American Missionary Association

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Known chiefly for its educational work among African Americans, the American Missionary Association also worked with other ethnic groups.

From the description of American Missionary Association records, 1820's-1870's (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 668992371

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Rockwell, John A. Papers. 1865-1867. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873. Papers, 1809-1903, (bulk 1809-1872) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Home Missions Council of North America. American Missionary Association Collection. Dillard University, Will W. Alexander Library
referencedIn Goodell, William, 1792-1878. The William Goodell Family Papers 1780-1892 1820-1878 Berea College, Hutchins Library
referencedIn Cooper, James Wesley, 1842-1916. James Wesley Cooper papers, 1787-1925 (inclusive), 1787-1916 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898. Samuel Lyle and Florella Brown Adair family collection [microform], 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865). Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Townsend family. Papers, 1829-1972. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Papers. 1882-1952. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Missionary scrapbook : 1894-1895. Houghton Library
creatorOf American Missionary Association. American Missionary Association records, 1866-1878. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
referencedIn Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873. Papers, 1809-1903, (bulk 1809-1872) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Avery Normal Institute. Avery Normal Institute papers, 1862-1978. College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
referencedIn Humiston, R. F. Scrapbook, 1866-1868. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Smith, Edward Parmelee, 1827-1976. Papers 1818-1987. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf American Missionary Association. Receipt : Boston, Mass, 1891 April 29. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
referencedIn Beam, Lura - Douglass, Harlan Paul., 1906-1918. Collection. 1906-18. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Amistad Schooner case collection, 1839-1968. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf American Missionary Association. Records of the American Missionary Association, 1846-1882. Library of Congress
referencedIn Spence, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1865-1962,. Spence family collection, 1812-1961. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Buggs, John Allen, 1915-. Papers 1939-1964. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, Inc. records. 1945-1974 Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873. Lewis Tappan papers, 1809-1903 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
creatorOf Fisk University. Bennett hall cornerstone records, 18990-1891. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Nichols, D. B. D.B. Nichols scrapbooks, 1853-1873. Library of Congress
referencedIn Douglass, Esther W. Esther W. Douglass papers, 1864-1914. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Brinckerhoff, E. F. E.F. Brinckerhoff scrapbooks, ca. 1948-1958. State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives
creatorOf American Missionary Association. Records of the American Missionary Association, 1846-1936, n.d. (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Hitchcock, Rufus Clark, 1835-1894. Rufus Clark Hitchcock Papers, 1856-1894. Vermont Historical Society
referencedIn Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898. Samuel Lyle and Florella (Brown) Adair collection, 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865). Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Schell, James P. James P. Schell papers, 1849-1933. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Platt, Dwight Henry, 1867-1914. Dwight H. and Luther H. Platt papers, circa 1859 - 1914 Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Whiton, S. James. Diary : manuscript, 1863 June 4 - Dec. 21. Houghton Library
creatorOf American Missionary Association. American Missionary Association manuscripts : Kentucky. University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library
referencedIn Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962. Papers. 1883-1962. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Edmund Lee Drago papers, ca. 1975-ca. 2005. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
referencedIn Williams, Edward F. (Edward Franklin), 1832-1919. Papers. 1838-1918. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Race Relations Dept (1943-1970). Archives. 1943-1970. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Estabrook, Katherine Schloesser, 1840-1923. Papers, 1868-1869, 1960. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn James Wesley Cooper papers, 1787-1925, 1787-1916 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Douglass, H. Paul (Harlan Paul), 1871-1953. Papers. 1889-1953. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Jubilee Singers Concert Program, 1940 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. Everett family papers, 1794-1949, bulk 1838-1927. Newberry Library
creatorOf Connecticut Historical Society. Mission societies, Certificates. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf American Missionary Association. Archives, 1828-1891 Archives [New] Addendum, 1869-1988. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf Graduate Theological Union historic pamphlet collection : American Missionary Association. Graduate Theological Union, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
referencedIn Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979, 1926-1972 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
creatorOf American Missionary Association. Annual meeting guest and host register books, 1892 October 25-27. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn McKenzie, Fayette Avery, b. 1872. Fayette Avery McKenzie papers, 1915-1926. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Grout, Ruth, 1901-. Collection. 1893-1898. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Graham, Edward K., 1976-1918. Collection. 1967-1981. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Stiles, Alice M. 1846-1920. Alice M. Stiles correspondence, 1869-1880. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Some reminiscences of the early Oberlin missionaries and their work in north-western Minnesota, 1890. Minnesota Historical Society
creatorOf Leroy F. Jackson Papers The Huntington Library
referencedIn Chinese Presbyterian Church (New Orleans, La.). Records 1880-1985. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Douglass, Esther W. Esther W. Douglass papers, 1864-1914. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Dodd Family. Papers. 1848-1868. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf American Missionary Association. American Missionary Association letters [microform], 1854-1882. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Program Director Andrew Young files, 1961-1964. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
creatorOf American Missionary Association. Minnesota files, 1847-1882 [microform]. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Rockwell, John A. John A. Rockwell papers, 1866-1872. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Wright, Sela Goodrich, 1816-1906. Some reminiscences of early Oberlin missionaries and their work in north-western Minnesota, 1890 by Rev. S. G. Wright, Oberlin, O. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Chamberlin, Mary E., ca. 1868. Papers. 1886-1906. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions archives, 1810-1961. Houghton Library
referencedIn Wolff, Florence F. Paper, ca. 1942. Indiana Historical Society Library
creatorOf Pleasant Hill Academy. Records, ca. 1908-1961 [microform] / Pleasant Hill Academy, 1884-1947. Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library
referencedIn Von Tobel, Raymond Goodwin. Papers. 1918-1954. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Bliss, Robert Lewis. Miscellaneous microfilm collection, undated, [microform]. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Hollender, Marc H. (Marc Hale), 1916-1998. Marc H. Hollender Cover Collection, 1813-1864. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Douglass, H. Paul (Harlan Paul), 1871-1953. Papers 1889-1953. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1900-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Evarts Kent family papers 1790-1928 1867-1904 Kent, Evarts family papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Frederick Ayer Records, 1865-1867, 1900. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Beam, Lura, 1887-. Papers, 1900-1969 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Scott, Margaret Helen, 1898-. Papers. 1866-1987. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Newman, William Kincaid, 1806-1890. Collection. 1883-1889. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf Wimbish, Christopher C., 1895-1962. Christopher C. Wimbish papers, 1870-1962. Chicago History Museum
creatorOf American Missionary Association. American Missionary Association records, 1820's-1870's Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
referencedIn Raymond, William, 1815-1847. Collection. 1846. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Beard, Augustus Field, 1833-1934. Papers. 1923-35. Addition 1873-1926. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Papers, 1900-1969 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Amherst College. Library. Portraits and signatures collections, ca. 1825-1900 / Amherst College Library. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Metz, Percy W., 1883-1964. Percy W. Metz papers, 1870-1964. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Kidder, Anna H., 1840-1913. Papers, 1860-1913 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Potts, John F. John Foster Potts, Sr. papers, 1885-2005 (bulk 1935-1991). College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
referencedIn Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Citizenship Education Program files, 1956-1967. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn Portraits and Signatures Collection, ca. 1825-1900 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Northwest missions manuscripts and index., 1766-1926. Minnesota Historical Society
creatorOf Merrill, James Griswold, 1840-1920. James G. Merrill records, 1899-1919. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Bacon Family., 1824-1879. Papers. Letters. 1824-1879. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Bradley, Dan Beach, 1804-1873. Papers, 1800-1991, 1804-1873. Oberlin College Library
referencedIn Clark, Lewis Sherman, 1865-1929. Papers. 1876-1980. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Amistad Research Center. American Missionary Association archives. California and Colorado [microform]. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus, Langsam Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous missionary records, 1866-1984, 1884-1938. Oberlin College Library
referencedIn Papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1900-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Comings, Elam Jewett, 1812-1894. Papers, 1850-1910, 1863-64. Oberlin College Library
referencedIn Allan, Sara A., 1839-1926. Papers, 1836-1913. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Streiby, Michael E. Papers. 1896. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Markham Family. Papers. 1852-1949. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Nute, Grace Lee, 1895-1990,. Northwest missions manuscripts and index, 1766-1926. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898. person
associatedWith Adams, Moses N. 1822-1902. person
associatedWith Adams, Samuel Clifford, Jr. person
associatedWith Allan, Sara A., 1839-1926. person
associatedWith American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. corporateBody
associatedWith Amistad Research Center. corporateBody
associatedWith Armstrong, S. C. 1839-1893. person
associatedWith Atlanta University corporateBody
associatedWith Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture corporateBody
associatedWith Avery Normal Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Ayer, Frederick, d. 1867. person
associatedWith Bacon Family., 1824-1879. family
associatedWith Bardwell, John P., [ca.1801]-1871. person
associatedWith Barnard, Alonzo, 1817-1905. person
associatedWith Beam, Lura, 1887- person
associatedWith Beam, Lura - Douglass, Harlan Paul., 1906-1918. person
associatedWith Beard, Augustus Field, 1833-1934. person
associatedWith Berea College corporateBody
associatedWith Blanche Kellog Institute corporateBody
associatedWith Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 person
associatedWith Bradley, Dan Beach, 1804-1873. person
associatedWith Brinckerhoff, E. F. person
associatedWith Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. person
associatedWith Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962. person
associatedWith Buggs, John Allen, 1915- person
associatedWith Chamberlin, Mary E., ca. 1868. person
associatedWith CHARLOTTE EUGENIA (HAWKINS) BROWN, 1883-1961 person
associatedWith Chinese Presbyterian Church (New Orleans, La.) corporateBody
associatedWith Clark, Lewis Sherman, 1865-1929. person
associatedWith Comings, Elam Jewett, 1812-1894. person
associatedWith Connecticut Historical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Cooper, James Wesley, 1842-1916. person
associatedWith Cravath, E. M. person
associatedWith Cravath, Erastus Milo, 1833-1900. person
associatedWith Cummings, Abigail person
associatedWith Cushman, Charles Metcalf, 1829-1906. person
associatedWith Dodd Family. family
associatedWith Douglass, Esther W. person
associatedWith Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. person
associatedWith Douglass, H. Paul (Harlan Paul), 1871-1953. person
associatedWith Drago, Edmund L. person
associatedWith Estabrook, Katherine Schloesser, 1840-1923. person
associatedWith Farnam family family
associatedWith Farnam family. family
associatedWith Fisk University corporateBody
associatedWith Goodell, William, 1792-1878. person
associatedWith Graham, Edward K., 1976-1918. person
associatedWith Grout, Ruth, 1901- person
associatedWith Hampton Institute corporateBody
associatedWith Hitchcock, Rufus Clark, 1835-1894. person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Howard Free School (Chattanooga, Tenn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Howard University corporateBody
associatedWith Hubbard, Henry W. person
associatedWith Humiston, R. F. person
associatedWith Jackson, Leroy F. (Leroy Freeman), 1881-1958. person
associatedWith Jenkins, Jenkin, 1803-1886. person
associatedWith Jubilee Singers corporateBody
associatedWith Kent family family
associatedWith Kidder, Anna H., 1840-1913. person
associatedWith Le Moyne College corporateBody
associatedWith Lewis, William. person
associatedWith LURA ELLA BEAM person
associatedWith Markham Family. family
associatedWith Matson, Henrietta. person
associatedWith McKenzie, Fayette Avery, b. 1872. person
associatedWith Merrill, James Griswold, 1840-1920. person
associatedWith Metz, Percy W., 1883-1964. person
associatedWith National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing. corporateBody
associatedWith Newman, William Kincaid, 1806-1890. person
associatedWith Nichols, D. B. person
associatedWith Nute, Grace Lee, 1895-1990, person
associatedWith Oberlin College. corporateBody
associatedWith Ogden, John, 1824-1910. person
associatedWith Platt, Dwight Henry, 1867-1914 person
associatedWith Pleasant Hill Academy. corporateBody
associatedWith Potts, John F. person
associatedWith Raymond, William, 1815-1847. person
associatedWith Rockwell, John A. person
associatedWith Ryder, C. J. person
associatedWith Schell, James P. person
associatedWith Scott, Margaret Helen, 1898- person
associatedWith Smith, Edward Parmelee, 1827-1976. person
associatedWith Southern Christian Leadership Conference. corporateBody
associatedWith Spees, Francis. person
associatedWith Spence, Adam Knight, 1831-1900. person
associatedWith Spence, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1865-1962, person
associatedWith Spencer, David B. person
associatedWith Steward, Thomas C. person
associatedWith Stiles, Alice M. 1846-1920. person
associatedWith Straight University corporateBody
associatedWith Streiby, Michael E. person
associatedWith Talladega College corporateBody
associatedWith Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873. person
associatedWith Tillotson College corporateBody
associatedWith Tougaloo College corporateBody
associatedWith Townsend family. family
associatedWith United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Race Relations Dept (1943-1970) corporateBody
associatedWith Von Tobel, Raymond Goodwin. person
associatedWith Warner Institute corporateBody
associatedWith Whipple, George, 1805-1876. person
associatedWith White, George Leonard, 1838-1895. person
associatedWith Whiton, S. James. person
associatedWith Williams, Edward F. (Edward Franklin), 1832-1919. person
associatedWith Wimbish, Christopher C., 1895-1962. person
associatedWith Wolff, Florence F. person
associatedWith Wright, Sela Goodrich, 1816-1906. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Tennessee--Chattanooga
United States
Kansas
Minnesota
Michigan
Kentucky
Subject
Religion
Abolitionists
Education
African American universities and colleges
African Americans
African Americans
American letters
Antislavery movements
Church and minorities
Guest books
Hospitality
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Manuscripts
Missionaries
Missions
Missions
Ojibwa Indians
Schools
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1828

Active 1988

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