GB 0102 MS 380587 - Brooking, Robert

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GB 0102 MS 380587 (1839-1859) [1980s] Collection (fonds) 1 file Brooking , Robert , fl 1839-1859 , missionary

Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society missionary to the Gold Coast, west Africa, 1840-1845; worked among indigenous people in Canada in the Hudson Bay district from 1847.

Presented in 1990.

Photocopy of a typescript transcript of the diary, 1839-1842, 1845, 1855-1859 (some gaps), of the Rev Robert Brooking, describing his missionary work, experiences, and local customs in west Africa and Canada, including transcript of a letter from T B Freeman, Cape Coast (west Africa), to Robert Brooking, 1855, describing the work of the mission there. With an article [1980s] by Helen Allen on the life of Robert Brooking.

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English

Database.

The original journal of Robert Brooking is thought to be held in the archives of Victoria University, Canada.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS), including letters from Robert Brooking in West Africa and North America (Ref: MMS West Africa Correspondence, North America Correspondence).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: Report of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society 1852, p 89; ibid 1855, p 110; ibid 1858 p 123. 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. Jul 2002 Africa African cultures Allen , Helen , fl 1990 Ancient religions Brooking , Robert , fl 1839-1859 , missionary Canada Christianity Christians Clergy Cultural heritage Customs and traditions Diaries Documents Freeman , Thomas Birch , 1809-1890 , missionary Ghana Gold Coast Information sources Literary forms and genres Literature Methodism Methodists Missionaries Missionary work National cultures Nonfiction North America Ordained missionaries Primary documents Prose Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious groups Travel Travel abroad Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society West Africa Nonconformists Nonconformity

Presented in 1990.

Photocopy of a typescript transcript of the diary, 1839-1842, 1845, 1855-1859 (some gaps), of the Rev Robert Brooking, describing his missionary work, experiences, and local customs in west Africa and Canada, including transcript of a letter from T B Freeman, Cape Coast (west Africa), to Robert Brooking, 1855, describing the work of the mission there. With an article [1980s] by Helen Allen on the life of Robert Brooking.

Unrestricted.

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 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS), including letters from Robert Brooking in West Africa and North America (Ref: MMS West Africa Correspondence, North America Correspondence).

Database.

The original journal of Robert Brooking is thought to be held in the archives of Victoria University, Canada.

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