| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Home/Personal/Boxes 7-9
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| Summary: |
Correspondence and papers, c1870-1959, of and relating to Frank Lenwood, including papers and correspondence, c1870-1920, concerning his parents Walter and Charlotte Lenwood; his early essays and press cuttings about him, c1881-1910; letters to his parents and correspondence about his schooling, 1882-1895; letters received from various correspondents, 1893-1933; printed circulars and personal letters from Lenwood and his wife Gertrude from trips to London Missionary Society (LMS) missions in China, India, Benares, the South Seas and Papua, 1906-1916, 1922; letters to various correspondents on religious and personal matters, 1916-1934, including his connection with Greengate Congregational Church; notebooks relating to preaching, 1926-1934 and undated; working papers on the 'Oxford Group' movement, c1931-1933; copies of his articles and pamphlets, 1900-1933; copy of An order for the Solemnization of Matrimony ... with an order for the Burial of the Dead, undated, with annotations by Lenwood, 1900-1934 where dated; extracts from his diaries and letters, 1893-1935, for the use of his biographer, and reviews of the biography, 1936-1937; correspondence about the disposal of his books and papers, 1959.
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| Main author: |
Lenwood; Frank (1874-1934); Congregational minister and missionary |
| Extent: |
3 boxes
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| Admin history: |
Born in Sheffield, England, 1874; son of the Rev Walter Lenwood (1843-1918, formerly Peppercorn) and Charlotte (née Pye-Smith); brother of Dr Norah Bryson (1876-1947, medical missionary to Peking) and of Maida Leith (1881-1939, missionary to Madras); studied at Corpus Christi and Mansfield Colleges, Oxford; MA, University of Oxford; assistant minister at Queen Street, Wolverhampton, 1900-1901; tutor at Mansfield College, 1901-1906; married Gertrude Margaret Wilson (d 1971), 1903; visited London Missionary Society (LMS) mission stations in China and India, 1907-1908; ordained at Mansfield College, 1909; LMS missionary in Benares, 1909-1912; visited England on medical advice, 1912; foreign secretary of the LMS, 1912-1925; with his wife, visited India with a deputation from the LMS, 1913-1914; deputational visit to Australia, the South Seas and Papua, 1915-1916; visited India with an LMS deputation, 1922-1923; Honorary Director of the LMS, 1926; pastor of Greengate Congregational Church, Plaistow, 1926-1934; died in France following a climbing accident, 1934. For further information see Roger Wilson, Frank Lenwood (1936). Publications: Sermon preached ... before leaving for mission work ... at Benares (1909); Pastels from the Pacific (1917); Social Problems and the East: a Point of Honour (1919); Forces of the Spirit (1925); Modern Problems in the South Seas [1925]; W G Lawes: the scholar as pioneer [1926]; R K Evans [1928]; Jesus - Lord or Leader? (1930); Why all this Fuss about `Sweeps'? (1931); Gambling - why not? (1934). |
Born in Sheffield, England, 1874; son of the Rev Walter Lenwood (1843-1918, formerly Peppercorn) and Charlotte (née Pye-Smith); brother of Dr Norah Bryson (1876-1947, medical missionary to Peking) and of Maida Leith (1881-1939, missionary to Madras); studied at Corpus Christi and Mansfield Colleges, Oxford; MA, University of Oxford; assistant minister at Queen Street, Wolverhampton, 1900-1901; tutor at Mansfield College, 1901-1906; married Gertrude Margaret Wilson (d 1971), 1903; visited London Missionary Society (LMS) mission stations in Chin ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
The papers were deposited with the London Missionary Society and form part of the special series of personal papers of individual LMS missionaries and officers. |
| Acquisition: |
Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the London Missionary Society by the Congregational Council for World Mission (later Council for World Mission) in 1973.
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| Finding aids: |
Detailed list of the papers of Frank Lenwood (list A3) is available for consultation at the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS Library.
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| Copies: |
Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers. |
| Related material: |
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), which include Lenwood's candidate's papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates' Papers Box 21 No 7); papers concerning Lenwood's deputational visit to the South Seas and Papua, including copies of his letters, 1898-1916 (Ref: CWM/LMS South Seas Miscellaneous Boxes 8-10); reports by Lenwood, 1921, 1923 (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Reports Box 5 Files 38, 40); copy letter by Lenwood [1924] (Ref: CWM/LMS South China Reports Box 6 File 59); photographs taken by Lenwood in the Cook Islands (Ref: CWM/LMS South Seas Photographs Box 5 File 25); group photograph including Lenwood, 1914 (Ref: CWM/LMS Home Photographs Box 1 File 2); group photograph including Lenwood in India (Ref: CWM/LMS India Photographs Box 5 File 23); head and shoulders photograph of Lenwood (Ref: CWM/LMS Missionary Portraits Box 3); tributes by members of the Board of Directors of the London Missionary Society to Lenwood, 1934 (Ref: CWM/LMS Home Miscellaneous Box 14/5); and obituaries, 1934 (Ref: CWM/LMS Home Personal Box 5/5). SOAS also holds correspondence of Lenwood dating from 1919-1929 (Ref: IMC/CBMS Box 512 File 3) and 1921-1923, 1925 (Ref: IMC/CBMS India Archive Box 393 File 5; ibid Box 419 File 10); papers of James Trenchard Hardyman, including undated information on Lenwood (Ref: PP MS 63 Box 58 File 104). |
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), which include Lenwood's candidate's papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates' Papers Box 21 No 7); papers concerning Lenwood's deputational visit to the South Seas and Papua, including copies of his letters, 1898-1916 (Ref: CWM/LMS South Seas Miscellaneous Boxes 8-10); reports by Lenwood, 1921, 1923 (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Reports Box 5 Files 38, 40); copy letter by Lenwood [1924] (Ref: CWM/LMS South China Reports ... View more |
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Archive
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