Victor Street Mission Collection

<p>The Victor Street Mission Collection contains 1 folder with photographs related to the Victor Street Mission in Soulard. Included in the collection are 18 black and white photographs, primarily of groups of children. These photographs, from the heavily immigrant neighborhood known as "Bohemian Hill," include images of classes bedecked with American flags, theatrical productions, children wearing paper Easter hats in the shape of rabbits, and maypole dances.</p>

<p>The Victor Street Mission was operated by Markham Memorial Presbyterian Church, in a building that had formerly been St. George School, operated by Trinity Lutheran Church in Soulard. According to <i>The immigrant in St. Louis</i>, a study by Ruth Crawford, 1916, "A center of wide influence among the Slavic groups in St. Louis is Markham Memorial, a Presbyterian Church on Menard and Julia Streets, in the vicinity known as 'Bohemian Hill'." In 1919, the superintendent of the Victor Street Mission, Hugo Wurdack, endorsed Rev. Tzvetko Bragranoff in opening a new mission called the Near East Mission of St. Louis. This new mission was incorporated into the Victor Street Mission and dedicated to the support of all the city's immigrants. </p>

<p>维克多街使命收藏馆包含一个文件夹，其中收录了与索乌拉德地区的维克多街使命相关的照片。该收藏馆中包含了18张黑白照片，主要描绘了儿童群体。这些来自被称为“波希米亚山”的众多移民社区的摄影作品，展现了悬挂着美国国旗的课堂、戏剧制作、孩子们戴着兔子形状的纸制复活节帽，以及竖立柱舞蹈的场面。</p><p>维克多街使命由马克汉姆纪念长老会教堂运营，该教堂位于索乌拉德地区圣乔治学校的旧址，圣乔治学校由三一路德教会运营。根据露丝·克劳福德1916年撰写的《圣路易斯的移民》一书，马克汉姆纪念长老会教堂是圣路易斯斯拉夫群体中的一个广泛影响中心，位于梅纳德街和朱莉亚街交汇处，该地区被称为“波希米亚山”。1919年，维克多街使命的主管雨果·伍尔达克支持Tzvetko Bragranoff牧师开设一个新的使命，即圣路易斯近东使命。这个新使命被纳入维克多街使命，并致力于支持该市的所有移民。</p>