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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 173 Papers of Judson Smith

 Collection
Identifier: CN 173
Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings relating to the ministry of Judson Smith. Letters between Smith and his family describe his trips abroad, among them to Great Britain and Paris in 1882 (which included visits to hear Charles Spurgeon), Turkey and the World Missionary Conference (1888), and Japan and China (1898); reports to ABCFM board members also describe Smith's observations of missionary work; included among Smith's descriptions of China are those of other missions including...
Dates: Created: 1878-1913

Collection 405 Papers of W. Robert & Frances Holmes

 Collection
Identifier: CN 405
Scope and Contents Collection of letters written primarily by Robert Holmes and his wife, Frances (Frannie) to their families in the United States, while they served as missionaries with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Sri Lanka from 1947 to 1960. A few of the letters are from the children, Bobby and Carol Lou, to their grandparents, and there are a few letters sent to the Holmes family. (The originals were retained by the donor.) The letters date from 1947 to 1960, and were mostly...
Dates: Created: 1947-1960

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Alcoholism -- United States 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
Boarding schools -- India. 1
Boarding schools. 1
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Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
Buddhism. 1
Caste. 1
Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- India. 1
Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Christianity today. 1
Church and state -- India. 1
Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
Church and state. 1
Church polity and Christian union. 1
Communism -- India. 1
Communism -- Sri Lanka. 1
Communism. 1
Congregationalists. 1
Discrimination. 1
Divorce. 1
Ecumenical movement. 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- India. 1
Education, Higher -- Sri Lanka. 1
Education, Higher -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1
Family. 1
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Sri Lanka. 1
Funeral rites and ceremonies. 1
Hinduism 1
Hinduism -- Doctrines. 1
Hindus 1
Hindus -- India. 1
Hindus -- Sri Lanka. 1
India -- History -- 1947- 1
India -- History. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Indigenous church administration -- India. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Sri Lanka. 1
Intercultural communication. 1
Interpersonal conflict. 1
Journalism, Religious. 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Liberalism (Religion) 1
Marriage -- Sri Lanka. 1
Marriage. 1
Medical care -- Sri Lanka. 1
Medical care -- Turkey. 1
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
Missionaries' spouses. 1
Missionaries, Resignation of. 1
Missionaries. 1
Missions -- China. 1
Missions -- Educational work. 1
Missions -- Finance. 1
Missions -- India. 1
Missions -- Japan. 1
Missions -- Sri Lanka. 1
Missions -- Turkey. 1
Missions -- Vietnam. 1
Missions to Buddhists. 1
Missions to Hindus. 1
Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 1
Pentecostalism -- Sri Lanka. 1
Pentecostalism. 1
Persecution -- Sri Lanka. 1
Persecution. 1
Personnel management. 1
Racism. 1
Rural missions. 1
Sex role -- Sri Lanka. 1
Sex role. 1
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations 1
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States. 1
Spiritual healing. 1
Sri Lanka 1
Sri Lanka -- Economic conditions. 1
Sri Lanka -- Foreign relations. 1
Sri Lanka -- History 1
Sri Lanka -- History -- 1948- 1
Sri Lanka -- Politics and government. 1
Sri Lanka -- Religion. 1
Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs. 1
Tamil (Indic people) -- Religion 1
Women 1
Women -- Education. 1
Women -- Religious life. 1
Women missionaries. 1
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