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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), organized in 1810, was the first successful North American agency dedicated to foreign missions. ABCFM existed until 1961 when it merged with the Board of International Missions to form the United Church Board for World Ministries. The collection concerns missions in South Africa in Rhodesia and Zulu; missions in Asia including Turkey, India, Japan, and China; missions in the Philippine Islands; and ABCFM organization in general.

Dorothy E. Pecht was a Christian missionary who worked in Africa with Eternal Love Winning Africa and the Sudan Interior Mission. The collection contains dated and undated 35mm slides depicting the work of these organizations as well as daily life in Africa.