| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1216
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| Summary: |
Photographs of her colleagues, students and schools she worked at as well as images of Lagos, Nigeria. There are also a few photographs of her time whilst training at Kingsmead College, Birmingham.
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| Main author: |
Osborn; Olive Margaret (1923-2008); educational missionary |
| Extent: |
6 files and 1 publication
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| Admin history: |
Olive Margaret Osborn was born on 4th October 1923. In 1948 she began her missionary training at Kingsmead College, Birmingham, and was appointed in 1950, by the Women's Work Committee of the Methodist Missionary Society, to teach in Nigeria. Her first posting was to the Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba, Lagos, where she remained until 1960. As well as teaching in the school her role included some outreach work in neighbouring villages and supporting evangelical work. In 1960 she transferred to the Methodist High School in Ilesha (which had opened in 1956). In 1962, she resigned from the Methodist Missionary Society and became a direct employee of the school where she remained until 1965. Osborn died on 10th June 2008. |
Olive Margaret Osborn was born on 4th October 1923. In 1948 she began her missionary training at Kingsmead College, Birmingham, and was appointed in 1950, by the Women's Work Committee of the Methodist Missionary Society, to teach in Nigeria. Her first posting was to the Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba, Lagos, where she remained until 1960. As well as teaching in the school her role included some outreach work in neighbouring villages and supporting evangelical work. In 1960 she transferred to the Methodist High School in Ilesha (w ... View more |
| Acquisition: |
Gift, accepted on behalf of the Methodist Church, from Ruth Osborn, April 2005
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| Arrangement: |
Retained original bundles (no discenable order within them) of photographs and listed them as files in chronological order. A numbering system was used on the rear of many of the photographs which probably corresponded with a list identifying them (which is not extant in this collection). |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Copyright: |
Copyright mainly vested with 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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| Scripts: |
Latin
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| Related material: |
A small group of papers relating to the Osborn family are available (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Home/Box 1215). |
| Format: |
Archive
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