Guide to the Cornell University School For Missionaries Records,
1933-1964.

Collection Number: 21-34-1476

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University School for Missionaries records, 1933-1964.
Collection Number:
21-34-1476
Creator:
Cornell University. School for Missionaries.
Quantity:
1.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
Language:
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.

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.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. School for Missionaries.
Cornell University.

Titles:
Green pastures daily.
Agricultural mission notes.

Subjects:
Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University School for Missionaries records, #21-34-1476. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1933-1942
Missionary School Policy
Box 1 Folder 1
1933-1942
Missionary School, Progress and Enrollment
Box 1 Folder 2
1933-1943
Letters of Past Students
Box 1 Folder 3
1945
S.H. Leger
Box 1 Folder 4
The Iowa School for Missionaries
Box 1 Folder 5
1936-1938
The 1936 School, The 1937 School, The 1938 School
Box 1 Folder 6
1939
The 1939 School
Box 2 Folder 1
1940
The 1940 School
Box 2 Folder 2
1941
The 1941 School
Box 2 Folder 3
1942
Missionary School announcement
Box 3 Folder 1
1942
The 1942 School
Box 3 Folder 2
1942
Suggestions of 1942 School
Box 3 Folder 3
1943
Missionary School (cancelled) suggestions, letters, etc.
Box 3 Folder 4
1944
Missionary School
Box 3 Folder 5
1945
Missionary School
Box 3 Folder 6
September 17-October 26, 1945
Missionary Short Course in Relief and Rehabilition
Box 3 Folder 7
January 7-February 1, 1946
16th Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 1
January 6-31, 1947
17th Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 2
January 5-30, 1948
18th Annual one-month short course for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 3
January 4-28, 1949
19th Annual one-month course for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 4
January 3-27, 1950
20th Annual one-month course for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 5
January 2-26, 1951
21st Annual short course for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 6
January 7-February 1, 1952
22nd Annual School for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 7
January 6-30, 1953
23rd Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 8
January 5-29, 1954
24th Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 4 Folder 9
January 4-28, 1955
25th Annual Short Course for Missionaries
Box 5 Folder 1
January 3-27, 1956
26th Annual One-Month course for Missionaries
Box 5 Folder 2
January 8-February 1, 1957
27th Annual short course for Missionaries
Box 5 Folder 3
January 14-31, 1958
28th Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 5 Folder 4
February 10-27, 1959
29th Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 5 Folder 5
February 9-26, 1960
30th Annual Cornell School for Missionaries
Box 5 Folder 6
1964
Survey
Box 5 Folder 7
Letters Re: address
Box 5 Folder 8