South China Incoming Correspondence

Incoming correspondence from LMS missionaries in the South China mission field. The letters have been written predominantly by missionaries, but there are also letters from the wives of missionaries; LMS officials, including directors and secretaries; local converts and evangelists, most significan...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/16/02 Open

Date(s) of creation: [1803?]-1927
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.16.02
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber CWM/LMS/16/02
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/16/02
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/16/02
prefix_number 02
title South China Incoming Correspondence
scb_date_creation [1803?]-1927
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 40 boxes
format Archive
description Incoming correspondence from LMS missionaries in the South China mission field. The letters have been written predominantly by missionaries, but there are also letters from the wives of missionaries; LMS officials, including directors and secretaries; local converts and evangelists, most significantly the Chinese minister whom Robert Morrison called Leangafa [spelling variations include Leang A Fa, Leang A-Fa, Leung A-Fa] (letters from 1826 to 1852); representatives of other missionary societies operating in the field, and representatives of private concerns, including local and colonial officials. Detailed cataloguing has been completed at file level for the period [1803?]-1874 for South China, and 1845-1871 for Fukien [Fujian]. Catalogue entries provide the names of correspondents, dates, places and a summary of the subject matter. Letters for the later period have yet to be catalogued.
scb_arrangement Incoming correspondence for the South China mission field is divided into two sequences. The first sequence is identified simply as South China and includes Canton [Guangzhou], and Hong Kong. The second sequence relates to the province of Fukien [Fujian], and includes correspondence from Amoy [Xiamen], and Changchow [Zhangzhou]. Until 1927, the LMS kept all correspondence received from the mission field in strict chronological order. From approximately the last quarter of the 19th century, each letter has a cover sheet, which gives it a unique number, date sent, date received by the Home Office, the appropriate governing region (Eastern, Southern etc) and a precis of contents. The arrangement of incoming correspondence changed in 1928, when the administrative decision was made to file incoming and outgoing correspondence together in alphabetical files from individuals.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Detailed lists of Incoming Correspondence for South China, 1807-1874 (G2), and Fukien, 1845-1871 (G3), are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Digitised copies of these lists are available in SOAS Digital Collections - see URL links in catalogue records by region.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0016.0002

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