Herbert Osborn photograph albums

Two photograph albums of Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society summer schools held at Swanwick, Derbyshire, 1912-1914. An account, with programme and photograph, of the Women's Work Centenary 1958.


Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Home/Box 1215
Date(s) of creation: 1912-1958
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Osborn; Herbert Derry (fl 1912-1958); lay Methodist

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Home/Box 1215
Summary: Two photograph albums of Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society summer schools held at Swanwick, Derbyshire, 1912-1914. An account, with programme and photograph, of the Women's Work Centenary 1958.
Main author: Osborn; Herbert Derry (fl 1912-1958); lay Methodist
Extent: 1 box
Admin history: Mr & Mrs Herbert Derry Osborn were active members of the wider Methodist missionary movement, with Mr Osborn being particularly active in the Wesleyan Methodist Laymen's Missionary Movement in Scotland after the Second World War. Their daughter, Olive Margaret Osborn (1923-2008), served the Methodist Missionary Society as a teacher in Nigeria from 1950 to 1965. Ruth Osborn (nee Lenton, 1921-), her sister-in-law, also worked in education in Nigeria from 1945 to 1947, including for at time at the Oron Girls' School.
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
Related material: Photographs of Olive Osborn's missionary work in Nigeria are available (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1216).
Format: Archive