Resources Session

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Resources Session

• Yale-Edinburgh 2008
• Contact Martha.Smalley_at_yale.edu for more
  information

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• Margaret Acton IRM bibliography and CMS library
  
• Contact Margaret at Margaret.Acton_at_cms-uk.org for
  information.
• Terry Barringer Joe Church Collection at the
  Henry Martyn Centre
• Contact Terry at TABarringe_at_aol.com for
  information.
• Rosemary Seton MUNDUS update(http//www.mundus.a
  c.uk/)
• Contact Rosemary at Rosemary_at_seton.demon.co.uk
  for information
• Jon Bonk Encyclopedia of Missions and
  Missionaries update Contact Jon at
  bonk_at_omsc.org for information
• Guy Thomas Archives of mission 21/Basel Mission
  The digital map project Contact Guy at
  guy.thomas_at_mission-21.org for information
• Jon Miller Internet Mission Photography Archive
  (IMPA) update Contact Jon at jonmill_at_usc.edu
  for information

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• From Adam Jones, University of Leipzig
• through the British Library's Endangered Archives
  programme (and following on from that after the
  project ended) we've digitised 25,000 pages of
  pre-1930 records of the Leipzig Mission, of which
  the originals are in the archive of the
  Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania's archive
  in Moshi, Tanzania. Copies have been / are being
  deposited (on DVDs) in
• Tanzanian National Archives, Dar es Salaam
  (master copy)
• British Library, London
• University of Leipzig, Institut fuer Afrikanistik
• the Moshi archive itself.
• I hope to publish a list of these records soon in
  my series "Mission Archives" (sub-series of
  University of Leipzig Papers on Africa).

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Mission Archives,School of Mission and
Theology,Stavanger, Norway

• A brief presentation by Gustav Steensland, Chief
  Archivist, Ph.D.

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Our identity and objective

• The main contributor to our collections is the
  Norwegian Missionary Society, founded in
  Stavanger 1842.
• We also have a number of collections from
  individuals, particularly missionaries.
• In additions comes material from other
  organizations and institutions.
• Our aim is to offer professional assistance on a
  high academic level to all visitors and users.

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Resources for the study of mission history

• On-site resources
• Documents, photos, films
• Reading room
• Analog and digital catalogs and other finding
  aids
• Professional assistance
• Open all year, Monday-Friday, 0800-1530
• Adjacent Library and Museum

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On-line resources

• On-line resources
• Our website http//www.mhs.no/arkiv
• The website of the National Archives of Norway
  also includes catalogs from private archival
  institutions and depots
• Samkatalogen for privatarkiver
• A preliminary selection of catalogs from the
  Mission Archives is found here.

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Availability of material

• Some handwritten manuscripts have been
  transcribed, partly with word processors.
• Some documents have been translated into English,
  French and Malagasy.
• We are in the process of digitizing material,
  such as documents, photos and 16 mm films.

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Some examples (I)

• The Petersen memoirs from Madagascar
• A 140 page manuscript in Norwegian has been
  transcribed and published on our website.
• Originally written in Flaxton, North Dakota, in
  1904, when Peterson was serving as a Lutheran
  pastor there, reflecting on missionary work in
  western Madagascar 1893-1900.
• Perhaps an English translation would be
  appreciated?

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Some examples (II)

• Lars Vig, who served in Madagascar 1874-1902, is
  presented on our website with a Special
  collection
• Several letters and reports in Norwegian have
  been translated into French.

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Some examples (III)

• NMS People Places is a growing database of
  information
• We offer the following sections
• List by country
• List by name
• List by burial place
• Here we also include missionary children buried
  abroad.
• NMS timeline is also helpful.

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We wish you welcome!

• Do not hesitate to contact us!
• Requests can be made
• By email arkiv_at_mhs.no
• By phone [phone]

Gustav Steensland Chief Archivist
Bjørg B. Johanssen Consultant
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From Christopher AndersonMethodist Library
Pamphlet CollectionDrew University Madison,
New Jersey, USA
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Methodist Library Pamphlet CollectionDrew
University Madison, New Jersey, USA

• The Methodist Library Pamphlet Collection
  includes nearly 15,000 printed pamphlets and
  tracts dating from the 18th century. Many items
  highlight the history of world missions. A
  searchable finding aid is currently available
• at the Methodist Library website
• http//www.drew.edu/depts/library/methodist/umac.a
  spx
• For additional information contact
• Christopher J. Anderson
• Methodist Librarian/Special Collections
• cjanders_at_drew.edu
• 1 [phone]

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Updates from the Yale Divinity School Library

• Documentation of Christianity in Asia Consortium
  the Divinity Library is partnering with schools
  in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
• The Latourette Initiative for the Documentation
  of World Christianity a proactive program to
  preserve and provide access to the documentation
  of world Christianity
• Nanking Massacre digital archive

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A database is being developed to provide a
consolidated record of documentation.
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Kenneth Scott Latourette Initiative

• Yale Divinity School Library and Uganda Christian
  University have engaged in a pilot project to
  digitize (and create microfilm of) documents from
  the Church of the Province of Uganda (Anglican)
  archives.
• More than 150,000 pages digitized to date

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The finding aid for the collection has been
enhanced with more detaileddescription and links
will be made between the finding aid and the
digitalimages of the documents.
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Other Latourette Initiative projects

• Australia
• South Seas Evangelical Mission
• Unevangelized Fields Mission
• World Council of Churches archives
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America archives
• Agreement pending with Gujarat United School of
  Theology Church of North India archives

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See http//www.library.yale.edu/div/Nanking