Missionary Council of the Church Assembly

IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0109 MSS. MS. 2446, 3121-3128
Held at: Lambeth Palace Library
Domain: archival
Title: Missionary Council of the Church Assembly
Date(s) of contents: 1891-1955
Level of description: Sub-collection
Extent and medium: 9 volumes of archival material

CONTEXT

Name of creator(s):

Missionary Council of the Church Assembly
United Boards of Mission

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Board of Mission for the Province of Canterbury was established in 1887, followed three years later by a similar Board for the Province of York. Together they formed the United Boards of Mission. In 1922 the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly was set up to develop the wrok of the Boards.

See also:
Reports of the Missionary Council in Proceedings of Church Assembly.

Custodial history:

Immediate source of acquisition: Given by the Missionary and Ecumenical Council of the Church Assembly, 1964.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection comprises: minutes of the missionary literature sub-committee of the Board of Missions for the province of Canterbury, 1891-1899 (one volume; MS. 2446); reports to the Missionary Council from overseas bishops in Africa, Asia and Australasia, 1929-1955 (eight volumes; MSS. 3120-3469).

System of arrangement: *

ACCESS AND USE

Language: English

Conditions governing access: A full reader's ticket is required.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

Edward Geoffrey Watson Bill, A catalogue of manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library : MSS. 2341-3119 (excluding MSS. 2690-2750) (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983).

Edward Geoffrey Watson Bill, A catalogue of manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library, MSS. 3120-3469 (typescript).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Other archives of the Board of the Province of Canterbury and of the United Boards of Mission, and the records of the Missionary Council, are held in the Church of England Record Centre, Bermondsey.

Publication note:

Edward Geoffrey Watson Bill, A catalogue of manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library : MSS. 2341-3119 (excluding MSS. 2690-2750) (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Date(s) of descriptions: 22nd March 2002

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Missionary societies

Missionary support organizations

Missionary work

Religious activities

Religious organizations

Personal names

Corporate names

Missionary Council of the Church Assembly

United Boards of Mission

Places

Africa

Asia

Oceania