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Missionary Research Library (New York, N.Y.)
Missionary Research Library created collection including detailed information on missionaries in the field. Includes diaries; correspondence; pamphlets; and photographs.
Dodd, Samuel, 1832-1894
Samuel Dodd was an American United Presbyterian missionary in Ningbo, China and Hangzhou, China; Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd was his eldest son, born in Ningbo, China. The collection contains a copy of Samuel Dodd's 1861-1877 journal typed and with notes by his son, as well as correspondence and photographs.
Daniel Johnson Fleming papers, circa 1900 -- 1949 0.25 linear feet
Fleming, Daniel Johnson, 1877-1970
Daniel Johnson Fleming was a Presbyterian missionary to India and Professor of Missions at Union Theological Seminary from 1918-1944. The collection includes a Buddhist primer, correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs.
John Dunbar papers, circa 1836 -- 1904 0.25 linear feet
Dunbar, John, 1804-1857
John Dunbar was a Presbyterian missionary who lived with Pawnee of Nebraska on behalf of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The collection contains a handwritten manuscript detailing Dunbar's experiences, and two letters written to his son by a pastor inquiring about Dunbar's work.
Charles Peck Bush papers, circa 1800 -- 1880 0.25 linear feet
Bush, Charles P. (Charles Peck), 1813-1880
Charles Peck Bush was the District Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for New York and alumnus of Union Theological Seminary, class of 1840. The collection contains a stylus from an Indian Hindu scribe, along with Indian palm leaf correspondence.
June Rose Garrott papers, 1960-2015 22 linear feet
Garrott, June Rose
The most substantial part of the collection is the extensive correspondence between Nien Cheng and June Rose Garrott (originals have been scanned onto discs). There are letters; WWW print-outs; email print-outs; artwork; audio cassettes; VHS tapes; DVDs; CDs; photographs; a scroll; a fan; printed ephemera; books; and a bust of Lao She.
Howard W. Yoder papers, 1954 0.25 linear feet
Yoder, Howard W.
Howard W. Yoder was a Methodist missionary in Peru, Bolivia, and Panama, and Executive Secretary of the Committee on Cooperation in Latin America of the Division of Foreign Missions of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA from 1954 – 1963. The collection contains a 1954 report by Yoder on the state of Protestant missions in Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.