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Records of the Baptist Women's Missionary Union - Collection 340


[Note: The BGC Archives does not have the original documents of this collection. What it does have is a microfilm edition of the papers, which it purchased from a publisher, as did many other archives and libraries.]



[Note: What follows is a description of the documents in this collection which are available for use at BGC Archives in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. The actual documents are not, in most cases, available online, only this description of them. Nor are they available for sale or rent.]

Table of Contents

Brief Description of This Collection

Title Page and Restrictions

Historical Background

An Essay on the Contents of the Collection (Scope and Content)

Lists of Microfilm in This Collection (Location Records)
    Microfilm



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 Brief Description.
Microfilm of the following: History of the Women's Missionary Union, 1822-1957; Minutes of the Executive Board of the WMU of Mississippi, 1878-1959; Minutes of the WMU of South Carolina, 1882-1975; Minutes of the WMU, Spartan, Auxiliary to Spartan Baptist Association, 1912=1919; Annual Reports of WMU, 1945-1962; Minutes of the Executive Board of WMU, Kentucky, Feb. 19, 1962, to Nov. 15, 1965. Originals were filmed by the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Vol: 10 Reels of Microfilm



 Collection 340
[October 16, 1995]
Baptist Women's Missionary Union; 1878-
Records; 1822-1975
10 Reels of Microfilm


Restrictions

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.

Historical Background

Missionary organization for Southern Baptist women, along with state auxiliaries; founded in 1888; local societies preceded national organization.

Scope and Content

Microfilm of the following: History of Women's Missionary Union (WMU), 1822-1957; Minutes of the Executive Board of the WMU of Mississippi, 1878-1959; Minutes of the WMU of South Carolina, 1882-1975; Minutes of the WMU, Spartan, Auxiliary to Spartan Baptist Association, 1912-1919; Annual reports of WMU, 1956-1962; Minutes of the Executive Board of WMU, Kentucky, Feb. 19, 1962, to November 15, 1965. Originals were filmed by the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The materials document mission efforts in the U.S., including Native and African Americans.

Provenance

The materials for this collection were received by the Center in July 1986 from the Billy Graham Center Library.

Accession 86-86
January 7, 1987
Frances L. Brocker
J. Nasgowitz


 LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 86-86

Type of Material: Microfilm

The following items are located in the CENTER LIBRARY MICROFILM ROOM:


All reels are 35 mm, positive copies.

Reel 1 - Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of Mississippi, 1878-1924, plus a history from 1822-1954.

Reel 2 - Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of Mississippi, 1925-1956.

Reel 3 - Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of Mississippi, 1957-1958.

Reel 4 - Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of Mississippi, March 1958 -March 1959.

Reel 5 - Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of South Carolina, 1882-1924.

Reel 6 - Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of South Carolina, 1925-1954.

Reel 7 - Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of South Carolina, 1955-1975.

Reel 8 - Minutes of Spartan Women's Missionary Union, auxiliary to Spartan Baptist Association, 1912-1919.

Reel 9 - Annual Reports of the Women's Missionary Union, 1956-1962.

Reel 10 - Executive Board Minutes of the Women's Missionary Union of Kentucky, February 1962 - November 15, 1965.



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