Rev David Hill papers

Papers, 1822-1917, of and relating to the Rev David Hill, including journals, 1865-1889 (some gaps); Hill's notes, sermons and addresses, 1863-1875 and undated, including some lantern slides, the subjects including the Old Testament, missionary work, China, including the opium trade and Chinese lite...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 24-29
Date(s) of creation: 1822-1917
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Hill; David (1840-1896); ordained missionary, mission administrator
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 24-29
Summary: Papers, 1822-1917, of and relating to the Rev David Hill, including journals, 1865-1889 (some gaps); Hill's notes, sermons and addresses, 1863-1875 and undated, including some lantern slides, the subjects including the Old Testament, missionary work, China, including the opium trade and Chinese literature, and Hill's visit to America; letters from Hill to various members of his family, 1847-1896, and other correspondents, 1873-1895; various letters, 1847-1917, some to Hill, but including miscellaneous others; photographs of Hill and other subjects, including Chinese costumes; books belonging to Hill, 1857-1895, such as Bibles, a prayer book, and hymn books; woodcut for visiting card; correspondence and papers, 1858-1897 and undated, some printed, relating to missionary work and other affairs in China, including anti-foreign riots, 1891; papers, 1877-1881 and undated, relating to the opium trade; Central China Lay Mission cash book, 1894-1899; printed papers, 1822-1917, including material relating to missionary work in China and to Methodism, including Methodism in York.
Main author: Hill; David (1840-1896); ordained missionary, mission administrator
Extent: 7 boxes
Admin history: Born in York, England, on 18th December 1840; trained at the theological college, Richmond; ordained as a Wesleyan Methodist minister; posted to the Central China mission field, based in Wuchang, Hupeh [Hubei] province; sailed to China, 1864; visited Japan for health reasons, but returned to missionary work in China; his single status made him more mobile than most Protestant missionaries; with a few other missionaries, including the Baptist Timothy Richard, engaged in famine relief work in Shansi [Shanxi] province, 1878-c1880; the experience e ... View more
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
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
Chinese
Finding aids: Handlist available
Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for David Hill (MMS/China/Correspondence/Canton/FBN 1-2 & MMS/China/Correspondence/Wuchang/FBN 18-20). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail the work of David Hill, and his colleagues, in the Hankow/Wuchang district (MMS/China/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-2).
Format: Archive           
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