Missionaries
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Stanley W. Smith (fl. 1937-1966)
The collection consists of papers and copies of items relating to the Methodist Mission and Church in Nigeria, in particular: articles, reports and papers about the mission (1922-1978); an index of relevant articles covering the period 1870-1970; transcripts and copies of diaries of Methodist missionaries in particular William Norcross, Paul Kingston and Christopher Hutchinson (from c 1920); and copies of letters from Alexander Fenby to his wife Grace (1927-1931).
Collection of the Rt. Rev. Stanley Booth-Clibborn
Diaries of James William Westgarth (fl. 1906-1945)
From England to Darkest Africa, memoirs by Captain F.J. Brown and related correspondence
Grammar of the Foolah language by Robert Maxwell MacBrair
Autograph manuscript of MacBrair's 'sketch' of the grammar of the Foolah (or Foulah) language spoken by the pastoral Foulahs (or Fulani), the Teucorlars (or Tukulors) and the Laubies of the interior of Western Africa, bound together.
Interserve Scotland
L. C. Wood Collection (fl. 1920-1943)
The collection consists of 69 colour slides (5 cm x 5cm) with a full commentary for a lantern talk entitled A preaching walk through the Ningsia district given by Wood in England depicting scenes of life in China, church and mission work and missionaries and church leaders; and an album of 20 coloured photographs of scenes in Beijing.
Part box (including 69 slides and 20 photographs)
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Letter from Rev. John Ross to his daughter Peggy Ross about Chinese religion, 1914
This letter was pasted into a copy of The origin of the Chinese people, by John Ross, published 1916
Letter of Sir William Muir to Mrs Lessel, 14 March 1870
This is a manuscript letter on Government House, Allahabad letter-headed paper written and signed by Sir William Muir and dated 14 March 1870. Muir writes in his capacity as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Provinces of British India. The addressee is probably Isabella Ramsay, second wife of missionary Thomas L. Lessel. The letter concerns arrangements for the Lessels' return to Great Britain in 1870.