CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE
Section VII: General Secretary's Papers
Part 1: Papers relating to Africa, 1847-1950
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Catalogue to General Secretary’s Papers pp 1-20
G/Y Correspondence with Overseas
G/Y Ag Africa General
G/Y Ag 2 General Correspondence 1926-1949
G/Y Ag 3 Formation of provinces of East
and West Africa 1920-1933
G/Y Ag 4/1 Education
General Correspondence,
memoranda and papers 1925-1932
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G/Y Ag 4/1 Education
General Correspondence,
memoranda and papers 1936-1942, 1945-1948
G/Y Ag 4/2 Education
Makerere Commission
on Higher Education
in East Africa 1937-1938
G/Y Ag 5 Policy
Copies of letters and memoranda
sent by the General Secretary
to the Africa Secretary 1932-1949
G/Y AFE East Africa
G/Y AFE 1/1 Kikuyu Conference
Correspondence, drafts
and papers 1913
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G/Y AFE 1/1 Kikuyu Conference
Correspondence, drafts
and papers 1914-1918
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G/Y AFE 1/2 Kikuyu Conference
Letters from those asked to sign
the memorial following the
Round Table conference 1914
G/Y AFE 1/3 Kikuyu Conference
Printed papers 1910-1914
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G/Y AFE 1/4 Kikuyu Conference
Newspaper cuttings 1913-1915
G/Y AFE 1/5 Kikuyu Conference
Agreements with Longmans
Green & Co 1914-1915
G/Y AFE 2/1 Formation of the province of
East Africa
Correspondence, memoranda
and reports 1927-1936
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G/Y AFE 2/1 Formation of the province of
East Africa
Correspondence, memoranda
and reports 1937-1938, 1943
G/Y AFE 2/2 Formation of the province of
East Africa
Printed and duplicated papers 1927,
1936-1938
G/Y AFE 3 Church union in East Africa
Correspondence and papers 1932-1933
G/Y AFE 4 East Africa bookshops
Correspondence and papers 1943-1947
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G/Y AFE 5 Papers relating to the CMS
Regional Secretary for East
Africa and Sudan 1946-1949
G/Y AFE 6 Education in East Africa
Conference of CMS missionary
educationists 1945-1946
G/Y AFW West Africa
G/Y AFW 1 Papers on the province of
West Africa 1930-1949
G/Y AFW 2 West African liquor traffic 1929-1930
G/Y AFW 3 Theological training in
West Africa 1945-1950
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G/Y A1 Sierra Leone Mission
A1/1/1A Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
Appeals 1851-1852
A1/1/1B Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
Cash book 1851-1853
A1/1/1C Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
List of donations 1851-1852
A1/1/1D A-K Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
General correspondence 1851-1853
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A1/1/1D L-Z Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
General correspondence 1851-1853
A1/1/1E Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
Letters concerning qualifications
for bishop 1851-1852
A1/1/1F Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
Printed and working papers 1851-1852
A1/1/1G Sierra Leone Bishopric
Endowment Fund
Receipt book 1851-1852
A1/1/2 Correspondence with the
Government regarding the
appointment of Owen Vidal 1851-1852,
1855
A1/1/3 Papers regarding John Wills Weeks,
Bishop of Sierra Leone 1855
A1/1/4 Papers regarding
Rev James Johnson 1873-1874
A1/1/5 Papers re the subdivision of the
bishopric of Sierra Leone 1878-1882
A1/1/6A Sierra Leone bishopric vacancy
Correspondence with
Rev E G Ingham 1882
A1/1/6B Sierra Leone bishopric vacancy
Correspondence with
J B Whiting 1882
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A1/1/6C Sierra Leone bishopric vacancy
Correspondence with
Canon Scott Robertson 1882
A1/1/6D Sierra Leone bishopric vacancy
Correspondence with
other candidates 1882
A1/1/6E Sierra Leone bishopric vacancy
Correspondence with
other candidates 1882
A1/1/6F Sierra Leone bishopric vacancy
Medical report re J B Whiting 1882
A1/1/7 Sierra Leone bishopric vacancy
Correspondence with the
Archbishop of Canterbury
and G W Wright 1923
A1/1/8 A-E Miscellaneous private and
confidential letters 1852-1886
A1/2 General correspondence 1919-1929
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A1/2 General correspondence 1930-1949
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G/Y A2 Yoruba Mission including Nigeria general
A2/1/1 Papers regarding the cotton
business and the Industrial
Institution 1847-1859
A2/1/2 Detailed account of the reopening
of Abeokuta c1875
A2/1/3 Confidential letters to the
General Secretary 1884-1889
A2/1/4 Lay baptism by schismatic 1874, 1903
A2/2 General correspondence for
the Yoruba and Nigeria missions 1918-1922,
1932-1949
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A2/3 Diocese of Lagos
Correspondence with bishops 1932-1935,
1938-1940,
1942-1947
A2/4 Diocese of Lagos
Intercommunion and reunion 1932-1934
A2/5 Correspondence, papers and
memoranda re marriage 1938,
1943-1944
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G/Y A3 Niger Mission
A3/1/1A Papers of a sub-committee on
the Niger Mission, 1890
Numbered documents 1-37 1880-1893
A3/1/1B Papers of a sub-committee on
the Niger Mission, 1890
Private correspondence with
R Lang 1883-1887
A3/1/1C Papers of a sub-committee on
the Niger Mission, 1890
re Archdeacon Henry Johnson 1887-1891
A3/1/1D Papers of a sub-committee on
the Niger Mission, 1890
Correspondence with G F Packer 1888, 1890
A3/1/1E Annual Letters 1889-1890
A3/1/1F Papers regarding J Coker 1890
A3/1/1G Papers regarding
Rev A C Strong 1890
A3/1/1H Correspondence and papers
re the report by J S Hill on the
Niger Mission 1892-1893
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A3/1/1J Miscellaneous papers, letters
and reports 1880-1892
A3/1/2 Correspondence between
James Townsend and
A F Buxton 1895-1899
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A3/1/3 Niger liquor traffic 1884
A3/1/4A Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
A Lobnitz, Coulburn & Co 1877-1887
A3/1/4B Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Letters from J H Ashcroft 1877-1878,
1881
A3/1/4C Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Letters from Capt Francis Brown 1877-1878
A3/1/4D Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Letters from and
re crew members 1879-1880
A3/1/4E Correspondence, plans and papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Bills re equipment and supplies 1878
A3/1/4F Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Accounts and running cost
calculations 1878-1881
A3/1/4G Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
West Africa Company Ltd
Tenders and letters 1877-1878
A3/1/4H Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Letters from The United
African Company Ltd 1880-1881
A3/1/4J Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Letter re financial contributions 1877, 1880
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A3/1/4K Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
List of officers and crew 1877-1879
A3/1/4L Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Specification
and correspondence 1884-1885
A3/1/4M Correspondence, plans and
papers regarding the‘Henry Venn’ steamer
Letters re the proposed extension
of the school-room at the
Female Institution 1877
A3/1/5 Letters from Henry Venn to
Bishop Crowther 1862-1865,
1869
A3/1/6 Copy of letter from Bishop
Crowther to Rev J B Whiting 1884
A3/1/7 Correspondence with C H V Gollmer
and J Hamilton re the distribution
of publications 1885
A3/1/8 Miscellaneous letters 1890, 1892
A3/1/9 Draft of a paper on the languages
of West Africa by Bishop
Samuel Crowther 1876-1879
A3/1/10 Papers re the proposed railway
from Lagos to Abeokuta 1883
A3/2 General correspondence 1920-1946
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A3/2 General correspondence 1947-1949
A3/3 Correspondence re assistant
bishops on the Niger 1932-1947
A3/4 Papers of the Doctrine Committee
to consider the South India scheme
for Niger archdeaconry 1932-1936
A3/5 Papers re constitution of
theological colleges 1948
G/Y A4 South Africa Mission
A4/1 Papers re the difficulties to be
contended with in South Africa 1879
A4/2 General correspondence 1929-1949
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