Guide to the International Missionary Council Archives - Part 4 (H-10,012-H-10,014: Research and Study Program) Guide compiled by Inter Documentation Company bv For more information, contact: Inter Documentation Company bv PO Box 11205, 2301 EE Leiden, The Netherlands http://www.idc.nl/ From originals held at World Council of Churches, Geneva Finding aid coded by Martha Lund Smalley, Yale Divinity School Library 2000 Copyright © IDC Overview QUANTITY Total archival boxes 7,000+ microfiche; total linear footage ABSTRACT The IMC archives, which document the formation and development of the International Missionary Council as well as ecumenical and missionary history of in countries throughout the world. The International Missionary Council was established at London in 1921. It became associated with the World Council of Churches in 1939, and, in 1961, it became integrated with the WCC as its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. See a full listing of microfiche collection. ARRANGEMENT The papers are arranged in three series: • I. Research Department: H-10.012 • II. Research Dept. - Department of Missionary Studies: H10.013 • III. Study Centres: H 10.014 ACCESS AND USE Open to qualified researchers. PROVENANCE PREFERRED CITATION International Missionary Council Archives - Part 4 (H-10,012-H-10,014: Research and Study Program), Record Group No. Fiche Ms85/part 4, Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library. ONLINE CATALOG RECORD The catalog record for this collection is available online. Historical Note The International Missionary Council was established at London in 1921, dividing its work with a New York office from 1924, and later also providing for a Far Eastern office. The IMC linked some 14 interdenominational associations of sending societies - such as the Division of Foreign Missions of the National Council of Church of Christ, USA - with some 16 interdenominational field bodies, such as the National Christian Council of India. The Council served its member bodies through study, consultation and programmes of mutual assistance. Questions were considered as they arose. Missionary freedom, general and theological education, opium addiction, labour, slavery, racial discrimination, the church in rural and industrial society, home and family life, and literature were the main emphases. IMC officers, staff, and committees consulted, stimulated, and advised an increasing number of local and regional church bodies. Several major international conferences were held, of which the complete records are available in the IMC archives for study and research. The meeting in Jerusalem, 1928, made the message its first consideration, especially in relation to modern secularism. At Madras, 1938, the study of the Christian message in a non-Christian world was emphasized. At the international gathering in Whitby, Ontario, 1947, the IMC set itself to discover the relevance of the gospel to the world recovering from war. At the IMC meeting at Willingen, Germany, 1952, delegates of younger churches stated their belief in church unity as an essential condition of effective witness and advance. Finally, at the meeting in Ghana, 1958, a theological education fund was established, providing for substantial aid for buildings, facilities, and libraries of institutions in which churches were united in training for the ministry. Though wide-based in the participation of thousands of Christian workers of many nationalities, the Council was most deeply indebted to the formative leadership and services of J. H. Oldham, John R. Mott, William Paton, and A. L. Warnshuis. The WCC library has many papers and letters relating to the work of these pioneers of the IMC. The International Missionary Council early became a focus of the emerging ecumenical movement. From 1949 its association with the World Council of Churches (while the WCC was "in process of formation") continued to be close until 1961, when the IMC became the Division of World Mission and Evangelism of the WCC. Introduction Part 4 of the Archives of the International Missionary Council, Research and Study Program, is divided into three series: • I. Research Department: H-10.012 • II. Research Dept. - Department of Missionary Studies: H10.013 • III. Study Centres: H 10.014 This is the fourth part of an extensive archives that has been divided into the following subsections, in order to maintain manageable file sizes: Part 1: Early History and Committees Part 2: Staff and Officers Correspondence Part 3: IMC Program Documentation, including • Committee on the Church and the Jewish People • Mission Field Subjects / Industrial and Social Questions • War and Missions / Orphaned Missions/ Intermissions Aid • Missions and Governments / Alien Missionaries • Religious Library • Religious Education • Christian Literature • Finance Part 4: Research and Study Program Part 5: Country Files: Europe Part 6: Country Files: Asia Part 7: Country Files: Near and Middle East Part 8: Country Files: Africa Part 9: Country Files: North America Part 10: Country Files: Latin America Part 11: Country Files: Australia/ Pacific Part 12: IMC Assemblies • Jerusalem 1928 • Tambaram 1938 • Whitby 1947 • Willingen 1952 • Ghana 1957/58 Part 13: Joint Committee WCC / IMC Part 14: CWME Conferences • New Delhi 1961 • Mexico City 1964 • Bangkok 1972/73 • Melbourne 1980 Part 15: Preparatory Materials for Edinburgh Missionary Conference, 1910 Part 16: Archives of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches. Description of the Papers Series 1: Research Department: H-10.012 Subseries 1: Country Files Subseries 2: Subject Files Subseries 3: Research Department Miscellaneous Subseries 4: Bantu Cinema Experiment (1934-1939) Subseries 5: African Marriage Subseries 6: Survey of the Training of the Ministry in Africa Subseries 7: Research Department Miscellaneous Box Folder Contents Date Subseries 1: Country Files China (J. Merle Davis, O. Iserland 1930- 1940) 263101 1-10 Canton 263101 1-10 Foochow and Fukien 263101 1-10 Nanking 263101 1-10 Peiping 263101 1-10 Shanghai 263101 1-10 YMCA - Shanghai 263101 1-10 Miscellaneous cities 263102 1-10 Conference on People's Livelihood 263102 1-10 Cooperatives and Small Industries 263102 1-10 Report on Visit to South China by J. W. Decker 263102 1-10 Christian Education 263102 1-10 Financing the Church in China (Main correspondence) 263103 1-9 General 263103 1-9 China in War NCC of China Hangchow (eventually Tambaram) Suggested 263103 1-9 Topics for Study Studies in Preparation for Tambaram, NCC Corres. Prior to 263103 1-9 1940 263103 1-9 NCC Minutes 263104 1-8 Rural Service Union 263104 1-8 Rural Reconstruction 263104 1-8 Rural Church Surveys 263104 1-8 Miscellaneous England (1930- 1946) 263105 1-10 Association for Moral & Social Reform 263105 1-10 Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society 263105 1-10 Baptist Missionary Society 263105 1-10 British Social Hygiene Council 263105 1-10 British Syrian Mission 263105 1-10 Bishop of Bradford 263105 1-10 British Commonwealth League 263105 1-10 British & Foreign Bible Society 263105 1-10 Bishop, Eric 263105 1-10 Baker, Philip Noel 263105 1-10 Church Missionary Society 263105 1-10 Christian Missions - Many Lands 263105 1-10 Church, R. J. 263105 1-10 Clough, Henry 263105 1-10 Chang, C.C. & P.C. 263105 1-10 Chancellor 263105 1-10 Chester 263105 1-10 Coatman 263105 1-10 Church Assembly 263105 1-10 Church of Scotland F.M.C. 263105 1-10 Christian Social Council 263105 1-10 Colonial Office 263105 1-10 Dominions Office 263105 1-10 Egypt General Mission 263105 1-10 Evang. Union of S. America 263105 1-10 Franklin, Toc H. 263105 1-10 Friends Service Council 263105 1-10 Friends of Africa 263105 1-10 Foreign Office 263105 1-10 Goodall, E.H.B. 263105 1-10 Hodgkin, H. 263105 1-10 Hooper, F. 263105 1-10 Home Office 263105 1-10 Johnson 263105 1-10 Karney 263105 1-10 Latham G. 263105 1-10 Lester, M. 263105 1-10 Levo 263105 1-10 Lyall 263105 1-10 Lugard 263105 1-10 London Group on African Affairs 263105 1-10 Lyttleton, Dame Edith 263105 1-10 League of Nations Union 263105 1-10 London Missionary Society (A.M. Chirgwin) 263105 1-10 Methodist Laymen's Missionary Movement 263105 1-10 Methodist Missionary Society 263105 1-10 Movement for World Evangelism 263105 1-10 Moir, F.M.M. 263105 1-10 Morgan 263105 1-10 Mobile Cinema Services 263105 1-10 Macdonald, Malcolm 263106 1-7 National Laymen's Missionary Movement 263106 1-7 Native Races and the Liquor Traffic United Committee 263106 1-7 National Peace Council 263106 1-7 National Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty 263106 1-7 National Sociological Society 263106 1-7 Orde-Browne, Major G. St.J. 263106 1-7 Presbyterian F.M.C. 263106 1-7 Pilgrim Trust 263106 1-7 Penal Reform (Howard League) 263106 1-7 Philips, C.M. 263106 1-7 Rank, J.A. 263106 1-7 Robinson, E.A.G. 263106 1-7 Round Table 263106 1-7 Royal Institute of International Affairs 263106 1-7 Richards, A.I. 263106 1-7 Rathay 263106 1-7 Robertson, D.H. 263106 1-7 Royal Economic Society 263106 1-7 Simey, T.S. 263106 1-7 Smith, C.W. 263106 1-7 S.P.G. 263106 1-7 S.O.A.S. 263106 1-7 Soong 263106 1-7 Salvation Army 263106 1-7 S.C.M. 263106 1-7 Tawney, R.H. 263106 1-7 Tucker 263106 1-7 Twitchell 263106 1-7 U.M.C.A. 263106 1-7 U.S.C.L. 263106 1-7 United Methodist Church 263106 1-7 Worldwide Evangelization Crusade 263106 1-7 World Fellowship of Faiths 263106 1-7 World Assoc. For Adult Education 263106 1-7 Williams, J.T. 263106 1-7 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom 263106 1-7 Wood, H.G. (Selly Oak) 263106 1-7 YMCA 263106 1-7 YWCA 263106 1-7 American University at Cairo 263106 1-7 Morrison, S.A.