Transcriptions of letters written by the Rev Robert Dixon, 1905-1908

Transcriptions of letters - from the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society archive - written by Dixon from Epworth House, Padiham [Lancashire], Bingley [Yorkshire] and Bathurst, Gambia, between July 1905 and November 1908. Letters discuss his preparations prior to departing for missionary work in...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1404
Date(s) of creation: 2005
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1404
callnumber MMS/17/01/02/144
callnumber_txt MMS/17/01/02/144
callnumber-sort MMS/17/01/02/144
prefix_number 144
title Transcriptions of letters written by the Rev Robert Dixon, 1905-1908
scb_date_creation 2005
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 10 pages
format Archive
scb_admin_history Rev Robert Dixon (1854-1939) served the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in The Gambia from 1879 to 1882 and again from 1905 to 1909.
scb_acquisition Gift, accepted on behalf of the Methodist Church, from Mr John Holt, June 2005
description Transcriptions of letters - from the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society archive - written by Dixon from Epworth House, Padiham [Lancashire], Bingley [Yorkshire] and Bathurst, Gambia, between July 1905 and November 1908. Letters discuss his preparations prior to departing for missionary work in The Gambia and then comments on his experiences once there including impact of Islam, language skills needed, lack of 'native agents', attempts to increase size of the mission, education, etc.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by author
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_originals MMS/West Africa/Correspondence/FBN 7
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0001.0002.00144

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