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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC1029
TitleAccession 1029: Papers relating to Oji River, Nigeria compiled by Jean Alderman
Extent2 volumes, 6 items
Date1956-2017
DescriptionThe Oji River mission station for the prevention and treatment of leprosy was established in 1935 as part of the CMS Niger mission, Onitsha Province, Nigeria. Jean Alderman worked at Oji River as nursing sister 1956-1967. Although she herself was appointed through the British Government, her colleagues included CMS missionaries. The collection comprises the revised edition of an autobiographical account by Jean Alderman and papers which were used in its preparation including 'Oji River - Place of Hope' written by CMS missionaries, Mary and Arthur Garrett.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series.
F: Family papers.
Access ConditionsCopying of photographs is not permitted in line with CMS access conditions devised 2024. Details are given in the catalogue at file level.
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), from the Church Mission Society (email: maddy.peston@churchmissionsociety.org), any data subjects and other right holders. Requests to publish should be accompanied by a copy of proposed text and images. 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
Access StatusOpen, but subject to some access restrictions
Creator NameAlderman, (Elizabeth) Jean, 1930-2020, nurse
Administrative HistoryJean Alderman was born in Cheshire in 1930. In 1934, she moved with her family to Ilkley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She trained as a nurse at Manchester Royal Infirmary (1948), studied midwifery at St Thomas' Hospital, London and Bradford (1953) and trained as a Health Visitor 1954-1955. In 1956, she sailed out to start work as Nursing Sister with the Leprosy Service, Eastern Nigeria. Some weeks after the start of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) and after hearing of the death of her father, she was evacuated to England, July 1967. She returned to Yorkshire and took up a post as Health Visitor. She was awarded an MBE for services to patients with leprosy in 1967.
Source: information supplied by the donor
AcquisitionPresented 2017.
Archival NoteCatalogued 2017. Updated 2025. Prepared in accordance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and Church Mission Society cataloguing guidelines.
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