Title: American Missionary Association. Manuscripts, 1843-1894
Collection identifier: 788
Primary Creator: American Missionary Association
Extent: 15.0 microfilm reels
Subjects: American Missionary Association
Forms of Material: Copies, Organizational records
The American Missionary Association began as an interdenominational missionary organization which was strongly influenced by abolitionism. Its chief characteristics were evangelical abolitionism and religious and educational work among minority groups.
This collection relates to the American Missionary Association's work in Illinois. Most of the collection (12 reels) date between 1853 and 1874. Included are letters, observations, and reports relative to all activities and relationships of the organization including reform activities other than abolitionism.
The microfilm was obtained from the Amistad Research Center, Dillard University, New Orleans, in 1973. The Amistad Center later moved to Tulane University.
See also Author and Added Entry Catalog of the American Missionary Association Archives, 3 vols. (1970).
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Original/Copies Note: Original records for the American Missionary Association are held at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University. For more information please see https://amistad-finding-aids.tulane.edu/repositories/2/resources/37.
Related Publications: Author and Added Entry Catalog of the American Missionary Archives is available in the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, call number Q. 016.266 F54A
URL: http://www.library.illinois.edu/ihx/inventories/americanmissionaryassoc.pdf
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