Papers relating to Joseph Blake and the foundation of the Juvenile Missionary Society

Notes and correspondence (including some by Mrs C W Armstrong, secretary of the JMA) on the beginning of Methodist misionary organisations for children and the work of Joseph Blake. Includes a photograph of the memorial tablet to James and Ann Burton, who formed the 'first Juvenille Missionary Assoc...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts/FBN 1 (fiche 3-4)
Date(s) of creation: c1948-c1952
Level: File
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts/FBN 1 (fiche 3-4)
Summary: Notes and correspondence (including some by Mrs C W Armstrong, secretary of the JMA) on the beginning of Methodist misionary organisations for children and the work of Joseph Blake. Includes a photograph of the memorial tablet to James and Ann Burton, who formed the 'first Juvenille Missionary Association in the Wesleyan Methodist Church'.
Extent: 1 folder
Admin history: Joseph Blake (1791-1869) was instrumental in the creation of the Juvenile Home and Foreign Missionary Society (later the Juvenile Missionary Association) and fund raising efforts through children (for further details see his entry in MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Home).
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche.
Copyright: Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Related material: Correspondence by Blake can be found amongst the Home correspondence - see handlist for details. It is possible that replies to Blake's letters are extant amongst the Outgoing correspondence series (MMS/Home/Correspondence/Outgoing/FBN 24A-24B). Further correspondence and papers by Blake on his fund raising activities and involvement in the formation of the WMMS juvenille missionary society are available (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Europe/FBN 1). There is also a photograph of the memorial tablet to him formerly in Bessborough Road Chu ... View more
Format: Archive