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EAP971/2/1/1
- Record Id:
- 040-004067032
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004067030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139555674.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP971/2/1/1
- Title:
- Board to ACM and Other Correspondence
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains letters from the secretaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) and the Women's Board of Missions to missionaries and secretaries of the American Ceylon Mission (ACM). The primary receipents are Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Scott in Manipay, Jaffna, Rev. Giles G. Brown (1869-1920), secretary of the ACM in Vaddukoddai, and Rev. William E. Hitchcock, secretary of the ACM in Uddupiddy. The primary authors are James L. Barton (1855-1936), secretary of the ABCFM, and Enoch Bell, associate secretary of the ABCFM, and Kate G. Lamson, foreign secretary of the Woman's Board of Missions. The file consists primarily of copies of typed letters, but includes several handwritten missives by Hastings and S.G.C. Mills. Some topics include missionary salaries, appeals for funding, qualifications of incoming mission workers (including Minnie Hastings), the publication of a new missionary handbook, requests for photographs of misionnaries, and inquiries into the relationship between Jaffna College and the ACM.
Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 442 pages.
Condition of original material: 31 x 25 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004067030
036-004067031
040-004067032 - Is part of:
- EAP971/2 : தென்னிந்திய திருச்சபை யாழ்ப்பாண மறைமாவட்டம்
EAP971/2/1 : The 1937 Series
EAP971/2/1/1 : Board to ACM and Other Correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-004067030[0001]/036-004067031[0001]/040-004067032
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP971/2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 446 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP971-2-1-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1911-1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Former External References:
- 12.0
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)