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The Historical Materials series is comprised of materials relating to all four organizations encompassed by the Michigan Synodical Society, and covers the years 1873-1962. Each committee has been assigned a folder. The fifth folder in this series contains constitutions and bylaws of both mission committees, the Michigan Synodical Society, and almost every presbyterial, 1882-1969. Of particular interest is a list of the names and places of origin in Michigan of the Presbyterian missionaries sent all over the world, a booklet printed by the Detroit Mission arm of the Woman's Board of Home Missions (c.1919), a booklet printed for the Silver Jubilee of the Foreign Missionary Society (1898), and an historical summary of the Board of Home Missions as delivered at its Golden Jubilee in 1929. It should be noted that although there is reference in these folders to minutes of both committees, the minutes recorded prior to 1942 are not included. In the one hundred years covering the history of the Michigan Synodical Society, a handful of women stand out in leadership and dedicated service. Particular mention should be made of Mrs. Agnes Moffit Mitchell [1856-1933] who served as president of Home Missions, 1908-1919, and then went on to lead the new Synodical Society, 1919-1931.