Series 1: Board records, 1921 -- 1937
This series is open for research.
0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
This series contains Board Records of the Prudential Committee, which was the Executive Committee of the ABCFM; bulletins and correspondence related to ABCFM missions throughout the world. The bulletins were sent to members of the ABCFM discussing their major objective with foreign missions; what the American board was asking of its constituency; goals and other financial figures for 1932. The correspondence entails further financial matters; the list of materials relating to ABCFM held by the Missionary Research Library and their geographic locales; and which newspapers will run articles on ABCFM matters. The Department of Missionary Education includes notes on missionary materials; books and their authors. The Prudential Committee records include reports on staff vacancies; administrative year information, and reports on the speaker's bureau.
This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Box 1 Folder 1
Bulletins, 1932
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1933 -- 1934
Box 1 Folder 3
Department of Missionary Education Papers, 1921 -- 1931
Box 1 Folder 4
Prudential Committee, 1933 -- 1937
Series 2: Africa, 1885 -- 1958
This series is open for research.
2.5 linear feet; 2.5 linear feet; 5 boxes
This series contains reports, meeting minutes, and other materials produced by the ABCFM in Africa, including detailed reports and minutes from multiple stations. The reports relate to the operations of the missions, including school reports; committee reports; reports of medical work and diseases treated; treasurer's reports; and reports for the study of language. Also included is information from different schools including the Mount Salinda School and the Chikore School, which detail names of students and what work they performed in class such as brick making and wood sawing. The minutes are from various African branches of ABCFM including the Rhodesian Mission Branch in South Africa, the Northern Branch and the East Central Africa Mission both in Mount Salinda, as well as the Zulu Missions. Annual meetings, special meetings, financial information and committees' minutes are contained in this series. One folder contains faculty committee minutes. This series also consists of correspondence dealing with items such as furloughing and reappointment of missionaries; information on changes in board members and actions taken by committees. Files are typed and appear to be copies kept by the secretaries, including Earnest W. Riggs and John S. Marsh; some have annotations and original signatures. Items are written to others in Africa; as well as ABCFM Secretary in Boston, Massachusetts.
This series is arranged roughly chronologically.
Box 2 Folder 1
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Constitution, Bylaws and Rules, 1922
Box 2 Folder 2-4
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Minutes Book with Secretarial Correspondence and Index, 1885 -- 1916
Box 2 Folder 5-7
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Minutes, 1892 -- 1906
Box 3 Folder 1-7
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Minutes Book, 1906 -- 1929
Box 4 Folder 1
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Minutes, 1930 -- 1934
Box 4 Folder 2
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Minutes, Faculty Committee of Mt. Salinda Institute, 1930 -- 1947
Box 4 Folder 3-5
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Minutes, 1935 -- 1958
Box 4 Folder 6-9
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Reports, 1894 -- 1913
Box 4 Folder 10
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Reports, Chikore School, 1907 -- 1909
Box 5 Folder 1-3
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Reports, 1908 -- 1927
Box 5 Folder 4
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Chikore Station Report, 1921 -- 1943
Box 5 Folder 5-8
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Reports, 1928 -- 1942
Box 6 Folder 1-3
Southern Africa, Rhodesia Branch Reports, 1943 -- 1949
Box 6 Folder 4
Southern Africa, Adams Station and Durban Station, Report Letters, 1949
Box 6 Folder 5
Southern Africa, Zulu Missions, General Education Policy, circa 1893 -- 1907
Box 6 Folder 6-7
Southern Africa, Zulu Missions Minutes, 1893 -- 1907
Box 6 Folder 8-9
Southern Africa, Secretarial Correspondence, 1923 -- 1950
Box 6 Folder 10
West Africa, Lobita Bay Station, Report Letter, 1949
Series 3: Asia and Philippine Islands, 1878 -- 1950
This series is open for research.
0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
This series contains correspondence and reports concerning ABCFM missions in Asia, including China; Eastern and Central Turkey; European Turkey at the Samokov Station in Bulgaria; Japan; and India; and missions in the Philippine Islands. All discuss in detail their experiences with the local population, the current living situations, and other missions in the area. The missionaries speak of when Communists took control in China in 1949-1950. The missionaries in Japan include details about the country's recoveryfrom World War II and the Japanese feeling towards Americans. Those in the Philippines include details from the medical missionaries involving the types of diseases and people receiving medical treatment. The missionaries in Turkey detail the massacres which took place in the late nineteenth century and the Russian army occupation, including the interaction with Turks, Bulgarians and the missionary groups themselves. The European Turkey Mission reports include those from the Collegiate and Theological Institute in Bulgaria, and the Girls Boarding School. Much of the material is either mimeographed or carbon copy. The reports from the European Turkey Mission are handwritten mission or school copies and include annotations and corrections.
This series is arranged alphabetically by location.
Box 7 Folder 1
China, Secretarial Correspondence, 1937
Box 7 Folder 2
China, Report Letters from Missionaries, 1949 -- 1950
Box 7 Folder 3
China, Foochow Mission, Fukien: Shao-Wu Station Report Letters, 1906 -- 1950
Box 7 Folder 4
China, Foochow Mission, Fukien: Ing-Hok Station Report Letters, 1907 -- 1914
Box 7 Folder 5
China, North China Mission: Pang Chuang Station Report Letters, 1906 -- 1914
Box 7 Folder 6
Eastern Turkey Mission: Harpoot Station Report Letters, 1906 -- 1914
Box 7 Folder 7-8
European Turkey Mission: Samakov Station, Bulgaria Annual Reports, 1878 -- 1888
Box 7 Folder 9
European Turkey Mission: Samakov Station, Bulgaria Girls Boarding School Annual Reports, 1882 -- 1898
Box 7 Folder 10-13
European Turkey Mission: Samakov Station, Bulgaria Collegiate and Theological Institute Annual Reports, 1880 -- 1914
Box 7 Folder 14
Central Turkey Mission: Adana and Aintab Stations Report Letters, 1909 -- 1910
Box 7 Folder 15
India, Madura Mission: Battalagundu and Aruppukottai Stations Report Letters, 1907 -- 1914
Box 7 Folder 16
India, Marathi Mission: Soholapur Station Report Letters, 1907 -- 1914
Box 7 Folder 17
Japan: Doshiba University, Kyoto, and Kobe College, Nishinomiya Report Letters, 1949
Box 7 Folder 18
Japan Mission: Sapporo Station and Sendai Station Report Letters, 1907 -- 1908
Box 7 Folder 19
Philippine Islands Report Letters, 1911 -- 1913