Methodist Missions correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss-016
Scope and Contents
A collection of correspondence from California, Texas, New England, Wisconsin, etc., about the rigors of missionary life and travel. Some of the most interesting letters deal with the sea journey from New York to Panama (overland) and north by sea to San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest. There is also a letter or two from missionaries in Africa.
Dates
- Creation: 1836-1851
Creator
- Bangs, R., Reverend (Correspondent, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A selection of correspondence by multiple authors and received by Reverends R. Bangs, J.P. Durbin, and others, pertaining to missionary life and travel in California, Texas, New England, New York, Wisconsin, Panama, and Africa.
Subject
- Durbin, John P. (John Price) (Correspondent, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Methodist Missions Correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Knight and Patt Leonard
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner Street #1021
Tacoma 98416-1021 United States us
archives@pugetsound.edu
Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner Street #1021
Tacoma 98416-1021 United States us
archives@pugetsound.edu