Letters from and to Shepperson about Booth and sources relating to Booth and Chilembwe, 1937; 1950-1982
Scope and Contents
Letters from and to Shepperson about Booth and sources relating to Booth and Chilembwe, includes correspondence with: Walter Main of the Zambesi Mission in London; Walter Cockerill a Seventh Day Baptist missionary about Booth and Baptist records with transcriptions of Booth letters and other material; Mary Moore, wife of N. O. Moore who was sent by the Seventh Day Baptists to investigate Booth, with copies of some items held at the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society in Plainfield, America including a letter from Chilembwe to Booth; A. A. Carscallen a Seventh-day Adventist; D. D. T. Jabavu, a contemporary of Booth and leading African political figure; W. H. Chard who worked at the Zambesi Industrial Mission; Francis Hadfield, a church of Christ missionary in Southern Rhodesia; and about sources in England America and South Africa and the connection between Booth and F. Z. Peregino.
Dates
- Creation: 1937; 1950-1982
Creator
- From the Fonds: Booth, Joseph, 1851-1932 (English Missionary in Africa) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
MS 2503
Previous reference
MS 2501/9
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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