Paris Evangelical Missionary Society archives, [microform] 1822-1935 (inclusive),

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Paris Evangelical Missionary Society archives, [microform] 1822-1935 (inclusive),

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.bib.3363375

The collection documents the work of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society from 1822-1935. The missionary correspondence from the field forms a rich source for the study of the history, anthropology and linguistics of Africa and the Pacific, as well as of the history of the inculturation of Christianity in non-Western areas.

Manuscripts.

Yake University Divinity School Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6350180

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Société des missions évangéliques de Paris.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb94z7 (corporateBody)

The Société des missions evangéliques chez les peuples non-chrétiens à Paris (SMEP) (known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society) was founded in 1822. The Society sent its first three missionaries to Africa in 1829. It had work in Lesotho, Congo-Gabon, Cameroun, Madagascar, Senegal, Togo, Zambia and Algeria. In the Pacific Ocean, English-French rivalry eventually led to annexation by France of New Caledonia, Tahiti, and the Loyalty Islands, where missionaries of the SMEP re...