Guide to the Roy Stinson Smyres Papers
Prepared by Walter Cano and Matthew Schatz, Student Assistants, and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist.
United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church
10/13/1999
Overview of Collection
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| Record Creator: |
Smyres, Roy Stinson |
| Title: |
Roy Stinson Smyres Papers |
| Date Span: |
1897 - 1994 |
| Abstract: |
Roy Stinson Smyres was a minister, missionary and staff member of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church. The collection contains correspondence, journals, personal records and a significant photograph collection relating to mission work. |
| Extent: |
19.34 cubic feet |
| Resource ID:
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gcah.ms.700 |
Biographical Note
Roy Stinson Smyres (1895-1994) was born on November 17, 1895 in Mount Vernon, Indiana, to Luther Robert and Mary Hannah Brown Smyres. Nell Smyres was his only sister. Smyres grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, attending local public schools and the local Methodist Episcopal Church. At the age of six he bought his first camera, a two-dollar Kodak Brownie, which began a life-long hobby that would create a large global image archive.
Smyres attended Northwestern University and Garrett Theological Seminary (then Garrett Biblical Institute), receiving his B.A. in 1921 and M.A. in 1922. He left during his junior year of college to go to Africa for one year as secretary to missionary John McKendree Springer. Roy sailed from New York City to Africa on the S.S. City of Glasglow in December 1916. The one year appointment stretched into three years.
Roy was stationed at Elisabethville, and later Kambove, Belgian Congo, where he taught at the night school when not traveling with Springer. He was appointed the assistant secretary of the Congo Mission Conference.
In 1917 Smyres was received into membership by the Central New York Annual Conference of The Methodist Episcopal Church. He was ordained under the missionary rule by the Congo Mission Conference, with Bishop Eben, Johnson officiating in 1919. During that same year, Smyres journeyed with Bishop Johnson across West Africa to map out future mission stations. He sailed back to the United States on October 5, 1919 to resume his college work at Northwestern University.
Roy and Esther Montgomery of Sioux City, Iowa, were married on September 7, 1921. They eventually raised five children: Peg, Richard, Mary, Bob, and Ruth. The following year Roy was appointed to be the minister for the Forest Home Chapel in Ithaca, New York. At the same time he enrolled at Cornell University for a doctoral degree.
In 1924, Roy and Esther Smyres became missionaries for the Methodist Episcopal Church and returned to the Congo, where they worked for five years. Most of their time was spent in the bush country. Roy served as principal of the Congo Institute, district superintendent for the Elisabethville-Luba District, and treasurer of the mission.
They returned to the United States in 1929. Upon his return and in order to make financial ends meet Roy taught at Ithaca High School. He also worked at Associated Gas and Electric Company. Ministerial appointments for the Central New York Annual Conference included Forest Home Chapel (1931-1936), Horseheads (1937-1940), and Montour Falls (1941-1945). Roy became an instructor at Cazenovia Seminary in 1940, and served as treasurer of the conference from 1941 to 1945.
It was during this period of ministry that Smyres took his first around the world trip in 1957. He retired from the board in 1964.
The year after his retirement from the Board of Missions, Roy and and Esther Smyres volunteered to become missionaries to India and Nepal. They also traveled around the world for a second time, and that trip resulted in the production of more than six thousand photographic images.
Smyres remained active in church work on many different levels after retirement. He spoke, wrote, and freelanced as a photographer for the Mission Board and other religious organizations from 1966 to 1973.
Esther Montgomery Smyres died on July 2, 1972. Despite the loss, Roy Smyres later took his third trip around the world.
Mary Fraley and Roy Smyres were married on October 13, 1973. Smyres continued freelance photography and journalism for various religious organizations. The Protestant Church in Kathmandu in Nepal called Smyres to be an interim pastor for three months in 1974.
Upon his return from Nepal in 1975, Smyres developed a slide lecture about Nepal, and proceeded to speak about the country across the United States. During that same year, Smyres made his fourth and final around the world trip. It was Mary's first. Mary and Roy Smyres settled in Cayuga Heights, New York, until 1992, when they moved to nearby Bethany Manor.
Nell Smyres died on November 19, 1977, at the age of eighty-six
Eventually, Smyres visited eighty-five different countries during his lifetime. Many of these trips were to visit mission centers of the United Methodist Church. From the late 1970s and early 1980s, , Smyres focused on writing and publishing, and began to write his autobiography. He also continued to keep an active speaking calendar until 1981.
Smyres continued to be active in church work until 1989. He died on September 7, 1994, at 98. His final act of charity was manifested by donating his body to medical science.
Scope Note
The Roy Stinson Smyres Collection documents the life of a person and his family whose multifaceted ministerial career exemplifies a dedication to United Methodist Church work in the twentieth century. This dedication is well documented through a variety of record types within the collection. Smyres kept an ongoing journal (1914-1990) and date books (1913-1990) that reveal his intimate experiences as a missionary, minister, and family member. The journals from his missionary days discuss the ongoing work of the mission as well as documenting Smyres' trek across West Africa in 1919, as well as other related trips. Additional entries record interviews with missionaries and indigenous people alike. Also included are discourses and reflections on sociology, anthropology, theology, politics, and life in general.
The date books list mundane things such as financial expenditures, appointments, etc. Some of the entries are in shorthand. The correspondence between Roy Smyres and his family, friends, and colleagues are just as illuminating as the journals, date books, and images. Most of these letters were collected by Nell Smyres and were given to Roy after her death.
While in Africa, Smyres made it a point to write home at least once a week whenever possible. Roy saved copies of letters that he wrote home while serving as a missionary to Africa, which is the reason for some duplication from Nell's files. A few letters were written on the back of older ones for economy. His early pen name to his family was Bud. Record types include correspondence, Christmas letters, and postcards. There are a few letters between Roy and Esther's children with each other which due to the lack of volume were incorporated into Roy's sub-series. Roy's earlier letters (1914-1929) contain personal observations on student life at Northwestern, mission work, missionaries, cannibalism, and "frontier justice" in Africa. These letters also document formal and casual reports from the mission field, photography, and hand-drawn diagrams of architectural features of mission buildings in the Congo.
The African travel accounts tell of the dangers of living in the jungle. Family matters are sprinkled throughout the correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to Smyres' immediate family. Correspondence from 1930 to 1949 focuses on teaching, church work in Ithaca, and the beginning of a cooperative store in Ithaca - the first of its kind in that city. Roy was greatly interested in politics and peace issues.
Smyres' early work for the mission board is discussed here as well. The letters dating from the 1950's and early 1960's revolve around his continued work for the mission board, trips, publishers, and family. Included in the mission board correspondence was his involvement with the Advance Program.
After Smyres' retirement, the correspondence documents voluntary mission work in India, the Vietnam War, and other peace issues. Subjects found in correspondence from 1970 to 1992 document articles that Smyres published, speaking engagements, ministerial activities, work for the Religious News Service, and global trips. Also during this time period family issues are recorded which include the death of his first wife, Esther, and his second marriage to Mary Fraley, and extended family events. There are social and political remarks about Vietnam, peace, The Human Needs and Security Bill of 1984, El Salvador, the Lebanon conflict, opposition to the United States government appointing an ambassador to the Vatican, and the Persian Gulf War. Most of these letters were written to government officials who had a direct influence in these issues. Another aspect of this correspondence involves his photographic commissions and subsequent loans of images to publishers and missionaries.
Esther Smyres' correspondence ranges from 1920 to 1968 with the bulk of the letters dated from 1920 to 1937. Though not as voluminous as Roy's, they do illustrate in some detail the domestic work in a missionary home as well as documenting a spouse's missionary work in the Belgian Congo. There are casual references to African geography and society. Later correspondence documents Esther's work as a school teacher, her various travels, local church work, and family. Another value of Esther's correspondence is that they often fill in points of information that Roy leaves out of his correspondence of the same time. This is especially true during their years on the mission field and ministry in the local church. Most of the correspondence is directed to Mary Hannah Brown Smyres and Nell Smyres. Mary Fraley Smyres correspondence dates from 1972 to 1980 with bulk dates of 1973 to 1975. Most of these letters relate to family events and friends. Nell Smyres incoming and outgoing correspondence documents her early childhood, college life, family news, trips, and theology.
Some of the letters are from Roy and Esther's children and grandchildren, who express their embracing of Pentecostalism and faith healing. The last group of letters is from Roy's parents. Recipients of these letters include their children as well as extended family. Topics include family news, missionary work, spirituality in the church, and theology in general.
Mary's correspondence ranges from 1911 to 1947, with the bulk of the correspondence from 1919. Luther's correspondence dates from 1916 to 1920, with the bulk of the letters from 1919-1920. Family records are general in nature and revolve around four people: Roy, Esther, Nell, and Joan Smyres. Joan was Roy and Esther's daughter-in-law who died of cancer at an early age. Joan's sub-series documents her funeral.
The rest of the material reflects the childhood, marriage, and careers of Esther and Roy. Nell's records contain her Master's Thesis written at Ohio Wesleyan on the expansion of Christianity in Russia. Nell also collected reports written by her nephew, Eugene Stockwell, a missionary in Africa.
The Writings Series contains manuscripts (1917-1990), sermons (1929-1966), prayers (1937-1988), and publications (1939-1987) authored by Roy Smyres. Included in this section are two books that Roy wrote: Thoughts of Chairman Smyres, and his autobiography. Both these volumes were published in the late 1980s. Other publications include articles and photographs. The sermons (1929-1966) illuminate a variety of topics including missions, politics, theology, liturgy, world communion, cooperatives, and stewardship. Formats include radio and children sermons as well as pulpit sermons. Some of the sermons are in shorthand. The prayers relate to the various aspects of Smyres' ministry within the church. Smyres' professional life in the ministry of the church revolved around three sub-series: local church, annual conference, and the General Board of Global Ministries. Local church records contain worship bulletins and miscellaneous church papers. Annual conference records contain reports and ephemera.
The General Board of Global Ministries sub-series documents Smyres' work in DOM Committee material, reports, gift programs, IDOC International records, Advance Program Support Funds, Central America, financial records and journals, treasurer codes, notebooks, and newsletters. Roy created and collected maps that attest to geographic areas that he served or visited. The African maps are of special interest to those researchers whose historical focus is either missions or the Belgian Congo political boundaries during his years as a missionary. The hand-drawn maps are especially enlightening. The largest series in the collection contains Smyres' photographic images. These images are the spotlight of the collection. His photographic abilities and style were sought out by a number of religious organizations. Record types include glass lantern slides, 35 mm slides, negatives, photographs, and contact sheets. Geographic areas include countries from each of the populated continents as well as Oceania.
The images cover a vast array of topics too numerous to list. In some instance's Roy kept log books that identify certain images with corresponding narrative via his unique cataloging system. It should come as no surprise that family images are in abundance as well.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Series: Correspondence
subseries: Esther Smyres
subseries: Luther Smyres
subseries: Mary Hannah Brown Smyres
subseries: Mary Smyres
subseries: Nell Smyres
subseries: Roy Smyres
Series: Diaries and Date Books
subseries: Diaries
subseries: Date Books
Series: Family Records
subseries: Esther Smyres
subseries: Joan P. Smyres
subseries: Nell Smyres
subseries: Roy Smyres
Series: Ministry
subseries: Annual Conference
subseries: General Board of Global Ministries
subseries: Local Church
Series: Writings
subseries: Manuscripts
subseries: Prayers
subseries: Publications
subseries: Sermons
Series: Maps
Series: Images
subseries: Glass Lantern Slides
subseries: Negatives
subseries: Photographs
subseries: Slides
Preferred Citation
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Roy Stinson Smyres Collection, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
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Index Terms |
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Subject Names - Personal |
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:Anderson, Warren M |
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:Brinton, Lewis |
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:Brown, Ed |
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:Brown, Thomas |
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:Chipepo, Yese |
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:Crawford, Dan |
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:D'Amato, Alphonse |
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:Daniels, George |
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:Everett, Helen |
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:Everett, Stella |
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:Fleming, Robert Leland |
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:Gibson, William |
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:Goodwin, John |
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:Guptill, Roger Stillman |
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:Guptill, Roger Stillman |
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IODC International |
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:Johnson, Eben Samuel |
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:Johnson, Eben Samuel |
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:Jones, E. Stanley (Eli Stanley) |
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:Kaplan, Daile |
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:Lacy, Henry A. |
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:Lee, Gary A. |
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:Liefeld, Herbert T |
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:Matthews, Fannie W |
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:Matthews, Joseph B |
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:McHugh, Matthew F |
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:Moore, Gertrude |
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:Moynahan, Daniel Patrick |
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:Nantz, Robert |
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Pacific Conference of Churches |
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:Page, Carla |
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:Percy, Charles |
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:Percy, Charles H |
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:Regan, Ronald |
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Religious News Service |
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:Richmond, Ray |
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:Sendwe, Jason |
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:Smyres, Esther Montgomery |
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:Smyres, Ethel |
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:Smyres, Joan |
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:Smyres, Luther Robert |
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:Smyres, Luther Robert |
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:Smyres, Mary |
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:Smyres, Mary Esther |
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:Smyres, Mary Esther |
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:Smyres, Mary Fraley |
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:Smyres, Mary Hannah Brown |
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:Smyres, Mary Hannah Brown |
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:Smyres, Nell |
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:Smyres, Nell |
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:Smyres, Peg |
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:Smyres, Richard P |
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:Smyres, Robert W |
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:Smyres, Ruth |
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:Smyres, William H |
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:Springer, Helen |
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:Springer, John McKendree |
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:Stockwell, Eugene |
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:Stockwell, Martha |
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:Van de Velde, G |
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:Whetzel, Amy |
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Subjcet Topics |
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Anniversaries |
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Architecture-Africa |
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Autobiographies |
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Cannibalism |
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Education |
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Evangelistic work |
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Family |
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Funeral service |
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Hospitals |
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Hunger-Religious aspects-Methodist Church |
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Justice, Administration of-Africa |
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Ministry |
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Missionaries |
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Missionaries' wives |
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Missions |
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Missions-Africa |
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Peace |
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Peace movements |
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Periodicals |
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Persian Gulf War, 1991 |
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Political, Practical |
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Prayers |
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Preaching, Methodist |
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Radio programs |
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Religious writings |
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Retirement |
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Travel photography |
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Travelers |
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Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 |
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War |
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War work-Churches |
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Wedding photography |
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Women |
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Women in church work |
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Women in the Methodist Church |
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Women teachers |
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Women, Methodist |
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Subject Geographic |
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Africa |
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Angola |
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Argentina |
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Asia |
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Australia |
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Bangladesh |
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Bolivia |
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Brazil |
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Caribbean |
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Central America |
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Chile |
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China |
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Colombia |
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Congo (Brazzaville) |
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Costa Rica |
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Fiji |
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Florida |
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Guatemala |
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Hawaii |
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India |
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Indiana |
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Indonesia |
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Iowa |
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Ireland |
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Islands of the Pacific |
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Jamaica |
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Japan |
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Java (Indonesia) |
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Kashmir, Vale of (India) |
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Korea |
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Liberia |
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Malaysia |
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Myanmar |
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Nepal |
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New Jersey |
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New York (N.Y.) |
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New York (State) |
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Oceania |
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Pakistan |
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Panama |
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Papua New Guinea |
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Peru |
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Philippines |
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Samoan Islands |
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Singapore |
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Solomon Islands |
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South Africa |
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South America |
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Taiwan |
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Tanzania |
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Thailand |
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Tonga |
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United States |
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Uruguay |
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Zimbabwe |
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Genre |
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Addresses |
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Books |
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Calendars |
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Church bulletins |
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Clippings |
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Contact sheets |
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Correspondence |
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Diaries |
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Interviews |
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Lantern slides |
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Manuscripts |
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Maps |
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Negatives |
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Newsletters |
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Pamphlets |
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Passports |
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Photographs |
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Postcards |
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Programs |
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Publications |
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Reports |
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Sermons |
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Slides |
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Theses |
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Yearbooks |
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Occupations |
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Minister |
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Missionary |
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Teacher |
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Treasurer |
Series: Correspondence
Sub-series: Esther Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-2:
24 |
Correspondence |
1920-1968 |
Sub-series: Luther Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-2:
28 |
Correspondence |
1918-1920 |
Sub-series: Mary Hannah Brown Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-2:
27 |
Correspondence |
1911-1947 |
Sub-series: Mary Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-2:
25 |
Correspondence |
1972-1980 |
Sub-series: Nell Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-2:
26 |
Correspondence |
1897-1976 |
Sub-series: Roy Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-2:
1 |
Correspondence |
1914-1915 |
| 1633-3-2:
2 |
Correspondence |
1916 |
| 1633-3-2:
3 |
Correspondence |
1917 |
| 1633-3-2:
4 |
Correspondence |
1918 |
| 1633-3-2:
5 |
Correspondence |
1919 |
| 1633-3-2:
6 |
Correspondence |
1920 |
| 1633-3-2:
7 |
Correspondence |
1921 |
| 1633-3-2:
8 |
Correspondence |
1922 |
| 1633-3-2:
9 |
Correspondence |
1923 |
| 1633-3-2:
10 |
Correspondence |
1924 |
| 1633-3-2:
11 |
Correspondence |
1925 |
| 1633-3-2:
12 |
Correspondence |
1926 |
| 1633-3-2:
13 |
Correspondence |
1927 |
| 1633-3-2:
14 |
Correspondence |
1928 |
| 1633-3-2:
15 |
Correspondence |
1929 |
| 1633-3-2:
16 |
Correspondence |
1930-1939 |
| 1633-3-2:
17 |
Correspondence |
1940-1949 |
| 1633-3-2:
18 |
Correspondence |
1950-1959 |
| 1633-3-2:
19 |
Correspondence |
1960-1969 |
| 1633-3-2:
20 |
Correspondence |
1970-1974 |
| 1633-3-2:
21 |
Correspondence |
1975-1979 |
Series: Diaries and Date Books
Sub-series: Diaries
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-2-1:
2 |
Diary |
1917-1921 |
| 1633-2-1:
5 |
Diary |
1922-1924 |
| 1633-2-1:
7 |
Diary |
1929-1933 |
| 1633-2-3:
4 |
Diary |
1972-1978 |
Sub-series: Date Books
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-1:
3 |
Date Book |
1913-1914 |
| 1633-3-1:
4 |
Date Book |
1915-1916 |
| 1633-3-1:
5 |
Date Book |
1916-1917 |
| 1633-3-1:
6 |
Date Book |
1934 |
| 1633-3-1:
7 |
Date Book |
1935 |
| 1633-3-1:
8 |
Date Book |
1936 |
| 1633-3-1:
9 |
Date Book |
1937 |
| 1633-3-1:
10 |
Date Book |
1938 |
| 1633-3-1:
11 |
Date Book |
1939 |
| 1633-3-1:
12 |
Date Book |
1940 |
| 1633-3-1:
13 |
Date Book |
1948 |
| 1633-3-1:
14 |
Date Book |
1950 |
| 1633-3-1:
15 |
Date Book |
1951 |
| 1633-3-1:
16 |
Date Book |
1952 |
| 1633-3-1:
17 |
Date Book |
1953 |
| 1633-3-1:
18 |
Date Book |
1956 |
| 1633-3-1:
19 |
Date Book |
1957 |
| 1633-3-1:
20 |
Date Book |
1958 |
| 1633-3-1:
21 |
Date Book |
1959 |
| 1633-3-1:
22 |
Date Book |
1961 |
| 1633-3-1:
23 |
Date Book |
1964 |
| 1633-3-1:
24 |
Date Book |
1966 |
| 1633-3-1:
25 |
Date Book |
1967 |
| 1633-3-1:
26 |
Date Book |
1969 |
| 1633-3-1:
27 |
Date Book |
1970 |
| 1633-3-1:
28 |
Date Book |
1971 |
| 1633-3-1:
29 |
Date Book |
1973 |
| 1633-3-1:
30 |
Date Book |
1974 |
| 1633-3-1:
31 |
Date Book |
1975 |
| 1633-3-1:
32 |
Date Book |
1976 |
| 1633-3-1:
33 |
Date Book |
1977 |
| 1633-3-1:
34 |
Date Book |
1978 |
| 1633-3-1:
35 |
Date Book |
1979 |
| 1633-3-1:
36 |
Date Book |
1980 |
| 1633-3-1:
37 |
Date Book |
1981 |
Series: Family Records
Sub-series: Esther Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-4-3:
7 |
Passports |
1957-1962 |
| 1633-4-3:
8 |
Education |
1913-1956 |
Sub-series: Joan P. Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-4-3:
10 |
Funeral |
1969 |
Sub-series: Nell Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-4-3:
9 |
General |
1920-1967 |
Sub-series: Roy Smyres
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-4-1:
42 |
Personal Books |
1901-1941 |
| 1633-4-1:
43 |
Personal Books |
1944 |
| 1633-4-1:
44 |
Personal Books |
1945-1968 |
| 1633-4-3:
1 |
Depauw University Yearbook |
1897 |
| 1633-4-3:
2 |
Northwestern University Yearbook |
1918 |
| 1633-4-3:
3 |
Education |
1904-1978 |
| 1633-4-3:
5 |
Passports |
1927-1973 |
| 1633-4-3:
11 |
Medical Records (Closed to Public) |
1929 |
Series: Ministry
Sub-series: Annual Conference
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
Sub-series: General Board of Global Ministries
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-4-1:
41 |
DOM Committee |
1971-1974 |
| 1633-4-2:
1 |
Global Ministries Reports |
1926-1977 |
| 1633-4-2:
2 |
Gift Programs |
1940-1961 |
| 1633-4-2:
3 |
Board of Missions |
1972-1975 |
| 1633-4-2:
4 |
IDOC International |
1973 |
| 1633-4-2:
5 |
Advance Program Support Funds |
1975-1976 |
| 1633-4-2:
6 |
Central America |
1978 |
| 1633-4-2:
7 |
Financial Records |
1916-1978 |
| 1633-4-2:
8 |
Financial Journal |
1918-1928 |
| 1633-4-2:
10 |
Notebooks |
1919 |
| 1633-4-2:
12 |
Notebook and Notes |
1950-1980 |
| 1633-4-2:
13 |
Newsletters: Congo Institute News and New England Conference |
1925-1966 |
| 1633-4-2:
14 |
Newsletters: World Division |
1972-1975 |
| 1633-4-2:
15 |
Newsletters: Missionary Forum |
1973-1975 |
Sub-series: Local Church
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-4-1:
33 |
Bulletins |
1939-1941 |
| 1633-4-1:
34 |
Bulletins |
1942 |
| 1633-4-1:
35 |
Bulletins |
1943 |
| 1633-4-1:
36 |
Bulletins |
1944 |
| 1633-4-1:
37 |
Bulletins |
1945 |
| 1633-4-2:
11 |
Notebooks |
1920-1949 |
Series: Writings
Sub-series: Manuscripts
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-3:
14 |
Manuscripts: A - B |
1957 |
| 1633-3-3:
15 |
Manuscripts: C - D |
1940-1976 |
| 1633-3-3:
17 |
Manuscripts: K - P |
1917-1976 |
| 1633-3-3:
19 |
Manuscripts: W - Y |
1920-1966 |
| 1633-3-3:
27 |
1919 Trek |
1919 |
| 1633-3-3:
28 |
Need for Compassion Ecumenism |
1976 |
Sub-series: Prayers
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
Sub-series: Publications
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-4-1:
1 |
Pamphlets on World Missions |
1962-1964 |
| 1633-4-1:
2 |
Publications: A |
1952-1960 |
| 1633-4-1:
3 |
Publications: C |
1962-1963 |
| 1633-4-1:
5 |
Publications: F - M |
1939-1946 |
| 1633-4-1:
7 |
Publications: R - S |
1977-1980 |
| 1633-4-1:
8 |
Publications: T |
1959-1960 |
| 1633-4-1:
9 |
Publications: T |
1961-1962 |
| 1633-4-1:
10 |
Publications: World Outlook |
1958-1961 |
| 1633-4-1:
12 |
Periodicals |
1971 |
| 1633-4-1:
13 |
Periodicals |
1973-1975 |
| 1633-4-1:
14 |
Periodicals |
1978-1979 |
Sub-series: Sermons
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-3-3:
1 |
Sermons |
1933-1934 |
| 1633-3-3:
2 |
Sermons |
1934-1935 |
| 1633-3-3:
3 |
Sermons |
1935-1936 |
| 1633-3-3:
4 |
Sermons |
1936-1938 |
| 1633-3-3:
5 |
Sermons |
1938-1939 |
| 1633-3-3:
6 |
Sermons |
1939-1941 |
| 1633-3-3:
7 |
Sermons |
1929-1968 |
| 1633-3-3:
8 |
Sermons |
1968-1979 |
Series: Maps
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-1-3:
1 |
Africa: District de la LuLua Carte Routiere |
ca. 1918 |
| 1633-1-3:
2 |
Africa: District du Lomami Carte Routiere |
1918 |
| 1633-1-3:
3 |
Africa: Carte du Congo Belge |
1915 |
| 1633-1-3:
4 |
Africa: Journey of Roy S. Smyres from Kambove to Bukama and Kabongo and Return (Copy) |
1917 |
| 1633-1-3:
5 |
Africa: Journey of Roy S. Smyres from Kambove to Bukama and Kabongo and Return (Original) |
1917 |
| 1633-1-3:
6 |
Africa: Plan D'Elisabethville |
1925 |
| 1633-1-3:
7 |
Africa: Central Africa by John Springer |
1915 |
| 1633-1-3:
8 |
Africa: Central Africa by John Springer (Published) |
1915 |
| 1633-1-3:
9 |
Africa: Sketch Map of Kabongo and Surroundings |
1918 |
| 1633-1-3:
10 |
Africa: Sketch Map of Kabongo and Surroundings (Fragment) |
1918 |
| 1633-1-3:
11 |
Africa: Sketch Map |
ca. 1918 |
| 1633-1-3:
12 |
Africa: Sketch Map of Route to Conference from Kanene to Kabongo |
1925 |
| 1633-1-3:
13 |
South Africa |
ca. 1920 |
| 1633-1-3:
14 |
Africa: S.W. Cape of Good Hope |
ca. 1920 |
| 1633-1-3:
15 |
Africa: Central Transvaal |
ca. 1920 |
| 1633-1-3:
16 |
Africa: Railroad Map of South Africa |
ca. 1920 |
Series: Images
Sub-series: Glass Lantern Slides
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-7-1:
2 |
Africa |
1917-1925 |
| 1633-7-1:
5 |
Africa |
1913-1919 |
| 1633-7-1:
6 |
Africa |
1917-1919 |
| 1633-7-1:
8 |
Africa |
1917-1919 |
| 1633-7-2:
1 |
Africa |
1918-1919 |
| 1633-7-2:
2 |
Africa: Angola |
1907-1919 |
| 1633-7-2:
3 |
Africa: Congo |
1919 |
| 1633-7-2:
4 |
Africa: Congo |
1917-1918 |
| 1633-7-2:
5 |
Africa: Congo |
1917-1918 |
| 1633-7-2:
6 |
Africa: Congo |
1918 |
| 1633-7-2:
7 |
Africa: Congo |
1917-1924 |
| 1633-7-2:
8 |
Africa: Congo |
1917-1919 |
| 1633-7-3:
1 |
Africa: Congo |
1917 |
| 1633-7-3:
2 |
Africa: Congo |
1917 |
| 1633-7-3:
3 |
Africa: Congo |
1918 |
| 1633-7-3:
5 |
Africa: South Africa |
1917 |
| 1633-7-3:
6 |
Africa: South Africa, Tanzania, Zaire, and Zambia |
1917-1919 |
| 1633-7-3:
7 |
Africa: Zimbabwe |
1910-1917 |
Sub-series: Negatives
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-7-6:
1 |
North America and Asia |
1957-1958 |
| 1633-7-6:
2 |
Africa |
1957-1958 |
| 1633-7-6:
3 |
South America |
1957 |
| 1633-7-6:
4 |
South America |
1957 |
Sub-series: Photographs
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-5-1:
1 |
Africa |
1917-1935 |
| 1633-5-1:
2 |
Africa |
1917-1935 |
| 1633-5-1:
3 |
Africa |
1917-1935 |
| 1633-5-1:
4 |
Africa |
1917-1947 |
| 1633-5-1:
6 |
Asia |
1950-1967 |
| 1633-5-1:
8 |
Asia |
1930-1965 |
| 1633-5-1:
9 |
Australia |
1976 |
| 1633-5-1:
10 |
Central Pacific Ocean |
1964-1977 |
| 1633-5-1:
12 |
North America |
1905-1961 |
| 1633-5-1:
13 |
North America |
1909-1961 |
| 1633-5-1:
14 |
South America |
1957 |
| 1633-5-2:
1 |
Family Photos |
1927-1964 |
| 1633-5-2:
2 |
Family Photos |
1901-1965 |
| 1633-5-2:
3 |
Family Photos |
1907-1975 |
| 1633-5-2:
4 |
Family Album |
1915 |
| 1633-5-2:
5 |
Family Album |
1924 |
| 1633-5-2:
6 |
Family Album |
1924 |
| 1633-5-2:
7 |
Miscellaneous |
1918 |
| 1633-5-2:
8 |
Miscellaneous |
1968-1979 |
| 1633-5-3:
2 |
Catalog: World Trip 1 - 3 |
1957-1958 |
| 1633-5-3:
3 |
Catalog: First World Tour Book I - III |
1957-1958 |
| 1633-5-3:
4 |
Catalog: First World Tour No. 1 - 8 |
1957-1958 |
| 1633-5-3:
5 |
Catalog: First World Tour No. 9 - 17 |
1957-1958 |
| 1633-5-3:
6 |
Catalog: Greencastle |
1959 |
| 1633-5-3:
7 |
Catalog: Europe |
1959 |
| 1633-5-3:
8 |
Catalog: South America Books A - B |
1962 |
| 1633-5-3:
9 |
Catalog: South America Books C - D |
1962 |
| 1633-5-3:
10 |
Catalog: SA series (supplement South America Tour) |
1962 |
| 1633-5-3:
11 |
Catalog: SAC series (supplement South America Tour) |
1962 |
| 1633-5-3:
12 |
Catalog: SAR series (supplement South America Tour) |
1962 |
| 1633-5-3:
13 |
Catalog: Europe, India, and around the World |
1964-1965 |
| 1633-5-3:
14 |
Catalog: India 1 - 2 |
1964-1965 |
| 1633-5-3:
15 |
Catalog: Third World Tour Books I - IV |
1972-1973 |
| 1633-5-3:
16 |
Catalog: 3H (supplement Third World Tour) |
1962-1973 |
| 1633-5-3:
17 |
Catalog: 3L (supplement Third World Tour) |
1972-1973 |
| 1633-5-3:
18 |
Catalog: Fourth World Tour |
1975-1976 |
| 1633-5-3:
19 |
Catalog: Ritche Inventory and Miscellaneous |
1977-1978 |
Sub-series: Slides
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1633-5-4:
1 |
Trip to Cali |
1959 |
| 1633-5-4:
2 |
South America |
1962 |
| 1633-5-4:
3 |
Catalog: NI, NIB, and NIC series |
1974 |
| 1633-6-1:
1 |
North America |
1959-1978 |
| 1633-6-1:
2 |
North America |
1954-1978 |
| 1633-6-1:
3 |
North America |
1961-1969 |
| 1633-6-1:
4 |
North America |
1957-1978 |
| 1633-6-1:
5 |
North America |
|
| 1633-6-1:
6 |
North America |
1943-1959 |
| 1633-6-2:
7 |
North America |
1943-1959 |
| 1633-6-2:
8 |
North America |
1960-1969 |
| 1633-6-2:
9 |
North America |
1960-1969 |
| 1633-6-2:
10 |
North America |
1960-1969 |
| 1633-6-2:
11 |
North America |
1960-1969 |
| 1633-6-3:
13 |
Europe |
1959-1979 |
| 1633-6-3:
14 |
Europe |
1959-1979 |
| 1633-6-3:
15 |
Europe |
1955-1979 |
| 1633-6-3:
16 |
Europe |
1959-1980 |
| 1633-6-3:
17 |
Europe |
1964-1980 |
| 1633-6-4:
22 |
Asia |
1958-1975 |
| 1633-6-4:
23 |
Asia |
1958-1967 |
| 1633-6-4:
24 |
Asia |
1964-1967 |
| 1633-6-5:
25 |
Asia |
1964-1967 |
| 1633-6-5:
26 |
Asia |
1964-1967 |
| 1633-6-5:
27 |
Asia |
1964-1979 |
| 1633-6-5:
29 |
Asia |
1965-1974 |
| 1633-6-6:
31 |
Asia |
1965-1974 |
| 1633-6-6:
32 |
Asia |
1973-1974 |
| 1633-6-6:
34 |
Asia |
1958-1976 |
| 1633-6-6:
36 |
Oceania |
1973-1976 |
| 1633-6-7:
38 |
Oceania |
1976 |
