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Abstract The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...

Scope and Contents Lehman’s History of Red Bird Mission, c. 1946Lehman’s History: resource Material, 1919-46“What of the Cumberlands Agriculturally?” (author unknown), 1940s“Time Marches On in Our Valley” (pageant), Red Bird Sophomore Class, 1943Schaeffer, Roberta: The Story of Red Bird Mission: A History of Missions in Appalachia (copy of typed manuscript), c. 1976.Scott, Donna Vee: Letters from Back Home: Fifty Years At Red...

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Pamphlets and Flyers, 1940s-70s

Commencement Programs, 1936-81

Slide Lecture Scripts, 1932, 1971

Newspaper Clippings, 1929-31, 1940s, 1970-81

Evangelical Crusader, 1935-46

Evangelical Missionary World, 1927-46

Missionary Society, 1926-45

Sunday School Messenger, September 5, 1936

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Annual Report and Organizational Plan, 1921

Pledge Supporting Prohibition, 1921

Annual Reports, 1922-24

Annual and Quarterly Council Meetings, 1924-28

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Special Council Session, Death of J.J. DeWall. September, 1928

Annual and Quarterly Council Meetings, 1929

Annual Council Meetings, 1930-66

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Annual Council Meetings, 1967-1975