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Creator: Bureau of Missions (New York, N.Y.)
Abstract Or Scope: The Bureau of Missions was an umbrella organization for all missionary organizations, designed to collect and curate information related to missionaries and missionary work around the world. The cllection contains correspondence and organizational records.

Creator: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Foreign Missions

Creator: Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Abstract Or Scope: The Foreign Missions Conference of North America (FMCNA) Records comprise materials documenting inception and institutional proceedings. Established to create dialogue between missions-based action committees confronting contemporary crises of war, famine, and poverty. Collection contains materials such as correspondence, records, pamphlets, and photographs.

Creator: Ripley, H. W (Hezekiah Waterman), 1796-
Abstract Or Scope: This collection contains one volume (211 pages) handwritten and compiled by Hezekiah Waterman Ripley, assistant treasurer and then Director for Life of the American Home Missionary Society, titled "Sketch of the History of the American Home Missionary Society."

Creator: Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966
Abstract Or Scope: 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.

Creator: Laymen's Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada
Abstract Or Scope: This collection contains records of the Laymen's Missionary Movement (LMM), founded in 1906, which focused on helping churches with foreign missions, including minutes, reports, proceedings of committees and conferences, correspondence, publicity material, publications, photographs, and by-laws and legal documents.

Creator: Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada
Abstract Or Scope: The Missionary Education Movement was created in 1902 to carry out missionary education through the United States and Canada. The collection includes photographs and reports.

Creator: Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions
Abstract Or Scope: The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions began in 1886 with intention to meet the needs of boards and missionary societies by nurturing students to become missionary candidates, and to emphasize the need for missionaries throughout the world. The collection includes correspondence and organizational records, including publications, manuals, a bibliography, minutes, and historical and other materials.

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