| Description | Overseas tours by the General Secretary, 1887-1950; deputations within the British Isles, 1929-1948; overseas tours by CMS staff, 1946-1949; papers concerning an appeal for retired missionaries to help with deputations during the Second World War, 1939. The tour reports provide detailed contemporary 'snapshots' of service provision overseas including references to the historical context in which services and particular mission areas developed, the impact of work to date with references to different branches of mission work and recommendations for future action in the light of key strategic, political and operational issues impacting on the development of the Society's work at the time. |