Guide to the David Reed Gordon Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

David Reed Gordon Papers

Inclusive Dates

1928-1933

Call Number

RG 340

Creator(s)

Gordon, David Reed, 1866-1959.

Quantity

0.05 cubic feet (2 folders)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

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

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

David Reed Gordon was the son of Dr. Andrew Gordon, founder of the Sialkot Mission (United Presbyterian Church of North America). David Gordon studied at Monmouth College and Xenia Theological Seminary. In 1895, he and his bride Grace Williamson sailed for northern India as newly appointed missionaries of the UPCNA Board of Foreign Missions.

The Gordons spent their first thirty-six years of service in the district of Gurdaspur in the Punjab Mission. Dr. Gordon's evangelistic work took him all over his district.

After a 1930 furlough, the Gordons returned to India. By this time Dr. Gordon's health was too frail to permit him to continue as an itinerant evangelist. He and his wife settled in Rawalpindi, where he became superintendent of the leper asylum. Grace Gordon died in 1936; Dr. Gordon retired from missionary service at that time, returning to the United States. He died in Duarte, California.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of David R. Gordon's "The Milne Memorial Mission School, Dhariwal" manuscript booklet for 1927 with photographs and letter from Gordon, 1928; Gordon's "The Milne Memorial Mission School, Dhariwal" manuscript booklet for 1928 with photographs, 1929?; Gordon's 1931 letter concerning a booklet; and two typescript copies of Gordon's "Historical Statement of the Synod of the Panjab [Punjab] for the 75th Anniversary of the United Presbyterian Church, 1933."

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: December 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Guide revised: May 2017
Gabriela Zoller, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian
Bill Brock, Collection Management Archivist

Catalog Headings

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

Personal Name Subject

Gordon, David Reed, 1866-1959.

Corporate Subject

Milne Memorial Mission School (Dhariwal, India)

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Synod of the Punjab.

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Punjab Mission.

Topical Subject

Presbyterian Church--Missions--India.

Schools--India.

Geographic Subject

India--Missions.

Genre-form

Photographs. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Gordon's "The Milne Memorial Mission School, Dhariwal" manuscript booklet for 1927 with photographs and letter from Gordon, 1928
1	1	Gordon's "The Milne Memorial Mission School, Dhariwal" manuscript booklet for 1928 with photographs, circa 1929
1	1	Gordon's letter to Mrs. Hollingsworth concerning a booklet, 1931
1	2	"Historical Statement of the Synod of the Panjab [Punjab] for the 75th Anniversary of the United Presbyterian Church, 1933," written by David R. Gordon (2 typescript copies)

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