(WESLEYAN) METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY/METHODIST CHURCH OVERSEAS DIVISION
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(WESLEYAN) METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY/METHODIST CHURCH OVERSEAS DIVISION
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Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Church Overseas Division Women's Work of the Methodist Missionary Society Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist New Connexion Missionary Society Bible Christian Home and Foreign Missionary Society United Methodist Free Church Foreign Missions United Methodist Missionary Society |
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Cultural interaction
Home mission administration Religious organizations Missionary societies Mission policy Mission administration Overseas/foreign mission administration Religious institutions Religious movements Finance Financial administration Political systems Colonial countries Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Methodism Visual materials Photographs Travel Travel abroad Missionaries Evangelistic missionaries Evangelistic missionary work Transport Vehicles Ships Mission ships Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Methodists Religious activities Missionary work Womens missionary work Nonconformists Nonconformity |
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Description |
Records, 1744-1976, documenting the work of the Methodist Missionary Society (from the Methodist Union of 1932), and the work of its predecessor missionary societies prior to 1932 - the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, and the missionary societies of the churches that formed the United Methodist Church - and covering overseas missionary work in Europe, North America, West Indies, Africa, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), China, Burma and Australasia. The main series for the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society/Methodist Missionary Society include material from the home organisation in London, which directed overseas missionary affairs, including Committee minutes and papers, candidates papers, 1829-1869, finance papers, 1817-1945, and outgoing correspondence. However, the bulk of the material comprises Synod minutes and correspondence send to London from missionaries in the overseas districts, including Europe, North America, West Indies, West Africa, Central Africa, South Africa, Kenya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Southern India, Northern India, Burma, China & South East Asia, and Australasia/South Seas. Special series include biographical material of missionaries from all denominations; missionary ships' logs and papers; and a miscellaneous assortment of notes, typescripts, unpublished articles and histories. There are approximately 2500 photographs, which cover India, Burma, Ceylon, Australasia, Africa, China and the West Indies. The collection also includes minutes of Conference for the Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1744-1976. |
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School of Oriental and African Studies
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2008-02-07
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text
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text/html
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http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=77&inst_id=19
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Rights |
The majority of the collection is only available for consultation on microfiche. In most instances only photographic material or personal papers are currently available for beyond 1950. Apply to Keeper of Archives in first instance. |
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