216 research outputs found
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MRL2: Near East College Association Records, 1928-1943
Near East College Association formed in 1927 to combine financial and administrative work in a joint office for efficiency in management and to help raise endowment funds. Institutions included from Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Bulgaria and Iraq. Collection consists of correspondence, administrative records and publications
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MRL2: American Constantinople Relief Committee Records, 1912-1914
American Constantinople Relief Committee formed in 1912 to raise money for war refugees in Turkey and surrounding area. Quickly raised and sent thousands of dollars in aid to American Red Cross in Constantinople. Committee disbanded in 1914 after questions of integrity were raised against secretary’s fundraising practices
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MRL1: Erwin H. Richards Papers, 1905 – 1907
Pioneer Congregational missionary for thirty-three years in South East Africa. Papers consist of correspondence from the period when Richards was treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions for the Methodist Episcopal Church
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MRL1: German Missionaries in Cameroon Reports, 1914-1915
Copies of thirteen (13) typewritten reports from Swiss and German Basel Missionaries. Captured by British and French troops while stationed in Cameroon in September and October 1914; held captive until 1915 during World War I. Reports were given and recorded in 1915 in Basel, Switzerland and Berlin and Connstadt, Germany. The thirteen missionaries are Friedrich Bärtschi; J. Bührer; Chr. Gehr.; J. Gutbrod; Philipp Hecklinger; Johannes Ittmann; Johannes Köngeter; Johannes Leiberspeiger; G. Lorch.; Johannes Georg Meier; Robert Schwarz; H. Stahl; and Karl Wittwer. Records are in German
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MRL1: Robert Hamill Nassau Papers, 1856-1976
Robert Hamill Nassau was a Presbyterian missionary who served throughout West Africa, including Benita; Belambla; Kangwe; Talaguga; Baraka (Libreville); and Batanga. Founded mission station in Kangwe, later known as Lambaréné. Papers consist of letters sent to and received by Nassau from friends and family, and a small series of personal and biographical information
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MRL1: J. E. K. Aggrey Papers, 1920-1927
Professor James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, 1875-1927, was a native African from the Gold Coast, West Africa, distinguished scholar and educator. Collection contains newspaper obituary and carbon copy letters, bibliography, biographical sketch and personal recollections pertaining to Professor Aggrey. All materials are carbon copy
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MRL1: Albert Schweitzer Records, 1949; 1966
Medical Missionary in Lambaréné, Africa; renowned for ideas on theology, philosophy, music, ethics and nuclear war. Contains lecture on Goethe given at International Goethe Convocation, Aspen, Colorado, July, 1949 and International Convocation Record from 1966. Lecture in German, 2 vinyl records 78rpm
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MRL2: Lorenzo Warriner Pease Papers, 1811-1896
Pioneer Presbyterian missionary and first from ABCFM to explore Cyprus. Papers include diaries, correspondence, sermons, essays, notes and other research conducted by Pease during his short time as a missionary
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MRL1: Rheinsche Missiongesellschaft Reports, 1897 – 1912
Reports from the Rheinsche Missiongesellschaft (Rhenish Missionary Society), 1897 – 1912 detailing Southern Africa, with some information on missionaries in Borneo, China, Batakland/Sumatra, Nias and New Guinea. Copies of handwritten and typed originals in German
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Finding Aid for Mary Lewis [Mrs. W. A.] Shedd Papers, 1918
Finding aid for a collection that contains a typed copy of a journal kept by Mary Lewis Shedd, wife of William Ambrose Shedd, in Uremia, Persia from February 24, 1918 to October 3, 1918
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