Frank Lenwood Papers

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, 188...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/Personal/Boxes 7-9
Date(s) of creation: c 1870-1959
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Lenwood; Frank (1874-1934); Congregational minister and missionary
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Home/Personal/Boxes 7-9
callnumber CWM/LMS/20/01/06
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title Frank Lenwood Papers
scb_date_creation c 1870-1959
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author Lenwood; Frank (1874-1934); Congregational minister and missionary
author_facet Lenwood; Frank (1874-1934); Congregational minister and missionary
authorStr Lenwood; Frank (1874-1934); Congregational minister and missionary
author_letter Lenwood; Frank (1874-1934); Congregational minister and missionary
format Archive
scb_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).
scb_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.
scb_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.
description 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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scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_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.
scb_copies Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.
scb_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).
scb-callnumber-first Clergy
Congregationalism
Congregationalists
Evangelism
Mission administration
Mission policy
Missionary work
Missionaries
Missionary deputations
Protestants
Protestantism
Schools
Travel abroad
topic Clergy
Congregationalism
Congregationalists
Evangelism
Mission administration
Mission policy
Missionary work
Missionaries
Missionary deputations
Protestants
Protestantism
Schools
Travel abroad
topic_facet Clergy
Congregationalism
Congregationalists
Evangelism
Mission administration
Mission policy
Missionary work
Missionaries
Missionary deputations
Protestants
Protestantism
Schools
Travel abroad
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hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0020.0001.0006