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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Series |
Format: | Archive |
collection |
SOAS Archive |
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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 7729891 6255151 7729885 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 |