GB 0102 MS 380389 - Banks Photograph Collection

16 albums, 4 volumes

GB 0102 MS 380389 Created c1897-1949 Collection (fonds) 16 albums, 4 volumes Banks , Alexander L , fl 1897-1949 , missionary
Rev. Alexander L. Banks was a missionary with the Regions Beyond Missionary Union, based at Siwan, Northern India. The Regions beyond Missionary Union is an inter denominational union, formed in 1899 to carry on the work begun by the East London Institute for Home and Foreign Missions in 1872 - especially in areas beyond those already evangelised. Their field included work in India, Africa and South America.

The material was donated by the Andover United Reformed Church in 1983, and an additional donation was made in February 1999.

Papers, c1897-1949, of Alexander Banks, comprising photographs taken chiefly by Alexander Banks showing groups of missionaries, including the Banks, Hicks and Hodge families, Indian Christians, including the Das family, Hindus and Muslims, local festivals, buildings and views. Also included are copies of circular letters (1900-1902) and letters (1903-1906) from Alexander Banks; his diary (1899-1900); a record of orphanage children in India (1906) including photographs; and publications of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union.

Albums are in broadly chronological order.

Unrestricted.

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

Unpublished handlist.

The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds scanned photographs of Alexander Banks and Ethel Banks in Siwan and Almora (Ref: MS 380682).

Regions Beyond Missionary Union archives are held at The Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, The Mound, New College, Edinburgh, EH1 2LU.

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The material was donated by the Andover United Reformed Church in 1983, and an additional donation was made in February 1999.

Papers, c1897-1949, of Alexander Banks, comprising photographs taken chiefly by Alexander Banks showing groups of missionaries, including the Banks, Hicks and Hodge families, Indian Christians, including the Das family, Hindus and Muslims, local festivals, buildings and views. Also included are copies of circular letters (1900-1902) and letters (1903-1906) from Alexander Banks; his diary (1899-1900); a record of orphanage children in India (1906) including photographs; and publications of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union.

Albums are in broadly chronological order.

Unrestricted.

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

• English

• Latin

English

The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds scanned photographs of Alexander Banks and Ethel Banks in Siwan and Almora (Ref: MS 380682).

Unpublished handlist.

Regions Beyond Missionary Union archives are held at The Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, The Mound, New College, Edinburgh, EH1 2LU.

• English