Biographical papers
These papers are arranged by overseas region and then by individual missionary. Material - dating from the late eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century - includes diaries, journals, notebooks, letters, ms histories on missions and regions, ms biographical and autobiographical paper...
| Date(s) of creation: |
1691-2007 |
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| Level: |
Series |
| Format: | Archive |
| Summary: |
These papers are arranged by overseas region and then by individual missionary. Material - dating from the late eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century - includes diaries, journals, notebooks, letters, ms histories on missions and regions, ms biographical and autobiographical papers, published works and a few photographs. Comprises the following regions: Home, Europe, West Indies [Caribbean and Americas], West Africa, South Africa, Central Africa, Kenya, India, Burma [Myanmar], Ceylon [Sri Lanka], China and Australasia & the South Seas [South Pacific]. Includes the papers of the following missionaries of various Methodist denominations: Henry Badger, Samuel Broadbent, John Brown, W T Brown, James Calvert, Thomas Coke, William Dowson, Thomas Birch Freeman, Samuel Goodyer, S D Gray, David Hill, A J Hopkins, John Hunt, Thomas and Nella Mckenzie, Samuel Pollard, Charles Posnett, Barnabas Shaw, William Shaw, Edwin W Smith, Gladys Stephenson, George & Mary Swinnerton, John Thomas and George & Harriet Wrigley. |
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| Extent: |
118 boxes |
| Note: |
Brief biographical information along with references to where further information appears in printed sources is available from the Methodist Missionary Register. Please contact us for details. |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Access conditions: |
The majority of the collection is only available for consultation on microfiche. |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by various, although mostly Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
| User restrictions: | For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: | English Multiple languages |
| Related material: | Obituaries for missionaries (where they were ordained Methodist ministers) can usually be found in the Minutes of Conference for the specific denomination they served. |
| Format: | Archive |