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Welcome to the Presbyterian
Church
Foreign Missions Office
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Rev William Bannerman, dedicated and long - serving Convenor of the Synod
of Otago & Southland Foreign Mission Committee from 1875 to 1901).
Last Update : November 2008 About This Site : The 'Foreign Missions Office' was once the
busy administrative centre of our large Missions organization.
We invite usage of this site, the original material and our vast resource of Missions related material by private individuals, students and anyone with an interest in studying the history of our Missions and of the Missionaries themselves. Our Mission Archives are a unique primary resource for those who wish to study various historical and religious aspects of Mission activity in foreign countries including a wide range of secular, political, ethnographic and racial related issues. Links to our Mission histories, photographs, photo tours, sound archives, and our 'In Memorium' tribute including our Privacy Policy and contact information appear below. Please Read Before Accessing Manuscript Material : Prior to accessing the Mission manuscript material, we strongly recommend reading the following information pages first to gain an overview of the material and how it is organized and described. This will assist you to more easily understand and navigate through the various aspects of the Mission organization and its manuscript records. You may access the manuscript information through the "Subject Categories" section below or by using our search engine further down this page. The search engine will aid in pinpointing general topics throughout the whole manuscript material however accessing the "Subject Categories" pages will give you a more concise and controlled idea of where you are searching. Navigation links on the correspondence pages will guide you further. A limited facility now exists to view and search recorded details of Mission photographs in our collections. These may be searched via our on-site search engine or manually by clicking on the "Mission Photos" section below. Information Pages
: Subject Categories : (Please drag the slide bar down if full menu not visible) Additional Missions Related Resources : The Foreign Missions Office Library
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Search our Site : This search engine will search our entire Presbyterian Archives on-line database
Mission Histories : A history of each of our Mission areas
Mission Photos : A selection of images from each Mission area.
Click on the thumbnails to see a larger image.
Mission Sound Archives :
Mission Photo Tours : Join the Missionaries on country tours in China
and India !
Missionary Papers : This link lists old personal papers we hold (eg : personal correspondence, diaries, private family histories etc). In Memorium : A short biographical tribute with photos dedicated
to our Missionaries who died on the Mission field or as a direct result of having served on the field. Our Privacy Policy : Archive material of a sensitive or personal nature may be restricted for public access at the Archivist's discretion. Staff and financial records for Missionaries still living will not be available and may remain restricted until 50 years after death. Any access will be at the Archivist's discretion for the express purposes of bona fide academic study or immediate family research subject to each individual's circumstances. General public perusal of such material will not be permitted under any circumstances.
Our Copying Policy : In order to assist the preservation of our archival material, the majority of our Mission material may not be copied except for limited items required for specific and defined research purposes.
Can You Help Us ? : We are always on the look out for additional
mission - related manuscript material, photographs or books to add to our
growing collections. Material may be donated or placed on long term loan.
We are very interested in diaries, letters, addresses, sermons, memoirs,
scrapbooks, and photographic images, in fact anything relating to Mission
activities. Access restrictions may be placed on any material you wish
to donate.
Problems, Broken Links, Incorrect Linking ???
Please Tell us !!! We appreciate your feedback...
Credits : Arrangement and Description of original Material
: Donald Cochrane
This project was initially funded by a special grant from the 'World Council For Mission'. Contact Details : Archives Research Centre
Telephone (03) 473 0107 Extn 7851
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