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Southern Baptist Convention. International Mission Board. Executive Office files, 1845-1995.

Title: Executive Office files, 1845-1995.

The collection includes the files of the Executive Office of the mission Board. This includes correspondence, reports, and informational files. The correspondence includes contacts with area directors, other agency executives, Baptist leaders, Southern Baptist leaders, and trustees. The files are focused on the early years of the Board and the tenure of Baker James Cauthen (1954-1979). Additions are expected to this record series.

ArchivalResource: 39 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76874536 View

King, David. Baptists in the Middle East Collection, 1953-1993

Title: Baptists in the Middle East Collection, 1953-1993

This collection documents the missionary career of Southern Baptist Convention missionaries to Lebanon, David and Maxine King. The collection includes articles, clippings, lesson plans, reports, sermon notes, and subject files that reflect the Kings' missionary service to countries in the Middle East and North Africa. About half of the collection consists of the correspondence files King kept during his missionary service. A substantial portion of those correspondence includes letters between King and administrators at the Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board) and letters between King and other Middle East-area missionaries. The collection also contains materials surrounding the Lebanese Civil War from 1973 to 1977.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776865822 View

Southern Baptist Convention. International Mission Board. Visual material collection, 1948-2000.

Title: Visual material collection, 1948-2000.

The Visual Collection of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention includes 320 linear ft. of motion picture films and video tapes in a wide variety of formats. The collection includes production films on some aspect of mission activities, fictional accounts of mission history, events related to the work of the Board (meetings, commissioning services, chapel, travels by the executive staff), and production elements of films (sound tracks, raw footage, etc.). Also includes interviews with missionaries and administrators.

ArchivalResource: 320 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277152903 View

Southern Baptist Convention. International Mission Board. Missionary correspondence files, 1846-2005.

Title: Missionary correspondence files, 1846-2005.

Official missionary personnel and correspondence files between missionaries and mission administrators in Richmond. The files usually includes application form and other biographical data on missionaries. The files include reports and correspondence related to the work and life of the mission and the missionaries. The location of missions is primarily in China, Liberia, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Italy. Some files are extensive while others include only a single folder. Selected files have been cataloged individually. Additions to these files are expected.

ArchivalResource: 286 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277152397 View

Southern Baptist Convention. Foreign Mission Board. Audio collection, 1949-1988.

Title: Audio collection, 1949-1988.

The recordings are related to various aspects of mission activities, events related to the work of the Board (meetings, chapel, travels by the executive staff), training events, appointment services, music, missionary orientation, memorial services, and interviews with missionaries. The collection also includes recordings of the Southern Baptist Convention, Woman's Missionary Union meeting, Baptist World Alliance events, and other mission related conferences. The collection also includes programs and transcripts of oral history interviews.

ArchivalResource: 175 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/439018494 View

Southern Baptist Convention. International Mission Board. Audio collection, 1948-1988.

Title: Audio collection, 1948-1988.

The Audio Collection of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention includes 4034 titles of events and programs related to the work of the Board. The collection includes recordings in all types of formats, with most of the material found on reel-to-reel recordings or cassettee tapes. The collections includes recordings of events related to the work of the Board including Board meetings, appointment services, chapel services, and reports to the Board; international music and worship events; oral history memoirs with missionaries and Board administrators; mission conferences; sermons and addresses by executives and administrators; and other related conferences and meetings.

ArchivalResource: 193 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277153660 View