| Level | Sub-sub-series |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/G/AZ 1 |
| Title | Guard books of circulars and other printed material |
| Extent | 7 volumes |
| Date | 1804-1904 |
| Description | Pamphlets; memoranda; committee minutes, papers, reports and resolutions; regulations; appeal letters; recruitment advertisements; intercession papers; letters from the Secretaries; copies of CMS petitions; material for use by deputations, clergy and those involved in exhibitions; lecture notices; reports of overseas visits; instructions including 'General Instructions' to departing missionaries; responses to criticism and letters to Association Secretaries. Subjects include: CMS finances and special funds, missionary allowances, events and conditions overseas (for example, concerning the Slave Trade), overseas churches and bishoprics and other news of the Society's work overseas and (less) at Home.
Volumes 1 and 3-7 have manuscript indexes. Volume 4 has a cumulative index for volumes 3 and 4. |
| Access Conditions | For conservation reasons surrogate copies are made available in place of the original. URL links to the online copies are given in the file level catalogue entries. |
| Access Status | Open, but subject to some access restrictions |
| Physical Description | Several of the spine titles do not match the date range of the contents and some of the contents are loose and fragile. |
| Copies | Available on microfilm and online.
Microfilm:
'Church Missionary Society Archive', Section III: Central Records, Part 6, Reels 63-71.
Publisher: Marlborough: Adam Matthew Publications, 2001.
Location in the Cadbury Research Library: microfilm drawers D2, D3 and C8 (for the latter see Addendum reel: additional G/AZ 1-AZ 2).
Digital publication:
'AM Scholar - Church Missionary Society Archive': Central Records.
Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital.
Access: by institutional subscription: free to members of the University of Birmingham and visitors to the Cadbury Research Library and other subscribing institutions. |