GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 12-13 (Box 608) - Baldwin, Arthur

1 box

The papers were deposited with the Methodist Missionary Society and form part of the special series of biographical papers of individual missionaries.
GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 12-13 (Box 608) 1889-1902 Collection (fonds) 1 box Baldwin , Arthur , 1864-1937 , missionary
Born at Otley, Yorkshire, of devout Methodist parents, 1864; educated at Otley Collegiate School; entered the Primitive Methodist ministry, 1887; minister at Barrowford, 1887-1888; Halifax, 1888-1889; sent by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Committee on a pioneering mission to northern Rhodesia, 1889-1902; his time in Africa affected his health and he returned to England, 1902; minister at Halifax, 1902-1903; Brighouse, 1903-1908; Nottingham, 1908-1911; Gainsborough, 1911-1916; Leeds, 1916-1919; Financial Secretary to the Missionary Department, 1919-1924; Kingston, 1924-1925; Secretary of the Chapel Aid Association, 1925-1936; supernumerary, 1936; married firstly Elizabeth Anne (née Smith) and secondly Harriet (née Wright); died, 1937. Publication: The Rev Henry Buckenham, pioneer missionary (Joseph Johnson, London [1920]).

The papers were deposited with the Methodist Missionary Society and form part of the special series of biographical papers of individual missionaries.

Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the Methodist Missionary Society from 1978.

Papers, 1889-1902, of Arthur Baldwin, comprising diaries, 1889-1899, describing his journeys, work and life in Africa, including domestic activities and agricultural concerns; letters from Baldwin to his mother, 1889-1902, recounting his activities; letters from F Coillard to Baldwin, 1893-1895, concerning missionary work and concerns; undated manuscript notes on Coillard; undated map marked 'Proposal for a new mission Moomba'; letter to Mr Baldwin from F Pickering, 1897; letter to Mrs Baldwin from Mrs C Thackeray in New Zealand [1908]; nine photographs of southern Africa, mostly undated landscapes but including one of mission staff, 1899, among them some indigenous workers.

Unrestricted, but only to be viewed on microfiche.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist.

Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/PMMS). SOAS also holds Edwin Smith's transcripts of Baldwin's journals (Ref: MMS/WMMS/Special Series/Notes & Transcripts/FBN 1-2).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: Alphabetical Arrangement of Wesleyan Methodist Ministers (1936); Wesleyan Methodist Church Minutes of Conference (1938), p 181; British Library OPAC. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Feb 2002 Agriculture Ancient religions Baldwin , Arthur , 1864-1937 , missionary Baldwin , family , of Otley, Yorkshire Christianity Christians Clergy Coillard , François , 1834-1904 , French missionary in Africa Diaries Documents Evangelistic missionaries Evangelistic missionary work Indigenous lay workers Information sources Laity Literary forms and genres Literature Methodism Methodists Missionaries Missionary work Nonfiction Northern Rhodesia Ordained missionaries Photographs Pickering , F , fl 1897 Primary documents Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Prose Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Southern Africa Thackeray , C , fl c 1908 Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Zambia Nonconformists Nonconformity

Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the Methodist Missionary Society from 1978.

Papers, 1889-1902, of Arthur Baldwin, comprising diaries, 1889-1899, describing his journeys, work and life in Africa, including domestic activities and agricultural concerns; letters from Baldwin to his mother, 1889-1902, recounting his activities; letters from F Coillard to Baldwin, 1893-1895, concerning missionary work and concerns; undated manuscript notes on Coillard; undated map marked 'Proposal for a new mission Moomba'; letter to Mr Baldwin from F Pickering, 1897; letter to Mrs Baldwin from Mrs C Thackeray in New Zealand [1908]; nine photographs of southern Africa, mostly undated landscapes but including one of mission staff, 1899, among them some indigenous workers.

Unrestricted, but only to be viewed on microfiche.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/PMMS). SOAS also holds Edwin Smith's transcripts of Baldwin's journals (Ref: MMS/WMMS/Special Series/Notes & Transcripts/FBN 1-2).

Unpublished handlist.

Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English