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Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

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Start Over "Education." Repository Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary Language Telugu
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Daniel Johnson Fleming papers, circa 1900 -- 1949

0.25 linear feet
Daniel Johnson Fleming was a Presbyterian missionary to India and Professor of Missions at Union Theological Seminary from 1918-1944. The collection includes a Buddhist primer, correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs.
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Daniel Johnson Fleming papers, circa 1900 -- 1949 0.25 linear feet

Occupation of India" from 1918 details Christian missionary presence in India, and his booklet "Education

This series contains a handwritten manuscript in the Telugu language, thought to be a Buddhist primer, as well as correspondence from 1936 written by Fleming and Missionary Research Library staff regarding this primer. Two of Fleming's shorter writings are also included: his pamphlet "The Missionary Occupation of India" from 1918 details Christian missionary presence in India, and his booklet "Education through Stone and Glass" circa 1949 discusses the religious symbolism of the architecture of UTS. Also included are two photographs, one of Booker T. Washington and C. F. Andrews, and the other of Deaconess Ellen Lakshmi Goreh, the daughter of Nehemiah Nilankantha Goreh, an early convert in India.