Guide to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen Records

Inclusive Dates

1864-1972

Bulk Dates

1865-1938

Call Number

RG 376

Creator(s)

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

Quantity

13.00 cubic feet (35 boxes)

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

Digital Content

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Repository

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

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

At the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865, the General Assembly (PCUSA-Old School) appointed a committee to establish churches and schools for freedmen. The Reverend S.C. Logan served as the committee's first Secretary. With the reunion of the Old and New Schools in 1870, this committee merged with the Freedmen's Department of the New School Board of Home Missions; the new committee was named Committee of Missions for Freedmen.

In 1883, the Freedmen's Committee was formally incorporated as the Board of Missions for Freedmen. The new board, like its predecessors, helped to educate and supply black teachers and preachers. It built and supported black schools, churches, colleges and seminaries and prescribed courses of study to be used. This work was carried out in the southern United States.

In 1923, the Freedmen's Board was one of several boards and agencies which merged to become the Board of National Missions. Two units of the new board--the Unit of Schools and Hospitals and the Unit of Work for Colored People--took on the projects and responsibilities of the Freedmen's Board. However, the Freedmen's Board continued its legal existence as a holding corporation until 1972, when the Board of National Missions was reorganized as the Program Agency.

Collection Overview

This collection consists of the records of the Board of Missions for Freedmen and its predecessors. The collection includes annual reports, correspondence, minutes, application books, financial records and small pamphlet publications.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: CORPORATE RECORDS, 1882-1917

SERIES 2: ANNUAL REPORTS, 1886-1889

SERIES 3: CORRESPONDENCE, 1868-1972

SERIES 4: MINUTES, 1864-1956

SERIES 5: APPLICATION BOOKS, 1890-1938

SERIES 6: FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1865-1938

SERIES 7: OTHER RECORDS, 1887-1922

Alternative Formats

Minutes (1864-1919, 1923-1956) available on microfilm (MFPOS 617; reels 1-4).

Annual reports, 1866-1923, available on microfilm (MF13 P92mfaa, r. 1-3) and for purchase from Gale Primary Source Media.

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Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

For conservation reasons, the bound ledgers were unbound and the pages placed within archival folders.

Collection processed: 1969
Milton Kenin, Records Researcher

Collection reprocessed and Finding Aid prepared: 1983
Frederick J. Heuser, Jr, Archivist

Collection reprocessed: November 1993
Kerry J. Norce, Archives Technician
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Finding Aid revised: November 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.

Corporate Subject

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

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen.

Topical Subject

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.

Freed persons--Religious life--United States.

African Americans--Missions--Finance.

Genre-form

Minutes (administrative records) aat

Business records. aat

Financial records. aat

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions (U.S.). Freedmen's Department.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). Committee for Education of Freedmen.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Committee of Missions for Freedmen.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Unit of Work with Colored People.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Unit of Schools and Hospitals.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats
1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 376

		SERIES 1: CORPORATE RECORDS, 1882-1917

1	2	Corporate records: charter, 1882	Digital
1	3	By-Laws, 1889, 1893	Digital
1	4	Pamphlets--Historical and Background Materials, 1885-1916	Digital
1	5	Proposed Merger of Freedmen's Board with BHM, 1914-1917	Digital

		SERIES 2: ANNUAL REPORTS, 1866-1889

1	6	Committee on Freedmen first annual report, presented May 1866 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	7	Committee on Freedmen second annual report, presented May 1867 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	8	Committee on Freedmen third annual report, presented May 1868	Digital
1	9	Committee on Freedmen fourth annual report, presented May 1869	Digital
1	10	Committee on Freedmen fifth annual report, presented May 1870 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	11	Committee on Freedmen sixth annual report, presented May 1871 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	12	Committee on Freedmen seventh annual report, presented May 1872 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	13	Committee on Freedmen eighth annual report, presented May 1873 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	14	Committee on Freedmen ninth annual report, presented May 1874 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	15	Committee on Freedmen tenth annual report, presented May 1875 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	16	Committee on Freedmen eleventh annual report, presented May 1876 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	17	Committee on Freedmen twelfth annual report, presented May 1877 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	18	Committee on Freedmen thirteenth annual report, presented May 1878 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	19	Committee on Freedmen fourteenth annual report, May 1879 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	20	Committee on Freedmen fifteenth annual report, presented May 1880 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	21	Committee on Freedmen sixteenth annual report, presented May 1881 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	22	Committee on Freedmen seventeenth annual report, presented May 1882 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	23	Board of Missions for Freedmen eighteenth annual report, presented May 1883 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	24	Board of Missions for Freedmen nineteenth annual report, presented May 1884 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	25	Board of Missions for Freedmen twentieth annual report, presented May 1885 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	26	Board of Missions for Freedmen twenty-first annual report, presented May 1886 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	27	Board of Missions for Freedmen twenty-second annual report, presented May 1887 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital
1	28	Special Committee on the Management of the Board of Missions for Freedmen annual report, presented 1888 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital

2	1	Special Committee on the Board of Missions for Freedmen annual report, presented May 1889 [fragile; use digital reproduction]	Digital

		SERIES 3: CORRESPONDENCE, 1868-1972

2	2	Correspondence between S.C. Logan and Dr. J. Leighton Wilson, 1868	Digital
2	3	Letters to W.H. Roberts from E.P. Cowan and D.S. Kennedy, 1907-1908	Digital
2	4	1941-1972	Digital

		SERIES 4: MINUTES, 1864-1956

		Committee for Education of Freedmen/Committee of Missions for Freedmen/Board of Missions for Freedmen
2	5	Committee for Education of Freedmen minutes, 1864-1865	Microfilm: MF/POS./617/r.1 Digital
2	6	Committee for Education of Freedmen minutes, 1866-1870	Digital
2	7	Committee for Education of Freedmen minutes, 1865-1870	Digital
2	8	Committee of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1870-1876	Digital
2	9	Committee of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1876-1881	Digital
2	10	Committee of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1881-1887	Digital
3	1	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1887-1891	Digital
3	2	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1891-1893	Digital
3	3	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1893-1894	Digital
3	4	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1894-1895	Digital
4	1	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1895-1897	Digital
4	2	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1897-1899	MF/POS./617/r.2 Digital
4	3	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1899-1901	Digital
4	4	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1901-1903	Digital
5	1	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1903-1905	Digital
5	2	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1905-1907	Digital
5	3	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1907-1910	Digital
6	1	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1910-1912	Digital
6	2	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1912-1914	Digital
6	3	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1914-1916	Digital
7	1	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1916-1918	Digital
7	2	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1918-1919	Digital
8	1	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1923	MF/POS./617/r.3 Digital
8	2	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1924	Digital
8	3	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1925	Digital
8	4	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1926	Digital
8	5	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1927	Digital
8	6	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1928	Digital
8	7	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1929	Digital
8	8	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1930	MF/POS./617/r.4 Digital
8	9	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1931	Digital
8	10	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1932	Digital
8	11	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1933	Digital
8	12	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1934	Digital
8	13	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1935-1936	Digital
8	14	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1936	Digital
8	15	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1937	Digital
8	16	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1938	Digital
8	17	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1939	Digital
8	18	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1940	Digital
8	19	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1941	Digital
8	20	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1942	Digital
8	21	Board of Missions for Freedmen minutes, 1943-1953, 1956	Digital

		Board of Missions for Freedmen--Woman's Executive Committee
8	22	Board of Missions for Freedmen Woman's Executive Committee minutes, 1903-1915	Digital

		SERIES 5: APPLICATION BOOKS, 1890-1938

9	1	Application book, 1890-1894	Digital
9	2	Application book, 1893-1896	Digital
9	3	Application book, 1893-1895	Digital
9	4	Application book, 1893-1900	Digital
9	5	Application book, 1893-1900	Digital
10	1	Application book, 1896-1897	Digital
10	2	Application book, 1897-1900	Digital
10	3	Application book, 1901-1906	Digital
10	4	Application book, 1901-1906	Digital
11	1	Application book, 1902-1903	Digital
11	2	Application book, 1903-1905	Digital
11	3	Application book, 1905-1908	Digital
12	1	Application book, 1908-1915	Digital
12	2	Application book, 1910-1911	Digital
12	3	Application book, ca. 1908-1915	Digital
13	1	Application book, 1916-1917	Digital
13	2	Application book, ca. 1915-1920	Digital
13	3	Application book, ca. 1915-1920	Digital
13	4	Application book, ca. 1915-1920	Digital
14	1	Application book, ca. 1920-1925	Digital
14	2	Application book, ca. 1920-1925	Digital
14	3	Application book, 1920-1922	Digital
14	4	Application book, 1922-1925	Digital
14	5	Application book, 1923-1924	Digital
15	1	Application book, 1925-1926	Digital
15	2	Application book, 1926-1927	Digital
15	3	Application book, 1927-1928	Digital
16	1	Application book, 1928-1929	Digital
16	2	Application book, 1929-1930	Digital
17	1	Application book, 1930-1931	Digital
17	2	Application book, 1930-1931	Digital
18	1	Application book, 1931-1932	Digital
18	2	Application book, 1931-1932	Digital
18	3	Application book, 1932-1933	Digital
18	4	Application book, 1932-1933	Digital
19	1	Application book, 1933-1934	Digital
19	2	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
19	3	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
20	1	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
20	2	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
20	3	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
20	4	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
21	1	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
21	2	Application book, 1934-1935	Digital
21	3	Application book, 1935-1936	Digital
22	1	Application book, 1935-1936	Digital
22	2	Application book, 1935-1936	Digital
22	3	Application book, 1936-1937	Digital
22	4	Application book, 1936-1937	Digital
23	1	Application book, 1936-1937	Digital
23	2	Application book, 1936-1937	Digital
23	3	Application book, 1937-1938	Digital
23	4	Application book, 1937-1938	Digital

		SERIES 6: FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1865-1938

		Cash Books
24	1-9	1865-1889
25	1-3	1888-1892
26	1-4	1895-1899
27	1-5	1899-1914

		Journals
28	1-2	1903-1909
28	3-4	1911-1914
28	5-6	1918-1920
29	1-2	1920-1925
29	3	1933-1938

		Ledgers
30	1-2	1884-1904
30	3-5	1906-1916
30	6	1933-1936

		Registers of Payments
31	1-4	1889-1901
32	1-3	1901-1910
33	1-4	1910-1918
34	1-2	1922-1924

		Trial Balances; Report, Accounts and Balance Sheet
35	1	1904-1907
35	2	1938

		SERIES 7: OTHER RECORDS, 1887-1922

35	3	Deed to Property (Georgia), 1916
35	4	Schools--Descriptive Brochures, Historical Information, 1922
35	5	Schools--Report/Address, undated
35	6	Testimony on Freedmen's Board before General Assembly Special Committee, 1887

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