Secretaries' files: Iran Mission, 1944-1973 (bulk: 1956-1968)

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Secretaries' files: Iran Mission, 1944-1973 (bulk: 1956-1968)

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Includes institutional and committee reports, financial and statistical records, property records and executive correspondence relating to the mission as a whole and to the many institutions under its charge, including: Community School (1956-1971), Mehr Jordan School (1958-1969), Alborz Foundation (later Armaghan English Language Institute) (1951-1970), Iran Bethel College (later Damavand College) (1963-1969), Youth Palace (later English Language Institute) (1969-1972), Christian Training Community (1966), and Clinic of Hope (1962-1968), all in Tehran, and Christian Hospital, Hamadān (later Lily Reid Holt Memorial Hospital) (1944-1969), Christian Hosptial, Kermānshāh (later Westminster Hospital) (1956-1962), and Christian Hospital, Nurbakhsh School of Nursing. Also, general correspondence on medical progress in Iran, and the partnership of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Iran and the Presbyterian Mission. Minutes record the actions of the Executive Committee of the Mission, the Church Council of Iran, the Board of Evangelism, and the Literature Committee of the Church Council.

3 cubic ft.

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission

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United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission. Christian Service Board

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United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission

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United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions

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