Guide to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: [Miscellaneous Post-War Missions]

Descriptive Summary

Title

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: [Miscellaneous Post-War Missions]

Inclusive Dates

1945-1971

Bulk Dates

1959-1971

Call Number

RG 151

Creator(s)

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.

Quantity

2.00 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

The Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations (COEMAR) was formed in 1959 by the newly constituted United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to combine the foreign and domestic mission agencies of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. The post-World War II work of the United Presbyterian Church in most of the countries in these records was relatively limited, and largely under agreement with other Protestant denominations. Therefore the records of these mission fields has been combined and, though incomplete in some cases (especially Singapore), it forms an adequate research source for those interested in UPCUSA missions in the Church's newer, less tradition-oriented foreign fields.

Collection Overview

Consists of missionary correspondence, mission reports and minutes, background papers, newsletters, and miscellany reflecting mission activities and institutions in Afghanistan, Ecuador, the Middle East, Nepal, the Punjab, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: AFGHANISTAN, 1966-1970
SERIES 2: ECUADOR, 1945-1973
SERIES 3: MIDDLE EAST, 1959-1970
SERIES 4: NEPAL, 1956-1971
SERIES 5: PUNJAB, 1955-1970
SERIES 6: SINGAPORE, 1970-1971
SERIES 7: TAIWAN, 1962-1971
SERIES 8: VIETNAM, 1965-1970

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Series 3, the "Middle East" correspondence, embraces the fields of Egypt, Lebanon (traditional fields), Ethiopia and the Sudan, and emphasizes the cooperative work among them. In no way does it constitute a complete file for the respective nations. Separate records for each were maintained by the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, or its predecessors.

The UPCUSA did not establish traditional mission work in Vietnam, so that the files for that country reflect the Church's interest in relief work during the war years, an early end to the conflict, and plans for post-war relief.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: August 1980
Robert A. Goldstein, Assistant Records Researcher

Finding aid revised: May 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Hacienda Picalqui (Ecuador)

United Andean Indian Mission.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Missions--20th century.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.

Topical Subject

Missions--Afghanistan.

Missions--Ecuador.

Missions--Nepal.

Missions--India--Punjab.

Missions--Pakistan.

Missions--Singapore.

Missions--Taiwan.

Missions--Vietnam.

Missions--Egypt.

Missions--Lebanon.

Missions--Ethiopia.

Missions--Sudan.

Missions--Middle East.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--War work--Presbyterian Church.

Genre-form

Minutes (administrative records) aat

Correspondence. aat

Newsletters. aat

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Guide to Record Group 151

		SERIES 1: AFGHANISTAN, 1966-1970

1	2	1966
1	3	1968
1	4	1969-1970

		SERIES 2: ECUADOR, 1945-1973

1	5	Background materials regarding Mission, 1945-1967
1	6	Streich, Rev/Mrs. Paul, 1946-1963
1	7	Mabee, Mr/Mrs. Oliver, 1947-1952
1	8	Remington, Rev/Mrs. Robert, 1947-1948
1	9	Dilworth, Dr/Mrs. Donald, 1949-1952
1	10	Cabreras, Rev/Mrs. Ramon, 1949-1950
1	11	Mitchell, Sister Marilou, 1951
1	12	Beardsley, Mr/Mrs. Bruce, 1953-1957
1	13	UAIM (United Andean Indian Mission) (Hacienda Picalqui) Annual Report, 1946-1947
1	14	Correspondence, background papers, 1947-1948
1	15	Monthly reports on agriculture; related reports, 1948
1	16	Miscellaneous personal; project reports, 1949
1	17	Mission newsletters, 1950-1970 (series very incomplete); "Missionary Letters to Friends," 1966, undated
1	18	Hacienda Picalqui Reports, 1950
1	19	Miscellaneous papers, 1951
1	20	Picalqui Work camp--Background papers; planning correspondence, 1952-1954
1	21	Personal; Mission reports 1953-1954; Mission staff meeting minutes, 1954
1	22	Picalqui Reports, 1955
1	23	Deputation paper "Rethinking Picalqui," 1955
1	24	Missionary ambush, Background papers, 1956
1	25	Mission narrative report, 1959
1	26	Report - Church Development Survey Team, 1961
1	27	Missionary Maintenance Committee Minutes, 1963-1964
1	28	Executive correspondence, 1964
1	29	1965 (incomplete)
1	30	Board of Directors--minutes, 1966
1	31-32	Executive correspondence; background papers, 1966
1	33	Annual personal reports; Report of Second General Assembly of United Evangelical Church, 1966
1	34	Executive correspondence; background papers, 1967
1	35	Miscellaneous reports and background papers; Minutes of Board of Directors, et al; budget papers, 1964-1967
1	36	1964-1968
1	37	Field manual (draft), 1967
1	38	Executive correspondence; background papers, 1968
1	39	United Evangelical Church of Ecuador, 1968
1	40	UAIM, 1969
1	41	United Evangelical Church, 1970
1	42	UAIM, 1970
1	43	United Evangelical Church, 1971
1	44	UAIM, 1971
1	45	Centro de Estudios Teologicos, 1972
1	46	United Evangelical Church 1972-1973
1	47	Eighth General Assembly, Program report, Consultation and report, 1972
1	48	Centro de Estudios Teologicos, 1972-1973
1	49	Mission/Church Correspondence; background papers, 1972-73; UAIM Minutes, 1972

		SERIES 3: MIDDLE EAST, 1959-1970

1	50	Ethiopia--Executive correspondence, 1959
1	51	Ethiopia/Sudan Executive correspondence 1961
1	52	Executive correspondence, 1965
1	53	Middle East Working Party--minutes, papers, 1966; Mid-East Missions current situation, 1966
1	54	Radio work, 1967
1	55	Correspondence, 1967-1968
1	56	Arab-Israeli conflict, 1967-1968; Mission evacuation from Egypt, 1967-1968
1	57	Post-1967 crisis, 1968-1970
1	58	Budget, 1968-1970

		SERIES 4: NEPAL, 1956-1971

1	59	Historical file
1	60	1956, 1958
1	61-70	1959-1971

		SERIES 5: PUNJAB, 1955-1970

2	1	"The Project of Medical Work in the Punjab" (Board paper), 1955
2	2	Executive correspondence, 1956
2	3	Educational/Medical Five-year plans 1956-1957; "Punjab News Notes," 1956
2	4	Mission Minutes; related papers, 1956
2	5	Punjab Synod reports, 1956
2	6	Mission Briefing paper synopsis of Punjab Synod/Mission membership, 1957
2	7	Synod minutes, 1957; Property minutes, 1956
2	8	Churches, 1958-1959
2	9	Executive correspondence, 1958-1959
2	10	Property correspondence, 1959-1960
2	11	Executive correspondence, 1960-1962
2	12	General papers 1960-1961; 1963 (including publicity reports)
2	13	Churches, 1961-1962
2	14	Punjab Synod Minutes, 1964
2	15	Secretary's Annual Report, 1964
2	16	Executive correspondence, 1965
2	17	Punjab/Afghanistan relationship, 1965
2	18	Punjab Synod Minutes, 1965-1966
2	19	Mission institutions, 1965-1966
2	20	Ludhiana Medical College and Hospital, 1965-1966
2	21	Frances Newton Hospital (Ferozepore), 1965-1967
2	22	Miscellaneous correspondence, 1966-1968
2	23	Philadelphia Hospital (Ambala City), 1966
2	24	Baring Union Christian College, 1966-1969
2	25	Punjab Synod Minutes, 1967
2	26	Mission institutions, 1968
2	27	Punjab Synod Minutes, 1968
2	28	1969
2	29	Board of Medical Work--Minutes, 1970

		SERIES 6: SINGAPORE, 1970-1971

2	30	Singapore, 1970-1971

		SERIES 7: TAIWAN, 1962-1971

2	31	Formosa--Miscellaneous correspondence, 1936, 1956
2	32	Executive and related correspondence, 1962-1964
2	33	Executive correspondence, 1965
2	34	Presbyterian Church of Formosa, 1965
2	35	Joint Consultation on Mission in Formosa, 1965
2	36	(Taiwan) Mission institutions, 1965
2	37	Executive correspondence, background papers, 1966
2	38	Budget Correspondence, background papers, 1963-1966
2	39	Yu-Shan Theological Institute, Yu-Shan Agricultural Training Center, related programs, 1965-1968
2	40	Presbyterian Church of Formosa, 1966
2	41	Formosa Consultative Commission, 1966
2	42	(Taiwan) Ecumenical Consultative Commission (Taipei), minutes, 1966
2	43	Mission institutions, 1966
2	44	Tainan Theological College Correspondence, 1966-1967; Annual Report, 1965-1966
2	45	Taiwan--Budget papers; correspondence, 1966-1970
2	46	Executive correspondence, 1967-1969, 1971
2	47	Presbyterian Church of Formosa, 1967
2	48	Formosa Consultative Commission--Minutes, correspondence, 1967 (also Ecumenical Consultative Commission Minutes, 1967
2	49	Mission institutions, 1967
2	50	Formosa Consultative Commission, 1968
2	51	Presbyterian Church of Formosa, 1968
2	52	Taiwan "Brain-Drain Reversal" Program, 1968
2	53	Mackay Memorial Hospital, 1968
2	54	Mission institutions, 1968
2	55	(Taiwan) Leadership development correspondence, 1968
2	56	Audio-Visual "Report on TACAVA," 1969
2	57	Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, 1969
2	58	Mackay Memorial Hospital, 1969-1970
2	59	Mission institutions Correspondence, 1969
2	60	Kweichow Mission Fund, Church of Christ in China, 1960-1970
2	61	Presbyterian Church of Taiwan
2	62	Mission institutions, 1970-1971
2	63	Taiwan--reports, Constitution of South Taiwan
2	63	Ecumenical Industrial Ministry, 1970

		SERIES 8: VIETNAM, 1963-1970

2	64-66	Vietnam, 1963-1970

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