University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Missionary in Many Lands by Erwin House
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Missionary in Many Lands by Erwin House (1861), a series of sketches of missionary life.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Missionaries
Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Learn how small the separation between church and state in 17th century Spain affected Texas.
BBC
Bbc: The Story of Africa: The Missionaries
This article talks about the presence of European missionaries in 19th century Africa. It mentions the efforts of David Livingstone to try to suppress the slave trade. It offers examples of the humanitarian work done by other...
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Missionary Ridge, 25 Nov. 63
An account of the bloody battle of Missionary Ridge from "The Civil War Dictionary" by Mark Boatner III.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Matty's Hungry Missionary Box
A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of Matty's Hungry Missionary-box by Emily Steele Elliott, a fiction book for children.
Other
Salem Online History: Jason Lee 1803 1845
This website provides a brief biography of Jason Lee, early Methodist missionary and doctor and was the founder of Salem, Oregon.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: St. Vincent and St. Paul
The history of Franco-Alberta is explored on this site through information about the fur trade, arrival of the missionaries, settlement, schooling, arts and culture and much more.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Copies of the work by David Livingstone that can be downloaded at this site from the University of Pennsylvania. No additional information is given. Both text and zip files are available.
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma Historical Society: Missionary Tour in the Chickasaw Nation [Pdf]
A primary source account by a Catholic priest who visited and worked with the different Native American groups in the Indian Territory in 1885. He spent some time with the Chickasaw tribe.
Other
American Journeys: French and English Approaches to Exploration [Pdf]
A lengthy lesson plan that examines French and English approaches to exploration and colonization in reference to religious factors. Using primary sources from French missionary Gabriel Sagard and Wiliam Bradford, first governor of...
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: The Conversion Struggle
The story of the problems on converting native Americans to a Christian religion. It uses the example of Christian missionaries who were trying to convert the Pawnee tribe in the 1830s.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Vicinity of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 1863
"Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. These two sanguinary conflicts of the civil war were fought Nov. 23-25, 1863, between Gen. Bragg, Confederate, and Gens. Hooker and Rosecrans, Federal. The latter were completely victorious, and...
Other
California Missions Resource Center
Peruse this thorough resource featuring historical California missions stretching from San Diego to San Francisco as the Spanish established themselves on the west coast of North America between 1768-1853. Read stories of the early...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Tot Series: Grandma's Happy Hour by Henry Kinnersley
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Tot Series: Grandma's Happy Hour by Henry Kinnersley (1892), a novel about children making a missionary scrapbook.
Other
The First Twenty Years of the Imc
A review of the first twenty years of the International Missionary Council is presented.
Other
Vatican Museums: Online Tours
The Vatican Museums Online provides an online tour of each Vatican Museum including the Gregorian Egyptian Museum, the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Rooms, the Pinacoteca, and the Ethnological Missionary Museum.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Selected (11) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver. This story follows the wife and four daughters of a Baptist preacher who moves them to the Belgian Congo in 1959, setting the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arrival of a Portuguese Ship
In 1543, three Portuguese travelers aboard a Chinese ship drifted ashore on Tanegashima, a small island near Kyushu. They were the first Europeans to visit Japan. In 1548, Francis Xavier, a Jesuit, arrived from Goa to introduce...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Nyakyusa and Ngonde
The Nyakyusa of southwestern Tanzania are known from missionary and traveler's records since the beginning of European contact with the East African interior in the 1870s. The Nyakyusa are especially noted for their system of "age...
Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Spanish Colonial 1689 1821
Learn about the struggle between the native tribes and the Spanish missionaries during the Spanish Colonial era in Texas from 1690 until 1821.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis Xavier
This article from The New Advent contains biographical information on the Jesuit missionary, St. Francis Xavier, thought to be the first to bring Christianity to Japan. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary
An image of "Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary", created by Jusepe De Ribera in 1638 (Oil on canvas, 196 x 112 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work
An image of "Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work", created by Andrea Pozzo from 1691-94 (Fresco).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work
An image of "Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work", created by Andrea Pozzo from 1691-94 (Fresco).
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