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- Created 1930s-1990s (Creation)
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Cecil Edward Seager was born on 1 April 1908, in Leicester. He was educated at Leeds Modern School (Secondary) between 1913 and 1926. On leaving school, he was accepted as a missionary student at the United Independent College, Bradford. He took an arts course at Edinburgh University, graduating with an MA in October 1931. He went on to read for a theology course at the United Independent College, which he completed in June 1933. In the same year he was appointed as a missionary with the London Missionary Society. He was posted to Inyati, Southern Rhodesia, where he became Principal of the Institution (school), with additional charge of the Inyati District. From 1937, he and his wife were stationed at Tjimali and Dombodema, Matabeleland. In 1941, he resigned from the London Missionary Society and took up alternative ministerial work in southern Africa.
Archival history
GB 0102 MS 380675 Created 1930s-1990s Collection (fonds) 1 box Seager , Cecil Edward , b 1908 , missionary
Cecil Edward Seager was born on 1 April 1908, in Leicester. He was educated at Leeds Modern School (Secondary) between 1913 and 1926. On leaving school, he was accepted as a missionary student at the United Independent College, Bradford. He took an arts course at Edinburgh University, graduating with an MA in October 1931. He went on to read for a theology course at the United Independent College, which he completed in June 1933. In the same year he was appointed as a missionary with the London Missionary Society. He was posted to Inyati, Southern Rhodesia, where he became Principal of the Institution (school), with additional charge of the Inyati District. From 1937, he and his wife were stationed at Tjimali and Dombodema, Matabeleland. In 1941, he resigned from the London Missionary Society and took up alternative ministerial work in southern Africa.
Donated in 1996 and 1997.
Material, 1930s-1990s, relating to southern Africa and the work of Cecil Edward Seager. Includes a video and transcript of early cine-film from the period in which Seager was stationed at Dombodema and Tjimali (1930s-1940s); correspondence (1933-1994); press cuttings; and typescripts of a play written by Seager entitled A Christian Cavalcade (1948).
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
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Unpublished handlist.
The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS).
15 May 2000 Ancient religions Audiovisual materials Christianity Christians Clergy Congregationalism Congregationalists Dombodema Drama Educational missionaries Educational missionary work Inyati Literary forms and genres Literature Matabeleland Missionaries Missionary Society x LMS , London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society Missionary work Newspaper press Ordained missionaries Press Press cuttings Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Recordings Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Seager , Cecil Edward , b 1908 , missionary Southern Africa Southern Rhodesia Tjimali Video recordings Zimbabwe Nonconformity
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Donated in 1996 and 1997.
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Material, 1930s-1990s, relating to southern Africa and the work of Cecil Edward Seager. Includes a video and transcript of early cine-film from the period in which Seager was stationed at Dombodema and Tjimali (1930s-1940s); correspondence (1933-1994); press cuttings; and typescripts of a play written by Seager entitled A Christian Cavalcade (1948).
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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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- English
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- Latin
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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).
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Unpublished handlist.
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- Religions » Ancient religions
- Recordings » Audiovisual materials
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
- Religious groups » Christians
- Religious groups » Clergy
- Literary forms and genres » Drama
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Religious activities » Missionary work
- Press » Newspaper press
- Press
- Press » Newspaper press » Press cuttings
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Protestantism
- Recordings
- Religions
- Religious activities
- Religious groups
- Religious institutions
- Religious institutions » Religious movements
- Recordings » Audiovisual materials » Video recordings
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- English