| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Cleveland Presbytery, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society |
| Title: | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Cleveland Presbytery, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Records |
| Dates: | 1872-1915 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (5 volumes in 1 container) |
| Abstract: | The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was a Presbyterian missionary society founded in 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio, to support the foreign missionary work of the Presbyterian Church. It was formally united with the Women's Home Missionary Society on March 14, 1914. The object of this society was to assist in sending and sustaining female missionaries in foreign lands. The collection consists of a constitution, membership lists, minutes of quarterly and special meetings, and reports from the visiting sections located throughout Ohio. |
| MS Number | MS 0241 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Cleveland Presbytery, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Records, 1872-1915, consist of a constitution, membership lists, minutes of quarterly and special meetings, and reports from the visiting sections located throughout Ohio.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Those interested in the history of the Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, and its Woman's Foreign Missionary society activities will find this collection useful. This collection documents women's history in Cleveland and Ohio, and the role of women in the Presbyterian Church from 1875-1915. It will also be useful to those studying the history of charity and philanthropy in Cleveland.
While there are no access restrictions on this collections, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 241 Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Cleveland Presbytery, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Cleveland Presbytery, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Records 1872-1915 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Constitution, membership list, and minutes 1872-1879 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Minutes to quarterly, monthly, and executive committee meetings 1879-1895 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Minutes to annual and semi-annual executive committee meetings 1896-1908 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Minutes to annual and semi-annual executive committee meetings 1909-1914 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Reports of various Cleveland Sections located throughout Ohio 1872-1915 | |||||||||