Church Missionary Society Archive.
Publisher : Adam Matthew Publications
GUIDE: Church Missionary Society Archive: A list and guide. B-43202 Section 1, pt. 1-3; B-46535 Section 1, pt. 4-9; B-46957 Section 1, pt. 10-14; B-46399 Section 2, pt. 1-5; B-46426 Section 3, pt. 1-5 (copy 1 and 2); B-46577 Section 5, pt. 1. See also publisher’s introduction and section guides. In addition to the missionary records from Africa, CRL has acquired record sets of the Church Missionary Society archives for other regions of the world. Records currently held include:
Section I. East Asia missions
Part 1: Japan, 1869–1949 (including Loochoo Naval Mission, 1843–61)
Part 2-3: Japan, 1869–1949
Part 4-9: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 1880–1957
Part 10: China Mission, 1834–1914
Part 11: South China Mission, 1885–1934
Part 12: South China Mission, 1888–1934
Part 13: Chekiang Mission, 1885–1934
Part 14: Chekiang Mission, 1888–1934
Part 15: Western China Mission, 1897–1934
Part 16: Western China Mission, 1898–1934, and Fukien Mission, 1900–34
Part 17: Fukien Mission, 1911–34
Part 18: Fukien Mission, 1900-1934, Kwangsi-Hunan Mission, 1911-1934, China General, 1935-1951 and South China, 1935-1951
Part 19: South China Mission, 1935-1951, Fukien Mission, 1935-1951 and Kwangsi-Hunan Mission, 1935-1951
Part 20: East Asia General, 1935-1949 and Annual Letters for Japan, China and Canada, 1917-1949
Part 21: Periodicals for South, Central and West China, 1899-1970, and Japan, 1905-1941, including Papers of Fukien Conferences, 1906-1937
Part 22: Asia General, 1950-1959, East Asia, 1950-1959, China Mission, 1950-1959 and Japan Mission, 1950-1959
Section II. Missions to women
Part 1: Society for Promoting Female Education (FES) in China, India, and the East, 1834–99
Part 3: Homes of the East, 1910–48 (including Torchbearer from 1914); Daybreak, 1889, 1893–94, and 1906–09; and The Indian Female Evangelist, 1872–80
Part 4: The Indian Female Evangelist and successors, 1881–1956 (covering The Indian Female Evangelist, 1881–93; The Zenana: Woman's Work in India, 1893–1935; The Zenana: Women's Work in India and Pakistan, 1936–56) from Interserve, London
Part 5: Minutes of the Zenana, Medical, and Bible Mission, 1865–1937, and the Annual Reports of the Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society, 1863–79, from Interserve, London
Section III. Central records
Part 1: Annotated Register of CMS Missionaries, History of the CMS by Eugene Stock, and the Catalogues to the Overseas Archive, CEZMS and FES Archives
Part 2: CMS Gleaner, 1841–1921 (also CMS Gleaner Pictorial Album, 1888 and CMS Missionary Atlas, 1879)
Part 3: CMS Outlook, 1922–72 (a continuation from CMS Gleaner)
Part 4: Annual Letters, 1886–1912
Part 5: CMS Medical Journals: Mercy and Truth, 1897–1921; The Mission Hospital, 1922–39; The Way of Healing, 1940; The Medical Mission Quarterly, 1892–96; and Preaching and Healing, 1900–06
Part 6: CMS Circular Books & Letters, 1799–1921
Part 7: CMS Minutes, 1799–1837
Part 8: CMS Minutes, 1837–1853
Part 9: CMS Minutes, 1854–76 and Indexes to Minutes, 1799–1878
Part 10: The Missionary Papers , 1816-1884, CMS Monthly Paper , 1828-1829, A Quarterly Token for Juvenile Subscribers , 1856-1878 and 1888-1917, The Home Gazette , 1905-1906 and The CMS Gazette , 1907-1934
Part 11: General Review of Missions, 1919, Annual Reports, 1922-1944 and CMS Historical Record, 1944-1986
Part 12: The CMS juvenile instructor, 1842-1890, Children's world, 1891-1900, The round world, 1901-1958
Part 13: CMS collection of lives of missionaries held at the Church Mission Society Library
Part 14: CMS collection of lives of missionaries held at the Church Mission Society Library
Part 15: The Church Missionary Society record, 1830-1875 held at the Church Mission Society Library
Part 16: CMS awake!--a missionary magazine for general readers, 1891-1921, continued as Eastward Ho!, 1922-1940
Part 17: CMS minutes, 1876-1898, and indexes to minutes, 1875-1907
Part 18: CMS Minutes, 1898-1949
Part 19: Papers of Henry Venn (secretary of CMS, 1841-1873) and family
Part 20: Papers of Henry Venn (secretary of CMS, 1846-1873) and family
Part 21: Diaries of Dr Max Warren (General Secretary of CMS, 1942-1963) and Family
Part 22. Pamphlets
Section IV. Africa Missions
Part 1-12: See CAMP collection: Church Missionary Society. Records [1803-1914] and related Guide , which provides cross-indexing to the Adam Matthew reel numbers.
Part 14: Egypt Mission, 1889-1934
Part 15: Egypt Mission, 1889-1949
Part 16: South Africa Mission, 1836-1843, Kenya Mission, 1841-1888 and Nyanza Mission, 1876-1882
Part 17: Kenya Mission, 1880-1934
Part 18: Kenya Mission, 1880-1934
Part 19: Taganyika Mission, 1900-1934, Nyanza Mission, 1880-1886 and Rwanda Mission, 1933-1934
Part 20: Uganda Mission, 1898-1934
Part 21: Kenya Mission, 1935-1949
Part 22: Uganda Mission, 1898-1934
Part 23: Uganda Tanganyika and Rwanda Missions, 1935-1949
Section V. Americas
Part 1: West Indies, 1819–61
Part 2: North West Canada, 1821–80
Part 3: North West Canada, 1881–1930
Part 4: British Columbia, 1856-1925
Section VI. Missions to India
Part 1: India General, 1811-1815 and North India Mission, 1815-1881
Part 2: North India Mission, 1844-1886
Part 3: India General, 1811-1815 and South India Mission, 1815-1884
Part 4: South India Mission, 1834-1880
Part 5: South India Mission, 1834-1880
Part 6: North India Mission, 1817-1880
Part 7: Madras Mission and Bombay Mission, 1935-1959
Part 8: India General and Bengal Mission, 1935-1959
Part 9: Punjab and Sindh Mission, 1935-1959
Section VII. General Secretary's papers
Part 1: Papers relating to Africa, 1847-1950
Part 2: Papers relating to Africa, 1873-1949
Section IX. Middle East Missions
Part 1: Palestine, 1935-1959, and Middle East General, 1935-1959
Part 2: Palestine 1880-1934