Personal private and confidential letters to and from China and East Asia missionaries (N-Z)

Correspondence (formerly identified as personal or confidential) with missionaries dealing with appointments, re-deployments, problems with other missionaries, etc. Some interesting material on the re-deployment of China missionaries c1950 and conditions in Communist China. Includes correspondence w...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/1951-1960, Box EA/27
Date(s) of creation: 1947-1955
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/1951-1960, Box EA/27
Summary: Correspondence (formerly identified as personal or confidential) with missionaries dealing with appointments, re-deployments, problems with other missionaries, etc. Some interesting material on the re-deployment of China missionaries c1950 and conditions in Communist China. Includes correspondence with H. Noble (re Bible Depot and Mr Graf, and also Children's Allowances, 1953-1954), Frank Short (re Mr Graf, 1954), A. E. Small (Hong Kong, re Mary's death, 1954-1955), and Miss M. A. E. Smith (1954).
Extent: 1 file
Custodial history: From a selection of files comprising mainly correspondence between Rev R.K. Orchard and Rev F. Short. Orchard was LMS Secretary for China & Africa. Short was representative of the LMS Board for Southeast Asia (based in Hong Kong).
Acquisition: Transferred to SOAS from Council for World Mission offices in 2005
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright owned by Council for World Mission
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Format: Archive