| Level | Series |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/B/OMS/G2 I5 O |
| Title | Original papers [incoming] |
| Extent | 12 boxes |
| Date | 1880-1934 |
| Description | The original papers comprise all incoming papers sent by the mission secretary (or occasionally directly from the missionaries) to the Group Committee. They consist mainly of letters and reports, but include minutes and papers of local CMS and diocesan committees. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Physical Description | They are numbered [in red ink] for each year [from 1 January] and from 1885 onwards those originating in Great Britain are marked 'Trav. and Coch.' or 'T. and C.'. The date of receipt is also noted and often the initials of Secretaries and other headquarters' staff dealing with the material. Some items, notably finance correspondence, were removed as soon as they had been entered on the precis [see precis books /P], others were removed in the normal course of administrative work. Usually in these cases a note of the number of the item, plus the initials of the staff member and the department, remains in the packet.
Papers for 1921 are missing except for no. 56. |