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
460
General Official Correspondence
247
Notes and transcripts : series 1
165
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
52
Correspondence
52
Minutes (with indices) of the General Committee of Management of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society
41
Manuscripts
35
Candidates' papers, 1852
32
Candidates' papers, 1836
32
Letter books
31
Candidates' papers, 1840
31
Visual material
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
25
Africa
24
Candidates' papers, 1842
24
Miscellaneous photographs
23
Folder of material removed from Box 661
23
Visual Material
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
19
Photographs
18
Candidates' papers, 1845
18
West Indies [Caribbean & Americas]
17
Group photographs
16
Candidates' papers, 1844
16
Letters
16
Minutes
16
Other Correspondence
15
Correspondence and other papers regarding Christian missions and the East India Company
15
Published material
15
South Africa
14
Publications
13
Newspapers
13
Printed material
12
Americas, Europe and Pacific
12
Biographical papers
12
Candidates' papers, 1853
12
Miscellaneous
12
Miscellaneous letters and manuscripts
12
Miscellaneous papers, predominatly regarding access by Methodist preachers to the French Quarter on St Martin
12
Writings by C N Mylne
11
Government Publications
10
Candidates' papers, 1848
10
Diaries and notebooks
10
Papers of Frank Deaville Walker on proposed book on Thomas Coke
10
Support for Christianity in India
10
The 'Triton': Ship's Papers
9
1857 Niger expedition
9
Australasia/South Seas [South Pacific]
9
Finance Committee minutes
9
Letters written regarding items within the Thomas Coke papers
9
Other correspondence
9
Rev Edwin William Smith papers
9
The 'John Wesley': Ships Papers
8
Journals
8
Letters written by Rev A J Hopkins
8
Miscellaneous papers
8
Olive Osborn photographs
8
Other Manuscript Material
8
Portraits and Large Photographs
8
Various Government Departments and Officials
7
Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
7
Government publications and general papers
7
Home and General
7
Mary Ruth Anstey papers
7
Material Written or Collected by Edwin W Smith relating to the Central African Mission
7
Other Published Material
7
Printed material primarily relating to missionary work in India and the East India Company
7
Publications and Printed Material
7
Rough Minutes of the General Committee of Management, etc
7
South and West Africa
7
Special Series
7
The 'John Wesley': Log Books
7
The 'Triton': Log Books
6
Candidates' papers, 1835
6
Images of places associated with Thomas Coke
6
Letters written regarding or involving Thomas Coke
6
Manuscript Material Relating to David Hill Girls' School
6
Manuscripts & Correspondence
6
Methodist Missionary Society archive
6
Papers of Rev Alfred Evans
6
Personal Material
6
Personal papers
6
Various papers
5
Collected papers
5
Home Organisation Committee minutes
5
Margaret Crabtree papers and photographs relating to David Hill Girls' School, Hanyang
5
Mende Language
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
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
Support for Christianity in China
5
Travel diaries and journals
5
United Methodist Missionary Society
4
'1786-1986 Celebrate Together' autobiographical accounts
4
'Sectional' Committee Minute Books
4
Canada
4
Central Africa
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
Europe
4
Home
4
Images of Thomas Coke
4
Material in or on the Ila Language with other writings
4
Minutes of Candidates' Committees
4
Minutes of District Committees
4
Missionary ships' papers
4
Newspaper Cuttings
4
Papers & manuscripts
4
Papers of Rev Leslie Pacey
4
Photograph Albums
4
Photographs of Missionaries and other Staff
4
Published
4
Published works
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
Rev William Chapman papers
4
Unpublished material
4
West Indies
3
Candidates' papers, 1834
3
Candidates' papers, 1863
3
Ceylon
3
Correspondence to Margaret Crabtree
3
Elizabeth Golby photographs
3
Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea]
3
India and Ceylon Sub-committee minutes
3
Isobel Chalmers Giles papers
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
Medical (Advisory) Board minutes
3
Mende Culture
3
Minutes of the Bible Christian Missionary Society
3
Minutes of the Home Organisation Committee and its sub-committees
3
Ordination and similar papers
3
Papers regarding the regulations of Methodist missionary societies affecting their missionaries
3
Photograph albums
3
Published Material
3
Rev Clement Noble Mylne papers
3
Rev John Gordon Bennett correspondence
3
Sermons
3
Western Committee minutes
2
'Sounds Interesting' oral history recordings
2
Administration
2
Administration of missionary ships
2
Albums
2
Australia and New Zealand
2
Candidates' papers, 1849
2
Committees on Medical Missions
2
Elija Hoole journals
2
General Purposes Committee 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
Josephine May Sewell photographs
2
Letters and albums
2
Literature Sub-committee of the Home Organisation Committee
2
Manuscript Material
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
Missionaries
2
Notes and transcripts
2
Papers of Mildred Pacey (née Button)
2
Papers regarding Rev George Marris
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
Visual materials
2
West African papers, mainly relating to the Niger expeditions
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
Eastern Nigeria
1
Joint Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes
1
Kenya
1
Letter written to Thomas Coke
1
Material written by the Rev John Smith
1
Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society
1
Minutes of Literature Committees relating to Africa and the Caribbean & Americas
1
Minutes of the United Methodist Free Churches Missionary Society
1
Miscellaneous correspondence
1
North America visual materials
1
Objects
1
Overseas Literature Committee minutes
1
Paintings and Illustrations
1
Photographs by Rev R Elliot Kendall
1
Rev Thomas Thexton and Hilda Thexton photographs and scrolls
1
South-west China District
1
United Methodist Free Churches' Home and Foreign Missionary Society
1
West Africa photographs
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
English
38
Chinese
18
French
14
Mende (Sierra Leone)
12
Meru
11
Ila
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10
Tamil
8
Telugu
6
Akan
6
Shona
5
Kikuyu
5
Multiple languages
4
Masai
4
Portuguese
4
Spanish
3
Afrikaans
3
Fijian
3
German
3
Swahili (macrolanguage)
3
Tonga (Tonga Islands)
3
Xhosa
2
Bengali
2
Bube
2
Burmese
2
Japanese
2
Khoekhoe
2
Maori
2
Tswana
1
Bantu languages
1
Santali
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