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Papers of Mark Glasswell (1938-1995)
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 30
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of: personal items relating to Glasswell's career (1964-1992); correspondence with students and colleagues in Africa (1966-1985); papers, articles and sermons on theology and on religion in Africa (c 1967-1984); and material on the North German Mission to West Africa, with correspondence with Rudolph Bultmann (c 1920-1969).
Dates:
[ca. 1920]-1992
Papers of Mary Findlay about Manchuria, a visit to Shenyang (1985-86)
Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 4
Identifier: CSWC 100
Dates:
1930-2001
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 materiel on Christian reaction to events (1951-1979). (3) Zambia: includes correspondence about the Livingstonia Mission (Rhodesia) Provident Fund (1953-1958),...
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 Rev. Alexander Dewar
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-887
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 8 volumes of notebooks containing diaries or journals covering the period 1892-1901. One of the small notebooks is headed on the inside cover, Hospital Hill, King Williams Town, and contains official stamps and franked postage stamps over the year 1904. Another is headed, Free Church of Scotland, Livingstonia Mission, 1895. Archival envelopes contain photographs and cards of people and places in Africa, and a collection of drawings and sketches of local subjects.
Dates:
1892-1904
Papers of Richard Baxter (1925-2009)
Fonds
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 Malawi...
Dates:
1895-1993
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 Student...
Dates:
1924-1972
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