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Church Missionary Society Archive
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Church Missionary Society Archive [microform].
Physical Description
Manuscripts.
Language
English
Notes
Section III, Part 2, CMS Gleaner is covered in Film S647. Section III, Part 3, CMS Outlook is covered in Film S649.
New reels received as filming is completed.
For more detailed holdings information, see records for each section/part.
Microfilm. Marlborough : Adam Matthew Publications, 1996- 1722 reels ; 35 mm.
The CMS Archives originals are located at the University of Birmingham Library and the CMS in London.
Organization
Section I, East Asia Missions: Parts 1-3, Japan 1869-1949 (including the Loochoo Naval Mission 1843-1861); Parts 4-9, Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 1880-1949; Part 10, China 1834-1949.
(Section I, cont'd) Part 11, South China Mission, 1885-1934; Part 12, South China Mission, 1888-1934; Part 13, Chekiang Mission, 1885-1934; Part 14, Chekiang Mission, 1888-1934; Part 15, Western China Mission, 1897-1934; Part 16, Western China Mission, 1898-1934 & Fukien Mission, 1900-1934 ; Part 17, Fukien Mission, 1911-1929;
(Section I, cont'd) Part 18, Fukien, 1900-1934, Kwangsi-Hunan, 1911-1934, China General & South China, 1935-1951; Part 19, South China, Chekiang, West China, Fukien and Kwangsi-Hunan Missions, 1934-1951; Part 20, Annual Letters for Japan, China and Canada, 1917-1934; Part 21, Periodicals; Part 22, China General, South China, Japan.
Section II, Missions to Women: 1. Society for Promoting Female Education in China, India & the East (or Female Education Society) 1834-1899; 2. India's Women & China's Daughters, 1880-1939, and Looking East at India's Women & China's Daughters, 1940-1957; 3. Homes of the East, 1910-1948, Daybreak, 1889, 1893-94, 1906-1909, The Indian Female Evangelist, 1872-1880;
(Section II, cont'd) 4. The Indian Female Evangelist, 1881-1893, The Zenana: or, Woman's work in India, 1893-1935, The Zenana: Women's work in India and Pakistan, 1936-1956; 5. Minutes of the Zenana, Bible and Medical Mission, 1865-1937 and the annual reports of the Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society, 1863-1879.
Section III, Central Records: Part 1 combines three sources: CMS Register of Missionaries, 1804-1918; History of the CMS by Eugene Stock; Catalogues to the Overseas Archive and the CEZMS and FES Archives. Parts 2-3: CMS Gleaner 1841-1921 [see note], CMS Outlook 1922-1972 [see note]; Gleaner Pictorial Album 1888 & Missionary Atlas 1879. Part 4: Annual letters, 1887-1907. Part 5: CMS Medical Journals, 1892-1940. Part 7: CMS Minutes, 1799-1837. Part 8: CMS Minutes, 1837-1853.
(Section III, cont'd) Part 9: Minutes, 1854-1876, Indexes, 1799-1876. Part 10: CMS Periodicals. Part 11: Periodicals. Part 12: Periodicals. Parts 13 & 14: CMS Collection of Lives of Missionaries held at the CMS Library.
(Section III, cont'd) Part 15: Church Missionary Society Record. Part 16: CMS Awake! Part 17: CMS Minutes, 1876-1898 and Indexes to Minutes, 1875-1907. Part 18: CMS Minutes, 1898-1949. Parts 19-20: Papers of Henry Venn. Part 21: Diaries of Dr. Max Warren and family. Part 22: Pamphlets.
Section IV, Africa Mission: Part 1, West Africa (Sierra Leone), 1803-1883; Part 2, West Africa (Sierra Leone), 1819-1887; Part 3, Nigeria (Yoruba), 1844-1880; Part 4, Nigeria (Yoruba), 1845-1880; Part 5, West Africa (Sierra Leone), 1818-1880; Part 6, Nigeria-Niger, 1857-1882; Part 7, Sudan, Northern Sudan, Upper Nile Missions; Parts 8-9, Nigeria-Yoruba, 1880-1934; Part 10, Nigeria-Niger, 1880-1934; Part 11, Nigeria-Niger; Part 12, Sierra Leone; Part 13, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, 1935-1949.
(Section IV, cont'd) Part 14, Egypt Mission, 1889-1934; Part 15, Egypt Mission, 1889-1949; Part 16, South Africa, Kenya and Nyanza Missions, 1836-1888; Part 17, Kenya Mission, 1880-1934; Part 18, Kenya Mission, 1880-1934; Part 19, Tanganyika, Nyanza and Rwanda Missions, 1880-1934; Part 20, Uganda Mission, 1898-1934; Part 21, Kenya Mission, 1935-1949; Part 22, Uganda Mission, 1898-1934.
Section IV, (cont'd) Part 23, Uganda, Tanganyika and Rwanda Missions, 1935-1949; Part 24, Mauritius, Madagascar and the Seychelles Missions, 1856-1929; Parts 25-26, Africa General, 1935-1949;
Section V, Missions to the Americas: Part 1, West Indies Mission, 1819-1861; Part 2, North West Canada, 1821-1880; Part 3, North West Canada, 1822-1930; Part 4, British Columbia Mission, 1856-1925.
Addendum: Reel 1, covering items in Section I, Parts 13-15; Section III,Part 6; Section V, Part 2.
Section VI, Missions to India: Part 1, India General and North India Mission; Part 2, North India Mission; Part 3, South India Mission; Part 4, South India Mission; Part 5, North India Mission, 1817-1880; Part 6, North India Mission, 1817-1880; Part 7, Madras Mission and Bombay Mission, 1935-1959; Part 8, Missions to India; Part 9, Punjab and Sindh Mission, 1935-1959 (Reels 183-199)
Section VII, General Secretary's Papers: Part 1, Papers relating to Africa, 1847-1950; Part 2, Papers relating to Africa, 1873-1949; Part 3, Papers relating to Japan & China, 1874-1952.
Section VIII, Home Papers: Part 1, Papers of the CMS Education Secretaries, 1910-1959.
Section IX, Middle East Missions: Part 1, Palestine, 1935-1959 & Middle East General, 1935-1959; Part 2, Palestine, 1880-1934; Part 3, Palestine, 1880-1934; Part 4, Palestine, 1902-1934.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Church Missionary Society was formed at a public meeting at the Castle and Falcon Inn, Aldersgate, London on April 12, 1799, in response to the revival in the Church of England, the desire to spread the gospel and the infamy of slavery. It was called the Society for Missions to Africa and the East, renamed in 1812 the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East. However, since the Archbishop of Canterbury and other leaders in the Church of England saw no need for another missionary society, formal approval for the Society was not given until 1815. The first missionaries, German Lutherans, sailed for Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1804; however, no English missionaries sailed until 1815, a schoolmaster to Sierra Leone and three clergymen to North India and South India and Malta. As the number of men needing training for missionary service increased, the Society opened its own training college, the Church Missionary Institution, at Islington in 1825. There was no training for women until the 1890s, either at The Willows or the Highbury Training Home, where 388 women had been trained for service by the turn of the century. The first women missionaries were sent to East Africa and Palestine. Despite some interruption and moving during the world wars, the CMS remained committed to providing training for their missionaries, eventually amalgamating the men's and women's colleges in 1969 at Crowther Hall, Selly Oak. Prayer and financial support was solicited locally at first, then through preaching tours and public meetings. Potential missionaries were recruited by this means as well. The CMS has grown into one of the largest and most influential missionary societies in the world.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Microforms
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2010
Indexes/Finding aids
Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
References
Church Missionary Society Archive. Microfilm. Film Ms109. Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
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Church Missionary Society Archive. Microfilm. Film Ms109. Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
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