Missionaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Home Missionary Society records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 014
Scope and Contents
The records of the American Home Missionary Society contain correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, and printed matter. The collection documents the financial and administrative aspects of the Society, as well as the personal activities of and issues faced by its missionaries. Immigrant and frontier communities are also detailed within the letters and reports by missionaries.The strength of the American Home Missionary Society records is contained within the incoming and...
Dates:
Created: 1816-1907; Other: Majority of material found in 1826-1894; Other: Date acquired: 07/21/1969
American Home Missionary Society records addendum
Collection
Identifier: 014-1
Content Description
This addition to the records of the American Home Missionary Society (AHMS) consists of a small amount of correspondence from the British Isles, Hawaii, and abroad addressed to the officers of the society, Charles Hall, Milton Badger, and Absalom Peters. Correspondence dates from 1822-1865 and is arranged chronologically by country or region. The topics covered within the correspondence reference financial contributions to the society, applications for aid from various churches and...
Dates:
Other: 1822-1865, 1941