Record

LevelSeries
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/MAPS
TitleCMS Maps
Date[c 1804]-1945
DescriptionA compilation of manuscript and printed maps relating to the Society's work outside the UK.

Including maps relating to areas administered by the CMS Africa (Group 3) Committee: Abyssinia [Ethiopia], Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, and other parts of Africa, 1825-1935; maps relating to areas administered by the CMS East Asia (Group 1) Committee: China and Japan, 1868-1945; maps relating to areas administered by the CMS West Asia (Group 2) Committee: India, Persia [Iran], Afghanistan, Mauritius, 1804-1935; maps relating to CMS in the 'West Indies' [Caribbean]: Jamaica [missing] and Cuba, 1828-1844.

Manuscript annotations on some of the maps in this series indicate that they arrived at CMS headquarters as part of the incoming mission correspondence received by the CMS Overseas Division [records now held as 'Original Papers' in the overseas missions series, CMS/B/OMS]. They are annotated in red ink with the date when they arrived at CMS headquarters and the filing number assigned by the clerks of the Overseas (Foreign) Division.
Access ConditionsThe collection is undergoing conservation. Anyone wishing to access the maps should please get in touch in advance for advice on availability of specific items of interest. Email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Access StatusOpen, but subject to some access restrictions
Archival NoteCatalogued by Rosemary Keen.
Related MaterialMaps can also be found elsewhere in the CMS archive within the records held under the different departments of work at CMS headquarters (for example, in the records of the CMS Overseas Division and records of the General Secretary's Department); also in the CMS periodicals and collections of CMS Unofficial Papers.

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