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London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS): 2015 Accessions

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  • John Beech (1926-2012), Methodist minister and missionary to West Africa: letters (7) of John Beech and his wife Johanne Beech whilst working in Kumsai, Ghana to his parents in England, rel to personal and family matters, educational missionary work among students, and wider political developments in Ghana (Gold Coast) 1951-1957 (MS 381242)
  • Howard Diamond (fl 1928-1952), Treasurer of the London Missionary Society: diaries incl of the voyage of the mission ship John Williams VI from Grimsby to Suva, Fiji, for the London Missionary Society; visits to New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, India and Pakistan, 1948-1949; and of a visit to Bengal, India, 1951 1948-1951 (MS 381232)
  • Arthur Robert Down (b 1907), missionary, Madagascar: papers incl diaries, photographs, sketches and sound recordings (on cassette and MP3) c1935-1949 (MS 381281)
  • Elizabeth May Gillison (1868-1936), medical missionary in China: letters of Thomas Gillison and his wife Bessie between 1859 and 1937, while serving as medical missionaries in China with the London Missionary Society, with published transcripts of letters 1859-2011 (MS 381064)
  • Thomas Gillison (1859-1937), medical missionary in China: letters of Thomas Gillison and his wife Bessie between 1859 and 1937, while serving as medical missionaries in China with the London Missionary Society, with published transcripts of letters 1859-2011 (MS 381064)
  • Philip Hugh Gulliver (b 1921), anthropologist: papers rel to academic work on the anthropology of East Africa; incl research notes, conference papers and articles on age groups and social structure c1950-1969 (PP MS 87)
  • Arthur Samuel Huckett (1853-1922), missionary in Madagascar: personal papers incl letters, photographs and printed material c1880-1922 (MS 381276)
  • Daisy Barbara Lea (b 1918), nurse and missionary: papers rel to service as a medical missionary in central Africa with the London Missionary Society, incl papers, photographs and publications c1911-1979 (MS 381275)
  • Gladys Irene Kennan Petter (1910-1996), Baptist Deacon and Christian campaigner in Australia: glass slides and photograph album of visit to Tunisia 1928-1929 (MS 381247)
  • Anker Rentse (1896-1950), colonial administrator and military intelligence officer: papers incl essays, articles, publications, maps, manuscripts, photographs, on Malay people and culture, particulary rel to the state of Kelantan, and translated copies of corresp with his wife, with some family photographs c1920-2014 (MS 381246)
  • Henry Rue (fl1910-1913), photographer: photograph album with images mainly of Hong Kong, also Shanghai, Canton (Guangzhou), Peking (Beijing), Warsaw, Russia, Siberia and Irkutsk 1910-1913 (MS 381233)
  • Norman Sargant (1909-1982), Methodist missionary and Bishop of Mysore, South India: personal papers with circular letters, photographs, slides, reports, printed and published material c1930-1983 (MS 381245)
  • James Sibree (1836-1929), architect, missionary and naturalist: paintings on fabric by Malagasy artists, incl James Rainimaharosoa thought to have been used by James Sibree, as teaching aids rel to work in Madagascar c1860-1899 (MS 381237)
  • Interserve England and Wales: additions to missionary archive incl committee minutes and papers, general secretary's papers, project files, property files, financial papers, publications, rel to work overseas,administration in UK and liaison with other Christian organisations 1931-2000 (INT)
  • Churches of Christ Missionary Committee: papers rel to the mission fields of the British Churches of Christ, with work in India, Thailand and Malawi; incl minute books, corresp, publications, and the papers of four individuals who worked in Malawi (Nyasaland) Ernest Gray, Mary Bannister, Edward Terry and Henry Philpott, secretary to Missionary Committee c1890-1980 (CoC)