Guide to the Rapp Family Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Rapp Family Papers

Inclusive Dates

1967-1968

Call Number

RG 348

Creator(s)

Rapp family.

Quantity

0.01 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

Little is known of the lives of Elizabeth and Robert Rapp. They were missionaries of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions serving in Brazil in the 1960s. In 1967 they were transferred to Korea.

Collection Overview

This collection consists of five general letters to "supporters" and friends which ask for financial support and describe the Rapps' arrival in Korea and the work they undertook there.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: January 1993
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.

Personal Name Subject

Rapp, Robert S.

Rapp, Elizabeth.

Corporate Subject

Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions--Missions--Korea.

Topical Subject

Women missionaries--Korea--20th century.

Missionaries--Korea--20th century.

Geographic Subject

Korea--Missionaries--20th century.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Personal Added Name

Rapp, Robert S.

Rapp, Elizabeth.

Corporate Added Name

Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 348
1	2	General Letters, 1967-68

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