Commonwealth Missionary Society

Records, 1836-1966, of the Commonwealth (formerly Congregational or Colonial) Missionary Society, relating to the administration of the Society and its mission activity in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, southern Africa, Jamaica, and India, and comprising Board minutes, Committee minutes, finance mi...

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Date(s) of creation: 1836 - 1970
Level: Sub-collection
Format: Archive           
Main author: Commonwealth Missionary Society
Other authors: Colonial Missionary Society
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Summary: Records, 1836-1966, of the Commonwealth (formerly Congregational or Colonial) Missionary Society, relating to the administration of the Society and its mission activity in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, southern Africa, Jamaica, and India, and comprising Board minutes, Committee minutes, finance minutes, annual reports, and overseas correspondence. Few records survive for the 19th century, although both Board and Committee minutes date from 1836-1837.
Main author: Commonwealth Missionary Society
Other authors: Colonial Missionary Society
Extent: 66 boxes
Admin history: The Congregational Missionary Society was formed in 1836 with the principal aim of working to provide communities in Canada and North America with ministers. The Society changed its name to the Colonial Missionary Society soon after its formation. Its work was restricted to the British colonies, and later its work would spread out from its base in North America. The Colonial Missionary Society was linked to the Congregational churches, which is reflected in its early name, and the administrative Board or Committee was a committee of the Congreg ... View more
Acquisition: Deposited by the Congregational Council for World Mission (later Council for World Mission) in 1973.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged as a sub-collection within the Council for World Mission archive (Ref: CWM), and the papers have accrued in a main deposit, 1836-1940, and three subsequent accruals, 1941-1950, 1951-1960, 1961-1970. The papers were rearranged in 2001.
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Candidates files are closed for 75 years from the last date on file.
Copyright: Copyright held by Council for World Mission unless otherwise indicated.
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Finding aids: An unpublished list to the papers is available.
Related material: The School of Oriental and African Studies holds another sub-collection of the Council for World Mission, the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS).
Format: Archive           
Subjects: