Copy of notes entitled 'The Place and Function of Missionaries in the Hong Kong Methodist Church 1950-1963' by Rev Desmond Gilliland

With copy of covering letter (October 2002) from Gilliland to Rev Dr Li Ping Kwong, President of the Methodist Church in Hong Kong.


Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1404
Date(s) of creation: 2002
Level: Item
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1404
Summary: With copy of covering letter (October 2002) from Gilliland to Rev Dr Li Ping Kwong, President of the Methodist Church in Hong Kong.
Extent: 10 pages
Admin history: Rev J Arthur Desmond Gilliland (1921-2008) served the Methodist Missionary Society in their Hupeh District in China from 1946 to 1950 and then in Hong Kong from 1954 to 1962
Acquisition: Gift, accepted on behalf of the Methodist Church, from author, January 2003
Access status: Open
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
Scripts: Latin
Related material: Gilliland's 1989 thesis entitled 'Brief encounter. The meeting of Methodist missionaries and the people of the Hupeh province in central China, 1862-1951' (MMSL CH231). Similiar but shorter article by Frank Evison in Kingdom Overseas, Feb 1966 (MMSL X11).
Format: Archive