GB 0102 CWM/LMS Africa Personal Box 1 - Helmore, Holloway

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GB 0102 CWM/LMS Africa Personal Box 1

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Helmore, Holloway

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  • 1850-1861 (Creación)

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0.5 box

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Born at Kidderminster, England, 1815; studied at Homerton College; appointed London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary to Africa; ordained at Leamington, 1838; married Anne Garden; sailed to South Africa, 1839; arrived at Cape Town; proceeded to Griqua Town; moved to Lekatlong and took charge of that station, 1840; moved to Borigelong, between Lekatlong and Taung, connected with the Kuruman mission, 1842; returned to work in Lekatlong, 1843; returned to England, his health having failed, 1856; appointed to open a mission among the Makololo, north of the Zambesi, 1858; arrived at Cape Town with his wife and four children and proceeded to Lekatlong; left Kuruman, 1859; arranged to travel with Roger Price and family to meet David Livingstone at Linyanti; after a difficult journey, arrived at Linyanti, where he, his wife and two children died of fever, 1860; the mission to the Makololo was abandoned.

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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.
GB 0102 CWM/LMS Africa Personal Box 1 1850-1861 Collection (fonds) 0.5 box Helmore , Holloway , 1815-1860 , missionary
Born at Kidderminster, England, 1815; studied at Homerton College; appointed London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary to Africa; ordained at Leamington, 1838; married Anne Garden; sailed to South Africa, 1839; arrived at Cape Town; proceeded to Griqua Town; moved to Lekatlong and took charge of that station, 1840; moved to Borigelong, between Lekatlong and Taung, connected with the Kuruman mission, 1842; returned to work in Lekatlong, 1843; returned to England, his health having failed, 1856; appointed to open a mission among the Makololo, north of the Zambesi, 1858; arrived at Cape Town with his wife and four children and proceeded to Lekatlong; left Kuruman, 1859; arranged to travel with Roger Price and family to meet David Livingstone at Linyanti; after a difficult journey, arrived at Linyanti, where he, his wife and two children died of fever, 1860; the mission to the Makololo was abandoned.

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.

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.

Papers, 1850-1861, of Holloway Helmore, comprising correspondence, largely between the Helmore family and Robert Moffat and his family, also including letters from Roger Price; and Helmore's journal of the journey from Kuruman to the Zambezi River for the purpose of establishing a mission among the Makololo, 1859, with typescript copies. With a typescript biography on Helmore, including photographs.

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Unpublished handlist.

Copies were deposited in Cape Town Library and the Central African Archives, Salisbury, Zimbabwe. Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including letters from individual missionaries, among them Helmore (Ref: CWM/LMS South Africa Incoming Correspondence); Helmore's candidate's papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates' Papers Box 7 No 23); and a portrait of him (Ref: CWM/LMS Miniature Portraits Box 1 Bundle 3 Miniature 10).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: LMS Register of Missionaries, ed James Sibree. 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 Ancient religions Christianity Christians Clergy Diaries Documents Evangelistic missionaries Evangelistic missionary work Helmore , family , missionaries in southern Africa Helmore , Holloway , 1815-1860 , missionary Information sources Kuruman Literary forms and genres Literature Missionaries Missionary Society x LMS , London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society Missionary work Moffat , family , missionaries in southern Africa Moffat , Robert , 1795-1883 , missionary Nonfiction Ordained missionaries Photographs Price , Roger , 1834-1900 , missionary Primary documents Prose Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Province of the Northern Cape Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements South Africa Southern Africa Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Zambezi, River

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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.

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Papers, 1850-1861, of Holloway Helmore, comprising correspondence, largely between the Helmore family and Robert Moffat and his family, also including letters from Roger Price; and Helmore's journal of the journey from Kuruman to the Zambezi River for the purpose of establishing a mission among the Makololo, 1859, with typescript copies. With a typescript biography on Helmore, including photographs.

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Unrestricted.

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

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  • inglés

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  • latín

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English

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The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including letters from individual missionaries, among them Helmore (Ref: CWM/LMS South Africa Incoming Correspondence); Helmore's candidate's papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates' Papers Box 7 No 23); and a portrait of him (Ref: CWM/LMS Miniature Portraits Box 1 Bundle 3 Miniature 10).

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Unpublished handlist.

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Copies were deposited in Cape Town Library and the Central African Archives, Salisbury, Zimbabwe. Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.

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School of Oriental and African Studies

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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.

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