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REGIONS BEYOND MISSIONARY UNION ARCHIVE
Papers of the RBMU concerning the Congo, India, Nepal and Peru from the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, New College, University of Edinburgh

Part 1: Minute Books of the RBMU, 1903-1955

REEL 1
Harley Institute/College Council Minutes
Minutes of the meetings of the Harley College Council formed as an advisory council in 1896 referring to members of council; finances of Harley House and affiliated institutions such as Berger Hall and the Mackenzie Memorial Medical Mission; and students, staff and curriculum; with occasional mention of overseas missions. The Council met infrequently and not at all between March 1900 and June 1908. The volume also includes lists of addresses of directors with notes of deaths and resignations (1936-1946). Indexed.
1 vol.: Oct 1896 - June 1910, c.1936 - 1946 (CSCNWW 33/1)

Directors Minute Books
Minutes of the meetings of the directors of the RBMU, referring to all aspects of the administration and policy of the mission, including the training college; missionaries and mission fields; theological principles; membership of the board and councils; publications; finance; auxiliaries and branches and relationships with other missions and bodies in the UK and in the fields. Indexed.
Includes in v. 4 (2.4): South American (1908-11) and Indian (1908-09) Council minutes
15 vols.: Feb 1900 - Oct 1955 (CSCNWW 33/2.1-15)
v1: Feb 1900 - Mar 1908
v2: May 1908 - July 1915
v3: Oct 1915 - Oct 1920

REEL 2
Directors Minute Books (continued)
v4: Nov 1920 - Mar 1926
v5: Apr 1926 - Mar 1929
v6: Apr 1929 - Oct 1932
v7: Nov 1932 - Jan 1936

REEL 3
Directors Minute Books (continued)
v8: Feb 1936 - Jan 1939
v9: Feb 1939 - Jan 1943
v10: Feb 1943 - Sept 1944
v11: Oct 1944 - Sept 1947

REEL 4
Directors Minute Books (continued)
v12: Oct 1947 - Dec 1949
v13: Jan 1950 - May 1952
v14: June 1952 - Mar 1954
v15: Apr 1954 - Oct 1955

REEL 5
Annual General Meetings Minute Book
Minutes of the AGMs of the RBMU (incorporated 1903) attended by the directors, referring mainly to their appointment and to officers and council members, with brief references to the work and finance of the year. Partially indexed.
1 vol.: Apr 1904 - Dec 1943 (CSCNWW 33/4)

Early Documents
Material relating to the early years of the mission, includes: a New Year newsletter (1880); lists of some of the Harley College students, missionaries and friends of the mission (1887-1930); mission statistics (1908); circular letters and appeals; correspondence including about the missions policy (1920) and administration (1932) and other items such as a patent certificate for the Carey Box (1892).
1 file: 1880 - 1950 (CSCNWW 33/7/3)

Policy Documents/Principles and Practice
Documents relating to the policy, beliefs and procedures of the mission, including: Memorandum and Articles of Association (1903, amended 1910 and 1913); versions of Principles and Practice including those of RBMU International and the North American Council (c 1930-1981); Definitions and Decisions (1930); pension regulations (1958-1963); and policy statements (1980s).
file: c.1913 - 1988 (CSCNWW 33/8/2.1)

REEL 6
Regions Beyond Annual Reports
Annual reports describing events during the year with accounts, list of donations, and etchings or photographs: at first the reports were issued separately from Regions Beyond (which is covered in Part 4 of this microfilm edition) but from 1879/80 (7th report Livingstone Inland Mission) they were included in the magazine (when produced); however the report for 1955/6 was published separately.
(Missing 1st Year: 29 Stepney Green; 2nd Year: Harley House Bow; 5th Year)
3 items: 1873/4 - 1878/9 (CSCNWW 33/21)
- 3rd Year: Hulme Cliff College, Curbar - The Story of our Third Year
- 4th Year: The Regions Beyond The Story of our Fourth Year
- 6th Year: Some Are Fallen Asleep - The Story of our Sixth Year
1 item: 1955/6 (CSCNWW 33/21)

Annual Report for 1955/6

News Bulletin
Bulletins, usually published monthly, listing items of news about missionaries, the mission, the fields and the churches about which supporters were invited to pray. (Early issues are missing).
123 items: 1961 - 1976 (CSCNWW 33/21)

Prayer Pointers
As above, published as well as News Bulletins before 1976 but replaced the Bulletins after this date and remained monthly. (Many issues are missing, 1954 is called Prayer Fellowship).
89 items various dates: 1954, 1967 - 1984 (CSCNWW 33/21)

REEL 7
Venture
Issues of the youth magazine of the mission (many issues missing)
12 items: 1962 - 1967 (CSCNWW 33/21)

General Pamphlets and Printed Books
- Lucy Guinness Kumm (H Grattan Guinness, 1907) (CSCNWW 33/21)
- For Such A Time (Elizabeth Pritchard, 1973) (CSCNWW 33/21)
- The Cloud Moves (Kenneth Holmes, 1974) (CSCNWW 33/21)
- In The Far East (ed Lucy Guinness, 1889) (CSCNWW 33/22)
- Not Unto Us (Harry Guinness, 1908) (CSCNWW 33/23)
- The Life Story of Harry Grattan Guinness (C W Mackintosh, 1916) (CSCNWW 33/24)



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