| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/Personal/Boxes 7 & 8
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| Summary: |
Papers, 1892-1904, of William Harwood Nutt, concerning his time with the London Missionary Society at Fwambo and Kambole in Central Africa, and comprising letters, 1892-1896, to and from his family and other correspondents; notes on supplies, 1892-1894; journals, 1892-1896, including notes on trips; meteorological registers, 1893-1895; surgical and medical records, 1894; three official papers on African affairs, 1895-1896; manuscripts, notes, and sketches, including maps, on Central Africa, its people, customs and beliefs, climate and topography; photographic negatives and prints of people and scenes; manuscript papers by Nutt on native treatment of disease in Central Africa, 1904.
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| Main author: |
Nutt; William Harwood (1869-1943); artisan missionary |
| Extent: |
2 boxes
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| Admin history: |
Born at Beeston, near Nottingham, England, 1869; member of a Congregational chapel in Sheffield; appointed as a London Missionary Society (LMS) artisan assistant missionary in the Central Africa Mission; left England and arrived at Fwambo, 1892; settled at Kambole, 1894; returned to England on medical advice and resigned his connection with the LMS, 1896; died at Bournemouth, 1943. |
| 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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| Related material: |
The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including letters from individual missionaries, among them Nutt (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Incoming Correspondence); Nutt’s candidate’s papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates’ Papers Box 12 No 29); three reports, including industrial, medical and surgical work, by Nutt at Fwambo, 1893, and Kambole, 1894 (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Reports Box 1 Files 9-11). SOAS also holds photographs of central Africa, c1893-1902, possibly taken by Nutt (Ref: MS 380617 Wareham Box 1 File 1). |
The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including letters from individual missionaries, among them Nutt (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Incoming Correspondence); Nutt’s candidate’s papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates’ Papers Box 12 No 29); three reports, including industrial, medical and surgical work, by Nutt at Fwambo, 1893, and Kambole, 1894 (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Reports Box 1 Files 9-11). SOAS also holds photographs of central Africa, c1893-1902, possibly taken by N ... View more |
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Archive
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