Memoir of Rev Leonard W Juby

Photocopy of transcript of the Rev Leonard W Juby's memoir and autobiography from the late C19th to 1961. Includes: account of his childhood and background; his local preaching; his experiences in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War One; training at Richmond College; missionary service in...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1217
Date(s) of creation: c1973
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1217
Summary: Photocopy of transcript of the Rev Leonard W Juby's memoir and autobiography from the late C19th to 1961. Includes: account of his childhood and background; his local preaching; his experiences in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War One; training at Richmond College; missionary service in Sierra Leone (evangelical, educational and medical work) as well as commenting on local events, industries, politics, etc; ministerial work in Great Britain (Isle of Wight, Manchester, Suffolk, Rugby); teaching Mende at Rhodes House in Oxford; experiences as a minister in Manchester during World War Two; family life; return visit during Sierra Leone independence in 1961.
Extent: 187 pages
Admin history: Rev Leonard W Juby (1893-1962) served the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in Sierra Leone on three occassions (1921-1933, 1945-1951 & 1955-1959)
Custodial history: Gift to the Methodist Church Overseas Division by Mrs Juby (via Rev R C Richards), November 1982
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by author
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Format: Archive