Robert Parmelee Wilder papers, 1840-1940 (inclusive).

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Robert Parmelee Wilder papers, 1840-1940 (inclusive).

Material documents the development of the Christian missionary movement among students in the United States and Europe, 1886-1938. Family correspondence documents the missionary work of Wilder's parents in India, 1846-1875, as well as his work in India, 1893-1902.

10 linear feet (26 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022157

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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...

Wilder, Grace.

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Wilder, Robert Parmelee, 1863-1938.

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Robert Parmelee Wilder was born in India of missionary parents in 1863. He earned the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Princeton University (1886, 1888) and the B.D. degree from Union Theological Seminary (1891). He was a founder of the Student Volunteer Movement (1886), missionary in India (1893-1902), traveling secretary for Student Christian Movements in Europe (1903-1916), secretary of Religious Work Department, YMCA (1916-1919), General Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement (1919-1927) and ...

Eddy, Sherwood, 1871-1963

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Forman, John N., d. 1967.

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Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968

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Kenneth Scott Latourette was born in Oregon City, Oregon on August 6, 1884. He was educated at Linfield College in Oregon and Yale University. Latourette was a professor of history at Reed College and Denison University and a professor of missions at Yale University. He held leadership positions in the following organizations: American Baptist Convention and Foreign Mission Society, American Historical Association, Far Eastern Association, International Committee of Y.M.C.A.'s, Japan Internation...

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...

Wilder, Royal Gould, 1816-1887.

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Porter, David Richard 1882-

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Tatlow, Tissington, 1876-1957

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Fries, Karl, 1861-1943

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Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947

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Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1867-1952

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Zwemer graduated from Hope College in 1887 and from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1890. He was licensed and ordained a minister by the Reformed Church in America in 1890. Zwemer served as a missionary to Arabia (1890-1913) and was professor of missions at Princeton Theological Seminary (1929-1940). From the description of Collection, 1883-1967. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30767690 Zwemer graduated from Hope College in 1887...