CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE
Section VII: General Secretary's Papers
Part 2: Papers relating to Africa, 1873-1949
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Catalogue to General Secretary’s Papers pp 1-14
G/Y Correspondence with Overseas
G/Y A5 Kenya
G/Y A5/1/1
Correspondence regarding
the proposed formation for
freed slaves at Mombasa
and letter regarding a proposed
settlement for freed slaves in
the Seychelles
1874-1875
G/Y A5/1/2
Correspondence regarding the
appointment of A M Mackay and letter regarding the opening up of the
interior of Central Africa 1875-1876,
1880
G/Y A5/1/3
Papers regarding the Royal
Commission on fugitive slaves
in East Africa 1876
G/Y A5/1/4
Correspondence regarding the
East Africa bishopric 1878-1888,
1897
G/Y A5/1/5
Correspondence regarding
J R Streeter 1877, 1881
J R Streeter was accused of mistreatment of Africans in order to maintain order at Frere Town. Included are the charges against him, correspondence from John Kirk and the Governor of Mombasa and letters from J R Streeter stating his case.
G/Y A5/1/6
Journal of Philip O’Flaherty 1880-1885
Philip O’Flaherty was accused of violence, lying and theft. Included is his account of events and letters to the General Secretary in his defence plus reports on the work of the mission.
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G/Y A5/1/6
Correspondence regarding
Philip O’Flaherty plus copy
of his diary, 1879-1885 1879-1887
His diary is a description of a march in Ugogo with details on the local people he met, their living conditions and customs. He also describes the persecution of recent converts, the fighting between the different African groups and the problems between him and other missionaries.
G/Y A5/1/7
Letter from J W Handford
advising William Harris against
his return to Frere Town 1880
G/Y A5/1/8
Correspondence regarding
J T Last 1881-1887
Letters are included from J Roscoe to the Secretary in London accusing J T Last of taking an African wife after his first wife died. Included also is a long account of the evidence against J T Last.
G/Y A5/1/9
Correspondence regarding
J W Handford 1883-1886
J W Handford was accused of affairs with African women and letters are included from Bishop Hannington and Bishop Alan to this effect. J W Handford also gives his version of events in letters.
G/Y A5/1/10
Letters to Bishop Hannington
received after his death
Letters from R P Ashe,
A M Mackay and J C Price 1885
G/Y A5/1/11
Letter from Charles Stokes
regarding his marriage to a
native woman 1885
G/Y A5/1/12
Correspondence of
E Cyril Gordon 1886-1887
Includes mostly letters to the Secretary in London concerning the murder of Bishop Hannington.
G/Y A5/1/13
Correspondence of
Charles Hodder 1887-1888
Includes letters from C Hodder’s wife to the Secretary in London concerning the events of the 26th November 1887.
G/Y A5/1/14
Letter from J A Wray to
Mr Holmwood, consul at
Zanzibar 1887
G/Y A5/1/15
Letters to J Roscoe from
Wigram and Handley Moule 1887, 1890
G/Y A5/1/16
Report by Dr Garfield H Williams
on educational work 1925
G/Y A5/1/17
Speech by Sir Philip Mitchell
at the Caledonian Society
of Kenya 1946
G/Y A5/1/18
Mission Annual Report No 9 1946
G/Y A5/1/19
Letter from Emin Pasha
to General Gordon 1878
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G/Y A5/1/20
Correspondence, plans,
specifications, tenders and
papers regarding the
“Highland Lassie” steamer 1882-1883
G/Y A5/1/21
Correspondence from
Dr Ludwig Krapf 1876-1879
Letters mostly concern translations of the New Testament and a Swahili dictionary with information on the Swahili language.
G/Y A5/1/22
Copy of a memorial to the
Sultan of Zanzibar regarding
the suppression of the slave
trade, together with his answer
Correspondence with
Sir John Kirk 1875-1881
G/Y A5/1/23
Letter from Bartle Frere
regarding his journey
round the East African coast 1873
G/Y A5/2
General correspondence 1920,
1926-1933
Contents include: native forced labour; the mission secretaryship; the gold question in Kavirondo
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G/Y A5/2
General correspondence 1936-1949
Contents include: church union; juvenile labour; theological questions;
the appointment of the provost of Nairobi cathedral; annual reports of the Mombasa mission; lists of pastoral workers, educationists and medical workers; plans for a new divinity school; extracts of letters from Miss Mabel Shaw regarding the situation at the mission in Nairobi , Kampala and Toro; minutes of the first meeting of the Kenya Mission Hospitals Management Board Commission; report of the Alliance High School, Kikuyu, 1948 by W H Carey; the future policy of the mission after WW II written by David G C Symonds.
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G/Y A5/3
Correspondence regarding the
Mombasa diocese, bishopric
and cathedral 1913-1948
Details are included on the salary and expenses of the bishop; reports made by bishops on mission districts; the appointment of bishops; recruitment for the dicocese.
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G/Y A5/4
Correspondence regarding the
Mombasa diocesan constitution
and diocesan matters 1924,
1933-1948
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G/Y A7 Uganda
G/Y A7/1/1
Correspondence concerning an appeal
for continued occupation of Uganda
by the British and for funds for a CMS steamer
for the Victoria Nyanza 1890-
April 1892
An appeal for a steamer on the Victoria Nyanza to be used not only for mission purposes but also for the controlling of the slave trade by the police; an appeal by Bishop Tucker for the continued occupation of Uganda by the British East Africa Company and CMS.
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G/Y A7/1/1
Correspondence concerning the
Nyanza Steamer Funds including
letters from subscribers May 1892-
1895
G/Y A7/1/2
Correspondence regarding the
withdrawal of the British East
Africa Company from Uganda 1892
G/Y A7/1/3
Correspondence regarding the
resignation of R W Felkin 1881
G/Y A7/1/4
Letter from the Admiralty
regarding a visit of Ugandan
chiefs to England 1880
G/Y A7/1/5
Correspondence regarding
the directorship of the mission 1897
G/Y A7/1/6
Correspondence of Miss Annie
Emma Allen, missionary 1900-1903
Letters concerning her journey out to Africa and impressions of her time spent there.
G/Y A7/1/7
Memoranda, correspondence,
printed papers and notes on
church organisation and the
constitution of the church of
Uganda 1897-1910
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G/Y A7/1/8
Papers regarding the division
of the diocese of Eastern Equatorial
Africa into the dioceses of Uganda
and Mombasa 1897, 1903,
1911-1912,
1920
Includes many letters from Bishop Alfred R Tucker to the CMS Secretary,
H E Fox.
G/Y A7/1/9
Letters to G A King and letters
from Bishop W G Peel and
R G Bland and others 1911-1913
Reports on the work at Mboga by A T Schofield; memo on the teaching of Swahili in schools; report on the Uganda Medical Mission and on a visit to Toro mission by O Turton; papers regarding the division of the diocese; a letter from R H Freak at the Nyakasura School; survey of European staffing requirements, 1943.
G/Y A7/2
General correspondence
covering topics such as education
and the division of the diocese 1920-1922,
1925,
1931-1945
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G/Y A7/2
General correspondence
covering topics such as education
and the division of the diocese 1946-1949
Annual Letters for 1948 from I Robinson at Mwiri, Rev W H A Butler at Kako, Rev R E Hopkins at Kampala; letter from Margaret Lane, 1947 concerning the leper mission at Teso; letter re the shortage of women educationalists; letter from the Bishop regarding closer cooperation between the CMS and the Native African Church; memo on a misunderstanding between the NAC Christians and the CMS bishop.
G/Y A7/3
Correspondence regarding the
Uganda bishopric 1930-1932,
1942-1949
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G/Y A7/4
Papers regarding the Uganda
Seven- an evangelistic band
working with African clergy 1937-1938
Memo on the proposal to send out seven young men to evangelise and a list of where they should be sent.
G/Y A7/5
Correspondence and papers
concerning Mengo hospital 1914,
1934-1939,
1945-1947
Plans for the reconstruction of the hospital, 1937; memo on the future of the hospital; notes of a conference on the hospital, 1937; accounts of the hospital showing the grave position in 1934; memo on medical work in Uganda by
W Wilson Cash; report on the hospital by J Edward Cook.
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G/Y A8 Tanganyika
G/Y A8/2
General correspondence
mostly covering the
constitution of the diocese of
Central Tanganyika 1925-1927,
1929-1932
Other topics included are: education; finances of the mission with statistics; details of grants received, money spent on maintenance, equipment and staff of government aided schools at Kongwa, Dodoma, Moumi and Berega; extracts from the minutes of the Executive Committee of the mission.
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G/Y A8/2
General correspondence including
papers on the constitution of the
Christian Council of Tanganyika 1934-1949
Included are: a report on a visit to the mission by Max Warren in November 1949; minutes of the first meeting of the Christian Council, December 1948; minutes of the Synod of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika, January 1948 and minutes of the meeting of the Diocesan Council, 1942; notes on the CMS and German
missions in Tanganyika; a printed copy of “The Central Tanganyika Diocesan Letter”, 1943; report of the Convention, Synod, Ordination, Conference and Diocesan Council, Dodoma, August 1936.
G/Y A8/3
Correspondence regarding the
appointment of the bishop of
Central Tanganyika,
W Wynn Jones 1946-1947
G/Y A8/4
Correspondence regarding the
appointment of the assistant
Bishop of Central Tanganyika,
W Wynn Jones 1938-1943
G/Y A8/5
Correspondence concerning
German missions in Central
Tanganyika 1943-1944
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G/Y A9 Northern Nigeria
G/Y A9/2
General correspondence
including memoranda on mission
policy and letters on the situation
in Northern Nigeria 1912, 1916,
1927-1929,
1932,
1937-1949
Included are: correspondence regarding the problems with the medical mission and the lack of educationalists; report on a visit to the mission detailing the problems with the hospital and the school at Wusasa; a proposal for a United Elementary Training Centre at Kudet, Ibadan; circular letter from the Bishop of Northern Nigeria, N Sherwood Jones; memo on missionary work in the mission; report on CMS policy and work in Nigeria, 1927 by Rev A G Fraser; memo on mission policy by Max Warren; report on difficulties with the Nigeria government.
G/Y A9/3
Correspondence concerning
Wusasa middle school 1948
G/Y A10 Upper Nile
G/Y A10/2
General correspondence
including the appointment of
L C Usher-Wilson as bishop 1936-1938,
1940, 1942,
1944-1949
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G/Y A10/3
Correspondence regarding the
boundary of the
Upper Nile diocese 1920-1922,
1926-1929,
1932-1936
G/Y A11 Ruanda
G/Y A11/2
Minutes of the Ruanda Council,
correspondence and papers 1926-1935
Included are: letter from Dr A C Stanley Smith to Dr Oldham, Secretary of the International Conference of Missionary Societies regarding the history of CMS in Ruanda; correspondence with the Belgian government with regard to church schools in Ruanda-Urundi; statement on education in the mission by Rev
P J Brazier; minutes of the first annual conference of the Ruanda mission, Kabale, January 1934; report of a visit of Rev A St John Thorpe to the mission, September-October 1933; report of a visit to Usumbura by Dr A C Stanley Smith and Dr J E Church.
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G/Y A11/2
Minutes of the Ruanda Council,
correspondence and papers 1936-1944
Included also are: a memo on clergy and evangelist training; minutes of the Executive Committee; report to the Home Council, 1936 by the Ruanda Secretary, W Arthur Pitt Pitts; report on the mission by W Arthur Pitt Pitts.
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G/Y A11/2
Minutes of the Ruanda Council,
correspondence and papers 1945-1949
Included also are: minutes of the Standing Committee, of the Executive Committee and of the Ruanda Consultative Committee; report on Kigezi educational work; memos on the United Church by Dr A C Stanley Smith,
Dr L E S Sharp and Rev J J Willis; notes on the characteristics of the Ruanda Revival Fellowship; notes on the Mutaho convention, June 1945 held to discuss the future of the mission; correspondence regarding the Ruanda constitution; report of a tour of Ruanda-Urundi by Rev B R Isaac, 1948; reports on the Ruanda General and Medical Mission; minutes of the Missionaries Conference 1947; report of a Sub-Committee to consider the financial position of the mission.
G/Y A11/3
Correspondence concerning the
possibility of a separate Ruanda
diocese and appointment of a
bishop 1934-1948
G/Y A11/4
Correspondence concerning the
training of Ruanda candidates at
CMS training colleges 1935-1936,
1939, 1945
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G/Y S Southern Sudan
G/Y S2
General correspondence
including that
for Northern Sudan 1925-1944
Included are: minutes of the Standing Committee for Northern Sudan at Khartoum; minutes of the Governor-General’s Council, Khartoum; reports on CMS Girls’ Schools, 1927 in Northern Sudan by Mabel C Warburton; notes by
Dr Lloyd, 1926 on the enforcement by the Sudan government of regulations relating to mission schools; notes on the educational system in Sudan; notes on cooperation with the government in Southern Sudan with respect to educational work; notes on the opening of stations among the Nuer, 1930 and the development of Dr Fraser’s work among the Moru; statistics of the mission funds showing the contrast between 1932 and 1937; notes on the dispute between the Roman Catholics and the CMS in Southern Sudan; correspondence regarding the system of zones; notes on the type of new personnel required; notes on plans to open a leprosy settlement; translation of the Mufti’s Fetwa concerning female circumcision; report on the education of girls in Southern Sudan.
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G/Y S2
General correspondence
including that for Northern Sudan 1945-1949
Included are: correspondence regarding the introduction of vernacular teacher training ; notes on the practical implications of mission educational policy; minutes of a conference at Yei, 1948; correspondence concerning the realignment scheme of Southern Sudan mission together with a report of the realignment committee; memo on Christian leadership in Southern Sudan; minutes of meeting of the Standing Committee.
G/Y S3
Correspondence concerning the
Sudan assistant bishopric 1936-1948
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G/Y SN Northern Sudan
G/Y SN2
General correspondence
including Northern Sudan CMS
Standing Committee minutes 1919,
1928-1936,
1939, 1941,
1945,
1947-1949
Included are: Impressions of the Nuba mountains area by Oliver C Allison, assistant bishop in the Sudan, 1949; notes on CMS mission policy in the Northern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by J S Trimingham, 1945; reports read at a general conference in 1933 – general report, medical report, report on the Atbara school, the Wad Medani girls’ school, the Omdurman girls’s school and the Omdurman medical mission and dispensary; memo on the missionary situation in Sudan; report on the history of medical work in the mission; reports on women’s education by Mabel C Warburton; report of the Omdurman hospital, 1938; report on American mission work in Omdurman and Khartoum.
G/Y SN3
Correspondence concerning
the Nuba mountains 1932-1939,
1942-1944,
1947
Included are: an agreement concerning CMS educational work in the Nuba mountains area; letter from the mission secretary, J S Trimingham to
H D Hooper, General Secretary, 1942 regarding educational policy in the Nuba mountains; notes on mission finances; notes on the position and future policy of educational work in the Nuba mountains by C F L Bertram; letters from missionaries and others on their arrival in the Nuba mountains.
G/Y SN4
Correspondence regarding
the Sudan United Mission 1935, 1949
G/Y E Egypt
G/Y E2
General correspondence 1925-1926,
1930-1933
Report of the CMS conference in Cairo, 1933; report on the Old Cairo medical mission; report and balance sheet of the English School, Cairo, 1926.
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G/Y E2
General correspondence
including reports on CMS
Schools 1934-1949
Minutes of meetings of the Egypt mission Standing Committee; report on CMS schools in Egypt; list of converts baptised since 1882; a long report of a visit to Egypt, Sudan and Palestine by W Wilson Cash, 1933; minutes of the Egypt and Sudan Diocesan Council, 1940; notes on the diocese of Egypt and the Sudan, 1938 by Llewellyn Gwynne, bishop of Egypt and the Sudan; plan for the more effective occupation of the Giza and Menoufia provinces, 1938 by S A Morrison; memo on the future policy of the Old Cairo medical mission, 1946.
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G/Y E3
Correspondence, minutes and
reports concerning the Egypt
Mission Property Trust 1926-1937
G/Y E4
Correspondence regarding the
appointment of the bishop 1946-1947
G/Y E5
Correspondence, memoranda
and papers regarding the Menouf
medical mission 1931-1939
Included are: a report on the hospital at Menouf, 1934 by W Wilson Cash; report of a meeting to discuss the future of the hospital.
G/Y E6
Correspondence regarding
religious liberty and freedom
of worship 1939
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