Papers of Margaret Katherine Sabin

Papers, 1919-1962, of Margaret Katherine Sabin, including notes, letters and photographs. Letters include those written to her family (1919-1950), describing work at the school and mission station in Mbereshi. Also includes photographs of Mbereshi.


Date(s) of creation: 1919 - 1962
Level: Collection
Format: Archive           

Reference number: MS 380320
Summary: Papers, 1919-1962, of Margaret Katherine Sabin, including notes, letters and photographs. Letters include those written to her family (1919-1950), describing work at the school and mission station in Mbereshi. Also includes photographs of Mbereshi.
Main author: Sabin; Margaret Katherine (1887-1978); missionary
Extent: 3 boxes
Admin history: Margaret Katherine Sabin was born on 17 Apr 1887. She was educated at Camden School, with a scholarship of three years to the North London Collegiate School. From 1913-1914, she undertook a training course at Westhill, Selly Oak. She was a member of the Church at Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, North London, and its associated Mission at Kentish Town. In 1919, she accompanied her sister on a two-year visit to China, where she observed the work of the London Missionary Society. In 1922, she returned by way of South Africa, and spent a few months at H ... View more
Acquisition: Donated in 1981.
Arrangement: The material has been arranged into the following sections: correspondence of Margaret Sabin; correspondence of Janet Bryson; correspondence of Mary Livingstone; other manuscript materials; East Africa Tour 1950. Correspondence has been arranged chronologically.
Access status: Open
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Finding aids: Unpublished handlist.
Related material: The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the papers of Mabel Shaw (Ref: MS 380319) relating to Mbereshi, and the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS).
Format: Archive           
Subjects:
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/SOASNAF/P99 Bryson; Janet (fl 1923-1940) Person
GB/SOASNAF/P192 Livingstone; Mary (fl 1930-1962); of Mbereshi, Zambia Person
GB/NNAF/P153925 Sabin; Margaret Katherine (1887-1978); missionary Person
GB/SOASNAF/F22 Sabin; family; missionaries Family
GB/SOASNAF/C139 Livingstone Memorial School; Mbereshi, Zambia Corporate
GB/NNAF/C54634 London Missionary Society Corporate
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
7729889 Eastern Africa
9406051 Southern Africa
895949 Zambia
176130 Mbereshi
176129 Mbereshi Mission