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- 1820-1911 (Creation)
Extent
23 cu.ft. (22 boxes, 4 volumes)
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This collection contains letter press books holding the correspondence of the Board of Missions from 1820 to 1911. Correspondents include the Secretary of the Executive Committee (1820-1835); the Secretary-General Agent and Treasurer of the Domestic Committee (1835-1885); the Secretary and Treasurer of the Indian Commission (1874-1879); the Foreign Committee (1820-1886); Joshua Kimber (1873-1883); the General Secretary, Treasurer, and Staff of the Board (1877-1911); and the Spirit of Missions (1852-1862). The letters within the books are arranged chronologically, not by writer or topic.
Arrangement
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1820-1835
Domestic Committee Correspondence, 1835-1885
Foreign Committee Correspondence, 1820-1886
Board of Missions Correspondence, 1877-1911
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Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
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The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
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English
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- Abstract: The Board of Missions was the administrative body of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (DFMS) from its incorporation in 1820 to its reorganization under the National Council structure in 1919. While the General Convention set the overall course of The Episcopal Church, the Board of Missions, headed by the Presiding Bishop, managed its day-to-day operations through various committees and sub-committees. The two most important of these committees were the Foreign Committee and the Domestic Committee, which supported and encouraged missionary operations both outside of and within the United States. They did so through the dispatch of missionaries to mission fields of interest to the church, the disbursement of funds and supplies to mission stations, and the advertisement of and fundraising for missionary efforts through the Board of Missions publication The Spirit of Missions.