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Cornell University School for Missionaries Records

 Collection
Identifier: 21-34-1476

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence and memoranda; letters of inquiry about the school; registration lists; completed student registration and information blanks; pamphlets; letters from past students; information about the Iowa School for Missionaries; newsletters, GREEN PASTURES DAILY; student directories; "Thumb-Nail Sketch Books" of student biographies; class schedules; and issues of AGRICULTURAL MISSION NOTES, a quarterly.

Dates

  • 1933-1964.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Cornell School for Missionaries annually offered four weeks of courses to missionaries on furlough who wished a better understanding of the principles of agriculture, nutrition and health, rural education, and sociology.

Extent

1.5 cubic feet. (1.5 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Includes correspondence and memoranda; letters of inquiry about the school; registration lists; completed student registration and information blanks; pamphlets; letters from past students; information about the Iowa School for Missionaries; newsletters, GREEN PASTURES DAILY; student directories; "Thumb-Nail Sketch Books" of student biographies; class schedules; and issues of AGRICULTURAL MISSION NOTES, a quarterly.

Physical Description

Correspondence, published material, and organizational records.

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)