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 3: Correspondence and Reports of the RBMU – Peru, Argentina, India, Nepal, Kalimintan and Irian Jaya, 1893-1955

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South America and Behar Minute Book
Minutes of the London meetings of the Advisory (later Executive) council of the mission in South America (from 1902-09 the council was also responsible for the missions Indian work) referring to work in Peru and Argentina (and the possibility of work in other areas such as Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia), with copies of minutes of missionary conferences held in Argentina (to 1908) and some correspondence.  Indexed. Includes Indian Council minutes (1908-09) [See Directors Minute Book v. 4 (2.4) for July 1908 June 1911].
1 vol: May 1898 May 1908 (CSCNWW 33/40)

Argentina
Correspondence (five items) relating to payments for the transfer of the RBMU property in Argentina to the Evangelical Union of South America (EUSA).
1 file: Sept 1914 1916 (CSCNWW 33/39/2)

Peru Inland Mission
Material mainly collected by Ben Alexander (Honorary Treasurer of the PIM 1936-1940) including minutes of the meetings of the home council (from the inaugural meeting in 1936) and field committees; copies of correspondence; copies of bulletins and circulars including Faith ventures with the Evangel of God in the Montana of Peru (1931-32, later The Lamas Evangel); and some financial notes; also includes index cards with notes on British and South American workers, members of the mission, mission stations and projects.
1 file: 1931 Nov 1940 (CSCNWW 33/39/3)

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The Lamas Evangel
Copies of the official journal or newsletter of the PIM published Jan 1933 March 1948 (a bulletin had been published previously from September 1930, see file above), giving news of the mission with some accounts and photographs.
2 vols: 1933, 1934 1937 (CSCNWW Library)

Peru  Articles and Pamphlets
Articles, pamphlets and leaflets describing the missions work in Peru, includes copy of Fifteen Years in Peru (J L Jarrett, c.1908) and edition of The Lamas Evangel (1936, see above).
1 file (9 items): c.1908, 1946 c.1981 (CSCNWW 33/41/3)

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India Minutes and Correspondence

Indian Council Minutes
Minutes of the London meetings of the Advisory Council of the mission in India, referring to all aspects of the work and to its proposed extension such as to Nepal (1913, 1919), includes copies of minutes of field conferences and correspondence from field (1901-1906).  From 1919 the business was dealt with at RBMU Directors meetings.  Indexed.  No Minutes for Oct 1900 Dec 1902. [See South American and Behar Minute Book (Reel 21) for minutes Dec 1902 May 1908 (Council met as the South American and Indian Council and South American matters dominated).  Also, see Directors Minute Book v. 4 (Reel 2) for minutes July 1908 July 1909.]
1 vol: Council Minutes: 1900, May 1910 18 July 1919; Field Minutes and Correspondence: Apr 1901 Dec 1906 (CSCNWW 33/43)

Early Indian Papers
File created by missionaries in the field containing papers and correspondence relating to the ownership of land and property and to the incorporation of the mission as a company; also includes some correspondence with RBMU in London and between missionaries about allowances, finance and policy such as the employment of non-Christian staff in schools, and notes on the early history of the mission (filed 1945).
1 file: Dec 1889 Nov 1958 (CSCNWW 33/44/2)

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Miss Hope Lee
Material belonging to Miss E M Hope Lee (missionary to India 1915-46?), includes diaries (4 notebooks, c.1915-26), verses and photographs (1914-1950s).
1 file: 1914 1950s (CSCNWW 33/44/3)

India Publications

India Pamphlets
Pamphlets and leaflets describing the work in India, includes:

If A Missionary Study (Lucy Guinness, 1897)
New Years Eve 1900 (Lucy Guinness, 1899)
In a Neglected Corner of India (Harry Guinness, taken from Not One of Us, 1908)
a book of verse (1930s)
pamphlets from the EHA and Duncan Hospital (some given by Margaret Owen).
28 items: 1897 1980s (CSCNWW 33/46)

India Language Items
Publications in Tamil, Hindi and Nepali including the Gospels, a Bhojpuri grammar book and constitution of the church in Siwan (1936).
6 items: 1936, 1962 1970 (CSCNWW 33/46)

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India Printed Books

Printed publications:

Typical Pictures of Indian Natives (1897)
Across India at the Dawn of the 20th Century (Lucy Guinness, 1898)
three books by Betty Pritchard (missionary in India): Sown in the Dust (1955?), The Sword of Elijah (1968), and A Sword at the Heart (1970)
5 vols: 1897 1970 (CSCNWW 33/48/1-5)

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Nepal Correspondence
Correspondence and other material relating to the missions work in Nepal, early material is mainly articles, news and prayer letters referring to the progress of the work (some include references to India as well as Nepal). 
file: May 1953 Dec 1955 (CSCNWW 33/48/6)

Nepal Publications
Pamphlets and other publications describing the history and work of the RBMU and the UMN in Nepal including:  

Into Nepal (1957), In Nepal (1961) and Still in Nepal (1965)
Nepal on the Potters Wheel (UMN, 1970 and 1974) [by Ernest Oliver]
Nepal and the Gospel of God (Jonathan Lindell, 1979)
Venture True Stories 1 & 2
A Few Sick Folk (Nora Vickers)
BHIM and the Gurkhas
Notes on Nepal
Through open doors
Nepal at a glance
Introducing Nepal and the UMN
UMN Development work in Nepal (1984)
The United Mission to Nepal
UMN Health Services in Nepal (1986)
UMN Development Projects in Nepal (1986)
Trekking in Nepal (Betty Strothers)
Your questions answered about the UMN
Project Timothy: Nepal Orientation Pack (1988)
UMN - 35 years in Nepal
22 items: 1957 c.1988 (CSCNWW 33/50)

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Kalimantan and Irian Jaya Publications
Pamphlets, leaflets and books relating to the work in Irian Jaya and Kalimantan, many produced in America, including:

The Valley and the Vision (Stan Dale, 1978 edition)
Healing in miracle valley (Dr Jack Leng)
Care and share through prayer - RBMU International in Irian Jaya
You can help this new outreach in Irian Jaya at Soba and Holuwon
Latest Dutch New Guinea News Flash!
Shall they not hear?
Bokondini School
Regions Wings (newsletters about the missions planes, various editions)
Where on Earth is Irian Jaya?
The tribes
Return to Silivam (Don Richardson)
Irian Jaya
Sakij Selayang Pandang
The Time Machine
To Perish for their Saving (Helen Manning, 1971)
Lords of the Earth (Don Richardson, 1977)
17 items, 1950s 1990; 2 vols: 1971, 1977 (CSCNWW 33/52)