General Official Correspondence

Correspondence, mainly received by Edwin W Smith, mostly from officials on the General Missionary Committee of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society as well as from other missionary colleagues. There are also a few letters written by Smith and a few general papers (including reports and plans)....

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 13 [fiche 563-568]
Date(s) of creation: 1906-1910
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 13 [fiche 563-568]
Summary: Correspondence, mainly received by Edwin W Smith, mostly from officials on the General Missionary Committee of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society as well as from other missionary colleagues. There are also a few letters written by Smith and a few general papers (including reports and plans). A significant proportion of the correspondence regards the founding of the new Central African mission in Kasenga [Zambia] and includes information on the site, fund raising, finances and Edwin W Smith's role. Some correspondence also on health and financial policy.
Extent: 150 items
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Language: English
File number: 2
Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Correspondence involving Smith, largely comprising letters from Smith relating to his time as a missionary in Africa, 1898-1924, are available (MMS/PMMS/Correspondence/South & Central Africa/FBN 16-17) - see handlist
Format: Archive