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Missionary Research Library collection of missionary autographs, 1827, 1906

0.25 linear feet
This collection contains the signatures of well-known missionaries, compiled by the Missionary Research Library. Included is the signature of Robert Morrison (1782-1834) on his copy of Du Halde's Description Geographique Historique, and the signature of Timothy Richard in a short letter.

China Information Committee records, 1937 -- 1939

1.25 linear feet
The China Information Committee 中國情報委員會 was established in late 1937 as part of the newly-formed Chinese Ministry of Information, an organ of the Chinese Nationalist Party (guomindang 國民黨), to produce propaganda for a foreign audience regarding the ongoing hostilities between China and Japan. The collection contains a series of propaganda news releases in English produced during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), reports on the wartime Chinese economy, war crimes, refugees, and the gradual retreat and relocation of industries and offices to Chongqing in West China.

Missionary Research Library collection of lantern slides, circa 1920 -- 1929

5.50 linear feet
This collection contains color and black and white lantern slides compiled by the Missionary Research Library, depicting mission related and general scenes in China circa 1920-1929, including hospitals and hospital personnel, medical schools and labs, landscapes, and city and village life including buildings and people.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Japan, 1902 -- 1981

2.25 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that largely document mission work in Japan during the 20th century, including information on missions and religious work, education work, subject files, committees and reports, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Africa, 1903 -- 1972

4.25 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in Africa during the early and mid 20th century, including material pertaining to committees, conferences, education, churches, Christianity, religion, missions, missionaries, and other subjects and topics in Africa. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, and a drum.

Missionary Research Library copy of Nestorian Tablet, circa 1937

3 linear feet
This collection contains a printed copy of a stone tablet at Sianfu, Shensi, China, reporting the introduction of Christianity into China in 634 A.D (showing only the Chinese text), and the envelope in which it was received by the Missionary Research Library from China.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in North America, 1819 -- 1963

2 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document mission work in North America during the 19th and 20th centuries, including material pertaining to Christianity, churches, and religion; committees and conferences; reports and bulletins; education; three-dimensional objects and photographs; and subject files.

Missionary Biographical Records, undated

6 boxes

Missionary Research Library created collection including detailed information on missionaries in the field. Includes diaries; correspondence; pamphlets; and photographs.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Korea, 1904 -- 1964

0.75 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in Korea during the early 20th century, including reports, correspondence, publications, conference records, and maps.

James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey papers, 1920 -- 1927

0.25 linear feet
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, 1875-1927, was a distinguished scholar and educator from the Gold Coast, West Africa. The collection contains materials gathered by the Missionary Research Library documenting the life and work of Dr. Aggrey, including letters, newspaper clippings, a biographical sketch, and a bibliography.

Missionary Research Library collection on student evangelism, 1938 -- 1947

0.25 linear feet
This collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, and other documents compiled by the Missionary Research Library related to the efforts of missionaries to evangelize Chinese students in government-run universities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Organizations and persons reflected in the records include the National Christian Council of China: Committee on Student Evangelism, the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, the Foreign Missions Conference of North America: Committee on the Far East, and Jiang Wenhan 江文漢 or Kiang Wen-han (1908 - 1984).

Missionary Research Library collection on ecumenical and world-wide mission work, 1792 -- 1990

14 linear feet
This collection contains material related to ecumenical and world-wide mission work and committees and conferences, education, churches and religion, and missionaries, as well as photographs and maps and subject and topic files, including some on geographic locations, as well as the earliest records in the collection (1792) which pertain to Presbyterian Moderators of the General Assembly. Formats include reports, minutes, papers, photographs, negatives and maps.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in South and Southeast Asia, 1897 -- 1970

4.25 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in South and Southeast Asia largely during the early 20th century, including committee and conference records, photographs, a diary, manuscript material, reports, correspondence, clippings, and other publications.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in the Near/Middle East, 1911 -- 1941

0.75 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in the Near/Middle East during the early 20th century, including reports, pamphlets, minutes, clippings and publications, and educational records pertaining to the Near East School of Theology (transcribed by the Syria-Palestine Translation Service) and Robert College in Constantinople.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in China, 1893-1950

8 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document mission work in China largely during the 20th century, including information on missions and religious work, education work, subject files, committees and reports, and photographs.

Missionary Research Library questionnaire collection, 1955

2.5 linear feet
This collection contains completed questionnaires from foreign missionaries, churches, and mission boards compiled by the Missionary Research Library in 1955 to research factors related to selection, training, placement, and withdrawal of missionary personnel.

Missionary Research Library collection of Missionary Personnel records, 1929 -- 1964

1 linear feet
This collection contains materials for missionary personnel compiled by the Missionary Research Library, including studies on preparation, recruitment, psychological testing and turnover of missionary personnel, as well as handbooks and instruction manuals for missionaries.

Missionary Research Library collection on higher education institutions in China, 1857 -- 1957

0.5 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library on a variety of missionary higher education projects in China, including Christian Missionary education. Materials include publications, reports, clippings, correspondence, minutes, surveys, and book lists.

Missionary Research Library collection on the preparation of missionaries, 1920 -- 1963

0.5 linear feet
This collection contains reports, correspondence, minutes, conference proceedings, publications, and other materials compiled by Missionary Research Library to document training and personnel procedures for missionaries.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in East Asia, 1885 -- 1960

0.50 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in East Asia largely during the early 20th century, including a book, manuscripts, conference records, and a manual.

Latin American churches' response to social movements, 1962-1973

1 linear foot

These papers from the Missionary Research Library describe the Latin American churches' response to the social movements that emerged during the years 1962-1973; the collection includes reports, pamphlets, essays, press statements, quarterly reports and a study by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA).

Latin American General Records, 1911-1974

6.75 linear feet

The collection contains miscellaneous materials relating to missionary work in Latin America from the Missionary Research Library, including reports on the Congreso de Montevideo, Brazil, 1925, completed missionary questionnaires, and maps.

Missionary Research Library collection on mission work in Australia and Oceania, 1840 -- 1956

2.75 linear feet
This collection contains materials compiled by the Missionary Research Library that document foreign mission work in Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia, largely during the early 20th century, including reports, minutes, correspondence, publications, and a sketchbook.

Missionary Research Library Administrative Records, 1851-1994

87 boxes

Includes correspondence, reports and annual reports, minutes, studies, surveys, publications, and history of the Missionary Research Library.

Missionary Research Library collection on missions to Jews, 1889 -- 1927

0.75 linear feet
This collection contains documents, articles, and other materials compiled and transcribed by the Missionary Research Library between 1949 and 1952 to help explain the historical relationship between Jews and Christians, and potentially serve as a reference work of and resources for missions to Jews.

Missionary Research Library collection of scrapbooks, 1892 -- 1956

6 linear feet
This collection contains newspaper articles compiled in 32 scrapbooks by the Missionary Research Library on a variety of topics, including missionary work in China and India and mission ideology.