International Missionary Council Archives

Collection Guide

This guide provides a detailed inventory of the International Missionary Council Archives, including records of predecessor bodies, the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference (1910), World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches (1906-1948), records of the IMC (1921-1961), and some records following the IMC's merger with the World Council of Churches as its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (1961-1980).

See also vendor guide at: https://brill.com/display/title/16089

Full listing of the microfiche collection — every H-number group in Ms Fiche No. 85, including the sections available only as published guides in the repository.

Archive Sections

Part 1: H-10,000: Early History and Committees

I. Early History and Policy

II. World Missionary Conference, 1910

III. Continuation Committee of W.M.C. and Emergency Committee of Co-operating Missions

IV. Continuation Committee

V. IMC Committee Meetings

VI. IMC Counsellors Meetings

VII. IMC Officers Meetings

VIII. IMC Staff Conferences and Meetings

IX. Other Administrative Material

Part 2: H10,001: Staff and Officers Correspondence

I. IMC Officers

II. Staff and Officers Correspondence - Alphabetical sequence

Part 3: H10,002 - H10,010: Program Documentation

I. Committee on the Church and the Jewish People: H-10.002

II. Mission Field Subjects/ Industrial and Social Questions: H-10.003

III. War and Missions/ Orphaned Missions/ Intermission Aid: H-10.004

IV. Missions and Governments/ Alien Missionaries: H-10.005

V. Religious Liberty: H-10.006

VI. Religious Education: H-10.007

VII. Christian Literature: H-10.008

VIII. Miscellaneous Papers: H-10.009

IX. Finance: H-10.010

Part 4: H-10,012-H-10,014: Research and Study Program

I. Research Department: H-10.012

II. Research Dept. - Department of Missionary Studies: H10.013

III. Study Centres: H 10.014

Part 5: H-10,015-H-10,016: Country Files

H-10,015: Europe

I. Europe - general
II. Belgium
III. Bulgaria
IV. Czechoslovakia
V. Continental Missions- general
VI. France
VII. Germany
VIII. Great Britain
IX. Hungary
X. Netherlands
XI. Poland
XII. Portugal
XIII. Russia
XIV. Spain
XV. Scandinavia: Denmark
XVI. Scandinavia: Finland
XVII. Scandinavia: Norway
XVIII. Scandinavia: Sweden
XIX. Switzerland

H-10,016: Asia (and additional country files)