CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE
Section III: Central Records

Part 8: CMS Minutes, 1837-1853

This part continues the CMS Committee Minutes for the period 1837-1853 and comprises:

• The General Minutes.
• Minutes of the Committee of Accounts, which are an important source for historians interested in the funding problems of the CMS in the nineteenth century.
• The Correspondence Minutes, which are a fascinating source including letters to the CMS from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London and the President of the Royal Geographical Society.

Other minutes included are:

• Children’s Home Visitors, 1850-1853.
• Clerical, 1838-1853.
• Finance, 1842-1853.
• Islington College Visitors, 1837-1853.
• Patronage, 1837-1853.
• There are also minutes for two special committees: the House Committee and the Audit Committee.

All volumes have indexes at the front.