Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1936-1955 (Creation)
Extent
65 cubic feet
Name of creator
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.
Content and structure elements
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.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged by series and subseries.
Conditions of access and use elements
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.
Physical access
Technical access
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.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Preferred citation: Methodist Church missionary files series.