Edwin Pryce Jones Papers

Papers of Edwin Pryce Jones, in Papua 1899-1915, including diaries, 1899-1901, diary jottings 1918-1923, and notebook n.d.


Order number: CWM/LMS/Papua/Personal/Box 7
Date(s) of creation: 1899-1923
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.20.07.04
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Papua/Personal/Box 7
callnumber CWM/LMS/20/07/04
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/20/07/04
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/20/07/04
prefix_number 04
title Edwin Pryce Jones Papers
scb_date_creation 1899-1923
scb_level Sub-series
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1 box (part)
format Archive
scb_admin_history Born 1 Jun 1864 at Aberdeen; studied at Hackney College; appointed to Farafangana, SE Madagascar; ordained 15 Mar 1893; married Minnie Ellis Page, 30 Mar 1893; left England 26 May 1893; arrived at Manajara, 6 Jul, going on to Farafangana, where he settled; after the French conquest, the Farafangana Mission having been handed over to the Norwegian Mission, Mr and Mrs Jones returned to England, arriving 10 Jul 1898; appointed to Papua Mission, left England 28 Apr 1899, to proceed to Jokea, Papua; in 1915, they went to Australia for Deputation work; died 27 Jul 1928.
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 Papers of Edwin Pryce Jones, in Papua 1899-1915, including diaries, 1899-1901, diary jottings 1918-1923, and notebook n.d.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Detailed list of Edwin Pryce Jones Papers (list A3), available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0020.0007.0004