HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG3419.AM: American Sunday School Union in Nebraska
Papers: 1897-1908 and undated
Nebraska: Sunday Schools Organizer
Size: 1 folder
BACKGROUND NOTE
From its founding in 1790 as the First Day Society, the American Sunday School Union had as its primary work the founding of Sunday schools in rural communities. It was also known for its publication and its ticket reward system for Sunday school students who memorized scripture. First changing its name to the Sunday and Adult School Union in 1817, it adopted its longstanding name, the American Sunday School Union in 1824. 150 years later it became the American Missionary Fellowship and it continues today as InFaith.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of material documenting the work of the American Sunday School Union in Nebraska, 1895-1908. Included are annual reports, publications, a history of the organization in Nebraska and miscellaneous notes.
INVENTORY
Folder containing:
- “The American Sunday School Union: Religions Education and Sunday-Schools in Nebraska” by Edwin Wilbur Rice
- The American Sunday School Union in Nebraska, 1906 and 1908
- Notes on conversions and organization of Sunday schools, 1897-1899
- Summary report of Orian Baldwin, 1897-1899
- Historical Sketch of Rosedale Union Sunday School, Adams County, Nebraska
- Life and Sabbath School Work of W.W. Scott, 1903
- $2500 Investment, 15 Years Interest, ca. 1906
- Five Years a Missionary of the American Sunday School Union, 1908
- Here Am I: Send Me, undated
- The Story of Jim…Or the Work of Our College Student, undated
Subject headings:
American Sunday School Union in Nebraska
Religion — Nebraska
Sunday schools
AIF 11-09-2018
