Archives of the Committee on Christian Literature ForWomen and Children in Mission Fields, Inc., 1909-1989

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Archives of the Committee on Christian Literature ForWomen and Children in Mission Fields, Inc., 1909-1989

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The archives document the work of an organizationrun by women for women. They provide insight into developing concepts of therole of Christian literature and related artwork overseas. The Committee wasformed in 1912 under the sponsorship of the Federation of Women's Boards ofForeign Missions. Its goal was to provide Christian literature to women andchildren overseas. In the first fifty years of its existence the Committeesupported 27 magazines, 9 of which were originated by the Committee. Beginningin the 1940s, the Committee began to make grants for literacy projects as well.The Committee had an increasingly cooperative relationship with the Committeeon World Literacy and Christian Literature (formed in 1942 by the ForeignMissions Conference of North America) and with its successor, the IntermediaCommittee of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. In 1989the Committee on Christian Literature for Women and Children ceased to exist asa separate entity and became a Standing Committee within Intermedia.

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Montgomery, Helen Barrett, 1861-1934

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Butler, Clementina

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The Committee on Christian Literature for Women and Children in Mission Fields, Inc. was formed in 1912 under the sponsorship of the Federation of Women's Boards of Foreign Missions. Its goal was to provide Christian literature to women and children overseas. In the first fifty years of its existence the Committee supported 27 magazines, 9 of which were originated by the Committee. Beginning in the 1940s, the Committee began to make grants for literacy projects as well. The Committee had an incr...