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Women in missionary work

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works dealing with the work of women in promoting church missions.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Rouse papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 313
Abstract:

The Ruth Rouse papers, 1897-1957, consist of Rouse’s personal accounts of her international work with the Student Volunteer Movement (SVM), World Student Christian Federation (WSCF), and the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), as well as her research files on the history of global ecumenism.

Dates: 1897-1957

Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions Records

 Collection
Call Number: RG 42
Abstract: The papers document the activities of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions and provide valuable information on various aspects of American religious life during the period 1886-1964. Religious conditions on American college and university campuses are documented. Vast files of student volunteer application, information and health examination blanks provide personal data on thousands of prospective missionaries which is of potential interest to genealogists, biographers and...
Dates: 1886-1964