Henri R. Ferger papers, 1920-1940.

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Henri R. Ferger papers, 1920-1940.

Correspondence, diaries, published materials and photographs documenting the career of the Reverend Henri R. Ferger as a missionary and educator with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in India.

11 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6806459

Cornell University Library

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions

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The first Presbyterian missionaries to Japan arrived in Yokohama in 1859. Despite hostility experienced by the missionaries throughout the closing decades of the 19th century, mission activities continued to expand. After 1906, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church transferred its work in Japan to the PCUSA Board of Foreign Missions. The mission's work was primarily educational and evangelistic. Because of the extensive system of Japanese hospitals and primary schools, the Board made no effort to c...

Ferger, Henri R. (Henri Rabb), 1889-

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