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EUROPEANCOLONIALISM INTHE
EARLY20THCENTURY:GERMAN
COLONIES INASIAANDTHEPACIFIC
-FROMCOLONIALISMTO JAPANESE
MANDATES, 1910-1929
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1910-1929
Content
10,150 images
EVANGELISM IN INDIA:
CORRESPONDENCEOFTHEBOARDOF
FOREIGNMISSIONS,1833-1910
Source
PresbyterianHistorical Society
Period
1833-1910
Content
69,017 images
With the startofWWI, Japanese forces seizedGerman leased territories inChinaandoccupied the
German Pacific colonies. This collection comprises correspondence, studies and reports, cables,
maps,andotherkindsofdocumentsrelatedtoU.S.consularactivities.U.S.Consulateswere listening
postsreportingontheactivitiesoftheGermancolonialgovernmentsand laterthe Japanesemandate
authorities,andtheactivitiesofthenativepeoples. IncludedarematerialsonKiauchau (Kiautschou),
Solomon Islands,Marshall Islands,Caroline Islands,Pelew (Palau),Marianne Islands,Samoa,German
NewGuineaand theBismarckArchipelago.
Evangelism in Indiatookthe formprimarilyofvillage itinerationwheremaleand femalemissionaries
ministered to the spiritual needs of the populacewhile simultaneously attending to theirmedical
andeducational needs. Thecollectiondocuments theBoardofForeignMissions' tripartiteministry
(Farukhabad,Punjab,andtheWest Indianmissions) in Indiabutalsoreflectsthedevelopmentof the
modern Indianstate inabroadersense.Reactionto foreignersgenerallyandProtestantmissionaries
specifically, discontentwithBritish ruleand thedevelopmentof the Independencemovement, and
racialand internecinereligiouswarfarebetweenHinduandMuslimpopulationsarewelldocumented.
OriginalMicroformTitle:BoardofForeignMissionsCorrespondenceandReports, 1833-1911: IndiaMission
