| Level | Series |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/B/OMS/G1 J I |
| Title | Individual letter-books [outgoing] |
| Extent | 2 volumes |
| Date | 1888-1914 |
| Description | From 1826 onwards one of the Secretaries at CMS headquarters had the primary task of writing personal letters to individual missionaries (as distinct from the official letters to the mission secretary). A series of volumes for these private and confidential letters was used by some of the Secretaries from 1852-1914. Most of the volumes are marked as 'Individual Letter-books' and contain not only personal letters, such as those of condolence or censure, but for some Secretaries also topics in which the individual Secretary had a special interest. The Asia (Group 1) Secretaries continued to use the volumes until 1914. The letters mainly comprise acknowledgment of missionaries' Annual Letters.
There are no individual letter-book volumes specifically for the Japan Mission prior to 1888. Letters sent out to the Japan Mission by the Secretaries of the CMS UK office were entered in the same volumes that served as China Mission individual letter-books. The archived volumes are numbered and held in the China Mission series. |
| Access Conditions | Microfilm or digital copies are made available in place of the originals. |
| Access Status | Open, but subject to some access restrictions |
| Related Material | For letters sent out to the Japan Mission before 1888 it is necessary to consult China Mission individual letter-books (CMS/B/OMS/C CH/I1 and CMS/B/OMS/G1 CH/I2). See URLs below. |
| URL | http://www.researchsource.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/CMS_I_Part10_Reel211_Vol2 |
| http://www.researchsource.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/CMS_I_Part10_Reel227b_Vol1 |
| http://www.researchsource.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/CMS_I_Part1_Reel10_Vol1 |