Travel diary for journey to and stay at Kasenga [Zambia]

This small loose leaf folder (130x100 mm) begins with brief references to his whereabouts and appointments while on furlough in the Primitive Methodist Mexborough Circuit near Doncaster, England. More detailed entries cover his time with relatives in Norfolk before setting off for Africa on 17 April...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/611C
Date(s) of creation: 1909
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/611C
callnumber MMS/17/02/05/02/09/02/01
callnumber_txt MMS/17/02/05/02/09/02/01
callnumber-sort MMS/17/02/05/02/09/02/01
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title Travel diary for journey to and stay at Kasenga [Zambia]
scb_date_creation 1909
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 volume
format Archive
description This small loose leaf folder (130x100 mm) begins with brief references to his whereabouts and appointments while on furlough in the Primitive Methodist Mexborough Circuit near Doncaster, England. More detailed entries cover his time with relatives in Norfolk before setting off for Africa on 17 April 1909. His journey through Southern Africa is described along with preparations at Choma, [Zambia]. He arrived at Kasenga [Zambia] on 26 May and the diary describes how the mission was set up. We can see his application and energy as he applied himself to the logistics and practical work of constructing the mission house, school and other buildings. He recorded his interactions with his workforce and local Africans and his frustration at the delay in beginning his Ila New Testament. Eventually, he found time to start on this (22 August) and the diary records his progress through Matthew's gospel with the help of his assistant Pauluse Kaiyobe and his start on the Epistle of James. At the same time he was busy with preaching, teaching, reading and writing articles and reviews.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_related_material Smith's draft of the Ila New Testament can be found at MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 13 [fiche 532-534]. Smith's correspondence on this translation work can be found at MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 13 [fiche 566] & FBN 14 [fiche 595] and MMS/PMMS/Correspondence/South & Central Africa/FBN 17 [fiches 662-663] A few images relating to diary entries can be found amongst the photographic material in MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/611B.
note Much of the information for this entry was supplied by W. John Young, February 2010
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