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American Sunday-School Union
Created by a long-running American religious publishing society, these books grew out of an effort to bring reading and Christian education to children and families. The organization became especially known for affordable, widely distributed literature for young readers.
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Self-Denial; or, Alice Wood, and Her Missionary Society
by American Sunday-School Union
History of Orrin Pierce
by American Sunday-School Union
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Founded in Philadelphia in 1817 as the Sunday and Adult School Union, the organization took the name American Sunday-School Union in 1824. Its mission was to support Sunday schools and reach local communities through religious education, especially in places where children had little access to books or formal schooling.
Publishing quickly became central to its work. Early on, the Union issued large numbers of books, cards, and teaching materials, and it developed a broad catalog for young readers that included stories, biography, history, hymns, and practical religious instruction. Many 19th-century children's books and devotional works now credited to the American Sunday-School Union were produced as part of that larger educational mission.
The organization later evolved through several name changes, becoming American Missionary Fellowship in 1974 and InFaith in 2011. For readers today, the American Sunday-School Union name usually points not to one individual writer, but to a publishing body whose books reflect a major strand of 19th-century American Protestant print culture.