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Date(s)
- 1822-1919 (Creation)
Extent
23.5 cu.ft. (12 record center boxes, 1 half-document box, 55 volumes)
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Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection contains the minutes for the Board of Missions plenary body as well as its constituent committees, the Domestic Committee and the Foreign Committee, and a small number of associated publications, reports, and other records. Additionally, there is a small selection of minutes for sub-committees, such as the Finance Committees, the Indian Commission, and the Freedman’s Aid Commission.
Arrangement
Board of Missions Minutes, 1822-1919
Domestic Committee Minutes and Other Records, 1830-1885
Foreign Committee Minutes and Other Records, 1835-1885
Conditions of access and use elements
Access conditions
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
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Rights and permissions
The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
Languages of the material
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.