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5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Scovel, Myra.
Inclusive Dates:
1962-1962
Abstract:
Papers of the American author, missionary. Collection contains undated typescript draft and final draft with revisions of The Chinese Ginger Jars, her autobiographical work on missionary life in China.
Type of Material:
Autobiographies (literary works)
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
The Chinese ginger jars.
Authors.
Missionaries.
Church and clergy
Women Authors
Missionaries.
Missions -- Asia.

Creator:
Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth.
Inclusive Dates:
-
Abstract:
Newsletters, clippings, correspondence, books relating to theologian, philosopher, physician, organist, and music scholar Albert Schweitzer.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Subject:
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Humanists.
Missionaries, Medical.

Creator:
Davenport, Manuel.
Inclusive Dates:
1960-2000
Abstract:
Manuel Davenport's materials relating to Albert Schweitzer
Type of Material:
Audiocassettes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Adult education
Religion and philosophy
Science and medicine
Missionaries, Medical.
Philosophers.
Theologians.

Creator:
Reitzer, Johanna M.
Inclusive Dates:
1949-1975
Abstract:
Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, printed material.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Reprints.
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Subject:
Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué) -- Gabon.
Missionaries.
Physicians.
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Harding, Frederick W., 1878-1975.
Inclusive Dates:
1970-1970
Abstract:
Baptist missionary to Garo Mission in Assam, India. Collection consists of a copy of the manuscript of Harding's autobiography. Also included is a small booklet by Harding entitled "Indigenous Christianity in Assam."
Type of Material:
Autobiographies (literary works)
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Garo Hills (India) -- History.
Garo Hills (India) -- Religious life and customs.
Assam (India) -- History.
Assam (India) -- Religious life and customs.
Church and clergy
Religion and philosophy
Baptists -- Missions -- India.
Missionaries -- India.
Garo (Indic people) -- Religion.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Huntington, Thomas, 1745-1835.
Inclusive Dates:
1769-1769
Abstract:
Letter and letter fragment from Thomas Huntington concerning his mission to the Oneida Indians.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Activism and social reform
New York State
Indians of North America -- Missions.
Missionaries -- New York (State)

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Kingsley, Marion.
Inclusive Dates:
1955-1990
Abstract:
Letters from Marion Kingsley describing her work at the Methodist Mission in Kangneung (Kangnŭng-si) in South Korea.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Kangnŭng-si (Korea) -- Social life and customs.
Missionaries.
Church and clergy
Methodist Church -- Missions -- Korea (South)
Missions, American -- Korea (South) -- History.
Women missionaries -- Korea (South)

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Priest, Josiah Addison, b. ca. 1822.
Inclusive Dates:
1857-1891
Abstract:
Papers of the American clergyman. Letters from the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church and from European missions.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Clergy.
Church and clergy
Missionaries -- Correspondence.
Missions -- Societies.
Presbyterian Church -- Clergy.
Presbyterian Church -- Missions.
Presbyterians -- United States.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Worman, L. P.
Inclusive Dates:
1870-1890
Abstract:
Scrapbook of ms. sermons and notes for sermons delivered at Lancaster Mission, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with index.
Type of Material:
Sermons.
Subject:
Lancaster (Pa.)
Clergy.
Church and clergy
Clergy -- United States.
Missionaries -- United States.
Missions -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster.
Sermons, American -- 19th century.

14.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Wysham, William Norris, 1890-1982.
Inclusive Dates:
1920-1962
Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts and published material of the American clergyman, author and missionary to Iran
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Pamphlets.
Reports.
Subject:
Iran -- Religion.
Missionaries.
Church and clergy
Religion and philosophy
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Missionaries -- Iran.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.

Creator:
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Inclusive Dates:
1905-1993
Abstract:
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Records includes Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Records (office files, board of directors records, financial records, programs and projects, and publications); Albert Schweitzer Hospital records (communications, medical reports, publications, hospital construction including photographs, blueprints, and financial records, U.S. A.I.D. grant, subject files); Association internationale de l'Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (communications, subject files, publications); Albert Schweitzer Center records (communications and publications); Schweitzer Memorabilia (Albert Schweitzer documents, Helene Schweitzer documents, Schweitzer-related materials, material by and about Schweitzer in various languages). Correspondents include Erica Anderson, Theodor Binder, Jorge Bird, Julius Seelye Bixler, E. Gaine Cannon, Frank Catchpool, Norman Cousins, A.R.T. Denues, Lee and Dottie Ellerbrock, Ford Foundation, Maurice Frey, Lawrence Gussman, Hermann Hagedore, Jerome Hill, Homer A. Jack, Charles Joy, George T. Keating, Reinhard N. Lahde, Leif Erikson Foundation, Charles Lowe, Hans Margolius, Emmy Martin, Louis Mayer, William Maul Measey, William Larimer Mellon, Joseph F. Montague, Edouard Nies-Berger, Simon Obame-Bikoro, Leslie Paffrath, Laura Person, R.P. Dominique Pire, Fergus Pope, Thomas D. Rees, Myrta Ross, Ali Silver, Ruth Sloan, Keith Smith, Isaac N.P. Stokes, Margaret S. Tenbrinck, Paul Dudley White, Andre Wick, V. McKinley Wiles, and Elizabeth L. Young.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Articles.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Financial records.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Manuscripts for publication.
Medical records.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Professional papers.
Project files.
Publications.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Religion and philosophy
Science and medicine
Charities, Medical.
Endowments -- United States.
Voluntary hospitals -- Gabon.
Humanitarianism.
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Peace -- Societies, etc.

Creator:
Bergthold, Lucille.
Inclusive Dates:
1961-1976
Abstract:
Collection of material relating to the organization California Literacy and to Frank Laubach of Laubach Literacy.
Type of Material:
Brochures.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Newsletters.
Primers (books)
Reminiscences.
Subject:
Adult education
Adult education -- United States.
Literacy -- California.
Literacy -- India.
Literacy -- Study and teaching.
Marathi language.
Missionaries -- India.

17.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
Inclusive Dates:
1896-1965
Abstract:
Papers of the theologian, philosopher, physician, organist, and music scholar; born in Alsace, France. Founded a missionary hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon). Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his advocacy of the brotherhood of nations. Collection includes correspondence (1901-1965); 123 notebooks (1918-1965); manuscript essays and lectures on religion, philosophy, and medicine; and sermons. Correspondence includes nearly 1400 letters between Schweitzer and wife Hélène Bresslau (1901-1939); 396 letters (1950-1965) written in German to Erica Anderson; 180 letters to daughter Rhena Schweitzer Miller; and 70 letters to various recipients, including 3 to Rudolf Bultmann. Notebooks document Schweitzer's daily life in Lambaréné, the diseases and stories of his patients, and the arrival of visitors to the mission. They also contain poems, quotations, excerpts from books on philosophy, religion, and history; clippings from French, German, English, and African newspapers; reports on world politics; and commentaries on himself and his work.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Essays.
Lectures.
Notebooks.
Sermons.
Subject:
Gabon -- Description and travel.
Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon)
Missionaries.
Musicians.
Physicians.
Theologians.
Music
Religion and Philosophy
Science and medicine
Activism and social reform
Humanists.
Missionaries, Medical.
Missions -- Gabon.
Missions, Medical -- Gabon.
Organists.
Philosophers.
Theologians.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Vickery, Almeda Campbell.
Inclusive Dates:
1908-1962
Abstract:
Daughter of Kate Campbell Vickery and Charles Rowe Vickery, American Congregationalist missionaries to India and Singapore. Includes photographs, writings, notes, and diaries, as well as Vickery family genealogical material.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photograph albums.
Lecture notes.
Negatives (photographs)
Typescripts.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Diaries.
Subject:
Clergy.
Missionaries.
Church and clergy
Clergy -- United States.
Missionaries.
Genealogy.
India -- Missions.
South Asia -- Missions.
Singapore -- Missions.
Congregationalism -- Missions.
Congregational churches -- Clergy.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Masters, Mary L.
Inclusive Dates:
1893-1936
Abstract:
A scrapbook of Mary Luella Master's time in Foo Chow, China
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Higher education.
University Archives
Women missionaries.
Alumni.
Bo yi hui.
China -- History.
Footbinding.
Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China)
Women physicians.

Creator:
Perryville Methodist Church (Perryville, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1862-1968
Abstract:
Church records, books, financial records, church bulletins, and similar material from the Perryville Methodist Church, founded in 1831 and located in Perryville, Madison County, New York
Type of Material:
Church records.
Minutes (administrative records)
Financial records.
Bibles.
Bibles moralisees (commentaries)
Picture Bibles.
Attendance records.
Checks (bank checks)
Ledgers (account books)
Textbooks.
Programs (organizations)
Subject:
New York (State) -- Religious life and customs.
Clergy.
Sunday school teachers.
Church buildings--New York (State)
Epworth League (U.S.)
Methodist Church -- United States -- History.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
Sunday schools -- Exercises, recitations, etc.
Sunday schools -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Sunday schools -- New York (State)
Sunday schools -- Records.
Sunday school teachers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Women's Society of Christian Service.
Church records and registers -- New York (State)
Methodists.

21.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Laubach, Frank Charles, 1884-1970.
Inclusive Dates:
1896-1974
Abstract:
Personal papers of the missionary, adult educator, and literacy pioneer; also contains organizational records of Laubach Literacy, Inc. Collection includes correspondence, administrative papers, financial papers, U.S. and international projects, writings, photographs, and miscellanea.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Bank statements.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Essays.
Financial records.
Manuscripts for publication.
Maps (documents)
Motion pictures (visual works)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Poems.
Progress reports.
Proposals.
Readers.
Reports.
Minutes (administrative records)
Textbooks.
Subject:
Adult education teachers.
Adult education
Religion and philosophy
Adult education -- United States.
Adult education teachers -- Training of.
Clergy -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Educators -- United States.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Evening and continuation schools -- United States.
Literacy.
Literacy -- Africa.
Literacy -- Asia.
Literacy -- Colombia.
Literacy -- India.
Literacy -- Latin America.
Literacy -- Mexico.
Literacy -- United States.
Missionaries.
New literates, Writing for.
Television in adult education.
Visual literacy.

Creator:
Laubach Literacy International.
Inclusive Dates:
1896-1991
Abstract:
Papers of Laubach Literacy International, founded in 1955 by Dr. Frank C. Laubach to address the world-wide problem of illiteracy. Established as Laubach Literacy Fund, the organization later became Laubach Literacy, Inc., and finally Laubach Literacy International; in 2002 it merged with Literacy Volunteers of America to form ProLiteracy. Material in the collection includes audio tapes, correspondence, diaries, filmstrips, financial records, journals, literacy journalism papers from courses taught at Syracuse University, motion pictures, newsletters, photographs, primers, reports, scrapbooks, slides and video tapes.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Motion pictures (visual works)
Photographs.
Reports.
Audiotapes.
Audiocassettes.
Long-playing records.
Sound recordings.
Videotapes.
Subject:
Adult education teachers.
Adult education
Religion and philosophy
Adult education -- United States.
Adult education teachers -- Training of.
Clergy -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Educators -- United States.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Evening and continuation schools -- United States.
Literacy.
Literacy -- Africa.
Literacy -- Asia.
Literacy -- Colombia.
Literacy -- India.
Literacy -- Latin America.
Literacy -- Mexico.
Literacy -- United States.
Missionaries.
New literates, Writing for.
Primers.
Readers (Primary)
Readers (Adult)
Readers for new literates.
Visual literacy.