Charles Tudor Leber travel correspondence, 1944 -- 1953

Creator:
Leber, Charles Tudor, 1898-1959
Abstract:
Charles Tudor Leber was General Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The collection contains Leber's correspondence while on tour from 1944-1945 and again in 1953 in Asia, Europe, and Central and South America.
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (0.25 linear feet; 1 box)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection contains the correspondence of Charles Tudor Leber while on tour representing the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church from 1944-1945 and again in 1953. Leber's letters describe the countries, people, and social and economic environments he traversed, and illustrate the nature of travel and the work of missionaries in the mid-20th century. Locations visited include Japan, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Spain, Korea, Indonesia, India, Germany, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Tudor Leber (1898 – 1959) was a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Baltimore City College and later Johns Hopkins University. Leber earned his Doctorate of Divinity at Princeton's Theological Seminary, studying under J. Ross Stevens. Leber was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Baltimore in 1923 and served first in Trenton, New Jersey. That same year Leber married Eloise Heath. Shortly following his ordination Leber moved back to Baltimore in 1924 and became pastor of the Forest Park Presbyterian Church. In 1936, Leber was called to serve the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions as secretary for Japan, Korean, the Philippines, and Thailand. Following his service to the Board of Foreign Missions in that capacity, Leber served as General Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America beginning in 1952. During his tenure Leber circumnavigated the globe three times, paying visits to many of the countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North, Central and South America. Leber died of a heart attack in 1959, at the age of 60, while attending the 18th General Council of the World Presbyterian Alliance in Sao Paolo Brazil.

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Preferred citation:

Item description, MRL 12: Charles Tudor Leber travel correspondence, 1944-1953, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

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