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table of contents
  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Note on Transliteration
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. The “Errand” to Iran
  5. 2. “Into the Commonwealth Stage”
  6. 3. “Spiritual Lend Lease”
  7. 4. “Something Other Than Ordinary Education”
  8. Map and photo gallery
  9. 5. “These Young Persian Friends of Mine”
  10. 6. The Persian “Boomerang”
  11. 7. “Build It for the Eye of God”
  12. Conclusion
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index

A black-and-white photograph of the Presbyterian missionaries who were in Tehran in summer 1957. Dozens of individuals are sitting and/or standing in six rows, with missionary children in the front. The image conveys the homogenous demographics and tight-knit nature of the Del Be Del network.

Figure 5. Members of the Presbyterian Mission gather for a group picture in summer 1957 on the Community School campus in Tehran. Courtesy of PHS. Pearl Digital Archive. Sixth row (back): William Hopper (third from left), Frank Woodward (fifth from left), William Miller (first on right). Fifth row: Ruth Elder (sixth from right), Samuel Ishaq (fourth from right), Jane Doolittle (second from right). Fourth row: Richard Irvine (second from left), Tat Stewart Jr. (seventh from left), Alice Johnson (fifth from right), Carolyn Bucher (third from right). Third row: John Elder (fifth from left), R. Park Johnson (sixth from right), Qasha Polus Sadeh (fifth from right), Robert Bucher (second from right), Frederick Wilson (first on right). Second row: Sherman Fung (first on left), Mary Ann Irvine (first on right). First row (sitting): missionary children.

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