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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott

 Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates: Created: 1910-1988

Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller

 Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Dates: Created: 1979-1988

Collection 495 Papers of Jacob Chamberlain

 Collection
Identifier: CN 495
Scope and Contents Two volumes of letterbooks which contain copies of the handwritten correspondence of Jacob Chamberlain, a missionary to India. He worked with the Arcot Mission under the Reformed Church in America Board of Foreign Missions. Volume 1 dates from June 1869 to July 1874 and Volume 2 from January 1880 to January 1882.Each volume is separated into two sections, official correspondence and personal correspondence; both types describe Chamberlain's work as a medical missionary, itinerant...
Dates: Created: 1882

Small Collection 099 Records of the American Bible Society

 Collection
Identifier: Small CN 099
Scope and Contents

This collection contains nine letters and one annual report from members of the American Bible Society addressed to Rev. J.C. Brigham (Secretary), and Joseph Hyde (General Agent and Assistant Treasurer).  Letters contain information on finances, orders, reports on sales of Bibles, notices of obituaries of members, and other information relating to the Society.

Dates: Created: 1833-1853

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Subject
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
Bible. 3
Evangelistic work. 3
Medical care 3
Christian education. 2
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Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Church work with women. 2
Family. 2
India -- Description and travel. 2
Indigenous church administration 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Missionaries. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions -- Finance. 2
Missions -- India. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Persecution. 2
Rural missions. 2
Tribes. 2
Women 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Anglicans. 1
Armenians. 1
Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
Bahai Faith. 1
Baptism. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution -- India. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Buddhists -- China. 1
Buddhists. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations 1
Catholic Church. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China -- History. 1
China -- Religion. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese -- Philippines. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian education -- China. 1
Christian education -- Iran. 1
Christian education -- Philippines. 1
Christian education of children. 1
Christian education of teenagers. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Christianity and culture -- India. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- Iran. 1
Church and state. 1
Church growth -- China. 1
Church growth. 1
Church work with children -- China. 1
Church work with children. 1
Church work with military personnel. 1
Church work with refugees -- China. 1
Church work with refugees. 1
Church work with students. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Conversion. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- Iran. 1
Evangelistic work -- Pakistan. 1
Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 1
Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1
India -- Social life and customs. 1
Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Philippines. 1
Iran 1
Iran -- History 1
Iran -- History -- 20th century. 1
Iran -- History -- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979. 1
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979. 1
Iran -- Religion. 1
Iranians. 1
Islam -- Doctrines. 1
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Mass media in missionary work. 1
Mass media in religion. 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Medical care -- India. 1
Medical care -- Iran. 1
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
Missions -- China. 1
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 1
Missions -- Iran. 1
Missions -- Philippines. 1
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