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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC1003
TitleAccession 1003: Photographs of Eleanor Harrison
Extent1 file
Date[?1890s]-[1920s]
DescriptionPhotographs and postcards depicting Eleanor Harrison (1872-1930) alone and with others. Most of the images appear to have been taken in England. There is also one photograph taken in China at some point during the years when she was working as a missionary with the Church Mission Society 1896-1927 and 1929-1930.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into a single series.
F: Family papers.
CopyrightPermission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing, from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk), the Church Mission Society (email: maddy.peston@churchmissionsociety.org), and any other rights holders. Requests to publish should be accompanied by a copy of proposed text. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying other copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Finding AidsA catalogue of this collection forming part of the wider CMS/ACC unofficial papers catalogue is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue.
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryEleanor ('Nellie') Jane Harrison (1872-1930) of Cookley, Kidderminster worked as a library assistant before studying at the CMS training home 'Highbury' in 1894. She was accepted as a missionary in July 1895. She set sail for 'Fukien' [now Fujian] in China for the first time in January 1896. Initially stationed at 'Kosangche', in 1902 she moved to open a new mission station at 'Tangtau'; from 1909 she was based at 'Kienning' [Jianning] and from February 1916 at 'Chungan'. After 30 years' service she resigned due to family circumstances in December 1926. She returned to the 'Fukien Mission' after rejoining CMS in 1929. In 1930, she and fellow missionary, Edith Nettleton, were captured, held to ransom, and killed by bandits. Sources: Annotated copy of the CMS 'Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904' (available on microfilm) and records of the General Secretary's Department (CMS/G/C 1/91-93; CMS/G/Y/CH4/3).
Custodial HistoryThe photographs were amongst family papers inherited by the donor.
Archival NoteCatalogued 2013. Updated 2025. Prepared in accordance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and Church Mission Society cataloguing guidelines.
Related MaterialCadbury Research Library holds the Church Mission Society Archive, the official archive of the society (GB 0150 CMS), which includes papers relating to Eleanor Harrison's service as a CMS missionary. It also holds two personal collections of papers relating to her in the CMS Accessions: GB 0150 CMS/ACC19 comprises the manuscript journal letters of Eleanor Harrison relating to her service as a CMS missionary with the 'Fukien [Fujian] Mission' in China in three volumes, 1896-1913, together with printed circular letters, 1916-1922 and an account of finding her remains, with photograph of the search party, in 1937; GB 0150 CMS/ACC445 is a detailed biography of Miss Eleanor Harrison compiled by H. J. Griffin.
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