Soo Hoo Nam Art
Reports on late-19th-century missions: Chinese conversions and ordinations, Moravian work among the Mosquito Indians, a rescue home for women, and related reform and college news.
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Archives
The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.
Soo Hoo Nam Art
Newspaper Clippings of My Life, 1880–1921
Letters and reports (1881–82) recount an American Presbyterian missionary’s voyage to West Africa, marriage and departure, and efforts to establish mission stations on the Gaboon/Ogowe rivers.
Translating the Benga Bible
Reports from missionaries: Rev. Wm. R. Richards on open doors in Syria, and Dr. R. Hill Nassau on translating the Old Testament into Benga with native collaboration.
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Sowing Beside All Waters
1899 Assembly Herald reports global missions: religious liberty in Korea, missionary advances in Persia and Africa, indigenous religions, and street preaching as evangelistic method.
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Some Causes of the Present Improved Health of Missionaries to Africa
Includes recollections of John Randolph and Nassau’s essay explaining improved health among African missionaries: better hygiene, housing, medical aid, family care, mail, and support.
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A History of the Presbytery of Corisco
History (1850s–1888) of the Corisco Presbytery and its missionary work on Corisco Island, West Africa. Documents church foundations, ministers and elders, governance, and membership challenges.
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Mawedo, the Palm-Land Maiden
Fictionalized ethnographic narrative of Mawedo, a woman in Equatorial Africa who endures slavery, village life, witchcraft, and the influence of Christian missions.
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Historical Sketch of the Missions in Africa under the Care of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
1881 historical sketch of Presbyterian missions in Africa (Liberia, Gaboon/Corisco), outlining geography, missionaries, schools, health, colonial-native relations, and needs for trained workers.
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Crowned in Palm-Land: A Story of African Mission Life
1874 memoir of West African missionary life interwoven with family genealogy, bereavement, travel and devotional reflections—biography and mission narrative.
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Address of Rev. R.H. Nassau, M.D. to the American Colonization Society
55th Annual Report (1872) of the American Colonization Society urging support for Liberian colonization and Christian missions in Africa—promoting civilization, trade, and evangelism.
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Basket Ball
Spalding's 1893 basketball guide detailing equipment, positions, throws, fouls, tactics, team qualities, diagrams, and official rules for play and scoring.
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Rules for Basket Ball
James Naismith's 1892 original rules for basketball, created as an indoor all-round exercise prioritizing skill, safety, team play, positions, and simple, enforceable rules.
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Basket Ball
Early athletics piece: James Naismith's original basketball rules, gym contest scoring, and practical photography/darkroom tips for boys' classes.
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Rev. Samuel A. Mutchmore
Brief biography of Rev. Samuel A. Mutchmore (D.D.), a 19th-century Presbyterian minister noted for revival work, church-building, pastoral leadership, and editorial authorship.
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The Moghul, Mongol, Mikado and Missionary
A 19th-century travelogue and missionary survey of India covering history, religions, caste, social customs, and Protestant mission work with scenes from Delhi, Agra, and Benares.
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A Visit of Japheth to Shem and Ham
Travel account of a transatlantic voyage with Scottish emigrants, sea-sickness, Sabbath devotions, charity and the poignant burial of a child at sea, with Christian reflections.
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Mites Against Millions; or, Childhood Against the World
A Presbyterian revival narrative: a seven-year-old's profession of faith sparks family conversions and a congregation's renewal that helps fund a debt-free church by small gifts.
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George Washington Musgrave, D.D., LL.D.
Necrological report presented to Princeton Theological Seminary alumni (May 9, 1883), offering obituaries and biographical sketches of Presbyterian ministers, notably George W. Musgrave.
Exposition and Defence of the Basis of Reunion
Princeton Review (July 1869) excerpts: a defense of the Gospel of John and a detailed speech urging Presbyterian reunion on the basis of the Confession and Westminster standards.
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