- Scope and Contents
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This collection contains daguerreotype images of missionaries who had been appointed for service by The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The daguerreotype process for creating photographs was used during the 1840s and 1850s. Series III contains two color miniature portraits that date from 1839. This collection was originally held at the Franklin Trask Library of Andover Newton Theological School and was transferred to the Yale Divinity Library in 2017.
- Immediate Source of Acquisition
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Collection transferred from Andover Newton Theological School in 2017
- Arrangement
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Series I: Photographs of Missionaries appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Series II: Photographs of Other Individuals and Scenes
Series III: Miniature Portraits
- Dates
- circa 1839-1860
- Extent
- 3.5 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
- Related Names
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
- Language of Materials
- English