| Level | Sub-sub-series |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/G/AZ 2 |
| Title | Circular books |
| Extent | 5 volumes |
| Date | 1892-1921 |
| Description | Material circulated to committee members, candidates, new missionaries, Society members and others, with much of a routine nature including memoranda, meeting and event notices, letters of thanks, appeal papers, committee resolutions, news of committee appointments and officer resignations. Including regular items such as the Honorary Secretary's Annual Letter to missionaries (greetings, news of Home side etc); the Committee's General Instructions to those departing overseas; material arising from particular events or issues such as letters circulated to give the Society's response to a criticism.
Some of the items are annotated with notes of when, and to whom, copies were sent and some are in the form of mimeographed, manuscript copies. |
| 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 |
| Copies | Microfilm:
'Church Missionary Society Archive', Section III: Central Records, Part 6, Reels 72-74.
Publisher: Marlborough: Adam Matthew Publications, 2001.
Location in the Cadbury Research Library: microfilm drawers 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: Section III, Part 6.
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. |