GB 0102 MS 380606 - Sabin, Richard Henry and Mary Gladstone

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GB 0102 MS 380606 (1938-1939) c1991 Collection (fonds) 1 file Sabin , Mary Gladstone , d 1989 , née Hayward
Sabin , Richard Henry , 1904-1969 , missionary

Richard Henry Sabin: born at New Barnet (Hertfordshire), 1904; studied theology at Cheshunt College, Cambridge; BA (Cantab); appointed London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary to Mbereshi, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia); ordained at New Barnet Congregational Church, 1932; married Lucy Mary Hawkins (d 1933), 1932; sailed to Africa, 1932; his service included work at the Bible School for the training of African ministers; married, secondly, Mary Gladstone Hayward (d 1989), 1938; two children, Pauline Mary (b 1939) and Christopher Hubert Henry (b 1940); resigned his connection with the LMS and accepted the pastorate of Claremont Congregational Church, Cape Town, 1941; returned to England, 1944; subsequently Africa Secretary to the United Society for Christian Literature, and minister of churches in Ilkley (Yorkshire), Great Yarmouth (Norfolk), and Wolverhampton (Staffordshire); died in Middesex Hospital, 1969. Richard Sabin's aunt, Margaret Sabin (1887-1978), also served the London Missionary Society at Mbereshi.

Donated in 1994.

Copies of papers of Richard and Mary Sabin, 1938-1939, comprising photocopy of typescript account by Mary Sabin of a journey from Nairobi to Mbereshi following her marriage to Richard Sabin, 1938, describing the landscape and visits en route, including other mission stations, with a manuscript map of the route; prints of various photographs of scenes in Africa from Richard Sabin's notebook, 1938-1939. With photocopy of a manuscript account of the family history by their daughter Pauline Moore, c1991.

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The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including reports by Richard Sabin in Mbereshi, 1933-1936 (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Reports Box 6 Files 50-1, Box 7 Files 52-3); his candidate's papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates Papers 2nd series 1900-1950 Box 33); and a photograph of Mrs Sabin (Ref: CWM/LMS General Portraits Box 5). SOAS also holds papers of Richard Sabin's aunt, Margaret Sabin (Ref: MS 380320).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: typescript LMS Register of Missionaries. 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 Ancient religions Christianity Christians Clergy East Africa Educational missionaries Kenya Luapula Maps Mbereshi Mission Missionaries Missionary Society x LMS , London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society Moore , Pauline Mary , b 1939 , née Sabin x Sabin , Pauline Mary Nairobi Northern Rhodesia Ordained missionaries Photographs Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Religions Religious groups Sabin , family , missionaries , of Africa and England Sabin , Mary Gladstone , d 1989 , née Hayward x Hayward , Mary Gladstone Sabin , Richard Henry , 1904-1969 , missionary Southern Africa Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Wives of missionaries Zambia

Donated in 1994.

Copies of papers of Richard and Mary Sabin, 1938-1939, comprising photocopy of typescript account by Mary Sabin of a journey from Nairobi to Mbereshi following her marriage to Richard Sabin, 1938, describing the landscape and visits en route, including other mission stations, with a manuscript map of the route; prints of various photographs of scenes in Africa from Richard Sabin's notebook, 1938-1939. With photocopy of a manuscript account of the family history by their daughter Pauline Moore, c1991.

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 records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including reports by Richard Sabin in Mbereshi, 1933-1936 (Ref: CWM/LMS Central Africa Reports Box 6 Files 50-1, Box 7 Files 52-3); his candidate's papers (Ref: CWM/LMS Candidates Papers 2nd series 1900-1950 Box 33); and a photograph of Mrs Sabin (Ref: CWM/LMS General Portraits Box 5). SOAS also holds papers of Richard Sabin's aunt, Margaret Sabin (Ref: MS 380320).

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