Overview
| Repository: |
Yale University Divinity School
Library
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| Call Number: | Record Group No. 166 |
| Creator: | Anderson, Gerald H. |
| Title: | Gerald H. Anderson Papers and Records of the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, |
| Dates: | 1821-2000 |
| Physical Description: | Total archival boxes 29; total linear footage 30' |
| Language(s): | Materials in English. |
| Summary: | These papers primarily relate to the preparation fo the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. They include drafts and materials not included in the final publication as well as correspondence with the contributors. Gerald H. Anderson was Director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center from 1974 to 2000. He was editor of the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions published in 1998 by Simon and Schuster Macmillan, New York. |
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Gerald H. Anderson
Information about Access
Open to qualified researchers.
Cite As
Gerald H. Anderson Papers and Records of the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, Record Group No. 166, Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
Historical Sketch
Gerald H. Anderson was born in 1930. He was a Methodist missionary in the Philippines for ten years, serving as professor of church history and ecumenics as well as the academic dean of Union Theological Seminary in Manila. Upon returning to the United States, he was elected president of Scarritt College in Nashville and was also professor of world Christianity there. In 1974 he was appointed director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center and in 1976 became editor of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research. He was a founder and president of the American Society of Missiology, co-editor with Stephen Neill and John Goodwin of the Concise Dictionary of the Christian World Mission, co-editor and author (with Thomas Stransky) of the series Mission Trends and co-editor of Mission Legacies (1994) and the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (1998).
Description of the Records
I. BDCM Authors File
II. BDCM Articles File
III. Correspondence and Financial Records
IV. Personal Papers of Gerald Anderson
The Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions documented by these files includes extensive and comprehensive coverage of Christian missions with 2,400 original signed biographies by 350 authors from 45 countries.
Series I, Authors File, contains correspondence with the numerous contributors to the BDCM. These authors represent many of the most prominent missions historians of the present time. Series II, Articles File, includes drafts and notes regarding the individuals chose for inclusion in the BDCM. Series III, Correspondence and Financial Records, documents interactions with the publisher and authors. Series IV, Personal Papers of Gerald Anderson, includes two volumes of tribute letters presented to Anderson at the time of his retirement from OMSC.