Rev William Chapman papers

Papers include journals, manuscript translations, published translations, PMMS publications, a few letters and miscellaneous items. There is also a significant body of visual material comprising individual photographic prints and photograph albums.


Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 14, FBN 15 & Box 612B
Date(s) of creation: 1886-1932
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Chapman; William (1869-1947); joiner & wheelwright, ordained, educational and medical missionary

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 14, FBN 15 & Box 612B
Summary: Papers include journals, manuscript translations, published translations, PMMS publications, a few letters and miscellaneous items. There is also a significant body of visual material comprising individual photographic prints and photograph albums.
Main author: Chapman; William (1869-1947); joiner & wheelwright, ordained, educational and medical missionary
Extent: 2 boxes
Admin history: William Chapman was born at Stubley, Lincolnshire, on 12 January 1869. At 14 he became an apprentice joiner and wheelwright. He converted to Methodism in 1881 and was an active local preacher in Lincolnshire by 1891. He was ordained as a Primitive Methodist minister in 1895 and was dispatched to work in the PMMS Central African Mission. On arrival he worked with the Rev Frederick Pickering in Mashukulumbweland at Nkala [Zambia] but by the end of the year Chapman had founded the mission at Nanzela [Nanzhila, Zambia]. From this base he also explo ... View more
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche, with the exception of visual material (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/Box 612B)
Language: English
Ila
Shona
Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for William Chapman (MMS/PPMS/Correspondence/South & Central Africa/FBN 17). Furthermore, reports written by him or about his work should also be extant (MMS/PPMS/Reports/Quarterly/FBN 3). Papers relating to Chapman (including translations of hymns into Ila) can be found amongst the Edwin W Smith papers (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 13 (fiche 532-) & 14 (fiche 571-610)). Photographs by or featuring Chapman ... View more
Format: Archive