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Accession #BC2020/13
TopicMissions: Church of the Brethren General Mission Board
TitleChurch of the Brethren Missions Prior to 1940
LocationVault - Winger Schwalm filing cabinets
CitationChurch of the Brethren Missions Prior to 1940, BC2020/13, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessSensitive materials - Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceArchives Vault - Schwalm filing cabinet drawer. Schwalm inherited these records from President Otho Winger.
Scope and ContentMaterials are related to missionary experiences in Europe, India, China, Nigeria, and the problems, finances, political complications, disputes, deaths, and health concerns of 
Date of Accession19 November 2020
Bio History NoteChurch of the Brethren General Missionary Board correspondence discussing everything related to its missionary programs in: Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden, Bronderslev), India, China, South China, and Nigeria. 

The materials were primarily organized into packets by country, yet all the packets should be consulted if doing research, for crossover exists and discussion often appears for more than one country in a given letter.

A separate packet exists for what is primarily General Mission Board fundraising and administrative material.

Another folder contains material regarding the death of Emmert Stover.

Topics include but are not limited to financial arrangements, political complications, disputes interpersonal dynamics, missionary selections, deaths, health concerns, congregational giving.

A separate file is included that announces the death of Emmert Stover.
Archivist NoteDescription prepared 19 November 2020 by Jeanine Wine.
 


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