Missionaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
American Home Missionary Society collection
Collection
Identifier: L187
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises photostats of orignal letters and other documents sent by missionaries in Indiana to the American Home Missionary Society's home office in New York, New York ranging from 1825 to 1835. The originals are held by the Amistad Research Center and available on microfilm at a number of institutions. There are applications of churches, accounts of travel, and requests for advice, as well as statistical reports providing the number of conversions, Sabbath school scholars,...
Dates:
1825-1835
Joseph Francis collection
Collection
Identifier: L247
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, sermons, diaries, photographs, publications, clippings, biographies and writings, speeches, a guestbook, and scrapbooks from Joseph Francis, ranging from 1863 to 1950, regarding Francis' travels abroad, his clerical vocation and career, family life, travel, and service during World War I. Correspondence includes letters to Harriet Louise Hooker in Indianapolis. There is also material regarding the history of the Episcopalian Church in Indianapolis.
Dates:
1863-1950, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Francis collection
Joseph Marshall Francis collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2262
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items of Joseph and Kate Francis from the time they lived in Japan in the 1890s, including a letter, an unused postcard, a newspaper and several telegrams written in Japanese. A few of the items are dated, including a February 10, 1894 postcard written in English by Kate Francis and sent to Mrs. C. M. Stevens of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; a housing contract for the summer of 1896 written in Japanese; and several tickets for a charity bazaar that was held in April...
Dates:
1927
Lillian M. Robbins collection
Collection — Folder S1849
Identifier: S1849
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items collected by Lillian M. Robbins regarding the Broadway Methodist Church of Indianapolis, including a clipping of "Broadway Beat," a column written by Broadway's minister of outreach Charles Blackmon in 1964; a clipping of a photograph captioned "Day Camp" about Broadway's upcoming camp and Vacation Church School (undated); a handbill announcement for the "Broadway Banquet for India" fundraiser held May 13 (circa 1960s) and a two-page document with...
Dates:
1964-1969
Micajah M. Binford collection
Collection — Folder S0116
Identifier: S0116
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a Resolution on the Death of Micajah M. Binford by the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Board of Foreign Missions.
Dates:
undated
Rebecca Parrish collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1041
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three letters, poems, and a manuscript belonging to Dr. Rebecca Parrish ranging from 1908 and 1947. The first letter dated November 25, 1908 was sent to Dr. Rebecca Parrish from A.J. McLaughlin, Acting Director of Health of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Health for the Philippine Islands, thanking the Mary J. Johnston Memorial Hospital for assisting the department with the cholera outbreak. In a second letter dated November 10, 1947 Dr. Parrish wrote...
Dates:
1908-1947, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Rebecca Parrish collection
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3320
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items collected by Ron and Diane Sharp on their trip to Rome, Italy to attend the canonization ceremony of Mother Theodore Guerin on October 15, 2006. The collection includes Saint Mary-of-the Woods documents regarding Saint Mother Theodore; a tour itinerary; hotel information; dinner menus for members of the tour group; and programs from the Saturday evening vigil (October 14, 2006) and the Mass of Thanksgiving (October 16, 2006) in Rome. The collection also includes...
Dates:
2006-2007
Timothy S. Smith pamphlet
Collection — Folder S2465
Identifier: S2465
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of a pamphlet and two mimographed copies of a typewritten transcription of the pamphlet, "Missionary Abominations Unmasked, or, A View of Carey Mission, Containing an Unmasking of the Missionary Abominations, Practised Among the Indians of the St. Joseph Country, at the Celebrated Missionary Establishment, Known as Carey Mission, Under the Superintendence of the Rev. Isaac McCoy" written by Timothy S. Smith, reprinted in 1946 by Windle Printing Company in...
Dates:
1833, 1946
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Timothy S. Smith pamphlet
Willis and Ruth Holiman collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0668
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two pages containing the handwritten minutes of five meetings of the Mud Pike Local Missionary Society of Daviess County, Indiana, from its founding on August 16, 1889 to the group's 4th quarter meeting held on July 6, 1890. The collection also includes two pocket-size ledgers (V085) used by William and Ruth Holiman from 1901 to 1911 to record personal expenses.
Dates:
1889-1911
