Guide to the United Presbyterian Church of North America Board of American Missions Department of Negro Work Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

United Presbyterian Church of North America Board of American Missions Department of Negro Work Records

Inclusive Dates

1904-1938

Call Number

RG 46

Creator(s)

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of American Missions. Department of Negro Work.

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of Freedmen's Missions.

Quantity

1.00 cubic foot

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

Established in 1863 and incorporated in 1868, the Board of Mission to the Freedmen was organized to provide secular and religious education for freedmen through the establishment of schools and churches. The Board remained under the Board of Home Missions until 1928, when it was placed under the newly formed Board of American Missions and renamed the Department of Negro Work.

Collection Overview

Record Group 46 contains miscellaneous items from the Board of Missions to the Freedmen and its successor, the Department of Negro Work. It is arranged as follows:

Series 1: Board of Missions to the Freedmen, miscellaneous items, 1904-28

Includes pamphlets, minutes and reports.
Also contained in this series are bound volumes.

Series 2: Department of Negro Work, miscellaneous items, 1928-38

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

The bound volumes are numbered chronologically. The researcher should cite the volume number, inclusive dates and title when requesting volumes.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of American Missions. Department of Negro Work.

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of Freedmen's Missions.

Topical Subject

Church work with African Americans.

Freed persons--Education.

Freed persons--United States.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.

African Americans--Missions--Finance.

Genre-form

Financial records. aat

Minutes (administrative records) aat

Corporate Added Name

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of Freedmen's Missions.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1a	Finding Aid to Record Group 46

		SERIES 1: BOARD OF MISSIONS TO FREEDMEN

1	1	Historical Sketch of the Freedmen's Mission 1862-1904
	2	Our Southlands Missions, 1913
	3	Annual report, 1917
	4	Minutes, 1920
		Bound Volumes
	Vol #1	Mortgages, 1920-30
	Vol #2	Receipts, 14 May 1920 - 27 April 1927
	Vol #3	Receipts, 2 March 1927 - 28 October 1930

		SERIES 2: DEPARTMENT OF NEGRO WORK

1	5	Minutes, 1928-38
		Bound Volume
	Vol #4	Receipts, April 1934 - August 1938

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Guide to the United Presbyterian Church of North America Board of American Missions Department of Negro Work Records

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