Protestant missionaries to the American Indians, 1787 to 1862

Mss.Film.1157

Date: 1787-1862 | Size: 1 microfilm_reel(s)

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Abstract

In this dissertation Berkhofer compares and contrasts the differing missionary activities of Quakers, Moravians, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists, to reactions among the Oneida, Seneca, Cherokee, Choctaw, Ojibwa, Sioux, Ottawa, and Nez Percé Indians.

Background note

Robert F. Berkhofer is a historian and anthropologist.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 microfilm reel.

Provenance

Purchased from Cornell University ($6.00) and accessioned, 1963 (1963 2179mf).

Location of originals:

Originals at Cornell University Library, see: https://web.archive.org/web/20200226192719/https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/5054411

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Microfilm Collection

Subject(s)

Anishinaabe
Baptists -- Missions.
Cherokee Indians
Choctaw Indians
Congregationalists -- Missions.
Dakota Indians
Haudenosaunee
Methodists -- Missions.
Missionaries
Moravians -- Missions.
Nez Percé Indians
Ojibwa Indians
Ojibwe people
Oneida Indians
Ottawa Indians
Presbyterians -- Missions.
Quakers -- Missions.
Seneca