GB 0102 MS 380320 - Sabin, Margaret Katherine

5 boxes

GB 0102 MS 380320 Created 1919-1962 Collection (fonds) 5 boxes Sabin , Margaret Katherine , 1887-1978 , missionary
Margaret Katherine Sabin was born on 17 Apr 1887. She was educated at Camden School, with a scholarship of three years to the North London Collegiate School. From 1913-1914, she undertook a training course at Westhill, Selly Oak. She was a member of the Church at Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, North London, and its associated Mission at Kentish Town. In 1919, she accompanied her sister on a two-year visit to China, where she observed the work of the London Missionary Society. In 1922, she returned by way of South Africa, and spent a few months at Hope Fountain. In 1926, she was appointed as an educational missionary with the London Missionary Society, and posted to Mbereshi, Northern Rhodesia. She remained in Mbereshi until 1948, assisting Mabel Shaw (founder of the Livingstone Memorial School) in building up the girl's boarding school and home. She died in 1978.

Donated in 1981.

Papers, 1919-1962, of Margaret Katherine Sabin, including notes, letters and photographs. Letters include those written to her family (1919-1950), describing work at the school and mission station in Mbereshi. Also includes photographs of Mbereshi.

The material has been arranged into the following sections: correspondence of Margaret Sabin; correspondence of Janet Bryson; correspondence of Mary Livingstone; other manuscript materials; East Africa Tour 1950. Correspondence has been arranged chronologically.

Unrestricted.

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

Unpublished handlist.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the papers of Mabel Shaw (Ref: MS 380319) relating to Mbereshi, and the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS).

15 May 2000 Ancient religions Bryson , Janet , fl 1923-1940 Christianity Christians East Africa Educational missionaries Educational missionary work Lay missionaries Livingstone , Mary , fl 1930-1962 , of Mbereshi, Zambia Livingstone Memorial School , Mbereshi x Girl's Boarding School , Mbereshi Luapula Mbereshi Mission Missionaries Missionary Society x LMS , London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society Missionary work Mission schools Northern Rhodesia Photographs Protestantism Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Sabin , Margaret Katherine , 1887-1978 , missionary Schools Southern Africa Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Women missionaries Womens missionary work Zambia Educational institutions

Donated in 1981.

Papers, 1919-1962, of Margaret Katherine Sabin, including notes, letters and photographs. Letters include those written to her family (1919-1950), describing work at the school and mission station in Mbereshi. Also includes photographs of Mbereshi.

The material has been arranged into the following sections: correspondence of Margaret Sabin; correspondence of Janet Bryson; correspondence of Mary Livingstone; other manuscript materials; East Africa Tour 1950. Correspondence has been arranged chronologically.

Unrestricted.

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

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English

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the papers of Mabel Shaw (Ref: MS 380319) relating to Mbereshi, and the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS).

Unpublished handlist.

• inglês