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Church Missionary Society
With an estimated two million items, this is by far the largest collection in the University of Birmingham Library. It has been received in instalments from 1979, and papers from the Society’s foundation in 1799 up to 1959 are currently open for scholarly study. The collection is a rich source of information not only for ecclesiastical history and missiology but for the secular history and anthropology of the many countries, particularly in Asia and Africa, in which the Society has operated. Included are records of the Society’s home administration (minute books, ledgers, correspondence and publications) and of the work of individual missions, amongst them letters and diaries kept by missionaries.
| Material Held At: | University of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections |
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| Dates of Creation: | 1799-1959 |
| Name of Creator: | Church Missionary Society |
| Language of Material: | English |
| Website : | https://churchmissionsociety.org/library-and-archives/church-mission-society-archives/ |
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