Laymen's Missionary Movement records, 1906 -- 1956

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Laymen's Missionary Movement records, 1906 -- 1956

This series is open for research.

1.75 linear feet; 1.75 linear feet; 4 boxes

This series contains records of the Laymen's Missionary Movement (LMM) 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. The bulk of material dates to the inception of the organization and the minutes date to the earliest meetings of the Movement, and lay out the basis for membership, what membership involves, and elected executive committee members. Some of the minutes are in full; others only extracts. Legal documents include an Articles of Amendment, a certificate, and a commendation offered.

This series is unarranged, though roughly grouped by material type.



Box 1 Folder 1-2 Executive Committee minutes, 1906 -- 1907


Box 1 Folder 3 Executive and General Committees minutes, 1908


Box 1 Folder 4-5 Executive Committee minutes, 1909 -- 1910


Box 1 Folder 6-9 Executive and General Committees minutes, 1911 -- 1914


Box 1 Folder 10 Secretaries and Executive Officers minutes, 1910 -- 1914


Box 1 Folder 11 Executive and General Committees minutes, 1915


Box 1 Folder 12 Various Committees minutes, 1911


Box 1 Folder 13 Secretarial Council minutes, 1911 -- 1913


Box 1 Folder 14 General, Reports and Agendas, circa 1906 -- 1914



Box 2 Folder 1 Conference, Report of Commission on Inspection of the Mission Field, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1911


Box 2 Folder 2 Conference, Proceedings, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1911


Box 2 Folder 3 National Missionary Congress, Chicago, 1910


Box 2 Folder 4 National Missionary Congress, Washington, 1916


Box 2 Folder 5-7 United Missionary Campaign, 1913 -- 1915


Box 2 Folder 8 United Missionary Campaign Correspondence, 1913 -- 1914


Box 2 Folder 9 National Missionary Campaign, 1915 -- 1916


Box 2 Folder 10 Photograph, Laymen's Convention, Houston, Texas, 1916-03


Box 2 Folder 11 Southern Baptist Convention, 1907; 1924



Box 3 Folder 1 Laymen's Movement for World Christianity/Christian World correspondence, 1946 -- 1950


Box 3 Folder 2 Bulletin, Christian Laymen, 1948


Box 3 Folder 3 Laymen's Movement for World Christianity/Christian World statements and reports, 1933 -- 1941



Box 4 Folder 1 By-Laws, 1951


Box 4 Folder 2-3 Correspondence, 1907 -- 1956


Box 4 Folder 4 Eastern Area of LMM, 1938 -- 1945


Box 4 Folder 5 Legal Documents, 1944 -- 1950


Box 4 Folder 6-12 Movement Publications, 1906 -- 1954


Box 4 Folder 13 Newspaper Articles, 1907


Box 4 Folder 14 Project Ideas, circa 1907 -- 1954


Box 4 Folder 15 Reports, 1952