Bach, Thomas and Lucy
IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 CWM/LMS India Personal Box 5
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies Library
Domain: archival
Title: Bach, Thomas and Lucy
Date(s) of contents: 1894-1900
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent and medium: 1 box
CONTEXT
Name of creator(s): Bach | Thomas William | b 1868 | missionary
Bach | S H | fl 1894-1900 | née Mudie Smith | known as Lucy
Administrative/Biographical history: Thomas William Bach: born in Worcester, England, 1868; studied at New College; appointed London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary to Trivandrum, Travancore, southern India, ordained in Worcester, and travelled to India, 1894; married S H Mudie Smith in Madras, 1895; visited England, 1897; resigned on account of his wife's ill-health, 1899; returned to England, 1900.
Custodial history: The papers were deposited with the London Missionary Society and form part of the special series of personal papers of individual LMS missionaries and officers.
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the London Missionary Society by the Congregational Council for World Mission (later Council for World Mission) in 1973.
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
Scope and content/abstract: Papers, 1894-1900, of Thomas and Lucy Bach, comprising correspondence, 1894-1898, largely between Thomas and Lucy Bach and their families, including comments on Lucy's health, life in India, and missionary work; photographs, 1895-[1899], of people and scenes in India, including religious and educational subjects; printed papers, 1898-1900, relating to London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary work and the Bachs' life in India; St John's Gospel written on palm leaves in various languages and another palm leaf book, both undated.
System of arrangement:
ACCESS AND USE
Language: Mainly English, some Greek, Tamil and Malayalam
Conditions governing access: Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction: No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids: Unpublished handlist.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material: The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including incoming letters from individual missionaries, among them Thomas Bach (Ref: CWM/LMS South India (Travancore) Incoming Correspondence), and his candidate's papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates' Papers Box 1 No 20).
Copies: Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: LMS Register of Missionaries, ed James Sibree.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2002
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- Ancient religions
- Asian cultures
- Bibles
- Christianity
- Christians
- Clergy
- Congregationalism
- Congregationalists
- Educational missionary work
- Evangelistic missionaries
- Evangelistic missionary work
- Missionaries
- Missionary work
- National cultures
- Ordained missionaries
- Photographs
- Protestant nonconformists
- Protestant nonconformity
- Protestantism
- Protestants
- Religions
- Religious activities
- Religious doctrines
- Religious groups
- Religious institutions
- Religious movements
- Religious texts
- Theology
- Travel
- Travel abroad
- Visual materials
- Wives of missionaries
- Ancient religions
- Personal names
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- Bach | S H | fl 1894-1900 | née Mudie Smith | known as Lucy x Bach | Lucy x Smith | S H | Mudie x Mudie Smith | S H
- Bach | Thomas William | b 1868 | missionary
- Smith | Mudie | family x Mudie Smith | family
- Bach | S H | fl 1894-1900 | née Mudie Smith | known as Lucy x Bach | Lucy x Smith | S H | Mudie x Mudie Smith | S H
- Corporate names
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- Missionary Society x LMS | London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society
- Missionary Society x LMS | London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society
- Places
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- India
- South Asia
- India