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...

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Archive & Special Collections MMS/17/02 Open

Date(s) of creation: 1691-2007
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.02
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MMS/17/02
callnumber_txt MMS/17/02
callnumber-sort MMS/17/02
prefix_number 02
title Biographical papers
scb_date_creation 1691-2007
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 118 boxes
format Archive
description 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.
scb_place_code 6255148
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9406051
7729886
7729894
7729896
7729895
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access The majority of the collection is only available for consultation on microfiche.
scb_copyright Copyright held by various, although mostly Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
Multiple languages
language_search English
Multiple languages
scb_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.
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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0002

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