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LevelSub-fonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC1005
TitleAccession 1005: Papers of Dorothy Edith King
Extent1 file, 1 item
Date[1945]-1952
DescriptionScrap album compiled by Dorothy King whilst serving as a missionary in Egypt.
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), data subjects 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.
LanguageEnglish
Finding AidsA catalogue of this collection 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
Creator NameKing, Dorothy Edith, 1910-1997, missionary and teacher.
Administrative HistoryDorothy Edith King was born 12 January 1910. In 1945 she was accepted as a CMS missionary and served with the Egypt Mission as headmistress of the Old Cairo Girls' School for primary school children. In October 1951, she was appointed Acting Mission Secretary. A year later she resigned and returned to England due to family circumstances. She died 4 January 1997.

Sources: Minutes of the CMS General Committee, 21 October 1952 (CMS/G/C1/107); information supplied by the donor.
AcquisitionPresented by the niece of Dorothy King, September 2013.
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 further records relating to Dorothy King in the Church Missionary Society Archive (GB 0150 CMS).
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