Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry Records, 1879-1940

Collection context

Creator:
Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 and Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry
Extent:
33 boxes (33 boxes)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Laymens Foreign Missions Inquiry (LFMI); Institute of Social and Religious Research; Commission of Appraisal; National Committee for Promotion of LFMI; Modern Missions Movement; Movement for World Christianity; National Committee for Christian Education in China; Commission on Christian Education in Japan; YMCA in China. Topics include church and education, economics, medical work, women, and social, industrial, and religious backgrounds of India, Burma, China, and Japan. Report Re-Thinking Missions and its reception. Notes, manuscript reports, printed materials; missionary personnel; returned interview forms; surveys of pastors, missionaries, and medical professionals.

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