'China Mission. Memoirs of a Devoted Christian Missionary. The Rev C Wilfred Allan'

Typescript manuscript entitled 'China Mission. Memoirs of a Devoted Christian Missionary. The Rev C Wilfred Allan'. Autobiographical work but finalised after Allan's death. Gives overview of Christian missions to China and then an account of his own personal experiences as a missionary in the (Wesle...

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Order number: MMS Box 1204
Date(s) of creation: late 20th century
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Allan; Charles Wilfrid (1870-1958); ordained and educational missionary, linguist

Order number: MMS Box 1204
Summary: Typescript manuscript entitled 'China Mission. Memoirs of a Devoted Christian Missionary. The Rev C Wilfred Allan'. Autobiographical work but finalised after Allan's death. Gives overview of Christian missions to China and then an account of his own personal experiences as a missionary in the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society districts of Wuchang and Hunan from 1895 until the end of the Second World War. As well as his evangelism and translation work he comments on indigenous beliefs and customs, the 'Boxer' movement, notable figures in Chinese politics, the Hunan uprising, 1911 revolution, civil war, Sino-Japanese war and internment.
Main author: Allan; Charles Wilfrid (1870-1958); ordained and educational missionary, linguist
Extent: 1 volume
Admin history: Charles Wilfrid Allan was born into a Methodist family in York in 1870. After training at Headingley College he was accepted in 1895 by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in their Wuchang District in China, its chairman being the Rev David Hill who was known to Allan's family and an inspirational figure to Allan himself. In 1913 he was invited to participate in the preparation of the Union Bible but evangelical work and the First World War (where he was stationed in France with Chinese labourers) intervened. From 191 ... View more
Custodial history: Gift to Methodist Church Overseas Division from Allan's daughter, Winifred, July 1984
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for C W Allen (MMS/China/Correspondence/Wuchang/FBN 20, MMS/China/Correspondence/Hupeh/FBN 6-7 & MMS/China/Correspondence/Hunan/FBN 4-5). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail the work of Allen, and his colleagues, in districts he was stationed in (MMS/China/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-6).
Format: Archive