International Missionary Union records, 1849 -- 1932

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International Missionary Union records, 1849 -- 1932

This series is open for research.

3.25 linear feet; 3.25 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains photographs, articles, member rolls, pamphlets, minutes and administrative records, correspondence, and one Syriac language journal relating to the International Missionary Union. Many of the photographs depict members at Clifton Springs, New York during the organization's annual meetings; the bulk of the group photographs in this collection were taken on the steps of the Sanitarium. Some newspaper articles are from Latin American countries (in Spanish); also included is an article from the New York Times regarding U.S. actions in Nicaragua and Honduras. Administrative records include minutes of the meetings of The Board of Control of the International Missionary Union, as well as the Deed of Trust from Henry Foster and Mary E. Foster to "The Clifton Springs Sanitarium Company" (July 9, 1891) and the original handwritten Constitution of the IMU.

This series is unarranged.



Box 1OS Photographs, 1896 -- 1908



Box 2OS Photographs, circa 1920 -- 1929


Box 2OS Newspaper articles, circa 1900 -- 1932


Box 2OS Christrosen pamphlet, circa 1900 -- 1932


Box 2OS Syriac language journal, 1849



Box 3 Folder 1 Photographs, circa 1890 -- 1899


Box 3 Folder 2 Photograph, 1895


Box 3 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1924


Box 3 Folder 4 Newspaper article, 1924


Box 3 Folder 5 Administrative records, 1886 -- 1927


Box 3 Folder 6 Administrative records and photographs, 1920 -- 1932