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COLLECTION Identifier: bMS 537

Universalist Church of America. International Church Extension Board. Records and Correspondence, 1905-1963.

Overview

Records and correspondence of the Universalist Church of America's International Church Extension Board, including board reports and minutes, Japan Mission Council reports, and photographs. The records span 1905-1963

Dates

  • Creation: 1905-1963.

Access

There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Extent

12 boxes

Materials are in chronological order in each folder, when possible, and are followed by undated materials. Includes material chiefly on Japan, although other missions, such as Korea and India, are included with correspondence of the Stetsons, Careys, Ruth Downing, Agnes Hathaway, and Roger Etz, among others.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. Series I. History
  2. Series II. Board reports
  3. Series III. Board minutes and related material
  4. Series IV. Japan Mission Council reports
  5. Series V. Japan Mission Council treasurer's reports
  6. Series VI. Japan Mission accounts, related correspondence
  7. Series VII. Funding and budgets
  8. Series VIII. Other reports from Japan
  9. Series IX. Correspondence
  10. Series X. Correspondence with other organizations
  11. Series XI. Correspondence of individuals
  12. Series XII. Correspondence, miscellaneous
  13. Series XIII. Miscellaneous
  14. Series XIV. Photographs

General note

The number after the slash in each entry in the following list indicates the box number, and the number in parentheses is the folder number.

Title
Universalist Church of America. International Church Extension Board. Records and Correspondence, 1905-1963: A Finding Aid.
Author
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
div00537

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository

Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.

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