Student Volunteer Movement Papers on Microfiche
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Title: Student Volunteer Movement Papers on Microfiche
Dates: 1886-1964
Collection Number: CFT00084
Creator/Collector:
Student Volunteer Movement (1886-1964)
Extent: 12,061 microfiche
Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: The collection comprises microfiche copies of original material from the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions housed
at Yale University's Divinity Library. The papers document the activities of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions
and provide information on various aspects of American religious life from 1886-1964. The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign
Missions was an organization that recruited college and university students in the United States for international missionary
service. John R. Mott founded the SVM in 1888.
Language of Material: English
Accessible with general microfiche collections. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.
All rights reserved.
Student Volunteer Movement Papers on Microfiche. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Purchased from James Lutzweiler in 2010.
Biography/Administrative History
The Student Volunteer Movement Papers consist of 673 archival boxes, approximately 285 linear feet. The collection is housed
in the archives of Yale University Library, Divinity Library Collections.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises microfiche copies of original material from the Student Volunteer Movement. Contents include files
of student volunteer applications; information and health examination blanks; and personal data on thousands of prospective
missionaries. Financial records and correspondence relate to philanthropic support of religious causes in the United States.
Missions
Missionaries
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955
YMCA of the USA -- History