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Papers of Neil Bernard (1909-1991)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 46
Scope and Contents The material consists of papers, reports, correspondence, articles and press cuttings relating to: (1) South Africa: includes some early records such as on Lovedale (1884-1950s), material on the Paris Evangelical Society (1917-1960s), and material on the reaction of the churches to events in South Africa (1960s-1970s). (2) Zimbabwe: with material on Christian reaction to events (1951-1979). (3) Zambia: includes correspondence about the Livingstonia Mission (Rhodesia) Provident Fund...
Dates: 1884-[ca. 1989]

Papers of Ragnhild Whiting (1912-2018) and Sister Marjorie Raphael (b. 1923), Society of St Margaret, Haiti

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 21
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two main series: (1) Ragnhild Whiting material which includes: biographical information on Whiting (1986-1990); diary and journal entries by Whiting describing her work in Haiti (1980-1991); notes for talks and addresses given by Whiting on Haiti (1985-1990); material for a biography of Whiting by her daughter mainly abstracts from journals and letters (1980-1992); letters to Whiting about her work (1986-1991); newsletters, pamphlets and circulars relating to St...
Dates: 1956-1992

Papers of Richard Baxter (1925-2009)

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Identifier: CSWC 35
Scope and Contents The collection consists of: annual reports written by Baxter (1956-1958); circular letters sent by the Baxters to friends and supporters (1955-1969); notebooks and diary entries written by Baxter describing his visits to congregations and village churches around Mulanje (1961-1962); general correspondence including a copy of a letter written by John Moir (1895, 1955-1960s); material relating to the United Church Lay Training Centre in Chilema (1965-1968); papers, articles and reports on...
Dates: 1895-1993
Photo of Robert Laws (1951-1934)
Photo of Robert Laws (1951-1934)

Papers of Robert Laws

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-75
Scope and Contents

The Papers of Robert Laws consist of notebooks and papers mainly relating to the work of the Livingstonia Mission in Nyasaland (now Malawi), including notebooks on African languages. There is correspondence and other papers and also printed items including translations from the Bible and grammars.

Dates: c 1875-1934

Papers of Robert Moffat

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-220
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of four letters from Moffat (c 1841, 1873-1875) referring to engagements and to payment for 'Scripture Lessons'; The Lords Prayer in Tswana in Moffat's hand (after 1870); an engraved, autographed portrait of Moffat; and the first verse of a hymn in the Tswana language in Moffat's hand (1841).

Dates: [ca. 1841]-1875

Papers of T. Ralph Morton (1900-1977) and Jenny Morton (1901-1986)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 11
Scope and Contents The collection is in two main parts: letters from Ralph Morton (and from 1927 his wife Jenny) to his parents and brothers describing his life and work as a missionary in China with some reference to the political situation and attitudes to religion (1925-1937); and letters from the Mortons to Robert and Dorothy Mackie referring to Morton's life as a student in Glasgow (1924) and to life in China (1925-1930); the collection also includes a few 'miscellaneous' items such as a Manchurian...
Dates: 1924-1972

Papers of the Rev. Will Freshwater and A. (Nancy) Freshwater

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1059
Scope and Contents The collection - E2005.13 - is composed of typescript and manuscript material in the form of off-prints, articles, reports, notebooks, letters, postcards, and diary. There are also photographs.Within the typescript material and collection of letters, there is: correspondence with users of the collection covering period 1980-1985; a copy of Manners and customs of the Ba-Bemba, collected by W. Freshwater, Mbereshi, 1906; manuscript postcard notes,...
Dates: 1901-1985

Papers of the Rt. Rev. Stanley Booth-Clibborn (1924-1996)

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Identifier: CSWC 44
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of material relating to the Booth-Clibborns' visit to Kenya to monitor the 1992 elections with reports, briefings, press releases and cuttings and correspondence (1992-1993); also includes other press cuttings and articles about Kenya (1972-1993); and some material on the Africa Christian Press.

Dates: 1972-1993

Papers of Thomas Colvin (1925-2000)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 39
Scope and Contents The collection consists of three main sections (1) personal items and early mission history; (2) Colvins in Malawi 1954-1958; and (3) Colvins in Malawi 1964-1974. Section (1) includes: personal items on Colvin such as his c.v.; and material on early mission and church history including publications and early accounts and photographs (1890s-1976). Section (2) includes: mission and church reports and papers (1950s); letters to the Colvins around the time that they were excluded from Malawi,...
Dates: [ca. 1890]-2001

Papers of William Hutton Marwick

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-219
Scope and Contents The collection consists of: correspondence, personal papers and diaries, in particular letters to Marwick from his family and others referring to personal matters, to Marwick's editorship of publications and to the Ruskin Reading Guild, and on occasion to his work in Scotland and at the mission in Old Calabar (1881-1901); letters to Miss Elizabeth Hutton, who was later to become Marwick's wife, some about her appointment as a missionary at Old Calabar (1891-1899); the diaries of Marwick...
Dates: 1881-1901

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Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 2
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 2
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Arthur, John William, 1881-1952, Medical Missionary in Kenya 1
Barlow, Arthur Ruffell, 1888-1965 (Scottish Missionary) 1
Booth, Joseph, 1851-1932 (English Missionary in Africa) 1
Church of Scotland 1
Drake, Frederick Seguier, 1892-1974 (English Baptist priest; Dean of the School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong) 1
Evangelical Union of South America 1
Foreign Mission Committee the Church of Scotland 1
Freshwater, Nancy (Annie), 1874-1959 (Married to missionary Will Freshwater) 1
Freshwater, Will, 1872-1936 (Missionary) 1
Harrison, Eleanor Jane, 1872-1930 (Missionary in China) 1
Help for Brazil Mission 1
Hitchcock, Maud, b 1882 (née Sinclair | missionary in China) 1
Hutton, Elizabeth 1
Kenyan African National Union (founded 1960) 1
Kenyatta, Jomo, c 1897-1978 (Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician) 1
Latin Link 1
Laws, Amelia Nyasa, 1886-1978 (medical practitioner) 1
London Missionary Society 1
MacBrair, Robert Maxwell, fl 1836-1843 1
Marwick, William Hutton, 1863-1940, Scottish Missionary 1
Moffat, Robert, 1795-1883, Scottish Missionary 1
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 1
Ross, John, D.D., Rev Dr, 1842-1915 (Scottish missionary, first translator of Bible into Korean) 1
Scott, David Clement Ruffell, 1853-1907, Scottish Missionary 1
Shepperson, George, 1922-2020 (Professor of Commonwealth and American History) 1
South American Evangelical Mission 1
Taylor, Helen M., fl.1933-1963 (Church of Scotland Missionary) 1
United Free Church of Scotland Training College, Edinburgh 1
United Free Church of Scotland (1900-1929) 1
United for Mission (UFM). Unevangelised Fields Mission (1931-) (Mission organisation) 1
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