Ernest A. Bell papers, 1876-1934.

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Ernest A. Bell papers, 1876-1934.

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Correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, and publications produced and received by Bell relating to his career as a Methodist clergyman, missionary to India in 1892-1894, and anti-prostitution crusader in Chicago from 1902 onward. Topics include various Protestant missionary societies in India; Bell's efforts to aid India from the U.S. (promoting famine relief and an effort to establish a Christian university); Bell's Midnight Mission in the 22nd Street "levee" district in Chicago; and the successful efforts of Bell and others to eliminate segregated vice districts. Much of this material is composed of correspondence between Bell and various laymen and clergymen who shared Bell's interest in foreign missions and anti-vice work, although some correspondence between Bell and his wife and his brothers is present also. Collection includes additional correspondence about Bell in the years immediately after his death, between Bell's daughter Olive Bell Daniels and family friends. Also included are records of the Midnight Mission and Night Church, such as board of directors minutes and Bell's correspondence in his capacity as Superintendent and Pastor, respectively, of these institutions. Finally, the collection contains publications by Bell's Midnight Mission in Chicago as well as a number of books and leaflets generated by the anti-vice movement in the United States and Great Britain generally.

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