Missionary Files Collection

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Reference code

US NjMdUMCG 1798

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Collection

Title

Missionary Files Collection

Date(s)

  • 1936-1955 (Creation)

Extent

65 cubic feet

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Administrative history

In 1939 the Board of Missions and Church Extension was created by the Uniting Conference of the MEC, MECS and MPC denominations. The Board would be reorganized in 1952 as the Board of Missions.

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Scope and content

The correspondence in this series is composed of both in-coming and out-going letters. The correspondence deals soley with foregn mission work.

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This collection is arranged by series and subseries.

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Conditions governing access

Denominational agency journals, reports and committee minutes are open to the pubilc unless they have been closed in accordance with requirements specified in the Discipline. Denominational agency staff office records are closed for twenty- five (25) years after creation. Personnel records are closed for at least 75 years. Appeals can be made to the General Commission on Archives and History, P. O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.

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  • English

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    Preferred citation: Methodist Church missionary files series.

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