Society for Missionary Inquiry records, 1827-1891.

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Society for Missionary Inquiry records, 1827-1891.

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Consists of correspondence and record books for the Brown University Society of Missionary Inquiry (1827-1891). Three record books (1834-1891) contain various versions of the society's constitutions, lists of members, and minutes. The society corresponded with similar groups at other universities and colleges about Christian spiritual life in general and about activities. The Brown University society corresponded with societies at Bowdoin College, Middlebury College, Dartmouth College, Williams College, Madison University (Baptist Institution and Theological Seminary) in Hamilton, N.Y., University of Lewisburg in Pa., Granville College in Ohio, Rochester University, Amherst College, the Newton Tehological Seminary, and with Brown University alumni at the Andover Theological Seminary. The Brown University society corresponded with missionaries in order to invite them to speak at their meetings or to ask advice on becoming missionaries. John Mason Peck, of the American Baptist Publication and Sunday School Society, wrote three lengthy circular letters to the society in 1843 and described the field for missionaries in the states and territories of the Mississippi Valley. Peck describes the opportunities for missionaries in New Orleans, La., and other southern cities and discussed the personal and spiritual qualities that were needed in missionaries. Peck noted the need for the instruction of slaves in the southwestern states and described a St. Louis Sunday school for slaves that he opened in 1818.

91 items (.6 linear ft.)

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Peck, John Mason, 1789-1858

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Born in Connecticut, came west as an itinerant evangelist and strong abolitionist, settled in St. Clair County, Illinois. In 1827 he opened his Rock Spring Theological Seminary and High School which moved to Alton, Illinois in 1832 and was renamed Shurtleff College. From the description of Papers, 1819-1856. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53458400 ...

Brown University. Society for Missionary Inquiry.

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Established at Brown University in 1834 for the purpose of "promoting spiritual piety and increasing the missionary spirit." The society was called the Theological Society from 1859-1863. From the description of Society for Missionary Inquiry records, 1827-1891. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 86140640 ...

Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...