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Papers of John Harry Dring (1911-2000)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 1
Scope and Contents

The collection is in three main sections: (1) biographical and personal items including articles and papers by Dring about his life and work, diary entries from his voyage to Argentina, and two photographs (1911-1989); (2) news and prayer letters, some under the title of Chaco Grace (1935-1995); (3) and correspondence between Dring, his mission, supporters, fellow missionaries, and family (1936-1995).

Dates: 1911-1995

Papers of John Robb Fleming (1910-1999)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 23
Scope and Contents The collection is in five main sections: (1) items relating to China and (2) to east Asia, (3) general items, (4) photographs and slides, and (5) sound recordings. (1) The China section includes: correspondence and other material on the mission and Church in Manchuria (1940s-1990s) and on Chinese Christians (1970s-1990s); reports, papers and correspondence relating to UK conferences and councils on China, to the Foundation for Theological Education and other Asian Christian organisations,...
Dates: 1942-1999

Papers of John William Arthur

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-207
Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of correspondence and papers (1907-1949) including letters from Arthur to his mother; circular letters and newsletters from the Kikuyu mission; sections from Arthur's diaries and notes on his travels throughout East Africa; reports on missionary conferences; memoranda by Arthur and others on native affairs such as the labour question, land tenure, education and female circumcision; minutes, memoranda and papers of the Kikuyu Association and the Kikuyu Mission...
Dates: 1902-1954

Papers of Joseph H. Oldham (1874-1969) and Betty D. Gibson (1889-1973)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 2
Scope and Contents The collection consists of: correspondence and reports relating to the difficulties faced by German and German speaking missionaries after the war (1914-c 1923); reports on the history and activities of German missions, in particular the Basel Mission (1912-1951); correspondence between Oldham and Gibson about Gibson's visit to Africa and Oldham's IMC work (1933); and papers and correspondence collected by Gibson on missions and churches (including some German missions) in Congo, Rwanda,...
Dates: 1912-1975

Papers of Karl Gützlaff (1803-1851) and the Chinese Union

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 9
Scope and Contents The collection consists of photocopies of material describing the work of the Chinese Union and defending it against criticism, including: motto, constitution, rules and regulations of the Chinese Union; names of Chinese members and preachers and statistics relating to their activities (1849); list of books published by the Union; lists and numbers of baptised (1844-1849); lists of places to which preachers had been sent; finances of the Union (1845-49); notes by Gützlaff on China, Korea,...
Dates: [ca. 1844-1849]

Papers of Kenneth Mackenzie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-64
Scope and Contents Contains material relating to Central Africa, 1958-64, and to Rhodesia, 1965-70. There is material on South Africa particularly on apartheid, the Springbok tour, and arms for South Africa; Congo; race relations; colour and citizenship; the United Nations; the UK; and, Sweden and other countries. There are newspaper cuttings and also pamphlets, the latter on African independence, the Church, Sweden, the rule of law, politics, immigration, Rhodesia, South Africa, and international agencies. In...
Dates: 1958-1971

Papers of Louie Cowie (1901-1995)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 27
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of: circular letters from Cowie describing her work and the mission in Yemen and some holidays taken in retirement (1933-1969); a medal given to Cowie for her services in Yemen; a Church of Scotland pamphlet on the mission (1964); Cowie's New Testament in Arabic; and a set of slides of scenes and mission work in Yemen.

Dates: 1933-1969

Papers of Margaret Clark (b. 1920)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 32
Scope and Contents The collection consists of: circular letters from Clark describing her work in Gambia and Nigeria (1947-1963); material on the mobile bookshop including lists of books sold and examples of Christian literature (1958-1964); a Christian book list for Nigeria compiled by the Christian Council of Nigeria; material on the Methodist Girls' League in Eastern Nigeria (1938-1963); programmes and other items, including tape recordings, relating to the formation of the Methodist Church Nigeria (1962);...
Dates: 1947-1964

Papers of Myra Carpenter (1900-1978)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 18
Scope and Contents The collection consists of: letters from Carpenter to her parents sometimes enclosing letters from others (1922-1951); notes, correspondence, reports and other material relating to Tanishan Orphanage (1924-1954); reminiscences, notes, articles, addresses and talks by Carpenter on her time in China and on women in China (1928-1960s); pamphlets, circulars and other material relating to the China Inland Mission (also OMF) and the British and Foreign Bible Society (from circa 1920s mainly...
Dates: 20th century

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]

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Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 3
Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 2
Arthur, John William, 1881-1952, Medical Missionary in Kenya 1
Barlow, Arthur Ruffell, 1888-1965 (Scottish Missionary) 1
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Brown, Francis John, Captain, 1841–1909 (Master mariner, Surveyor, Anglican missionary) 1
Church of Scotland 1
Drake, Frederick Seguier, 1892-1974 (English Baptist priest; Dean of the School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong) 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
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
Laws, Amelia Nyasa, 1886-1978 (medical practitioner) 1
London Missionary Society 1
MacBrair, Robert Maxwell, fl 1836-1843 1
Macalpine, Alexander Gillon, 1869-1957 1
Mackenzie, Kenneth, 1920-1971 1
Marwick, William Hutton, 1863-1940, Scottish Missionary 1
Moffat, Robert, 1795-1883, Scottish Missionary 1
Moule, Arthur Evans, 1836-1918 (English missionary to China) 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
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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