Rev Dennis Williams manuscripts and publications on the Mende language
Publications and manuscripts created and collected by Rev Williams relating principally to the Mende language but also to cultural activities. As well as Rev Williams other authors and contributors include Rev J R S Law, Rev Tom Harris, Rev Stanley Brown, Sister Mary Mawson, Samai Bundo Sunga, Rev W...
| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1216 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1932-1977 |
| Level: |
Sub-series |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Williams; Dennis (1929-1996); ordained missionary |
| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1216 |
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| Summary: |
Publications and manuscripts created and collected by Rev Williams relating principally to the Mende language but also to cultural activities. As well as Rev Williams other authors and contributors include Rev J R S Law, Rev Tom Harris, Rev Stanley Brown, Sister Mary Mawson, Samai Bundo Sunga, Rev W R E Clarke, Rev P F Jibao and unnamed Mende catechists. |
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| Main author: | Williams; Dennis (1929-1996); ordained missionary | |
| Extent: |
3 files |
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| Admin history: | Dennis Williams was born in Acton, Middlesex [London], on 7 February 1929 and studied part-time for a degree in chemistry and physics from the University of London. After his ministerial training at Wesley House, Cambridge, he remained in the city to serve his first ministry in 1951. A year later he was posted by the Methodist Missionary Society to serve in Sierra Leone where he took an interest in the Mende language (including translating the Methodist Book of Offices). During his first furlough in England he married Brenda Lewis on 4 December 1954 and then they both returned to Sierra Leone where they served in a number of circuits including Segbwema, Kailahun, Sumbuya, Tikonko and Bunumbu. At Segbwema Williams was involved in the bible school (later training centre) which produced a number of works on the Mende language as well as providing training for lay leaders and preachers. In 1965 they returned to England being posted first to Basingstoke and then Eastbourne from 1970 to 1976. For part of this period (1969-1974) Williams was a member of the Central Committee of the Methodist Missionary Society. In 1976 he accepted the Chair of the Oxford and Leicester District where he remained for thirteen years before spending the last five years of his active ministry in the Barry Circuit in South Wales. Rev Williams died on 1 August 1996 leaving a widow, Brenda, and three children (Rebecca, Helen and David). | Dennis Williams was born in Acton, Middlesex [London], on 7 February 1929 and studied part-time for a degree in chemistry and physics from the University of London. After his ministerial training at Wesley House, Cambridge, he remained in the city to serve his first ministry in 1951. A year later he was posted by the Methodist Missionary Society to serve in Sierra Leone where he took an interest in the Mende language (including translating the Methodist Book of Offices). During his first furlough in England he married Brenda Lewis on 4 December ... View more |
| Acquisition: |
Collection accepted as a donation on behalf of the Methodist Church from Mrs Brenda Williams of Northampton, February 2004 |
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| Arrangement: | Material arranged as manuscripts and published works | |
| Access status: |
Open |
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| Copyright: | Copyright mainly with the Trustees for Methodist Churches | |
| User restrictions: | For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance | |
| Language: | English Mende (Sierra Leone) |
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| Scripts: |
Latin |
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| Format: | Archive |