GB 0102 CIM/PP 38-92 - Liberty, Eric and Edith

4 boxes

The papers form part of the series of personal and private papers of individual missionaries among the records of the China Inland Mission.
GB 0102 CIM/PP 38-92 1887, 1920-1980s Collection (fonds) 4 boxes Liberty , Eric R , d 1971 , missionary
Liberty , Edith , d ? 1978 , missionary
The Rev Eric Liberty and his wife Edith served the China Inland Mission from the 1920s, in China, the Philippines and Taiwan, retiring to England in 1970 following a motorbike accident. Eric Liberty died in 1971 and his wife is thought to have died in 1978. Eric Liberty's publications: Sons of China won to Christ (1943); Chinese Students at the Cross-Roads (1948).

The papers form part of the series of personal and private papers of individual missionaries among the records of the China Inland Mission.

Donated with the records of the China Inland Mission from 1991.

Papers, 1887, 1920-1980s, of Eric and Edith Liberty, comprising letters received, 1947-1978; papers relating to Eric Liberty's funeral, 1971; notes, 1920-1979 and undated, including Bible and devotional notes, sermons, and autobiographical notes; articles, 1887, 1950-1952 and undated, including The Gospel Magazine; undated book of Chinese characters; three audio tapes, [1967], 1973 and undated, including a church service and sermons; China Inland Mission badge; undated chart comparing religious and agricultural calendars; undated posters and painted cloths, including Christian subjects; papers relating to Edith Liberty and her estate, 1980s; ten photograph albums and over 400 loose photographs, 1923-1973 and undated, the subjects including the Libertys and their family, congregations and churches, and places in Taiwan, the Philippines, China and Singapore.

The papers comprise the following sections: letters; notes and sermons; articles and publications; audio tapes; miscellaneous; photographs.

Unrestricted. Readers should order the documents as CIM boxes 5-8 in SOAS Special Collections Reading Room.

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

Database and unpublished handlist.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the China Inland Mission (Ref: CIM).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: 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. Mar 2002 Ancient religions Autobiographies Calendars China China Inland Mission Christianity Christians East Asia Evangelistic missionaries Evangelistic missionary work Lay missionaries Liberty , Edith , d ? 1978 , missionary Liberty , Eric R , d 1971 , missionary Liberty , family , missionaries Literary forms and genres Literature Magnetic tape recordings Missionaries Missionary work Ordained missionaries Periodicals Philippines Photographs Prose Protestantism Protestants Publications Recordings Religions Religious activities Religious buildings Religious doctrines Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Religious practice Religious texts Sermons Singapore Sound recordings South East Asia Taiwan Theology Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Wives of missionaries Women missionaries Communications media Information sciences Buildings Architecture

Donated with the records of the China Inland Mission from 1991.

Papers, 1887, 1920-1980s, of Eric and Edith Liberty, comprising letters received, 1947-1978; papers relating to Eric Liberty's funeral, 1971; notes, 1920-1979 and undated, including Bible and devotional notes, sermons, and autobiographical notes; articles, 1887, 1950-1952 and undated, including The Gospel Magazine; undated book of Chinese characters; three audio tapes, [1967], 1973 and undated, including a church service and sermons; China Inland Mission badge; undated chart comparing religious and agricultural calendars; undated posters and painted cloths, including Christian subjects; papers relating to Edith Liberty and her estate, 1980s; ten photograph albums and over 400 loose photographs, 1923-1973 and undated, the subjects including the Libertys and their family, congregations and churches, and places in Taiwan, the Philippines, China and Singapore.

The papers comprise the following sections: letters; notes and sermons; articles and publications; audio tapes; miscellaneous; photographs.

Unrestricted. Readers should order the documents as CIM boxes 5-8 in SOAS Special Collections Reading Room.

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

• inglês

• latim

English and Chinese

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the China Inland Mission (Ref: CIM).

Database and unpublished handlist.

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.

• inglês