| Title |
Description |
Call
Number |
Separate
Records Available? |
| African
archives of the United Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel |
A mission organization of the
Church of Englandm, it was formed in 1701 as the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts and renamed following a merger with Universities'
Mission to Central Africa in 1965. The microfilm
contains all correspondence and reports concerning
Anglican missions in South Africa prior to diocesan
organization, and concerning five dioceses: Capetown,
1847-1900; Grahamstown, 1853-1900; Natal (Maritzburg),
1853-1900; St. John's-Kaffraria, 1874-1900; and
Zululand, 1866-1900. Guide available. |
MICFILM 1521 |
No |
| American
Missionary Association archives. Alabama |
The American Missionary Association
(AMA) was established in 1846 as an interdenominational
missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles. The
papers provide the detailed history of the AMA from
its origin to 1882. The materials dated prior to
1846 relate to several subjects, of which the most
important are the Amistad case and the futile efforts
of evangelical abolitionists to promote abolitionism
among northern churches and religious societies
such as the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1714 |
No |
| American
Missionary Association archives. Flordia |
The American Missionary Association
(AMA) was established in 1846 as an interdenominational
missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles. The
papers provide the detailed history of the AMA from
its origin to 1882. The materials dated prior to
1846 relate to several subjects, of which the most
important are the Amistad case and the futile efforts
of evangelical abolitionists to promote abolitionism
among northern churches and religious societies
such as the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1715 |
No |
| American
Missionary Association archives. Georgia |
The American Missionary Association
(AMA) was established in 1846 as an interdenominational
missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles. The
papers provide the detailed history of the AMA from
its origin to 1882. The materials dated prior to
1846 relate to several subjects, of which the most
important are the Amistad case and the futile efforts
of evangelical abolitionists to promote abolitionism
among northern churches and religious societies
such as the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1716 |
No |
| American
Missionary Association archives. Louisiana |
The American Missionary Association
(AMA) was established in 1846 as an interdenominational
missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles. The
papers provide the detailed history of the AMA from
its origin to 1882. The materials dated prior to
1846 relate to several subjects, of which the most
important are the Amistad case and the futile efforts
of evangelical abolitionists to promote abolitionism
among northern churches and religious societies
such as the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1717 |
No |
| American
Missionary Association archives. Mississippi |
The American Missionary Association
(AMA) was established in 1846 as an interdenominational
missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles. The
papers provide the detailed history of the AMA from
its origin to 1882. The materials dated prior to
1846 relate to several subjects, of which the most
important are the Amistad case and the futile efforts
of evangelical abolitionists to promote abolitionism
among northern churches and religious societies
such as the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1718 |
No |
| American
Missionary Association archives. North Carolina |
The American Missionary Association
(AMA) was established in 1846 as an interdenominational
missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles. The
papers provide the detailed history of the AMA from
its origin to 1882. The materials dated prior to
1846 relate to several subjects, of which the most
important are the Amistad case and the futile efforts
of evangelical abolitionists to promote abolitionism
among northern churches and religious societies
such as the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1719 |
No |
| American
Missionary Association archives. Virginia |
The American Missionary Association
(AMA) was established in 1846 as an interdenominational
missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles. The
papers provide the detailed history of the AMA from
its origin to 1882. The materials dated prior to
1846 relate to several subjects, of which the most
important are the Amistad case and the futile efforts
of evangelical abolitionists to promote abolitionism
among northern churches and religious societies
such as the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society,
and the American Bible Society. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1720 |
No |
| Church
Missionary Society Archive |
The official archives of the Church
Missionary Society comprise the records of the administrative
departments at the Society's headquarters, principally
the General Secretary's, Finance, Medical, Candidates
and Women's Departments, and the records of its
Overseas Missions. Digital
guide.
|
MICFILM 3309 |
No |
| Church
of Scotland missionary archive from the National
Library of Scotland |
The Church of Scotland entered
the mission field in 1824 and sent its first missionaries
to Bombay in 1829, to Calcutta in 1830, to Poona
in 1834 and to Madras in 1837. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 4363 |
No |
| Gold
Coast Records of the U.S.P.G., 1753-1933
|
Reverend Thomas Thompson instigated
this Mission, arriving at Cape Coast Castle in 1752.
The period from 1903 onwards is the most substantially
documented, recording the amalgamation of the Missions
for the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, the
spread of English education, the introduction of
education for women and the development of missionary
work in an ever-widening area. |
MICFILM 4042 |
No |
| Methodist
Episcopal Church missionary correspondence, 1846-1912 |
Organized by the Methodist Episcopal
Church in New York in 1819, the Missionary Society
aided the Annual Conferences in spreading the gospel
and benevolent and charitable work in domestic and
foreign missions. In 1907, the Board of Foreign
Missions (BFM) was created to absorb the Missionary
Society's duties in foreign work, promotion and
support of Christian missions, and educational institutions
in foreign countries. The BFM was succeeded in 1912
by the Division of Foreign Missions. |
MICFILM 4366 |
No |
| Missionary
files: Methodist Episcopal Church, 1912-1949 |
This correspondence was begun
under the Board of Foreign Missions and continued
by the Division of Foreign Missions of the Board
of Missions and Church Extension. It is composed
of outgoing correspondence, which contains letters
to missionaries from the Board (or Division) of
Foreign Missions, and incoming correspondence, which
contains letters from missionaries to the Board.
Correspondence is filed together under each missionary’s
name. |
MICFILM 4375 |
Yes |
| Papers
of the Christian Faith Society, 1642-1972 |
The Christian Faith Society originated
in 1691 from a bequest of Robert Boyle, a director
of the East India Company, for "the advancement
of the Christian religion amongst infidels".
The Society was renamed in 1794 as the Society for
the Conversion and Religious Education of the Negro
Slaves in the British West-India Islands. Particular
undertakings of the Society included the awarding
of grants to the William and Mary College in Virginia,
for the education of young Native Americans, and
missionary work amongst slaves in the Caribbean,
Mauritius and other British dependencies. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1366 |
No |
| Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1911 |
The Board of Foreign Missions
(BFM) was established in 1837 by the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A. (PCUSA), launching a worldwide
missionary operation destined to embrace nearly
fifteen countries on four continents. The records
of BFM of the Presbyterian church provides insight
on social conditions in developing Third World nations
and on efforts to spread Christianity during the
19th century.
These records contain a wealth of correspondence
and reports relating to China, India, Korea, and
Japan. The vast majority of material is incomming
correspondence from the mission field and outgoing
correspondence from the board headquarters. Guide
available.
|
MICFILM 4358 |
No |
| Regions
beyond missionary union archive |
The Regions Beyond Missionary
Union (RBMU) dates back to 1873 and Henry Grattan
Guiness's pioneering missionary work in the East
End of London. As it evolved, the RBMU specialised
in the training of missionaries and sponsoring missions
at the boundaries of Empire - literally reaching
the parts that other missionary organisations found
it difficult to reach. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 4152 |
No |
| Slavery
tracts and pamphlets from the West India Committee
collection |
A collection of pamphlets on the
sugar trade of the West Indies and its slave labor.
Included are many items not easily found in other
public collections. There are approximately 350
pamphlets, including some by Wilberforce Macaulay.
Guide available. |
MICFILM 1365 |
No |
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