John R. Mott papers. 1892-1976 (bulk 1917-1955).

Wiley, S. Wirt (Samuel Wirt), 1878-

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Wiley grew up on a farm near Peoria Illinois, and later attended Monmouth College and Yale University. Intending to be a minister, he was drawn to YMCA work by the prospect of active service to communities. He first worked for the Chicago and Minneapolis associations before joining the National Council in 1925 as associate general secretary of the Home Division. He became general secretary of the Rochester, New York association in 1929 and remained there until his retirement in 1939. He was also...

Ober, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg), 1856-

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Charles Kellogg Ober was born May 5, 1856 in Beverly, Mass., and attended Williams College (1879-1883). He developed an early interest in the Young Men's Christian Association which led to his appointment as assistant to Robert R. McBurney, Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. of the City of New York, in 1882. Ober married Julia Dodge in 1883, and served as State Secretary of the Massachusetts Y.M.C.A. from 1883 to 1884. From 1884 to 1890, Ober participated in the Y.M.C.A.'s college movement, the Northfiel...

International Missionary Council.

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The International Missionary Council was established at London in 1921. It became associated with the World Council of Churches in 1939, and, in 1961, it became integrated with the WCC as its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. From the description of International Missionary Council Archives, 1910-1961 (inclusive) [microform]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122555600 From the guide to the International Missionary Council Archives, [microform], 1910-1961 (inc...

World's Student Christian Federation

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The World Student Christian Federation was created in 1895 as an international student Christian movement which could encourage and coordinate the work of national student Christian movements.The WSCF had headquarters in Geneva, but maintained a U.S. Board of Trustees to guide policy and financial operations in North America. From the description of World Student Christian Federation Board of Trustees in the U.S. records, 1949-1987 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: ...

Wishard, Luther D. (Luther Deloraine), 1854-1925

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Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions

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The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was an organization which sought to recruit college and university students in the United States for missionary service abroad. It also sought to publicize and encourage the missionary enterprise in general. From the description of Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions records, 1886-1964 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702179251 The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was an organiz...

Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

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John Raleigh Mott was born on May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, New York to John Stitt and Elmira Dodge Mott. John R. was the third of four children, having two older and one younger sister. The family soon moved to Postville, Iowa, where the elder Mott prospered as a retail lumber and hardware merchant and became mayor. In this conservative, ethnically diverse environment, young Mott grew to mid-adolescence in a home warmed by Methodist "holiness," which faith he confessed...

Colton, Ethan T. (Ethan Theodore), 1872-

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American relief worker with the European Student Relief and the Young Men's Christian Association in Russia. From the description of Ethan Theodore Colton papers, 1918-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867209 Biographical Note 1872 Born, Palmyra, Jefferson County, Wisconsin 1892 Enters Dakota Wesl...

Phelps, Sidney

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Cornell University

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