This series contains correspondence and organizational records related to the Bureau of Missions. Correspondence primarily includes letters of Edwin Bliss and his successor Dr. Henry Otis Dwight, as they write to missionaries and missionary organizations around the world to garner interest in the newly formed organization, sell Bureau-produced materials, and acquire information and documents for the museum and library. There are also a few letters from Bureau President Alexander Maitland. Organizational records include extensive bylaws, meeting minutes, publications, newspaper articles, and charters.
This series is arranged by format.
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence: Regarding the founding of the Bureau of Missions, 1898 -- 1901
Box 1 Folder 2-5
Correspondence: Dr. Edwin Bliss on behalf of the Bureau of Missions, 1902 -- 1903
Box 2 Folder 1-6
Correspondence: Dr. Henry Otis Dwight on behalf of the Bureau of Missions, 1904 -- 1907
Box 3 Folder 1
Book of Bureau of Mission Bylaws and Meeting Minutes, 1900-1914
Box 3 Folder 2
Charter and Revocation of Charter, 1900, 1914
Box 3 Folder 3
General, circa 1906
Box 3 Folder 4
Memorandum to Relationship with AMNH, 1907
Box 3 Folder 5
Newspaper Articles, 1902
Box 3 Folder 6
"Objection to Missions" Pamphlet, circa 1900 -- 1909
Box 3 Folder 7
Objectives and Mission of Bureau of Mission, circa 1900 -- 1909
Box 3 Folder 8
Proposed Constitution, 1900
Box 3 Folder 9
Publications and Pamphlets, circa 1901 -- 1906
Box 3 Folder 10
Statement of Purpose to the 9th Conference of Foreign Missions, 1902
Box 3 Folder 11
Trustees List , circa 1900 -- 1909