldorf and ScotTissue toilet papers. Includes photograph of a doctor consulting with a woman and her young child. 1929. JPG file (204 KB) -
Date: 1964-05-01 Contributing Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Description: The 176th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church stand in front of the Washita Presbytery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma View Full Item at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library -
Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: 1900 Swedish EFC Ministerial meeting View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Contributing Institution: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Libraries Description: Picture of L. R. Scarborough as Chaplin of the Abilene Fire Dept 1901-1908 View Full Item at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Libraries -
Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: 1904 Swedish EFC Ministerial Conference at Rockford, IL View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Eberspacher Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: 1906 Conference Swedish EFC Holdrege, NE View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Baylor University Contributing Institution: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Libraries Description: Baylor Department of Theology faculty, staff, and students in 1907. B.H. Carroll is in the center of the thrid row from the top. View Full Item at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Libraries -
Creator: Baylor University Contributing Institution: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Libraries Description: Baylor Faculty in 1907. B.H. Carroll is in the bottom row in the middle. View Full Item at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Libraries -
Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: 1907 Swedish EFC Conference, Chicago at First Free Church Oak Street View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Lee Brothers Photo Studios, Twin Cities Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: 1908 Swedish Evangelical Free Church Ministerial Conference, Minneapolis View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: 1912 Annual Swedish EFC Conference Denver, CO View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library -
Creator: Forsmark Studio, Turlock Contributing Institution: Trinity International University Rolfing Library Description: 1915 Annual (31st) Swedish EFC Conference, Turlock, CA View Full Item at Trinity International University Rolfing Library