Missionary files Methodist Episcopal Church missionary correspondence, 1846-1912, Africa, Europe, India, Malaya, Mexico, Philippines, South America, West Indies.Missionary files Methodist Episcopal Church missionary correspondence, 1846-1912, China, Japan, Korea.Board Correspondence, 1884-1915 The correspondence in this micropublication was created under the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This material represents the foreign missionary concerns of the Society and its successor, the Board of Foreign of Missions. Primarily outgoing correspondence from the Mission Society staff, these files contain correspondence with missionaries as well as material relating to routine business issues. Topics include applicants (called re-enforcements) gifts, wills, estates, and annuities. Also included is information on sending missionaries and answers to regular reports and correspondence. This collection consists of letterpress books. Each book deals with a specific topic. The names of staff members appear on the volume if their letters are filed in the book. Each book usually begins with an index detailing to whom the letters were written.
Missionary files Methodist Episcopal Church Board correspondence, 1884-1915, Africa, China, Latin America, India, Malaysia, Southern Asia, Japan, Korea.These items are available in microfilm format, or rolls of film with micro images of the pages on each film.
Microfilm rolls may not leave the library, and need a microfilm reader to use.
Please contact the Reference Librarians at sthref@bu.edu to request any rolls of microfilm and make an appointment to use the microfilm readers. Make sure to include the title of the publication as well as the years/volumes/rolls of the title that you are interested in.