ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS RELATED TO
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY WORK IN SOUTH ASIA
Repository
Special Collections/University Archives
Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Contact
Doris Dysinger
Curator, Special Collections/University Archives
570-577-3101
Denominational affiliation (historic or current)
Baptist (historic)
URL
http://www.bucknell.edu/x18881.xml
Cited in Crouch Christianity in China, 1989
PA-100
Source of information
http://www.bucknell.edu/x18881.xml
Date data gathered
20 January 2006; updated 31 August 2006
Collection 1
name of collection
Burma-Bucknell. Papers, 1858-1976 (?)
background
Eugenio Kincaid, Baptist missionary on leave from his post in Burma in1846,
became a charter trustee of the University at Lewisburg (renamed Bucknell
University in 1886.) Upon his return to Burma, Kincaid encouraged Maung
Shaw Loo, the university's first international student, to study in Lewisburg, thus forging a long connection between Bucknell and Burma.
access/use restrictions
Records post1926 subject to copyright/publication rules, permission to
publish may be required (these records are not related to missionary work);
some materials restricted due to sensitive political situation in Myanmar.
materials
correspondence
Letters between Eugenio Kincaid and the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, dated from 1823 to1849.
Letters from and concerning Shaw Loo, dated 19131957.
Translation of letter from King of Burma to President James Buchanan, and reply letter from Buchanan, dated May 19, 1857, both delivered by Eugenio Kincaid.
Letter from President Andrew Johnson to King of Burma, October 1, 1867.
miscellaneous
Other university records related to Burmaprograms of BurmaBucknell including Weekend celebrations, newsletters, articles, artifacts, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photos, addresses, emails.
serials
Shwe Wa, Maung. Burma Baptist chronicle. [Judson sesquicentennial ed.] Publication info: Rangoon : Board of Publications, Burma Baptist Convention, 1963.
Collection 2
name of collection
Baptist Records
background
Bucknell University, formerly named the University at Lewisburg, was
founded and heavily influenced by a group of Pennsylvania Baptists.
access/use restrictions
None
materials
List of Bucknell Baptist Ministers and Missionaries, no date.
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