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Lawrence and Eleanor Mead Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 155
Abstract:

This collection documents the lives and work of Lawrence and Eleanor Mead. Lawrence Mead served in China under the YMCA from 1913-16, and 1919-1926. He taught English at Yenching University in Beijing from 1928-1939, and was unofficial "official" photographer for the University. Extensive correspondence and memorabilia shed light on the early lives and family interactions of the Meads. The photograph collection documenting Yenching University, and scenes and events in China is noteworthy.

Dates: 1886-1994, bulk 1911-1939

Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 30
Abstract:

The Miscellaneous Personal Papers record group is an open collection consisting of the correspondence, diaries, writings and/or other papers and memorabilia of various individuals. This collection contains papers of individuals who were Yale faculty members, alumni/ae, clergy, ecumenical workers, or missionaries in areas other than China.

Dates: Various dates according to material

Missionary Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 221
Abstract:

This collection includes a wide range of missionary ephemera, including artifacts, calendars, cards, children's materials, games, maps, posters, stamps, photographs, and lantern slides.

Dates: 1795-2015

Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 126
Abstract: Extensive correspondence, diaries, writings, collected material, and photographs document the medical mission work of Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces as well as Lorenzo Morgan's internment in Shanghai during World War II. The work of mission hospitals, famine relief, plague treatment, mission politics, mission family life, and political events in China are documented. The Morgans were medical missionaries in China, serving under the Presbyterian and Methodist...
Dates: 1862-2001

Raymond Philip Morris Papers

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Call Number: RG 80
Abstract:

The papers document Morris's long professional career as head librarian of the Yale Divinity School Library and prominent leader in the field of theological librarianship. Raymond Philip Morris (1904-1990) was head librarian of the Yale Divinity School Library from 1932 to 1972.

Dates: 1923-1994

John R. Mott Papers

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Call Number: RG 45
Abstract: The papers document the multitude of activities and involvements pursued by John R. Mott in over seventy years of working life. General correspondence, 1886-1955, comprises nearly half the bulk of Mott's papers, and includes letters to and from prominent American governmental leaders, philanthropists, international political, social, and religious leaders. Family papers and correspondence provide valuable biographical and genealogical information as well as revealing another dimension of...
Dates: 1813-1982

Nepal Church History Project Records

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Call Number: RG 215
Abstract:

The Nepal Church History Project began in 1985 as an initiative of local church leaders in Nepal to research and collect materials relevant to the history of Christianity among the Nepali peoples. The objective of the Project is to preserve, maintain and update a comprehensive, organized documentary record of the Nepali Church from its inception, and to make available documents and information as appropriate to researchers, students and other interested users.

Dates: 1896-2007

New England Church Records

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Call Number: RG 48
Abstract:

Record Group 48 is an open collection composed of records from individual churches in the six New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Dates: 1640-2012

New England Women Ministers Association Records

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Call Number: RG 303
Abstract:

Minutes, reports, correspondence, publications, and collected material document the work of the New England Women Ministers Association, an organization that sought to provide support and strengthen ties between its members.

Dates: 1952-1998

North Congregational Church (North Middleboro, Mass.) Records

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Call Number: RG 309
Abstract:

Detailed and complete records document the history of North Congregational Church in North Middleboro (Middleborough), Massachusetts, where Isaac Backus was minister from 1748 to 1756.

Dates: 1747-1967

John H. Peatling Papers

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Call Number: RG 233
Abstract:

This collection documents the research and writings of Yale Divinity School graduate John H. Peatling, who was a specialist in empirical psychology and statistics with a particular interest in the cognitive development of religious and moral thinking. The collection also documents the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, which Peatling founded with John Hull in 1977.

Dates: 1960-2007

Bernard and Katherine Read Papers

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Call Number: RG 157
Abstract: These papers document Bernard Read's work as a scientist in China from 1909 to 1949, as well as the life of his family in China and his internment during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, 1941-1945. Bernard Read was not directly engaged by a missionary agency but spent the first part of his career in China at the Peking Union Medical College, a union venture related to various mission agencies. Read left the Peking Union Medical College due to disagreements with its leaders, and went to...
Dates: 1902-1964

Records of Religious and Benevolent Societies, Organizations, and Meetings

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Call Number: RG 34
Abstract:

This collection contains publications of primarily American and British organizations, societies, conferences, and councils. The publications provide primary source documentation of organizations that focused on a wide variety of issues, ranging from sabbath observance to tract and Bible distribution to support of widows to religious education to ecumenical programs, etc.

Dates: 1804-1987

Paul and Charlotte Reynolds Papers

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Call Number: RG 193
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, collected material, and photographs document the lives and work of Paul R. and Charlotte Reynolds. The Reynolds were missionaries in north China, serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (1921-1936).

Dates: 1909-2004

Rugh Family Papers

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Call Number: RG 244
Abstract: Correspondence and writings document the life and work of Dwight Rugh, his wife Winifred and their daughter Betty Jean during their service in China 1930-1951. The Rughs taught and did administrative work for the Yale-in-China Association at Yali Middle School, in Hunan Province. Winifred also taught at Shanghai American School, where Betty Jean attended for several years. Dwight Rugh was the last representative of the Yale-China Association to leave China in 1951, his application for an...
Dates: 1921-2000, bulk 1930-1952

Shanghai American School Records, including the Phoebe White Wentworth Collection of Shanghai American School History and Memorabilia

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Call Number: RG 132
Abstract: During the WWII years 1941-1945, however, various spin-offs of SAS were organized by former teachers that kept the school going (under different names), including a school established in a Japanese internment camp. A final spin-off, the Private America School, continued the basic SAS curriculum until 1950 when the Communist government forced the school's closure. The Shanghai American School (SAS) was founded in 1912 for the purpose of educating the children of American missionaries,...
Dates: 1911-2016

Charles and Joy Sheffey Papers

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Call Number: RG 219
Abstract:

Charles and Joy Sheffey were American Methodist medical missionaries who served in Wembo Nyama, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1922 and 1944. Letters, journals, and writings of Charles and Joy Sheffey document their medical work and record their reactions to the culture and environment they encountered in Africa.

Dates: 1913-1985, bulk 1922-1943

Henry Knox Sherrill Family Papers

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Call Number: RG 67
Abstract: These papers relate primarily to the life and work of Henry Knox Sherrill and his son Henry Williams Sherrill. The papers document Henry Knox Sherrill's career as an Episcopal rector, Bishop of Massachusetts, and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, his wartime chaplaincy work (in France during World War I and as Chairman of the United States General Commission on Chaplains during World War II), his ecumenical leadership as President of the National Council of Churches and the World...
Dates: 1859-2015

David M. Stowe Papers

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Call Number: RG 156
Abstract: Correspondence, sermons, lectures, writings, reports, slides, and collected material document the life and work of David M. Stowe, who was a top level executive for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the United Church Board for World Ministries, and the National Council of Church Division of Overseas Ministries. The collection includes extensive documentation of the history of the ABCFM and UCBWM that Stowe compiled in preparation for writing a history of the...
Dates: 1806-2011, bulk 1949-1999

Moses Stuart Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 294
Abstract:

The collection primarily documents Stuart's professional work as a Congregational minister (1806-1810) and professor at Andover Theological Seminary (1810-1848).

Dates: 1802-1848