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Letter to Arthur Evans Moule from Thomas Jenner, China, 1911

Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 1

Identifier: CSWC 71

Dates: 1911

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters of John M. Leggate (c.1904-1985)

Fonds

Identifier: CSWC 12

Scope and Contents The collection is a transcription of letters written by Leggate from Manchuria between 1946 and 1949. The letters are mainly to his wife in Scotland but some are to his children and possibly to others. The transcriptions do not include the names of the recipients of the letters and are extracts from the letters only, all personal references having been removed. Leggate describes re-establishing the missionary work in Manchuria, in particular his medical work and the medical college at Moukden,...

Dates: 1946-1949

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters of Lawrence and Caroline Hogg

Fonds

Identifier: GD7

Scope and Contents The collection consists of twenty-six microfiche copies of letters. The first three (1910-1920) are letters written by Lawrence Hogg in Scotland before he went to India and the last two (1921-1923) are letters of Caroline M. Dixon before she married. The remaining letters record the Hoggs' many encounters with missionaries and Indian Church leaders, Hogg's views on independence, the contacts the Hoggs had with relatives in India and Upper Egypt, and offer a portrait of Christian work in...

Dates: 1910-1964

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Memoir by Barbara Pedersen of her time in Manchuria, China, 1912-1969

Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 3

Identifier: CSWC 94

Dates: 1912-1969

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Oldham Papers

Fonds

Identifier: GD2

Scope and Contents The collection contains: Oldham's correspondence (1892-1965) including references to Oldham's conversion and his work in India with the YMCA, to his work to promote co-operation between missions and denominations such as through the 1910 World Missionary Conference, the 1937 Oxford conference and the World Council of Churches, to German missionaries in World War 1 and Germany in the 1930s, to Indian and African (particularly educational and East African) issues, to the establishment of the...

Dates: 1892-1990

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of Alan Cox (b. 1926)

Fonds

Identifier: CSWC 29

Scope and Contents Material includes correspondence about the collection (1993); prayer letters of Alan and Doris Roberts founders of the Home (1955-1960) and of Nona Bell, a sister at the Home (1961-1964); letters and accounts relating to money raised by Cox (1958-1960); notes on the history of the home by Alfred (Fred) Hasted (Welfare Officer), Bella Teite and Enid Johnson (various dates); letters to Hasted from Nigeria referring to the Home (1970-1982); and articles and reports relating to Uzuakoli, the Home...

Dates: 1955-1993

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Annie Gray Buchan (1895-1988)

Fonds

Identifier: CSWC 16

Scope and Contents The collection consists of: notes and reminiscences written by Buchan after her return from China with some original items and correspondence (1925-1984); talks and addresses concerning China mainly given in the UK by Buchan (1928, 1946-1986); pamphlets and printed items about China including ones on and by Buchan (1941-1989); papers on Eric Liddell and personal items belonging to Buchan (1921-1987); and photographs and pictures of Buchan and China (1920s-1950).

Dates: 1921-1989

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Arthur Ruffell Barlow

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-208

Scope and Contents The collection consists of material about the Church of Scotland mission in Kenya, about Kikuyu language and culture, and about the interests and concerns of Africans and their relation to the government. In particular it includes: Barlow's comments on and additions to theKikuyu-English Dictionaryby L.J. Beecher and G.S.B. Beecher (including volumes of the 1935 dictionary with Barlow's handwritten amendments) with correspondence (1956-1962) about the publication of a revised version; Barlow's...

Dates: 1903-1965

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Betty D. Gibson (1889-1973)

Fonds

Identifier: GD5

Scope and Contents The collection consists of letters (1928-1938) from Gibson to her family written while on missionary business in Europe, Palestine, Africa, and India; notes made by Gibson on African missions visited, on their activities, histories and records, and on meetings about missions (1933-1944) and on continental missions (ca. 1937-1948 including financial status); circulars and printed reports by the International Missionary Council and the Conference of Missionary Societies, and on Nyasaland and...

Dates: 1907-1969

Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of Cecil Polhill (1860-1938) and Arthur Polhill (1863-1935)

Fonds

Identifier: CSWC 10

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a copy of a draft manuscript Two Etonians in China 1885-1925 by Cecil and Arthur Polhill. The manuscript includes sections written by both brothers and a short, abridged section of Evangelisation of the World by Benjamin Broomhall. The manuscript covers the brothers' early life, conversion, and work in China and refers to the Cambridge Seven and others working in China at the...

Dates: 1903-1926

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Letter to Arthur Evans Moule from Thomas Jenner, China, 1911

Letters of John M. Leggate (c.1904-1985)

Letters of Lawrence and Caroline Hogg

Memoir by Barbara Pedersen of her time in Manchuria, China, 1912-1969

Oldham Papers

Papers of Alan Cox (b. 1926)

Papers of Annie Gray Buchan (1895-1988)

Papers of Arthur Ruffell Barlow

Papers of Betty D. Gibson (1889-1973)

Papers of Cecil Polhill (1860-1938) and Arthur Polhill (1863-1935)

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