American Missionary Association

LC control no.	n 85030632
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	American Missionary Association *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States. American Missionary Association Division General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States. Board of Home Missions. American Missionary Association Division
See also	Union Missionary Society (U.S.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1846
Found in	Richardson, J.M. Christian reconstruction, c1986: CIP t.p. (American Missionary Association) pref. (AMA) LC data base, 5/28/85 (hdg.: American Missionary Association) Beard, A.F. A Crusade of Brotherhood, c. 1909: p. 30-31 (American Missionary Association; began in 1846 from a meeting of "friends of Bible Missions" held in Albany, N.Y.; formed a constitution and elected officers; local societies soon merged into the new association, transferring their funds and missions, these included the Union Missionary Society) Wyatt-Brown, B. Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War Against Slavery, c. 1969: p. 292-293 (American Missionary Association; emerged from a convention of "Friends of Bible Missions" organized by Lewis Tappan in 1846; absorbed several minor associates including Union Missionary Society) Its Annual report ... 1938: t.p. (American Missionary Association) p. 1 (Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches, American Missionary Association Division); 1939: p. 2 of cover (American Missionary Association; American Missionary Association Division of the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches; In 1936 the Board of Home Missions became the authorized agent of the Association)
Not found in	NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Libr. for Tappan, L. Papers, 1845-1846 (Tappan was treasurer and secretary of the Union Missionary Society)