Biographical material on Fred R. Brown; items relating to his father, Edgar H. Brown; FRB's educational and professional records; documents (wedding certificate, insurances, pension, etc.); newspaper clippings about FRB and his work.
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Diaries and notebooks of FRB. The diaries contain brief notes about the weather, meals, and activities, covering the years 1917 to 1935. The notebooks cover many topics: financial records, ideas for sermons, class notes, conference reports: they date from 1908 to 1946.
Financial records for the years 1923-1963. Cover family accounts and investments, cash and household accounts, auto records, egg production, etc.
Correspondence relating to FRB's appointment by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church; his travels, observations, and work in China; his personal and pastoral activities after returning to United States. Note: Some correspondence is filed with appropriate subject.
China and the Far East: political and religious conditions in China, Korea, and Japan. Concentration is on the activities of the Nationalist Armies in 1926-1927.
Descriptive material on the Kan River District. Includes a geographical and economic survey of the District, a report on war conditions and the effects on the people, and a study on literacy among church members.
Descriptive material on the geography and sociology of Kiangsi Province. Papers cover clan customs, superstitions, opium.
Documents and records concerning the work of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the City of Nanchang, Province of Kiangsi, China (William Nast College and Nanchang General Hospital). Note: Correspondence in Series IV also has information on mission affairs. Oversized items, such as atlases of foreign missions, have been moved to Series XVIII.
FRB's teaching activities at the mission; religious instruction. Includes policy statements from the Methodist Church; regulations of the Nationalist government; FRB's master's thesis; his report on religious education; educational conference reports, lesson plans, class schedules. Most of the material is from the 1920s.