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This page is intended to assist researchers in identifying personal papers and archival collections at the Yale Divinity Library that relate to specific geographical areas. These collections may be in original, microform, or digital format. Also noted are digitized periodicals and reports from the Day Missions Collection that provide supplemental documentation.

See also the lists of Personal Papers Collections and Archives of Organizations and the Archives at Yale database to obtain more information about the Library's collections. For reference assistance, please feel free to contact the Divinity Library.

Individuals:

  • Aitkin, R. D. (Film Ms37): re. medical missions in South Africa 1928-1936
  • Boer, John (RG 228): resource material related to Islam-Christian relations in Nigeria 1950-2008
  • Blair, J. Andrew (RG 30): printer for Universities' Mission to Central Africa 1861
  • Breman, Christina (RG 134): resource material related to Association of Evangelicals in Africa 1962-1996
  • Bridgman, Henry and Laura (RG 30): ABCFM missionaries to the Zulus in Natal, South Africa 1860-1946
  • Brosius, Charles Henry (Film Ms549): Lutheran missionary at the Muhlenberg Mission in Liberia 1901-1922
  • Colenso, J. W. (RG 129): Anglican Bishop of Natal, South Africa 1854-circa 1875
  • Cushman, Mary Floyd (RG 30): ABCFM medical missionary in Ochileso, Angola, Portuguese West Africa 1922-1942
  • Danielson, Elmer and Lillian (Film Ms539): Lutheran missionaries in Tanzania 1928-1969
  • Ellenberger, D. F. (Fiche Ms108): missionary in Lesotho 1860-circa 1905
  • Frost, Caroline (RG 30): ABCFM missionary in South Africa 1897-1940, primarily at Adams College, M.S., Natal
  • Goodyear, Henry Charles (RG 30): Universities' Mission to Central Africa 1883-1889
  • Grant, George and Ida (RG 30): UCBWM missionaries in Rhodesia 1967-1978
  • Grout, Aldin (RG 30): ABCFM missionary to the Zulus, South Africa 1834-1870
  • Hoyle, William (RG 30): missionary of the Church Missionary Society in Uganda 1903-1933
  • Ingelet, Louis (RG 30):served under the Missionnaires D'Afrique (Pères Blanc) in Algeria until death in 1944
  • Johnston, Geoffrey (RG 30): taught at Trinity College, Nigeria; notes re. Nigerian churches
  • Knight-Bruce, G. W. (Microfilm: Film Ms33): Church of England clergyman in South Africa from 1885
  • Love, Olive (RG 30): missionary serving under the Africa Inland Mission in Blukwa, Djugu, Belgian Congo 1950s
  • Marsh, John S. and Dorothy V. (RG 30): ABCFM missionaries in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 1926-1956
  • Maxwell, J. L. (Microfilm: Film Ms42): missionary to Africa with the Sudan United Mission 1908-1934
  • Menkel, Peter: (Microfilm: Film Ms46): Presbyterian missionary in Gabon, West Africa, captain for mission boats 1873-1905
  • Nassau, R. H. (Microfilm: Film Ms47): Presbyterian medical missionary in West Africa 1861-1906
  • Officer, Morris (Microfilm: Film Ms3): Lutheran clergyman who toured missions in Western Africa 1852-1854
  • Olson, Howard and Louise (RG 238): Lutheran missionaries and educators in Tanzania from 1946 to 1988
  • Quaque, Philip (Microfilm: Film Ms4): African Church of England clergyman, sent to England by missionary, letters 1766-1811
  • Ramseyer, Friedrich August (RG 30): Basel Mission missionary in Ghana; photographs of Ashanti scenes, mission activities 1875-1885
  • Reddy, E. S. (RG 30): church-related documentation related to apartheid from South Africa 1970-1989
  • Regan, Catherine (RG 30): Roman Catholic missionary, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, in Johannesburg, South Africa 1904-1968
  • Reuling, John and Eleanor (RG 120): ABCFM missionaries in Natal, South Africa 1927-1941; JAR later Africa Secretary of ABCFM
  • Seiple, W. H. (RG 30): Christian and Missionary Alliance missionary Soudan Mission, Sierra Leone, Africa circa 1895-1902
  • Seys, John (RG 30): Protestant Episcopal clergyman, missionary in Liberia circa 1844
  • Sheffey, Charles and Joy (RG 219): Methodist medical missionaries in Wembo Nyama, Belgian Congo 1922-1944
  • Spear, F. Gordon (RG 30): British Baptist medical missionary in Belgian Congo 1922-1923
  • Summers, William (RG 30): Methodist missionary in Congo; journal from 1887-1888
  • Van Der Kallen, Wim (RG 30): priest in Lesotho; photos circa 1960-1965
  • Waller, Horace (RG 72): Universities' Mission to Central Africa missionary 1861-1863; colleague of David Livingstone
  • Waln, Duane and Marian (RG 181): ABCFM missionaries to Angola 1929-1962

Organizations:

  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms32): work in South, West, and East Africa 1834-1960; see guide to originals held at Harvard for detailed listing
  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Mt. Silinda Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms39): work in Rhodesia 1894-1934
  • American Lutheran Church, Board of Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms457): work in Ethiopia 1956-1968
  • Anglican Church of Congo (RG 196): reproductions of documents generated 1923-2002
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Board of World Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms506): work in Tanganyika 1923-1965
  • Baptist Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms56): work in Sierra Leone, the Cameroons, Fernando Po, Congo, Angola 1795-1916
  • Berliner Missionsgesellschaft, Rhodesia Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms36): Berlin Mission in Rhodesia 1883-1892
  • Catholic Church in Zaire (Microfilm: Film Ms38): reports of Catholic missionaries in Bandundu, Zaire (n.d.)
  • Church Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms109): British mission work in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, etc. - see microform finding aids
  • Church of Scotland, Women's Association for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms309): work in Nyasaland 1888-1926
  • Church of Uganda (Microfilm: Film Ms575 and digital: records of Anglican Church in Uganda 1901-1997
  • Episcopal Churchpeople for a Free Southern Africa (RG 102): primarily related to church situation in Namibia 1960-1990
  • Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel, Ghana Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms29): Basel Mission work in Ghana 1829-1917
  • International Missionary Council/Conference of British Missionary Societies (Microfiche: Fiche Ms50): ecumenical work 1910-1945
  • Ladies' Society for Female Education in Africa and India (Microfilm: Film Ms309): work in South Africa 1878-1904
  • Livingstonia Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms559): Scottish mission work in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia 1874-1934
  • London Missionary Society / Council for World Mission (Microfiche: Fiche Ms59): work in Central Africa, South Africa, Madagascar 1797-1940
  • Methodist Missionary Society (Microfiche: Fiche Ms69): British mission in Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast (Ghana), Nigeria, South Africa circa 1807-1945
  • Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Nigeria Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms28)
  • Paris Evangelical Missionary Society (Microfiche: Fiche Ms94): work in Lesotho, Senegal, Algeria, Congo, Madagascar, Cameroon, Togo circa 1827-1935
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Microfilm: Film Ms11): work in Liberia, Gabon, West Africa circa1837-1910
  • Regions Beyond Missionary Union (Microfilm: Film Ms312 ): work in Congo 1888-1955
  • Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Microfilm: Film Ms17 and others): British work in Gold Coast (Ghana), Madagascar, South Africa 1753-1933
  • Sudan United Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms387): work in Nigeria, the Cameroons, Chad, Sudan and other African territories 1898-1960
  • United Brethren in Christ Home, Frontier and Foreign Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms182): work in Sierra Leone 1895-1948
  • United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (Microfilm: Film Ms562): work in Nigeria, Gold Coast (Ghana), South Africa 1883-1928
  • United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Microfilm: Film Ms379): British work in South Africa 1819-1900
  • Universities' Mission to Central Africa (Microfilm: Film Ms97): British work in Central Africa 1860-1900
  • University Christian Movement of Southern Africa (Microfilm: Film Ms31): organization for ecumenical student work 1967-1972
  • Washington Office on Africa (RG 105, RG 105a, RG 105b): ecumenical clearinghouse for programs and information primarily related to South Africa 1980-1996
  • World Student Christian Federation (RG 46): ecumenical student work in South Africa circa 1897-1937
  • World Student Christian Federation Africa Region (RG 46D): ecumenical student work 1971-2012

Digitized periodicals related to Africa from the Day Missions Collection: See also: https://guides.library.yale.edu/missionperiodicals

Digitized annual reports related to Africa from the Day Missions Collection:

The Divinity Library holds extensive manuscript and archival material related to missionary work and the Christian church in China. Records of nearly 400 former China missionaries and many organizations are represented, primarily from the years 1832 to 1950. The library has also acquired numerous microform archives collections and digital resources to complement its holdings of original manuscripts. This documentation is of use both in providing information about events, movements, and institutions in China, and in providing insight into the Western societies that sent, supported, and were embodied in the missionaries. Many of the China-related collections at the Divinity Library came to Yale as part of the China Records Project initiated by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A in 1968. 
 
Types of missionary records:
  • Personal letters, diaries, writings, memorabilia of individuals working in an area
  • Letters, reports, and financial information related to the mission agencies for which they were working
  • Periodicals and reports distributed by those agencies
  • Narratives and memoirs written by missionaries
Selected personal papers (for a full listing, click here.):
  • Willard Livingstone Beard Papers (Record Group 108): Correspondence, diaries, writings, collected material, and photographs of a missionary who served in Fujian province from 1894 to 1941 under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
  • Cai Yongchun Papers (Record Group 205): Correspondence, writings, and research materials provide insight into the life and work of a Chinese scholar, educator, and theologian, and into conditions in China during the Cultural Revolution
  • Campbell Family Papers (Record Group 7): American Baptist missionaries who worked in south China from 1887-1946, including among the Hakka people
  • William Richard Johnson Papers (Record Group 6): American Methodist missionary in China from 1906 to 1941 and an administrator for famine relief work
  • Elsie Clark Krug Papers (Record Group 142): Faculty member at Hwa Nan College, Fuzhou, 1912-1918
  • Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan Papers (Record Group 126): Medical missionaries in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, serving under the Presbyterian and Methodist mission boards from 1905 to 1946
  • Albert and Celia Steward Papers (Record Group 20): Methodist missionaries serving at the University of Nanking 1921-1950

Archives of organizations:

  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms32):  ABCFM had missions in Foochow (Fuzhou), South China, North China, and Shansi (Shanxi). Microfilm covers years 1827-1919. Originals of ABCFM archives are held at Harvard; see more detailed guide
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Board of World Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms520): Work in Henan, Hubei and Jiangxi; annual conference records 1918-1956, held in Hong Kong after 1950
  • Baptist Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms56): Documentation of British Baptist work throughout China 1869-1919
  • China American Schools (Record Group 209): This collection contains documentation of the following schools for missionary children in China and the alumni associations of the schools: Kuling American School, North China American School, and Peking American School; see also collections for the Shanghai American School (Record Group 132) and American School Kikungshan (Record Group 164)
  • China Inland Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms397; also available to Yale community in digital format in Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia database): Material documents James Hudson Taylor's work for the Chinese Evangelisation Society in Shanghai (1853-1856) and Ningpo (1857-1860), the founding of the China Inland Mission, work of CIM missionaries
  • Chinese Students Christian Association in North America (Record Group 13): Support agency for Chinese students studying in North America, 1909 to 1952
  • Church Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms109): British agency with missions in South China, Chekiang, Western China, Fukien, Kwangsi-Hunan 1834-1951; see online guides linked to from catalog record
  • Church of Christ in China Border Service Department (Record Group 17): Records of work among ethnic minorities in West China, 1939-1950
  • Lingnan Foundation (Record Groups 14, 14a and Microfilm Film Ms44): Support and grant-making agency originally established to support Lingnan University in South China 1898-2010
  • London Missionary Society (now Council for World Mission) (Microfiche: Fiche Ms59): Work in Fukien, South China, North China, Central China 1803-1939
  • Methodist Church (U.S.), Board of Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms171): U.S. agency with missions in Central China, East China, Foochow, Hingwa, Kiangsi, North China, West China 1912-1949
  • Methodist Episcopal Church (Microfilm: Film Ms170): Predecessor of Methodist Church (U.S); documentation covers 1840-1915
  • Methodist Missionary Society (Microfiche: Fiche Ms69): British agency with work throughout China, including Canton 1851-1905, Hunan, Hupeh, Ningpo, Wenchow, Wuchang 1905-1946
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Microfilm: Film Ms11): Work throughout China; documentation covers 1837-1911
  • Presbyterian Church of England (Microfiche: Fiche Ms91): British agency with missions in South Fukien, Hakka area, Lingtung, Swatow 1863-1948
  • United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (Record Group 11): Records from thirteen colleges and universities established by Protestant mission agencies between 1880-1950, including Fukien Christian University, Ginling College, Hwa Nan College, Lingnan University, University of Nanking, St. John’s University, West China University, Yenching University
  • United States Catholic China Bureau (Record Group 194): Collection includes periodicals related to China and documentation of the programs of the USCCB 1976-2011
  • World Student Christian Federation (Record Group 46): Records include documentation of the student Christian movement in China 1890s-1920s

Ephemeral printed records related to many additional church-related organizations and institutions in China have been cataloged by the Library as "Historical Records."   To browse these records, do a search in Orbis (orbis.library.yale.edu) for: "records of" china "world christianity"

Documentation of Chinese Christianity program:
 
This program was established in 2012 as a collaborative effort of Yale and the Hong Kong Baptist University Library to preserve and make accessible books, periodicals, reports, and archival materials that document Chinese Christianity. To request digital copies of these materials, please contact the Divinity Library.  
Periodicals:
 
The Divinity Library holds many periodicals that document church and missions work in China, including the following.  The linked titles are available in digital format.
Annual reports: 
 
Annual reports of mission agencies provide detailed documentation.  See a list of annual reports from the Day Missions Collection that have been digitized at Day Missions Annual Reports. 
 
Other photos and documents available online:
Examples of topics that have been pursued using archival collections at the Divinity Library:
  • “To Save China: Wu Yi-fang and Christian Chinese Nationalism, 1927-1937”
  • “Beyond the models of missionaries and men: a look at the history of Chinese education for women in the early 20th century”
  • “The rural reconstruction movement in China”
  • “Navigating the Student Storms: The Response of the China Mission Colleges, St. John's and Yenching, 1919-1927”
  • “Missionaries at war: the humanitarian effort of the Nanking International Relief Committee during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945”
  • “Education and science in China”
  • “Taiping and Tiluan (Heavenly peace and earthly troubles): the experiences of a Baptist missionary in Shanghai in 1864”
  • “The Boxer Rebellion in Shanxi Province”
 
The Himalayan Mission Archive Collection at the Yale Divinity Library was formed in 2008 when the archives of four organizations and their umbrella association were transferred to Yale from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. They are included in the following collections:
 
The Himalayan Archives Association was formed to coordinate care for the archives of four organizations that had been deposited at the University of Edinburgh in the early 1990s. In 2007 when space constraints required the removal of the archives from the University of Edinburgh, the Yale Divinity School Library offered to provide a home for them and the records were received by Yale in 2008.
 
Except for files that have been designated as "Restricted" the archival records are open to qualified researchers. Some files are available in digital format. Please contact the Divinity Library for more information.
  • The Himalayan Collection Pamphlets and Reports (RG 211) includes printed material that was housed at the headquarters library of the Himalayan Archives Association in Edinburgh.
    Book-length works that were in the Himalayan Archives Association library have been added to the Divinity Library's cataloged collection. The books are classified with a local call number system beginning with HC000001. The collection of more than 180 published works can be browsed online via the Yale catalog "Local call number" search option.
     
  • The United Mission to Nepal (RG 212) is a Christian NGO working exclusively in Nepal since 1954 . The UMN has sought to bring medical services, education, skills training, engineering, industry, hydro power development, agriculture and rural development to Nepal, mainly in the central and western development regions of the country. (107 linear ft.)
    Portions of the UMN archive are available in digital format, for example, Annual Reports and UMNews. Consult with the Special Collections Librarian regarding additional files available in digital format.
  • The Central Asia Fellowship (RG213) was established in 1989 by Christian mission organizations, churches, and individuals coming together to form a network and a resource organization in order to reach Tibetan Buddhist peoples in Bhutan, China, the Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian republics), India, Mongolia, and Nepal.These archives are open to qualified researchers only with written consent from the CAF and only a partial finding aid is posted online. (8 linear ft.)
  • The International Nepal Fellowship (RG 214), formerly known as the Nepal Evangelistic Band, is a Christian international non-government organization working in Nepal. It helps people affected by tuberculosis, leprosy, disability, HIV / AIDS and drug abuse, facilitates development among poor communities, runs medical camps and provides medical training. (22 linear ft.)
  • The Nepal Church History Project (RG 215) 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. (30+ linear ft.)

Photographs from the Nepal Church History Project archives are available in digital format. Contact the Divinity Library

An additional related collection is the Gwen Coventry Papers (Record Group 241). Gwen Coventry was an Australian nurse, who worked as a Christian missionary for Regions Beyond Missionary Union and the United Mission to Nepal in northern India and Nepal between 1959 and 1980.
 
Yale can also provide access to a 2020 Ph.D. dissertation, "An Ethnography of the Tibetan Diaspora: A Multi-sited Missiological Study." Access must be approved by the author. Contact the Divinity Library to request.
 
For more information about using the Himalayan Mission Archives Collection, contact the Divinity Library.
The Divinity Library holds original format and microform collections of manuscript and archival materials related to missionary work and the Christian church in Japan. These records are of use both in providing information about events, movements, and institutions in Japan, and in providing insight into the Western societies that sent, supported, and were embodied in the missionaries. In addition to the archival and online materials listed below, the Divinity Library holds many additional published works, periodicals, annual reports, and pamphlets that provide documentation of the growth of Christianity in Japan.  Contact the Divinity Library for more information.
 
Personal papers:
  • Buell, Constance (Record Group 140): American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) missionary educator who taught at Kobe College 1952-1958 after previous service in China
  • Cary, Alice (Record Group 30): taught at Kobe College, Japan 1918-1919; worked with Russian refugees in Siberia, with American Red Cross 1921-1941; missionary/social worker in Japan-Yodogawa Neighborhood House, Zenrinkan settlement center 1941-1945
  • De Forest, Charlotte B.  (Record Group 178): ABCFM missionary educator 1903-1940 serving on the faculty and as president of Kobe College; involved in work with Japanese-American detainees during World War II
  • Gring, Hattie (McClain) (Microfilm: Film Ms117): papers of Mary E. (McClain) Sword include the letters of Hattie (McClain) Gring, missionary in Japan during the 1880s and 1890s. Sponsored first by the German Reformed Church and later by the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Grings lived in Yokohama, Tokyo and Kyoto. 
  • Gulick, John (Record Group 299):  ABCFM missionary first in China and then in Kobe and Osaka 1875-1899
  • Howe, Annie ((Record Group 30): ABCFM missionary educator in Japan 1887-1927; founder of the Glory Kindergarten and Training School in Kobe
  • Laughton, James  Papers (Record Group 190):  American Baptist missionary who was captain of the Fukuin Maru mission ship off coast of Japan 1920-1926
  • Newton, John Caldwell Calhoun (Microfilm: Film Ms117): Methodist Episcopal Church South missionary educator; taught and was president of Kwansei Gakuin Union Mission College and Seminary in Kobe beginning 1888
  • Peeke, Harman V. S. (Record Group 185): Peeke and his wife were missionaries in Japan from 1893-1929, serving under the Reformed Church in America
  • Stanford, Arthur Willis (Record Group 30):  American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary to Japan 1886-1920 and professor at Doshisha University 1886-1895
  • Williams, Philip E. (Record Group 30): Professor of American Literature at Tohoku Gakuin University and at Doshisha University beginning 1955

Archives of organizations:

  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms32): American Congregational mission agency active in Japan from 1862; documents include letters written by missionaries to the home board, station reports, minutes, etc.  An example of the documentation is the extensive correspondence of O.H. Gulick who was stationed in Kobe and Nigata from 1870 to 1893. Gulick started the first Japanese Christian newspaper in 1875, the weekly Shichiichi Zappo. There is also documentation of educational work in Japan, such as re. Kobe College and Doshisha University.
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (Microfilm: Film Ms507, Film Ms510): Lutheran work 1950-1964, including Sanyo (later re-named the Chugobu) District of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Church Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms109), Section I: East Asia Mission:  British mission agency.  Examples of documentation include: Part 1: the archive of the Loochoo Naval Mission, 1843-1861, with the important journals of Dr Bernard Bettelheim and Rev G H Morton, describing their missionary activities. Researchers can study the papers relating to the main educational centre in Osaka, where the famous CMS school for girls was opened in 1879 and developed under the guidance of Miss Katherine Tristram between 1888 and 1925. There is also good material on the work of Rev John Batchelor amongst the Ainu on the island of Yezu.  (Reels 1-21). Part 2 continues coverage of the Japan Mission and comprises Original Papers for 1887-1915. There is material on the CMS missions at Osaka, Tokyo, Hakodate, Tokushima, Fukuoka, Matsuye, Hiroshima, Sapporo and Otaru. Reports from different mission stations cover the experiences of individual missionaries, their problems and working conditions. See microform finding aids.
  • Japan International Christian University Foundation (Record Group 89): U.S. support agency for Japan International Christian University, Tokyo founded in 1948
  • Methodist Church (Microfilm: Film Ms171): American Methodist work in Japan circa 1912-1949
  • Methodist Episcopal Church (Microfilm: Film Ms170): earlier American Methodist work in Japan circa 1885-1912
  • United Evangelical Lutheran Church (Microfilm: Film Ms464, Film Ms460): Japan program files 1930-1961
  • World Student Christian Federation (Record Group 46): documentation of the student Christian movement in Japan 1890s-1920s
Documentation of the “Nanking Massacre”:
The Divinity Library collections include notable documentation of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing during the late 1930s.  Many of these documents have been digitized and are available on this website.
 
Digitized periodical related to Japan from the Day Missions Collection:
Digitized annual reports related to Japan from the Day Missions Collection:
The Divinity Library holds original format and microform collections of manuscript and archival materials related to missionary work and the Christian church in Korea. These records are of use both in providing information about events, movements, and institutions in Korea, and in providing insight into the Western societies that sent, supported, and were embodied in the missionaries. In addition to the archival materials listed below, the Divinity Library holds many additional published works, periodicals, annual reports, and pamphlets that provide documentation of the growth of Christianity in Korea.  Contact the Divinity Library for more information. 
 
Personal papers:
  • Brown, Arthur Judson (Record Group 2): as administrative secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions 1895-1929 Brown visited the Korea mission and was in correspondence with missionaries.
  • Found, Norman (Record Group 30): American Methodist medical missionary in Korea 1921-1930s and Professor of Internal Medicine, Severance Union Medical College
  • Ohlinger, Frank and Bertha (Record Group 23): American Methodist missionaries in China and Korea 1870-1911

Archives of organizations:

  • Korean Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms527): Anglican work in Korea 1889-1987
  • Methodist Church (U.S.) Board of Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms171): American Methodist work circa 1907-1950
  • Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms170): American Methodist work circa 1892-1912
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Microfilm: Film Ms114): documents work 1903-1957
  • United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (Record Groups11a -11i): includes records of Ewha Women’s University, Yonsei University, and other Korean colleges and universities.
  • World Student Christian Federation (Record Group 46); includes documentation of the student Christian movement in Korea (1910s-1920s).

Digitized annual reports related to Korea from the Day Missions Collection:

Lists of missionaries to Korea are available in directories.

For additional resources, also see the UCLA Korean Christianity Online Archive

 

Individuals:

  • Chambers, William N. (RG 30): ABCFM missionary in Turkey: Erzroom and Central Turkey Mission 1879-1920s
  • Dewey, Albert (RG 30): ABCFM medical missionary in Aintab (Gaziantep) Turkey 1919 to 1959
  • Heinrichs, Waldo Huntley (RG 115): YMCA secretary in Jerusalem 1931-1934
  • Isely, Merrill (RG 158): ABCFM missionary in Gaziantep, Turkey 1920-1960
  • Jessup, Henry Harris and Theodosia (RG 117): ABCFM missionaries in Syria and Lebanon 1856-1910
  • Miller, William McElwee (RG 30): Presbyterian missionary to Iran 1919-1962
  • Richardson, Sanford (RG 311): ABCFM missionary to the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey 1857- 1879
  • Shepard, Lorrin (RG 30): medical doctor involved in earthquake relief in Turkey 1940
  • Smith, Eli (RG 124): ABCFM missionary in Malta and Syria 1826-1857
  • Williams, William Frederic (RG 30): ABCFM missionary with Eastern Turkey Mission circa 1850-1867
  • Wittler, Melvin (RG 201): ABCFM, UCBWM missionary in Turkey 1956 to 1993

Organizations:

  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms32): ABCFM Near East records on microfilm cover missions to Armenians, Assyrians, and Nestorians, and work of the Syrian and Turkey missions 1817-1919; see guide to originals held at Harvard for detailed listing.
  • Jerusalem and the East Mission (Microfiche: Fiche Ms71): Anglican mission for work in Jerusalem, Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon 1841-1976
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Microfilm: Film Ms11): work in Lebanon-Syria 1869-1910 and Iran (Persia) 1847-1911

Digitized periodicals related to Middle East from the Day Missions Collection: See also: https://guides.library.yale.edu/missionperiodicals

Digitized annual reports related to Middle East from the Day Missions Collection:

Individuals engaged in missionary work:

  • Asbury, Francis (Microfilm: Film Ms8): British Methodist missionary to America, founder of American Methodism; letters 1768-1808
  • Bingham (Abel) family (Microfilm: Film Ms60): missionaries to North American Indians in New York and Michigan 1822-1855
  • Campbell family (RG 7): missionaries to China who worked with Chinese on West Coast of the U.S. 1900-1908
  • Colman, Benjamin (Microfilm: Film Ms54). American clergyman; worked among Indians of North America on behalf of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 1728-1745
  • Eliot, Ellsworth (RG 210): documentation re. Eliot's ancestor, John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians"
  • Ettwein, John (Microfilm: Film Ms505): Moravian Bishop who worked among Indians of North America 1700s
  • Hartwell, J. Boardman (RG 4); missionary to Chinese community in San Francisco circa 1879-1893
  • Jackson, Sheldon (Microfilm: Film Ms111): Presbyterian missionary in the American West and Alaska circa 1855-1900
  • Wheelock, Eleazar (Microfilm: Film Ms10): Congregational clergyman, founder of Dartmouth College; founded Moor's Indian Charity School in 1754

Organizations:

  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms32): work with several Native American tribal groups during the 19th century. See guide to microfilm and a more detailed guide to the original holdings at Harvard
  • Methodist Episcopal Church Isabella Indian Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms59): work among Native Americans in Michigan, 1844-1941
  • Moravian mission among the Indians of North America (Microfilm: Film Ms115): work primarily with Delawares, Mahicans, and Cherokees 1735-1900
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Mission to American Indians (Microfilm: Film Ms179): work with several Native American tribal groups 1833-1893. See guide to originals at Presbyterian Historical Society
  • Russian Church in Alaska (Microfilm: Film Ms110): includes work with indigenous Alaskan peoples 1730s-1930s.
  • Society of Jesus, Oregon Province (Available online through Indigenous People: North America database for Yale community; microfilm also available): Catholic mission work with tribal groups in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

Digitized annual reports related to missions in North America from the Day Missions Collection:

NB: Yale is a member of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, which has microfilmed and digitized many documents and photos related to the Pacific area. Yale community members can access digital holdings through the PMB database. From the PMB website use the Catalogue to identify relevant material. If the materials are not available digitally, locate Yale microfilm holdings by first identifying the PMB number, e.g. 709, and then searching the Yale catalog for PMB 709 to find the Yale call number (or see list below).

Individuals:

  • Arnold, John Kissack (Microfilm: Film Ms122): Methodist missionary in the Dobu circuit of Papua 1923-1926
  • Bergmann, H.F. W. (RG 30): German Lutheran missionary in New Guinea 1928-1968
  • Binet, Vincent LeCornu (Microfilm: Film Ms123): missionary of New Zealand Methodist Church in Solomon Islands 1917-1932
  • Brown, George (Microfilm: Film Ms371): British Methodist missionary in Pacific Islands 1835-1917
  • Churchward, C. Maxwell (Microfilm: Film Ms125): Methodist missionary at Rotuma in the 1930s
  • Eastman, George Herbert (Microfilm: Film Ms99): London Missionary Society missionary in Cook Islands 1913-1918 and Gilbert Islands 1918-1947
  • Fellows, Samuel Benjamin (Microfilm: Film Ms127): missionary of New Zealand Methodist Church in British New Guinea, Trobriands 1890-1901
  • Fox, Charles Elliott (Microfilm: Film Ms82): missionary with the Melanesian Mission from New Zealand on Norfolk Island, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands 1902-circa 1963
  • Geddie, John (Microfilm: Film Ms80): Canadian Presbyterian missionary in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 1848-1872
  • Gray, William (Microfilm: Film Ms130): missionary of Australian Presbyterian Church in New Hebrides
  • Gribble, Cecil F. (Microfilm: Film Ms81): missionary in Tonga, general secretary for Overseas Missions of the Methodist Church of Australasia 1939-1970
  • Kuder, John (Microfilm: Film Ms558): Lutheran missionary to Papua New Guinea 1934-1973
  • Leggatt, T. Watt (Microfilm: Film Ms135): Presbyterian missionary on Malekula, New Hebrides 1901-1908
  • Mann, Ira James (Microfilm: Film Ms136): Methodist missionary who served at Piniqidu, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 1919-1941
  • Margaret of the Cross (Microfilm: Film Ms83): Anglican/Catholic teaching sister in New Hebrides and Solomon Islands 1929-1966
  • Metcalfe, John R. (Microfilm: Film Ms140): Methodist missionary in Solomon Islands 1920-1957
  • Milne, Peter (Microfilm: Film Ms137): Presbyterian missionary in the New Hebrides 1869-1893
  • Page, Rodger C. G. (Microfilm: Film Ms84): Methodist missionary in Tonga 1908-1947
  • Steadman, Hilda M. (Microfilm: Film Ms100): Australian Methodist missionary in Fiji 1912-1940
  • Tekoro, Ekonia (Microfilm: Film Ms85): Methodist clergyman on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, born circa 1916
  • Tuilovoni, Setareki (Microfilm: Film Ms98): Methodist clergyman in Fiji, born 1916

Organizations:

  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms32): Pacific Islands Mission included work in to Hawaii, the Caroline, Marshall, and Gilbert islands, and the Philippines 1811-1919. See detailed guide to originals at Harvard.
  • American Lutheran Church, Board of Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms519, Film Ms522, Film Ms523, Film Ms524, Film Ms525, Film Ms541): work in New Guinea 1907-1968
  • Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Papeete (Microfilm: Film Ms103, Film Ms104, Film Ms105): work in Tahiti 1933-1969
  • Catholic Church, Diocese of Rarotonga & Niue (Microfilm: Film Ms101): work in Cook Islands 1891-1993
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Microfilm: Film Ms79): work in French Polynesia, Hawaii, Samoa and Tonga 1850-1959
  • Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (Microfilm: Film Ms511): work in New Guinea 1918-1946
  • Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga (Microfilm: Film Ms78): Church records 1822-1982
  • London Missionary Society (Microfilm): work on Niue 1910-1953 (Film Ms73), Ellice Islands 1935-1968 (Film Ms74), Samoan District 1836-1951 (Film Ms75), South Seas and Papua 1915-1966 (Film Ms119)
  • Methodist Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms13: British mission work in Oceania 1804-1889
  • Paris Evangelical Missionary Society (Microfiche: Fiche Ms94): work in New Caledonia, Tahiti, and the Loyalty Islands 1865-1935
  • Presbyterian Church in the New Hebrides (Microfilm: Film Ms76): work in New Hebrides / Vanuatu 1857-1974
  • Regions Beyond Missionary Union (Microfilm: Film Ms312): work in Irian Jaya 1954-
  • Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Microfilm: Film Ms72): work in Pitcairn Islands circa 1790-1854
  • Unevangelised Fields Mission (Microfilm: Film Ms536): Work in Papua New Guinea 1931-1992

Digitized periodicals related to Oceania /New Guinea from the Day Missions Collection: See also: https://guides.library.yale.edu/missionperiodicals

Digitized annual reports related to Oceania / New Guinea from the Day Missions Collection:

Individuals:

  • Carter, Louise Brackett (RG 30): American Baptist educator in El Salvador 1917-1926
  • Goff, James and Margaret (RG 170): Presbyterian missionaries/fraternal workers in Colombia, México, Peru, Nicaragua 1947-1986
  • Kidder, Daniel Parish (RG 30):Methodist missionary in Brazil 1837-1840
  • Sinclair, John (RG 30): Presbyterian missionary in Latin America and mission board secretary of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 1960-1973

Organizations:

  • American Lutheran Church, Commission on Mexican Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms551, Film Ms552, Film Ms553, Film Ms554, Film Ms555): work in Mexico and Texas 1923-1966
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Board of World Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms492): work in Uruguay 1957-1964
  • Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (Microfilm: Film Ms503): work in Mexico and Texas 1919-1930
  • Methodist Church (U.S.) / Methodist Episcopal Church (Microfilm: Film Ms170): work in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru 1841-1912
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Microfilm: Film Ms11): work in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela 1854-1911
  • Regions Beyond Missionary Union (Microfilm: Film Ms312): work in Argentina and Peru 1898-1940
  • South American Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms376): work throughout South America 1844-1919
  • United Lutheran Church in America, Board of Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms489, Film Ms459): work in Argentina 1919-1923, British Guiana 1943-1966

Digitized annual reports related to South America from the Day Missions Collection:

In addition to the archival and online materials listed below, the Divinity Library holds many additional published works, periodicals, annual reports, and pamphlets that provide documentation of the growth of Christianity in South Asia.  Contact the Divinity Library for more information.
 

India, Pakistan, & Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Personal papers:
  • Allison, Walter and Grace (Record Group 30):  American Presbyterian missionaries in North India from 1920 to 1954.
  • Alter, James P. (Record Group 84):  American Presbyterian missionary in India from 1945 to 1968; served as Director of the Christian Retreat and Study Centre in Rajpur.
  • Alter, Martha Payne (Record Group 30): American Presbyterian missionary in India from1916 to 1951. 
  • Baer, Mary (Microfilm: Film Ms361): Lutheran medical missionary in Guntur and Chirala, India from 1895 to 1933.
  • Boyd, Lena Agnes (Record Group 30) : American Presbyterian missionary to India, 1912-1948; worked with Punjab Mission in Saharanpur,  Hoshiarpur, Kasur, Jagraon in educational and zenana work.
  • Bronson (Miles) Family (Record Group 282):  American Baptist missionaries serving in Assam, India from 1836-1879. Collection originally held at Andover Newton Theological School.
  • Carey, William (Microfilm: Film Ms6): British Baptist missionary to India, 1793-1825.
  • Chamberlain, Jacob (Record Group 30): Reformed Church in America missionary with the Arcot Mission in India from 1860 to ca.1898.
  • Corey, Clara W. L. (Record Group 30): Canadian Baptist missionary to a Telegu area of India from 1894 to 1924. 
  • Dudley, Raymond A. (Record Group 30): American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary in Madura, India from 1919 to 1943.
  • Eddy, George Sherwood (Record Group 32): worked in India under the auspices of the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1896 to 1911. 
  • Forman Family (Record Group 110): Charles William Forman was an American Presbyterian missionary in North India from 1847 to 1894. His son, Henry Forman, served as a missionary in North India from the 1880s to 1924.
  • Harding, Mary (Record Group 30): Harding (1871-1919) was a missionary in Sholapur, India, serving under the ABCFM American Marathi Mission. 
  • Heinrichs, Waldo Huntley (Record Group 115): served with the YMCA in India from 1919 to 1930.
  • Kugler, Anna (Microfilm: Film Ms358): Lutheran medical missionary in Guntur, Andrah Pradesh, India from 1883 to 1930.
  • Larson, Oscar Leonard (Microfilm: Film Ms546): Lutheran missionary to India from 1905-1924.
  • Little, Charles (Record Group 30):  missionary in Madura, South India under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ca. 1848-1857.
  • Marsh, William Dwight (Record Group 30): taught at Jaffna College, Ceylon 1888-1890.
  • Morris, Thomas (Record Group 30): British Church Missionary Society missionary in Calcutta, India 1820-1829.
  • Picken, Lillian (Record Group 159):  American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary in Satara, India from 1914 to 1957.
  • Penfield, Thornton and Charlotte (Record Group 30): Missionaries in South India, serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1866-1871.
  • Ramabai, Pandita (Microfiche: Fiche Ms120): documentation from library of Ramabai (1858-1922) an Indian social reformer and pioneer in the education and emancipation of women
  • Rogers, Miriam (Record Group 30): ABCFM missionary, Marathi Mission, India 1937-1970s
  • Rupley, George (Microfilm: Film Ms545): Missionary to India for the General Synod and United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) from 1915-1931.
  • Sanders Family (Record Group 122): Marshall Danforth and Georgianna Knight Sanders were American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) beginning ca. 1843.
  • Smith, John Curtis and Mary Snell (Record Group 207): American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionaries in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the 1850s to 1870s.
  • Strock, John and Elizabeth (Microfilm: Film Ms360): Lutheran missionaries to Guntur, Andrah Pradesh, India from 1908-1942, 1946-1949.
  • Stuntz Allen Family Papers (Record Group 30): Two generations of Methodist Board missionaries in India and Pakistan. Clyde Bronson Stuntz and Florence (Sally) Watters Stuntz served in Lahore from 1915 - 1956. Their daughter, Elizabeth (Betty) Stuntz Allen, and her husband Daniel Allen served throughout India from 1949 - 1969. The collection contains correspondence from Clyde and Sally narrating their experiences during the partition of India. (1 linear foot)
  • Thoburn, James (Microfilm: Film Ms120): American Methodist missionary in India from 1859 to 1908.
  • Todd, William (Record Group 30): ABCFM missionary to Ceylon [Sri Lanka] and India from 1833 to 1839. Co-founder of the ABCFM Madura Mission.
  • Wilder, Robert Parmelee (Record Group 38): worked with the YMCA in India 1893-1897, 1899-1902.
  • Wiser, William and Charlotte (Record Group 128): American Presbyterian missionaries in India from 1915 to 1970, serving on the faculty of Allahabad Agricultural Institute and North India Theological College and instrumental in the formation of India Village Service.
  • Zanisi, Angelo Saverio (Record Group 30): Roman Catholic missionary in North Malabar, India from 1951-1956.
Archives of organizations:
  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film Ms32): mission agency active in India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 1812-1919.
  • Asian Women's Institute (Record Group 106): support agency for women's higher education in Asia established in 1975.
  • Associate Board of the Women's Christian College (Madras, India) (Record Group 187) Affiliated with the University of Madras, the Madras Women’s Christian College was among the first institutions for higher education for women in South India.
  • Baptist Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms56): British mission agency working in India (1792-1914).
  • Church in North India: archival files in digital form available to the Yale community.
  • Church Missionary Society / Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms109): British mission agency that sought to evangelize the women of India by means of normal schools (teacher training colleges), zenana visiting, medical missions, Hindu and Muslim female schools and the employment of Bible women.
  • Church of Scotland Missionary Archive (Microfilm: Film Ms370): Scottish mission agency working in India from early 1800s.
  • International Missionary Council/ Conference of British Missionary Societies (Microfiche: FicheMs50): includes work in India 1910-1945.
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Microfilm: Film Ms11): American agency active in India 1835–1910.
  • Presbyterian Church of England (Microfiche: Fiche Ms91) : British agency; work began in the Rajshahi district of Bengal, India in 1862.
  • Regions Beyond Missionary Union (Microfilm: Film Ms312): British agency that was active in India and Nepal.
  • Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Microfilm: Film Ms90, Film Ms91, Film Ms92): Church of England agency for mission work in British colonies.
  • United Society for Christian Literature (Microfiche: Fiche Ms98)
  • United Lutheran Church in America, Board of Foreign Missions (Microfilm: Film  Ms490)
  • United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Microfilm: Film Ms445)
  • World Student Christian Federation (Record Group 46): documentation of student Christian work in India, Burma, and Ceylon circa 1897-1920.

Digitized periodicals related to South Asia from the Day Missions Collection (see also https://guides.library.yale.edu/missionperiodicals):

Digitized annual mission reports related to South Asia:

See also: Himalayan Collection Resource Guide (on this page)

Individuals:

  • Bucher, Henry Hale, Sr. and Louise Scott (RG 249): Presbyterian fraternal workers in Thailand 1956-1972
  • Burke, Harry Taylor (RG 30): Episcopal educational missionary in the Philippines 1935-1945
  • Carson, Arthur (RG 30): President of Silliman University, Philippines 1939-1953, Trinity College, Philippines 1963-1967
  • Cooley, Frank (RG 30): Presbyterian missionary and researcher in Indonesia 1956-1982
  • Erkens, Gerard (RG 30): documentation and photographs of Catholic missions in Sulawesi, Toraja, Indonesia 1979-2000
  • Judd, Laurence and Virginia (RG 188): Presbyterian missionaries/fraternal workers in Thailand 1948-1970
  • Judson, Adoniram (RG 295): Baptist missionary in Burma from 1812 to 1849
  • Klappert, Erich (RG 30): Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft missionary in the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra, 1953-1960
  • Mattoon, Stephen (RG 30): Presbyterian missionary in Siam (Thailand) from 1847-1864
  • Tong, Walter and Margaret (RG 189): ABCFM missionaries in Philippines 1931-1947

Organizations:

  • Catholic Church in Indonesia, Archbishopric of Batavia/Jakarta (Microfiche: Fiche Ms77): Official church archives, travel accounts, diaries, correspondence, archives of third parties 1807-1949
  • Presbyterian Church of England (Microfiche: Fiche Ms91): work in Malaya 1897-1950
  • United Lutheran Church in America (Microfilm: Film Ms451): work in Malaya 1952-1962
  • United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (RG11-11i): support agency for colleges and universities in Indonesia, Korea, Myanmar, The Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam 1950-

Digitized annual reports related to Southeast Asia from the Day Missions Collection:

Organizations:

  • Baptist Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms56): British work in Jamaica, British Honduras, Bahama Islands, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Haiti circa 1813-1903
  • Christian Faith Society (Microfilm: Film Ms71): British work in West Indies, including Jamaica 1642-1929
  • Church Missionary Society (Microfilm: Film Ms109): British work in West Indies 1819-1861
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America (Microfilm: Film Ms502): work in Latin America and Puerto Rico 1899-1917
  • London Missionary Society / Council for World Mission (Microfiche: Fiche Ms59): work in Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago
  • Methodist Church (U.S.) / Methodist Episcopal Church (Microfilm: Film Ms170): work in West Indies and Puerto Rico 1912-1949
  • Methodist Missionary Society (Microfiche: Fiche Ms69): British work in Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica, etc. 1833-1947
  • Presbyterian Church of Cuba (Microfilm: Film Ms574 and available in digital format to Yale community): church records 1904-2010
  • Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Microfilm: Film Ms96): British work in West Indies 1901-1950

Digitized annual reports related to West Indies / Caribbean from the Day Missions Collection:

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