Registers of Missionaries

Original registers of missionaries maintained by the London Missionary Society, and later the Council for World Mission. Volumes contain annotated entries for each individual missionary (given a unique missionary number), including biographical information and details of missionary service overseas,...

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Date(s) of creation: 1796-1993
Level: Sub-Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.01.05.13
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber CWM/LMS/01/05/13
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/01/05/13
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/01/05/13
prefix_number 13
title Registers of Missionaries
scb_date_creation 1796-1993
scb_level Sub-Series
level_sort 5/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/
scb_extent 4 volumes
format Archive
description Original registers of missionaries maintained by the London Missionary Society, and later the Council for World Mission. Volumes contain annotated entries for each individual missionary (given a unique missionary number), including biographical information and details of missionary service overseas, periods of furlough and retirement. The first volume of the Register, London Missionary Society. A Register of Missionaries, Deputations, etc. from 1796 to 1923, was published in 1923. All volumes are indexed.
scb_arrangement Registers are organised by the date of appointment.
scb_access_status Restrictions Apply
scb_conditions_gov_access Registers contain personal data regarding named individuals, and are closed for 80 years from the date of the final entry in each volume. NOTE: Where the date of death can be verified for individuals in closed volumes, applications for access to information on that individual may be made in writing to the Archivist.
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
scb_copies Copies of the Registers of Missionaries are also maintained by the Council for World Mission.
scb_publications London Missionary Society. A Register of Missionaries, Deputations, etc. from 1796 to 1923, edited by James Sibree, published in 1923.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0001.0005.0013