World Student Christian Federation records, 1875-1945 (inclusive).

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 ...

Hoffmann, Conrad, 1884-1958

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International Student Service

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Begun in 1919 as European Student Relief, it later changed its name to International Student Service. The United States Committee of ISS was represented by the National Student Federation. Activities included cultural cooperation and university research, but material aid to students in need was the most important function of the organization. From the description of Collection, 1936-1943. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28452043 ...

Paton, William, 1886-1943

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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...

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...

Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985

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Willem A. Visser't Hooft, pasteur et théologien réformé néerlandais. Né à Haarlem (1900), décédé à Genève (1985). 1924 : Secrétaire du Comité mondial de l'Alliance des unions chrétiennes des jeunes gens (YMCA). 1931 : Secrétaire général de la Fédération universelle des association chrétiennes d'étudiants. 1938 : Secrétaire du Conseil oecuménique des Eglises. 1944 : Rédaction des "Déclarations de Genève" From the description of [Fonds Willem A. Visser't Hooft...

Nicolaij, Paul Ernst Georg, friherre, 1860-1919.

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World's Young Women's Christian Association

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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: ...

YMCA of the USA

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A child of evangelical Protestantism, the YMCA at first considered itself a specialized agency for bringing young men to Christ. Although the early Y's mission was unabashedly religious in nature, the organization focused on method rather than doctrine or philosophy. Dominated by business men rather than professional religious leaders, the movement tended to emphasize facilities, expansion, practical usefulness, and specific influence. Early work included not only the distribution of tracts, Bib...

Koo, Ts Zung, 1887-

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Laymen's Missionary Movement in the United States and Canada.

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Eddy, Sherwood, 1871-1963

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YMCA secretary for Asia, evangelist and author. From the description of Letter of Sherwood Eddy, 1932. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31743372 George Sherwood Eddy was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on January 19, 1871. He prepared at Phillips-Andover Academy in Massachusetts from 1887-1888 and earned a Ph.B. degree from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University in 1891. He attended Union Theological Seminary and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary, 1891-18...

Fries, Karl, 1861-1943

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European Student Relief

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Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978

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Government official. From the description of Papers of Francis Pickens Miller [manuscript], 1885-1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825652 ...

Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.

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Records of the YWCA's programs and activities among blacks began in 1907. From the description of Records, 1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007201 The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula opened in 1948 as a recreation center for business women. It expanded to provide recreational and social services for women that met the organization's mission of "empowering women and eliminating racism." The organization was based in Palo Alto until its closing in 2003. ...

Kawai, Michi, 1877-1953

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American Inter-Seminary Missionary Alliance

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Rouse, Ruth.

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