Methodist Missionary Society archive
The collection records the work of the Methodist Missionary Society (from the Methodist Union of 1932), and the work of the different missionary societies prior to 1932 (including the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Primitive Methodist Missionary Society and the missionary societies of the ch...
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Subjects
29
Methodism
29
Missionaries
29
Travel abroad
27
Methodists
27
Missionary work
17
Protestantism
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17
Protestants
16
Evangelism
11
Clergy
6
Primitive Methodism
6
Primitive methodists
5
Education
5
Wives of missionaries
5
Women
4
Autobiographies
4
Indigenous populations
4
Linguists
4
United Methodism
4
United Methodists
3
African cultures
3
Cultural heritage
3
Medicine
3
Mission administration
3
Missionary societies
3
Protestant missionary societies
2
Agriculture
2
Asian cultures
2
Customs and traditions
2
Ethnic groups
2
Finance
2
Laity
2
Mission policy
1
Abolition of slavery
1
Academic teaching personnel
1
African diaspora
1
African languages
1
African literature
1
Anthropologists
1
Anti-slavery legislation
1
Anti-slavery movements
1
Asian literature
1
Bantu languages
1
Bible
1
Black peoples
1
Caribbean cultures
1
Caste
1
Catholicism
1
Chinese (language)
1
Chinese literature
1
Clothing
1
Cultural conflicts
1
Cultural interaction
1
Denominational schools
1
Drugs
1
Dual heritage peoples
1
Encyclopaedias
1
Famines
1
Fashion
1
Financial administration
1
Floods
1
Health services
1
Hospitals
1
Hua Hmong dialect
1
Internment camps
1
Lexicography
1
Marriage
1
Medical personnel
1
Mission hospitals
1
Missionary deputations
1
Missionary training
1
Mythology
1
Newspaper press
1
Nurses
1
Nursing
1
Oceanic cultures
1
Opium
1
Personal narratives
1
Poetry
1
Political movements
1
Religious conversion
1
Second World War (1939-1945)
1
Sermons
1
Slavery
1
Social structure
1
Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864)
1
Textiles
1
Translations
1
Translators
1
Vocabularies
1
Vocational education
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Subcollection
957
Missionary staff portraits
461
General Official Correspondence
252
Notes and transcripts : series 1
166
Notes and transcripts : series 2
140
Rev Thomas Jackson collection
109
Audio cassettes containing interviews with missionary personnel
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96
Home Incoming correspondence
80
Correspondence and papers regarding licensing preachers in the West Indies
60
Anti-slavery papers
53
Correspondence
52
Minutes (with indices) of the General Committee of Management of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society
43
Manuscripts
38
Visual material
35
Candidates' papers, 1852
32
Candidates' papers, 1836
32
Letter books
31
Candidates' papers, 1840
30
Candidates' papers, 1837
30
Candidates' papers, 1856
30
India
29
Asia
29
Candidates' papers, 1854
28
Candidates' papers
28
Candidates' papers, 1855
28
Candidates' papers, 1869
28
Letters written by Thomas Coke
28
West Africa
27
Candidates' papers, 1839
27
Secretaries'/Officers' Meetings minutes
26
Photographs
25
Africa
24
Candidates' papers, 1842
24
Miscellaneous photographs
24
Visual Material
23
Folder of material removed from Box 661
22
Notes and draft chapters for Dr Findlay's 'History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society'
21
Candidates' papers, 1847
21
China
20
Candidates' papers, 1841
20
Candidates' papers, 1843
19
Candidates' papers, 1838
18
Candidates' papers, 1845
18
General
18
Miscellaneous
18
Miscellaneous papers, predominatly regarding access by Methodist preachers to the French Quarter on St Martin
18
Publications
18
Published material
18
West Indies [Caribbean & Americas]
17
Group photographs
17
Methodist Missionary Society archive
17
Other Correspondence
16
Candidates' papers, 1844
16
Letters
16
Minutes
16
Visual materials
15
Correspondence and other papers regarding Christian missions and the East India Company
15
Printed material
15
South Africa
15
South China
14
The 'Triton': Ship's Papers
13
Europe, correspondence
13
Newspapers
12
Americas, Europe and Pacific
12
Biographical papers
12
Candidates' papers, 1853
12
Gold Coast
12
Miscellaneous letters and manuscripts
12
South Africa, correspondence
12
Writings by C N Mylne
11
Government Publications
11
Material in or on the Ila Language with other writings
11
West Indies, correspondence
10
Candidates' papers, 1848
10
China, correspondence
10
Correspondence to Margaret Crabtree
10
Diaries and notebooks
10
Other Manuscript Material
10
Papers of Frank Deaville Walker on proposed book on Thomas Coke
10
Support for Christianity in India
9
1857 Niger expedition
9
Australasia/South Seas [South Pacific]
9
China photographs
9
Finance Committee minutes
9
India, correspondence
9
Letters written regarding items within the Thomas Coke papers
9
Manuscript Material Relating to David Hill Girls' School
9
Material Written or Collected by Edwin W Smith relating to the Central African Mission
9
Other Published Material
9
Other correspondence
9
Printed material primarily relating to missionary work in India and the East India Company
9
Rev Edwin William Smith papers
9
The 'John Wesley': Ships Papers
9
West Africa, correspondence
9
West Indies [Caribbean and Americas] photographs
8
Eastern Nigeria
8
Hupeh district
8
Journals
8
Letters written by Rev A J Hopkins
8
Mende Language
8
Miscellaneous papers
8
Olive Osborn photographs
8
Portraits and Large Photographs
8
South and West Africa
8
Various Government Departments and Officials
8
Yunnan
7
Australasia, correspondence
7
Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
7
Ceylon [Sri Lanka] photographs
7
Government publications and general papers
7
Jamaica
7
Mary Ruth Anstey papers
7
Personal Material
7
Publications and Printed Material
7
Rough Minutes of the General Committee of Management, etc
7
South Africa photographs
7
Special Series
7
The 'John Wesley': Log Books
7
The 'Triton': Log Books
7
West Africa photographs
6
Candidates' papers, 1835
6
Central Africa
6
Images of places associated with Thomas Coke
6
Letters written regarding or involving Thomas Coke
6
Manuscripts & Correspondence
6
Margaret Crabtree papers and photographs relating to David Hill Girls' School, Hanyang
6
Papers of Rev Alfred Evans
6
Papers of Rev Leslie Pacey
6
Personal papers
6
Published works
6
Sierra Leone
6
Various papers
6
West Africa, synod minutes
5
Africa visual materials
5
Australasia and South Seas [South Pacific] photographs
5
Central Africa photographs
5
Collected papers
5
Home Organisation Committee minutes
5
Hyderabad, India
5
India photographs
5
Minutes of ad hoc committees
5
Minutes of the Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society
5
Minutes of the United Methodist Foreign Missions Committee
5
North America, synod minutes
5
Other ships' related material
5
Published Material Relating to David Hill Girls' School
5
Rev Arthur Joseph Hopkins correspondence and photographs
5
Rev Leslie Pacey & Mildred Pacey papers
5
Rev William Chapman papers
5
Support for Christianity in China
5
Travel diaries and journals
5
United Methodist Missionary Society
5
Western Nigeria
4
'1786-1986 Celebrate Together' autobiographical accounts
4
'Sectional' Committee Minute Books
4
Canada
4
Christopher Thackray Eddy and Margaret Eddy correspondence
4
Correspondence with Colonial Office and Downing Street
4
Diaries
4
Dr Mary Alice Roll papers
4
Eastern Committee minutes
4
Ecumenism and support for Christianity overseas
4
Education Sub-committee of the Home Organisation Committee
4
Home
4
Home and General
4
Images of Thomas Coke
4
Kenya photographs
4
Mende Culture
4
Minutes of Candidates' Committees
4
Minutes of District Committees
4
Missionary ships' papers
4
Newspaper Cuttings
4
Northern Rhodesia [Zambia]
4
Papers & manuscripts
4
Photograph Albums
4
Photographs of Missionaries and other Staff
4
Published
4
Rev Clement Noble Mylne papers
4
Rev Dr Thomas Coke papers
4
Rev G Stainton Marris papers
4
Rev James John Ellis scrapbooks
4
Rev John Henry Hirst papers
4
Rev Thomas Birch Freeman papers
4
Rhodesia, correspondence
4
Southern India photographs
4
Unpublished material
4
West Indies
3
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3
(Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society Archive
3
Australia and New Zealand
3
Barbados & Trinidad
3
Burma [Myanmar] photographs
3
Candidates' papers, 1834
3
Candidates' papers, 1863
3
Ceylon
3
Ceylon, records
3
China, correspondence, general
3
Elizabeth Golby photographs
3
Europe
3
Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea]
3
Gambia
3
Home, records
3
India and Ceylon Sub-committee minutes
3
India, records
3
India, synod minutes
3
Isobel Chalmers Giles papers
3
Josephine May Sewell photographs
3
Letters written to Rev A J Hopkins
3
Lorna Louisa Wood photoraph albums and memoir
3
Material relating to the Women's Work Centenary 1858-1958
3
Material written by the Rev John Smith
3
Medical (Advisory) Board minutes
3
Minutes of the Bible Christian Missionary Society
3
Minutes of the Home Organisation Committee and its sub-committees
3
Miscellaneous Material
3
Mysore [Karnataka], India
3
North China
3
Northern India photographs
3
Ordination and similar papers
3
Papers regarding Rev George Marris
3
Papers regarding the regulations of Methodist missionary societies affecting their missionaries
3
Photograph albums
3
Published Material
3
Rev John Gordon Bennett correspondence
3
Rhodesia, synod minutes
3
Sermons
3
Western Committee minutes
2
'Sounds Interesting' oral history recordings
2
Administration
2
Administration of missionary ships
2
Albums
2
Australasia, records
2
British Guiana [Guyana]
2
Burma, records
2
Candidates' papers, 1849
2
Central America
2
Ceylon, correspondence
2
China, records
2
Committees on Medical Missions
2
Elija Hoole journals
2
Europe, records
2
French West Africa
2
General Purposes Committee minutes
2
General and provincial minutes
2
General papers, including those relating to the 1841 Niger Expedition
2
Glass lantern slide lecture materials
2
Government Departments
2
Herbert Osborn photograph albums
2
Hill family papers
2
Home and general visual materials
2
Hunan
2
Illustrations
2
Kenya, records
2
Letters and albums
2
Literature Sub-committee of the Home Organisation Committee
2
Manuscript Material
2
Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
2
Material relating to two Buddhist priests from Sri Lanka converted to Methodism
2
Minutes of Committees relating to Finance
2
Minutes of Discipline/Pastoral Committees
2
Minutes of Literature Committees
2
Minutes of Medical Committees
2
Minutes of Regional Committees
2
Minutes of the United Methodist Free Churches Missionary Society
2
Missionaries
2
Ningpo [Ningbo]
2
North America, records
2
Notes and transcripts
2
Paintings and Illustrations
2
Papers of Mildred Pacey (née Button)
2
Photograph albums of WMMS Swanwick summer schools
2
Postcards
2
Records of the 'John Wesley'
2
Records of the 'Triton'
2
Rev Dennis Williams manuscripts and publications on the Mende language
2
Rev Dr Adam Clarke papers on Adam Sree Goona Munhi Rathana and Alexander Dherma Rama
2
Rev Thomas Thexton and Hilda Thexton photographs and scrolls
2
Rhodesia, records
2
South Africa, records
2
Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
2
West Africa, records
2
West African papers, mainly relating to the Niger expeditions
2
West Indies, records
1
Bible Christian Home and Foreign Missionary Society
1
Burma [Myanmar]
1
Candidates' papers, 1833
1
Candidates' papers, 1846
1
Candidates' papers, 1850
1
Candidates' papers, 1857
1
Candidates' papers, 1867
1
Candidates' papers, undated
1
Europe photographs
1
Haiti
1
Honduras [Belize]
1
Joint Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes
1
Kenya
1
Leeward Islands
1
Letter written to Thomas Coke
1
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
1
Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society
1
Minutes of Literature Committees relating to Africa and the Caribbean & Americas
1
Miscellaneous correspondence
1
North America visual materials
1
Objects
1
Overseas Literature Committee minutes
1
People and places in Sierra Leone by Rev James Walton
1
People and places in the Gold Coast [Ghana] by Frank Deaville Walker
1
Photographs by Rev R Elliot Kendall
1
South Africa, synod minutes
1
South-west China District
1
The Bahamas
1
Trichonopoly [Tiruchchirappalli], India
1
United Methodist Free Churches' Home and Foreign Missionary Society
1
Wenchow [Wenzhou]
1
West Indies and West Africa Sub-committee minutes
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Subject
29
Methodism
29
Missionaries
29
Travel abroad
27
Methodists
27
Missionary work
17
Protestantism
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17
Protestants
16
Evangelism
11
Clergy
6
Primitive Methodism
6
Primitive methodists
5
Education
5
Wives of missionaries
5
Women
4
Autobiographies
4
Indigenous populations
4
Linguists
4
United Methodism
4
United Methodists
3
African cultures
3
Cultural heritage
3
Medicine
3
Mission administration
3
Missionary societies
3
Protestant missionary societies
2
Agriculture
2
Asian cultures
2
Customs and traditions
2
Ethnic groups
2
Finance
2
Laity
2
Mission policy
1
Abolition of slavery
1
Academic teaching personnel
1
African diaspora
1
African languages
1
African literature
1
Anthropologists
1
Anti-slavery legislation
1
Anti-slavery movements
1
Asian literature
1
Bantu languages
1
Bible
1
Black peoples
1
Caribbean cultures
1
Caste
1
Catholicism
1
Chinese (language)
1
Chinese literature
1
Clothing
1
Cultural conflicts
1
Cultural interaction
1
Denominational schools
1
Drugs
1
Dual heritage peoples
1
Encyclopaedias
1
Famines
1
Fashion
1
Financial administration
1
Floods
1
Health services
1
Hospitals
1
Hua Hmong dialect
1
Internment camps
1
Lexicography
1
Marriage
1
Medical personnel
1
Mission hospitals
1
Missionary deputations
1
Missionary training
1
Mythology
1
Newspaper press
1
Nurses
1
Nursing
1
Oceanic cultures
1
Opium
1
Personal narratives
1
Poetry
1
Political movements
1
Religious conversion
1
Second World War (1939-1945)
1
Sermons
1
Slavery
1
Social structure
1
Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864)
1
Textiles
1
Translations
1
Translators
1
Vocabularies
1
Vocational education
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Language
4,337
English
63
Chinese
27
Ila
22
French
20
Mende (Sierra Leone)
13
Meru
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12
Tamil
9
Telugu
6
Akan
6
Kikuyu
6
Shona
5
Afrikaans
5
Multiple languages
4
Bengali
4
Masai
4
Portuguese
4
Spanish
4
Swahili (macrolanguage)
4
Tonga (Tonga Islands)
3
Fijian
3
German
3
Xhosa
2
Bube
2
Burmese
2
Japanese
2
Khoekhoe
2
Maori
2
Tswana
1
Bantu languages
1
Santali
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