Scope and Contents
Dodd wrote personal letters (1917-1940) and also sent out newsletters (1930, 1938-1958). There are folders of incoming correspondence and a section of letters from his wife, Ora Dodds (1917-1957).
There is also a folder of transcriptions from a diary/journal and include information about a trip to Iran, trips to China, notes, and travel logs.
Dates
- 1914-1957
Creator
- Dodds, Joseph Leroy, 1891-1973 (Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Joseph LeRoy Dodds (1891 - 1973) graduated from Grove City College in Pennsylvania. After teaching high school for two years, he entered the Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh and earned a Bachelor of Theology degree.
Dodds went to India as a Presbyterian missionary in 1917. In 1922, was appointed instructor of Old Testament literature at the North Indian United Theological College (mission seminary), in Saharanpur, India, and was elected president of the seminary in 1928.
In 1932, Dodds was appointed secretary of the India Council of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, and four years later he became secretary of the Board itself. He traveled extensively while in that office.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 container) : 1 half manuscript box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Joseph LeRoy Dodds (1891 - 1973) worked in India as a Presbyterian missionary in 1917, and in 1932, Dodds was appointed secretary of the India Council of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, and four years later he became secretary of the Board itself. The collection (1917-1958) contains correspondence and notes pertaining to trips Dodds made to China, the Near East, and Iran, as well as to his early experiences in India as teacher and instructor at the seminary.
Arrangement
Personal correspondence is organized by date, 1917-1940, and the newsletters are also organized in date order from 1930; 1938 to 1958.
There are folders of incoming correspondence organized alphabetically. A section of letters from his wife, Ora Dodds, and filed by date, 1917-1957.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Clarence Day, 1974.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff in the 1970s, and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- China -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Dodds, Joseph Leroy, 1891-1973
- India -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iran -- Description and travel Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Middle East -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries -- India Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missions, American -- India Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newsletters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions
- Religion Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Saharanpur (India) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Leroy Dodds Correspondence
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
