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Series 1: Committees and Conferences, 1921 -- 1964
Series 2: Education, 1909 -- 1970
Series 3: Churches, Christianity and Religion, 1910 -- 1973
Series 4: Missions and Missionaries, 1867 -- 1972
Series 5: Photographs and Maps, 1909 -- 1986
Series 6: Subject and Topic Files, 1792 -- 1990

Missionary Research Library collection on ecumenical and world-wide mission work, 1792 -- 1990

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Series 1: Committees and Conferences, 1921 -- 1964

This series is open for research.

1.5 linear feet; 1.5 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains material related to committees and conferences.

This series is unarranged.


Box 1: 1 Fourth Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, Hunter College, New York, 1943


Box 1: 2 Committees and Conferences, 1937 -- 1964

Conference on Missionary Societies; National Study Conference on the Church and International Situation; Advisory Committee Christian Higher Education; Friends World Committee; National Peace Conference; Ecumenical Conference on Christian World Mission


Box 1: 3 Committees and Conferences, 1921 -- 1945

American Committee on Preservation of the Sacred Places in the Holy Land; Committee of the Inquiry; Methodist Committee for Overseas Relief; Belgian Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Citizens Committee of One-Thousand; Intermountain Conference of Evangelical Churches; Committee on Missionary Education

Series 2: Education, 1909 -- 1970

This series is open for research.

1.25 linear feet; 1.25 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains material related to Education.

This series is unarranged.


Box 2: 1 Reports of the Oriental Educational Commission of the University of Chicago, Ernest DeWitt Burton and Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin , 1909


Box 2: 2 Education, 1921 -- 1970

Christian Colleges; Missionary Education; Theological Colleges; Board of Christian Education; Institute of International Education; Problems in Administration of Missionary Education; Sunday School


Box 2: 3 Religious Education; Theological Schools, circa 1920 -- 1949

Series 3: Churches, Christianity and Religion, 1910 -- 1973

This series is open for research.

1.25 linear feet; 1.25 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains material related to Churches, Christianity and Religion.

This series is arranged chronologically.


Box 3: 1 Churches, Christianity and Religion, 1910 -- 1963

Presbyterian Church of the United States; Brethren of Christ; Christians throughout the World; Christian Witness; Christian Bases of World Order; Undenominational Fellowship of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ; Aid to Churches in Other Lands; Christian Union Quarterly


Box 3: 2 Churches, Christianity and Religion, 1919 -- 1966

The Church and the Urban Industrial Revolution; Protestant Churches in Europe; Christian Relations with Muslims; Christian Relations with Post-War Europe; International Christian Movements; World Affairs of Christian Churches; Constitutions of Councils of Churches


Box 3: 3 Churches, Christianity and Religion, 1929 -- 1973

Catholic Societies; Church in Modern Society; Church Social Relations; Christian Literature

Series 4: Missions and Missionaries, 1867 -- 1972

This series is open for research.

2.75 linear feet; 2.75 linear feet; 6 boxes

This series contains material related to Missions and Missionaries.

This series is unarranged.


Box 4: 1 Missions and Missionaries, 1933 -- 1972

Missionary Bulletins; World Missions; Biographies of Women and Pioneer Missionaries; United Mission in Mesopotamia; Language Study Courses for Missionaries; Paris Missionary Society; German Evangelical Mission


Box 4: 2 Missions and Missionaries, 1867 -- 1960

Correspondence from Missionaries; Missions and World Affairs; Agricultural Missions


Box 4: 3 Missions and Missionaries, 1911-- 1965

Worldwide Missions; Orphaned Missions; Study of the Turnover of Missionaries; World Atlas of Christian Missions; Statistics of Mission Work; Board of World Missions; Missionary Orientation Center Workbook; Furlough Address of Missionaries


Box 4: 4 Missions and Missionaries, 1878 -- 1934

Agricultural Missions; General Conference Concerning Missions; Education of Missionary Children


Box 4: 5 Conference on Missions and Ecumenism, 1900


Box 4: 6 Missions and Missionaries, 1935 -- 1954

Mission Fields and Stations; Christian Missions and Other Religions; Veterans for Missions; Missionary Giving; Rural Missions

Series 5: Photographs and Maps, 1909 -- 1986

This series is open for research.

1 linear feet; 1 linear foot; 2 boxes

This series contains photographs and maps.

This series is unarranged.


Box 5: 1 Photographs and Maps, 1909 -- 1986

Maps; Photographs; Photo Album of Lepers; Missionary Education Exposition; Church Missionary Entertainment; Souvenir Pins (1 of 2)


Box 5: 2 Photographs and Maps, 1909 -- 1986

Maps; Photographs; Photo Album of Lepers; Missionary Education Exposition; Church Missionary Entertainment; Souvenir Pins (2 of 2)

Series 6: Subject and Topic Files, 1792 -- 1990

This series is open for research.

6.25 linear feet; 6.25 linear feet; 13 boxes

This series contains subject and topic files, including some on geographic locations, as well as the earliest records in the collection (1792) which pertain to Presbyterian Moderators of the General Assembly.

This series is unarranged.


Box 6: 1 Canada; Asia; Japan; Korea; Europe; Africa, circa 1900 -- 1990


Box 6: 2 Index Cards pertaining to Mission Work Worldwide, circa 1900 -- 1990


Box 6: 3 China; Japan; Korea; India; Africa; Europe, circa 1900 -- 1990


Box 6: 4 Subject and Topic Files, 1926 -- 1968

Statistics; Agency Data; American Baptist Foreign Missions; Baptist Young People's Union; Homiletics; Thesis by Robert Lee


Box 6: 5 World Order; Post-War; Relief and Rehabilitation, 1925 -- 1947


Box 6: 6 Presbyterian Church; Race Relations; Clippings; Dramas and Pageants, 1911 -- 1990


Box 6: 7 Subject and Topic Files, 1929 -- 1972

World Affairs; Franklin H. Littell; Social Problems; Measurement of Social Attitudes and Personality Traits; Litton Report; Language of Ikoka; Williamstown Meeting Minutes


Box 6: 8 Subject and Topic Files, 1920 -- 1965

Pamphlets; Anti-Opium Information Bureau; Church Union in Canada; Frank Millican; The Catholic Church Problem in Mexico; Address by Pope Paul


Box 6: 9 Subject and Topic Files, 1922 -- 1946

Translation Documents; Sermons and Poetry; Ancestor Worship and Filial Piety; Anti-Christian Movement; United Clearing Board


Box 6: 10 Subject and Topic Files, 1900 -- 1946

American Relations with Asia; John Milton Society for the Blind; History of American and South Asian Contacts; Government; John Mackay and Robert Speer Correspondence; Communism through Europe and Prussia


Box 6: 11 Subject and Topic Files, 1929 -- 1956

Correspondence, Letters and Articles; International Relations Commission; Post-War Planning; Evangelism; Mussolini; SeventhDay Adventists; Christian Libraries in New York City; Reformed Church in America


Box 6: 12 Subject and Topic Files, 1792 -- 1954

World Presbyterian Alliance; International Living; Presbyterian Moderators; United Church Board for World Ministries


Box 6: 13 Subject and Topic Files, circa 1927 -- 1939

Methodist Episcopal Church; Plays, Pageants and Religious Dramas; Far East Opium Report; Moving Pictures Abroad