PITTS THEOLOGY LIBRARY
ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS DEPT.

GRIFFITH, CHARLES MINOT, 1863-1941.
Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith papers, 1895-1906.

MANUSCRIPT NUMBER 274

EXTENT:  .5 cubic ft. (1 legal size archive box)

ACCESS: Unrestricted

REPRODUCTION: All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

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CITATION:  Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith papers, MSS 274, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.

Biographical Note
Charles Minot Griffith was born April 14, 1863 in Silver Springs, New York. He earned his M.A. and Ph. B. in Modern Language from Cornell University. He later taught at both the college and high school levels, and he also served as principal of a public school. Griffith was a preacher and a missionary in both New York and in South America. He married Elva Roxana Kniffin of Perry, N.Y. on November 28, 1894. Griffith joined the Western South American Mission Conference of the M.E. Church in 1897 while serving as a teacher and preacher in Chile, South America. Griffith passed away in 1941.
Scope and Content Note

This collection includes items from Charles and Elva’s time spent as missionaries in South America from 1895 to 1906. The collection includes a journal kept by Elva R. Griffith as well as a photo album dated from their time in South America. There are also professional certificates from the Western South America Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church deeming Charles M. Griffith qualified as a missionary and a certificate of location. Also included are photocopies of newspaper clippings about the International Missionary Union meeting at Clifton Springs, N.Y. and excerpts from a letter written by Charles to Elva dated ca. October 1900.

CONTAINER LISTING
Box/Folder        Description                                  	    Dates
1/1	          Journal kept by Elva R. Griffith         	    1895-1900
1/2               Typed transcript of journal              	    1895-1900
1/3               Professional certificates of Charles M. Griffith  1898, 1903
1/4               Photocopies of newspaper clippings                ca. 1900
1/5               Photograph album                                  1897- ca. 1906


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