| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 15-20
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| Summary: |
Papers, 1910-1962, of the Rev S D Gray, comprising personal correspondence, 1910-1940s; personal papers, 1910-1950, among them journals, a diary and autobiographical extracts, including accounts of journeys in Rhodesia, addresses on missionary work, notes for sermons, and papers on Gray's furloughs - MBE, health, and retirement; papers relating to missionary work, including correspondence with Missionary Society officials, 1924-1954, correspondence and papers on medical, educational, and evangelistic matters and on indigenous customs including marriage, 1919-1962, and printed material, 1911-1940s; circular letters and circuit and district reports, 1912-1951, on various circuits in Rhodesia; papers, 1911-1955, largely typescript, on general missionary affairs in Rhodesia; correspondence with Oliver Roebuck, 1923-1925, 1930, and Roebuck's diary, 1923.
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| Main author: |
Gray; Sidney Douglas (1883-1963); ordained and educational missionary, linguist |
| Other authors: |
Roebuck; Oliver (1896-1966); ordained missionary |
| Extent: |
11 boxes
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| Admin history: |
Born in Rockferry, Birkenhead, England, 1883; trained at Didsbury theological college; ordained as a Wesleyan Methodist minister; served the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society at Chipembi, Northern Rhodesia [Zambia], 1910-1915; chaplain to the armed forces, 1915-1917; returned as missionary to Northern Rhodesia [Zambia], 1917; instrumental in the development of Chipembi mission station and its circuit, although his treks in the Luano Valley did not result in permanent missionary endeavour there owing to shortages of money and manpower; served the Selukewe, Salisbury, Broken Hill, Lusaka, Nambala and Kafue circuits; reduced the language of the Bene-Mukuni to writing, translating part of the Bible and producing a vernacular hymnbook; began the first girls' secondary school in Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] at Chipembi, 1928; supernumerary from 1951; subsequently served at Chingola; MBE; married, firstly, Louie Barrett and, secondly, Dorothy Mabel Christian Hinks; died, 8th April 1963.
Further Reading:
Extracts from the papers of Rev Sydney Douglas Gray, pioneer missionary in central Africa, 1883-1964 (?1964);
Gray, S D, Frontiers of the kingdom : the story of Wesleyan missions in Rhodesia (?1923);
Gray, S D, First Mukuni reader, standard I. Libuku lyatatu lyakubala mu bwine-Mukuni (1937);
Gray, S D, Second Mukuni primer, sub-standard B. Kabuku kabili kakubala mu bwine-Mukuni (1937). |
Born in Rockferry, Birkenhead, England, 1883; trained at Didsbury theological college; ordained as a Wesleyan Methodist minister; served the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society at Chipembi, Northern Rhodesia [Zambia], 1910-1915; chaplain to the armed forces, 1915-1917; returned as missionary to Northern Rhodesia [Zambia], 1917; instrumental in the development of Chipembi mission station and its circuit, although his treks in the Luano Valley did not result in permanent missionary endeavour there owing to shortages of money and manpower; serve ... View more |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
Only to be viewed on microfiche.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society. |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Finding aids: |
Handlist available
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| Related material: |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Sidney Douglas Gray - the majority of which can be found within MMS/South Africa/Rhodesia/Correspondence/FBN 33-36 and box 1260. Furthermore, synod minutes will detail his work, and that of his colleagues, in the North Rhodesia distrcit (MMS/South Africa/Rhodesia/Synod Minutes/FBN 6-7 & boxes 1257-1259). There are also a few photographs taken by Gray within the Central Africa photographs section (MMS/Central Africa/Photographs/Box 1195b/file 9). |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Sidney Douglas Gray - the majority of which can be found within MMS/South Africa/Rhodesia/Correspondence/FBN 33-36 and box 1260. Furthermore, synod minutes will detail his work, and that of his colleagues, in the North Rhodesia distrcit (MMS/South Africa/Rhodesia/Synod Minutes/FBN 6-7 & boxes 1257-1259). There are also a few photographs taken by Gray within the Central Africa photographs section (MMS/Central Africa/Photographs/Box 1 ... View more |
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Archive
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