Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of East Durham minute book and circular letters, 1894-1904 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of East Durham (Durham, Me.)
- Abstract:
- The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of East Durham was a Quaker women's group based in Durham (Androscoggin Co.), Me. Collection comprises the East Durham unit's minute book that also features a membership list, along with four items sent as part of "circular letters" mailed from the national organization to each auxiliary.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.01402
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises the East Durham unit's minute book (1894-1904; 108 pgs., plus blanks) that also features a membership list (1895), along with four items sent as part of "circular letters" mailed from the national organization to each auxiliary. Minutes outline monthly meeting and fund raising activities and provide brief reports on the work of missionaries, with topics such as famine in India or war in China. The secretaries occasionally note group responses to such reports, including, "[this] made us all feel thankful that we live in America." The East Durham organization supported the work a missionary in Ramallah, as well as two others working with native tribes in the western United States. Circulars (1904 and undated) describe the work of the national organization and outline activities to be undertaken by the local auxiliaries.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of East Durham was a Quaker women's group based in Durham (Androscoggin Co.), Me. Auxiliary of the Woman's Foreign Mission Society of Friends, an organization formed to gather aid for domestic and foreign missionaries.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 2003
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010
Encoded by: Alice Poffinberger, July 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2003-0234
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Quakers
Women -- Missions
Society of Friends -- Maine -- Durham
Society of Friends -- Missions
Women -- Societies and clubs - Names:
- Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of East Durham (Durham, Me.)
Woman's Foreign Mission Society of Friends - Places:
- Durham (Me.) -- Church history
Durham (Me.) -- History
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[Identification of item], in the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of East Durham minute book and circular Letters, 1894-1904 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.