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.
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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
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Related material: |
Photographs of Olive Osborn's missionary work in Nigeria are available (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1216). |
Format: |
Archive
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