Eleanor Wilson Papers, 1933-1971, 1936-1971.
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...
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General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States. Missions Council
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Founded in 1936 as a promotional agency representing various Congregational missions-related organizations. Formerly known as Commission on Missions. Disbanded in 1961 after formation of United Church of Christ. From the description of Records of the Missions Council of the Congregational Christian Churches, 1882-1951 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702150586 ...
Wilson, Eleanor, 1891-
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Eleanor Wilson (1891-1972) was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, and educated at Simmons College and the New York Biblical Seminary (Columbia). She was a Christian missionary who worked in Japan, Hawaii, and the Pacific in general, particularly the Marshall and Caroline Islands. In 1950 she became captain of the Morning Star VI, a mission ship in the Pacific. Eleanor Wilson died in 1969 in a Claremont, California retirement center. From the description of Eleanor Wilson papers [microfilm...