Central Africa

Comprises the personal papers of missionaries who worked for the MMS (or its predecessors) in their districts in Central Africa. Papers relate mainly to missionary work in Rhodesia [Zambia and Zimbabwe]. There is also a small amount of material relating to South Africa. Includes the papers of Arthur...

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Date(s) of creation: 1877-1962
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.02.05
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MMS/17/02/05
callnumber_txt MMS/17/02/05
callnumber-sort MMS/17/02/05
prefix_number 05
title Central Africa
scb_date_creation 1877-1962
scb_level Sub-series
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 18 boxes
format Archive
description Comprises the personal papers of missionaries who worked for the MMS (or its predecessors) in their districts in Central Africa. Papers relate mainly to missionary work in Rhodesia [Zambia and Zimbabwe]. There is also a small amount of material relating to South Africa. Includes the papers of Arthur Baldwin (PMMS), William Chapman (PMMS), S D Gray (WMMS) and Edwin W Smith (PMMS). Mostly in English but also Ila, Afrikaans, Mashukulumbwe and Shona
scb_place_code 895949
878675
9406051
7729886
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access The majority of this material is only available for consultation on microfiche.
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
Ila
Afrikaans
Shona
language_search English
Ila
Afrikaans
Shona
note Brief biographical information on Methodist missionaries who worked in the Central African districts along with references to where further information appears in printed sources is available from the Methodist Missionary Register. Please contact us for details.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0002.0005