Guide to the Robert Leonard McIntire Papers

The Robert Leonard McIntire Papers, 1886-1993, consist primarily of materials relating to McIntire's missionary service in Brazil for the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and its sucessor, the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations (COEMAR) of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA); and McIntire's ecumenical work as a COEMAR fraternal worker in the Caribbean.

The collection is divided into five series: Brazil, 1886-1891, 1898, 1924-1983; Caribbean, 1960-1993; Academic materials, 1945-1964; Photographs, 1958-1989, bulk 1959; and Phonograph records, circa 1950s-early 1970s. Series III, Academic materials, is divided into two subseries: Princeton Theological Seminary Th.D dissertation and materials, 1949-1959, and Course material, 1945-1964, bulk 1945-1946.

The Brazil series is the largest of the five series and contains materials primarily in English and Portuguese with some material in Spanish. There is one folder of assorted correspondence from the late 1940s to 1965 and undated. Material documenting Centro Audio-Visual Evangelico (CAVE) and the McIntires includes correspondence, reports, publications, newsletters, bulletins, and  brochures, primarily from the 1950s to the 1960s. Material and programs of the Central Committee of the Centenary and the United Presbyterian Committee of the Centennial are largely in Portuguese. Mission newsletters include Brazil Notes, from 1973 to 1975 and 1977; and C. R. Notes, from 1965 and undated. There are three folders of mission minutes, reports, newsletters, and other material from 1945 to 1949 and from 1956 to 1965 and undated. A flat box, housing newsletters, newspapers, and clippings from the 1950s to the mid-1960s, includes scattered issues of Presbyterian Church of Brazil publications largely in Portuguese. Publications consist of assorted religious and secular items, including biographical/historical sketches, articles, and catalogs. Assorted materials pertain to Brazil and Latin America. Also included is the diary of Irene H. Baker (Mrs. Peter G. Baker), a Presbyterian missionary to Brazil from 1924 to 1961. Diary entries are from October 1924 to March 1926 and from January to March 1945. Folders are in alphabetical order by folder description.

The Caribbean series includes a folder of material concerning the Caribbean Committee on Joint Christian Action (CCJCA) and RAVEMCCO, the Caribbean Christian Communications Network (CCCN), the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), the Christian Action for Development in the Eastern Caribbean (CADEC), and the Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC). Newspapers and newsletters include an incomplete run of the November 1971 to December 1981 regional ecumenical Christian newspaper, Caribbean Contact (English edition); 1977-1984 scattered issues of the CCC publication, Christian Action newsletter; World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) newsletters from 1974 to 1982; and newspapers and clippings pertaining to the Caribbean. There are two folders of assorted publications and a folder of assorted materials. A folder of correspondence includes a few post Caribbean service "Dear Friends" letters from the McIntires. Folders are in alphabetical order by folder description.

The Academic materials series is divided into two subseries: Princeton Theological Seminary Th.D dissertation and materials, 1949-1959, and Course material, 1945-1964, bulk 1945-1946. The first subseries includes a folder of correspondence concerning Robert McIntire's thesis and the 1959 Centennial of the Presbyterian Church in Brazil; a bound typescript reproduction and an unbound annotated typescript of “Portrait of Half a Century: Fifty Years of Presbyterianism in Brazil (1859-1910),” Robert McIntire's Th.D. dissertation; a card index of materials for "Portrait of Half a Century;" several folders of research materials including undated transcripts and reproductions of nineteenth and twentieth century material; and undated annotated manuscript sources. Some assorted material is in Portuguese. The second subseries consists of four folders of lecture notes and other course material of Robert McIntire during his enrollment at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1945 to 1946. Courses include Church and State; Contemporary Catholicism, Modern Developments in Roman Catholic Theology; and Theology of the French Reformation. Folders in both subseries are in alphabetical order by folder description.

The Photographs series includes images from two Presbyterian events held in Brazil during the 1959 centennial celebration of the Presbyterian Church in Brazil. A set of photographs and a brochure in Portuguese document the Alianca Presbiteriana Mundial/World Presbyterian Alliance 18th General Council held in Sao Paulo from July 7 to August 6. The Rev. Dr. Charles Tudor Leber, the General Secretary of the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations of the UPCUSA and delegate to the 18th General Council, suffered a fatal heart attack while in attendance. An August 2 memorial service program and two photographs of Leber, most likely taken during the 18th General Council, are also included. The other set of photographs document the centenary celebration in Rio de Janeiro. Folders are in alphabetical order by folder description.

The Phonograph records series includes a selection of recordings and a catalog in Portuguese. Produced in Brazil by CAVE from circa 1950s to circa 1960s, the records are housed in their original sleeves. Another selection of recordings are primarily Christian music and programs.