Rev Clement Noble Mylne papers

The papers, the majority of which date from 1908 to 1936, include: letters to Mylne, chiefly from a fellow-missionary, W H Hudspeth (1887-1976), a colleague of Samuel Pollard, working with the Miao people in South West China and 3 letters about Mylne written to his daughter, Vivienne, following his...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/C N Mylne/Box 643A
Date(s) of creation: 1908-1970
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mylne; Clement Noble (1885-1970); ordained missionary
Other authors: Hudspeth; William Harrison (1887-1976); ordained missionary, mission administrator and anthropologist
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callnumber MMS/17/02/09/13
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title Rev Clement Noble Mylne papers
scb_date_creation 1908-1970
scb_level Sub-series
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scb_extent 22 files
author Mylne; Clement Noble (1885-1970); ordained missionary
author_facet Mylne; Clement Noble (1885-1970); ordained missionary
Hudspeth; William Harrison (1887-1976); ordained missionary, mission administrator and anthropologist
authorStr Mylne; Clement Noble (1885-1970); ordained missionary
author_letter Mylne; Clement Noble (1885-1970); ordained missionary
author2 Hudspeth; William Harrison (1887-1976); ordained missionary, mission administrator and anthropologist
author2Str Hudspeth; William Harrison (1887-1976); ordained missionary, mission administrator and anthropologist
format Archive
scb_admin_history Clement Noble Mylne was born at Leyton in North London on 4th March 1885. He was trained for the ministry at Shebbear College in Devon, then a Bible Christian College. Mylne was the last candidate to be accepted for the Bible Christian ministry prior to its amalgamation with the United Methodist Church in 1907. In 1908 he was appointed to Chao Tong Fu, China to work among the Nosu or I-chia people. By 1911 he was one of only two missionaries left in Tung Chu-an to witness the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty. Between 1912 and 1917 he built up a network of schools, Bible Study groups, using the Roland Allen method, and churches across an area half the size of Wales. Forced to return to England by ill health in 1917, Mylne worked in home circuits before returning to China in 1921, where he was based at Kunming [Yunnan]. Ill health again forced his withdrawal from missionary work in 1927. He served the remainder of his ministry in home circuits. He lived in Jersey from 1939 to 1946 where he and his family were for a time imprisoned by the Germans. He retired from the ministry in 1951 and died on 21st January 1970.
scb_acquisition These papers were bequeathed via Lady Margaret's Hall, Oxford, by Professor Vivienne Mylne, C N Mylne's daughter and were received in 1996.
description The papers, the majority of which date from 1908 to 1936, include: letters to Mylne, chiefly from a fellow-missionary, W H Hudspeth (1887-1976), a colleague of Samuel Pollard, working with the Miao people in South West China and 3 letters about Mylne written to his daughter, Vivienne, following his death in 1970; notebook diaries and diary extracts 1908-1916 and 1922-23; notebooks containing texts of talks and unpublished typescripts about work, travel and experiences in China and photographs (negatives and prints) of people, including Nosu individuals and groups, and places.
scb_related_name_code GB/SOASNAF/P173
GB/SOASNAF/P232
scb_related_name_relationship Creator of
Creator of
scb_place_code 1814991
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scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society.
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Not available on microfiche
scb_related_material The minutes of the Bible Christians and United Methodist Missionary Society are extant (see UMMS section of catalogue). Further photographs of the Nosu and the Yunnan area, including a handful by Mylne, are located within the China section, photograph series of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society collection. Professor Vivienne Mylne's papers relating to their time in Jersey are held by the Jersey Archive Service and the remainder of her personal papers are at the University of Kent.
scb-callnumber-first Indigenous populations
Missionaries
Missionary work
Methodism
Methodists
Travel abroad
Indigenous populations
United Methodism
United Methodists
topic Indigenous populations
Missionaries
Missionary work
Methodism
Methodists
Travel abroad
Indigenous populations
United Methodism
United Methodists
topic_facet Indigenous populations
Missionaries
Missionary work
Methodism
Methodists
Travel abroad
Indigenous populations
United Methodism
United Methodists
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hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0002.0009.0013