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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 been living and working in temporary rented quarters. See Elder, p. 28-29. 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 recommended to him a young student in the School for Girls named Bamba. They were married in June 1864. See Elder, pp. 37-41, and Sharkey, pp. 36-37. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: Schenck, John F. (John Franklin), 1865-1945 Date: 1913 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pamphlet by John F. Schenck, Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association, arguing against legal protections for child workers in cotton mills and other Southern industries. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
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 Mission in Egypt, 1854-1896." 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, and served as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences 1920-1928. 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 Nile" (1865). The image is damaged along the lower edge by adhesive tape. 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: 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 donated to the mission in Asyut. See Elder, pp. 40-41. 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. Alexander, J.K. Giffen, and T.J. Finney. The same photo is found in Andrew Watson, "The American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1896," facing page 408. 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 served as its principal until her death in 1912. 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. 78-79. Smith taught for many years and served as principal of the girls' school in Haret es-Sakkain. 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 the slides adds "Staff and Students." 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 later "superimposed by the photographer" (see Elder, facing pg. 113). 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: Commission on Interracial Cooperation Date: 1939 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pamphlet explaining the mission of the organization. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: Commission on Interracial Cooperation Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pamphlet calling for fair and humane treatment of African Americans, arguing from Christian teachings and human values. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: Reid, Ira, 1901-1968 Date: 1943-07 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Booklet detailing the contributions of African Americans to the nation's development. This 22nd edition was revised by Dr. Ira Reid, Professor of Sociology at Atlanta University. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1954
User CollectionContributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1954: A collection of glass lantern slides created to celebrate the Centennial of the Presbyterian mission in Egypt, showing rare photos of some of the people and places connected with AME history. Each slide is identified by a title and usually a date, handwritten on the paper edge of the slide or on a list found with them. -
Creator: Eleazer, Robert B. Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pamphlet introducing the mission and work of the organization, written by the Educational Director of the CIC. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: Commission on Interracial Cooperation Date: ~1930 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pocket pamphlet about the practice of white persons falsely accusing or framing black Americans in police reports. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 and Kemp, John R., 1945- Date: 1911 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Photo from "Lewis Hine : Photographs of Child Labor in the New South," edited by John R. Kemp (University Press of Mississippi, 1986), p. 87. Boy in Alexandria Glass Factory, June 1911. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918 and Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 Date: undated Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pamphlet by A.J. McKelway, Secretary for the Southern States, NCLC. Contains several photos by Lewis W. Hine, staff photographer for the NCLC. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918 Date: 1913 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pamphlet by A.J. McKelway, Southern Secretary of the NCLC. Reprinted from the Child Labor Bulletin, 2/1 May 1913, containing the addresses and proceedings of the Ninth National Conference on Child Labor, held at Jacksonville, Fla., March 13-17, 1913. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Creator: Eleazer, Robert B. Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Pocket pamphlet offering arguments from Scripture and Christian sources for racial tolerance. Written by the Educational Director of the CIC. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1862 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: A photograph of a portrait painted of Robert Lewis Dabney wearing his Confederate uniform. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: perhaps 1885 and Not known when the sermons were compiled as a collection Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Title page prepared by Robert Lewis Dabney for this sermon collection View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: ca. 1885 and Not known when this collection was created Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: A Preface prepared by Dabney explaining his reasons for compiling this sermon collection. The Preface indicates that a set of twenty sermons was intended, of which twelve are found in the collection. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: 21 February 1858 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon I. "A Warning Against Secular Prosperity. A sermon preached, to a great assemblage, in the 2nd Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Va, Feb 21st 1858. The day before the inauguration of the Washington Monument of Va. on Deuteronomy XXXII.15 : 'Then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.' (With reference to the whole passage, from v. 12 to v. 16.)" View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: May 1861 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon III. "The Christian Philosopher : An Expository Sermon on Phillippians [sic] IV. 4-7. Preached at Camp Lee, near Richmond Va, by moonlight; to a number of volunteers, May, 1861. Preached in Charlottesville Va, May 1877." View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: June 1861 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon V. [This sermon was evidently published in the newspaper Watchman and Observer, from which Dabney has taken clippings and added new material to form the document.] "Encouragements to Prayer. A Sermon Preached to the 18th Regiment. Va. Volunteers, in their camp, within the Entrenchments of Manassa's [sic] Junction. June, 1861. On Luke 18th. 7. 8. 'And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry long unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.'" View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: May 1862 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon VI. "Our Ineffectual Prayers : A Sermon on James IV : 3rd. 'Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss.' Preached near Mossy Creek, Augusta, Va. May 1862, to the 44th Va. Regiment." On a slip of paper found with the sermon is written : "Preached in Charlottesville July 1877." The manuscript includes this Note : "After the battle of McDowell, and the pursuit of Milroy and Schenk, Gen. Jackson returned by forced marches to effect his junction with Gen. Ewell, and to pay his respects to Banks. The point to which his march first tended was Harrisonburg. The Sabbath found him near the village of Mt. Solon, on Mossy Creek, and there, although most eager to husband every moment, he paused, amidst the luxuriant fields and majestic groves of that beautiful region, to give the troops their day of sacred rest. The Sabbath proved to be one of unrivalled mildness and beauty. The author, the chief of Gen. Jackson's staff, accompanied by him, went in the forenoon to preach in the camp of the famous 12th Georgia Regiment, then without a Chaplain. In the afternoon, he passed to the opposite extremity of the encampments, and delivered the following discourse to the 44th Va." View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: July 1861 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon VII. "Spurious and Genuine Repentance Contrasted. A Sermon Preached within the Entrenchments at Manassa's [sic] Junction, to the 18th Regiment of the Volunteers, July 1861. From II. Corinthians, 7:10. 'For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.'" View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: July 1861 and after Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon VIII. "The Immediate Decision. A Sermon on I Kings 18:21. 'And Elijah came unto all the people and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.' Preached to the 18th Regiment, Va. Volunteers, in their encampment at Centreville, Fairfax County, July 1861." On the reverse of page 22 : "Preached at Univ of Va. April 1871. Amherst C.H. July 1871. at Do. July 1875. at Richmond Ky, June 1875. Asheville N.C. June 1882." This note indicates that the sermon collection was compiled by Dabney after 1882, even though the original dates of composition were much earlier. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: August 1861 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon X. "The Happy Service : An Expository Sermon on Matthew. XI. 28-30. 'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.' Preached in the camp of the 18th Regiment, Va. Volunteers, at Centreville, Fairfax Co. Va. August, 1861. [illegible] 1866." An unknown hand has crossed out the sentence beginning "Preached in." There are editing marks in pencil on the first page written by an unknown person. Pages of this manuscript are deteriorated and the ink is faint. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: April 1862 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon XIII. "Procrastination. A Sermon on Prov. 27:1. 'Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.' Preached to the 2nd Va. Brigade, Jackson's Division, Sabbath, April 26th 1862, in Swift Run Gap. Rockingham, Va." View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: May 1862 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon XIV. "Publick Calamities Caused by Publick Sins. A Sermon on Isaiah IX. 12.13. 'For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. For the people turneth not to him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.' Preached May 12th 1862 in the meadows near Franklin, Pendleton Co. Va, to Poagues Battery of Artillery." On a strip of paper found with the sermon is written : "At Winchester Ky. July 1875." The manuscript includes this note : "On the Monday after the battle of McDowell, the Sabbath having been employed in the pursuit of Milroy and Schenck, Genl Jackson granted his soldiers the half of Monday as a season of rest, and issued the following order. 'Soldiers of the Army of the Valley and North West, I congratulate you on your recent victory at McDowell. I request you to unite with me, this morning, in thanksgivings to Almighty God, for thus having crowned your arms with success; and in praying that He will continue to lead you on from victory to victory, until your independence shall be established; and make us that people whose God is the Lord. The Chaplains will hold divine service at 10 o Cl. A.M. this day in their respective regiments.' The author having been invited by Poague's battery, composed of gentlemen from Rockbridge County, who had no chaplain, to preach for them, availed himself of this opportunity. The men were assembled in the verdant meadow of the South Branch, beside a cluster of haystacks, and there were present in addition, Genl Jackson and his Staff, Genl F.H. Smith of the Military Institute, and a distinguished group of officers; when the following sermon was delivered." View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library -
Date: June 1862 Contributing Institution: Union Presbyterian Seminary Library Description: Sermon XV. "God's Eminent Mercy. A Sermon on Psalm. 108:4. 'For thy mercy is great above the heavens.' Preached in the Stonewall Brigade, June 15th 1862, near Mt Meridian, Augusta County, Va." The manuscript begins with a lengthy Note describing the circumstances of two battles near Harrisonburg and at Port Republic, and a period of rest and worship in which there was preaching and the Lord's Supper. The deaths of Hugh White, Randolph Fairfax and "the heroick Ashly" are mentioned. View Full Item at Union Presbyterian Seminary Library