Descriptive Summary
Creator(s)
Biographical Note / 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
Administrative Information
The bound volumes are numbered chronologically. The researcher should cite the volume number, inclusive dates and title when requesting volumes.
Catalog Headings
Collection Inventory
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1 | 1a | Finding Aid to Record Group 46 | |
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| SERIES 1: BOARD OF MISSIONS TO FREEDMEN | |
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1 | 1 | Historical Sketch of the Freedmen's Mission 1862-1904 | |
| 2 | Our Southlands Missions, 1913 | |
| 3 | Annual report, 1917 | |
| 4 | Minutes, 1920 | |
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| 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 | |
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| SERIES 2: DEPARTMENT OF NEGRO WORK | |
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1 | 5 | Minutes, 1928-38 | |
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| Bound Volume | |
| Vol #4 | Receipts, April 1934 - August 1938 |