Missionaries -- Africa
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Booth Family Papers
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1780
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of:
Letters from Joseph Booth, Annie Booth, Lillian Booth, and Emily Booth Langworthy to Mary ("Babs") Booth (later Sales). The letters describe the Booths’ deportation from Basutholand, their struggle to find work in England during the war, and Booth’s illness during the 1920s. The final letters in the group are addressed to "Dot" (Emily). 2 files, 1914-1927.
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Dates:
1895-1927
G. H. Hollis, 1907, 1955
File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/RC(Hollis)
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between George Shepperson and Winifred Hollis concerning her late husband George H. Hollis, who was in charge of the Churches of Christ Mission at Namiwawa, Nyasaland, between 1908 and 1915. Includes a questionnaire and photographs of the mission.
Letter from George Shepperson to Mrs Hollis, Capetown. Introduces himself. Asks if she would be willing to answer questions on the days she and...
Dates:
1907, 1955
Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-210
Scope and Contents
The papers include: correspondence of members of the Booth family (1879-1933) mainly letters from Joseph Booth to his daughters Emily and Mary; bible verses, and other personal items belonging to the Booths (c 1871-1924); agreements, circulars and other material relating to Booth's life as a missionary, supporter of the Sabbath and campaigner for African rights (c 1891-1923); correspondence between Shepperson and the Booth family and other potential sources of information about Booth...
Dates:
c 1871-1986
Papers relating to Missionaries in Africa, 1899-1950
File — Box CLX-A-23: Series Coll-490/20; Series Coll-490/21
Identifier: Coll-490/20/3
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Black and African-American missionaries in Africa.
Emma Bertha Delany (1871-1922). African-American missionary in Africa. Papers relating to her training and career. Biographical summary, extract from a letter from Miss Tapley to Mr Lucian Drury, 23.02.56, and an article written by Miss Delany, entitled 'Why I go as a Foreign Missionary' and printed in the Spelman Messenger, Vol. 18,...
Dates:
1899-1950
Photographs, late 19th century-1982
Series — Box CLX-A-34: Series Coll-490/Phot.
Identifier: Coll-490/Phot.
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs, mostly black and white. Most depict missions in Nyasaland/Malawi, and their people (both African and European).
Photographs of missions, of African people, and of European people. No captions.
Photographs sent and captioned by Josephine Cunningham Edwards, featuring missions in Malawi, with Malawian and European people. See "Coll-490/22/COR3".
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Dates:
late 19th century-1982
Photographs of the Booth and Langworthy families, and some of Booth’s missions in Africa, c 1873-1926
File
Identifier: Coll-210/1/2
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the Booth and Langworthy families, and some of Booth’s missions in Africa. Also includes a roll of negatives, a leaf from David Livingstone’s grave and a New Year’s card from the Auckland Baptist Church. 2 files, 1 box, c 1873-1926.In the box is a woodblock with a negative(?) of a portrait of Joseph Booth, with the caption: " Cliché (for reproduction in magazines, etc.) of the head and shoulders of Joseph Booth: formerly in the possession of the Seventh Day Baptist...
Dates:
c 1873-1926