Record

LevelSub-fonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC276
TitleAccession 276: Papers of Rev. Harold Brelsford Lewin
Extent3 vols., 1 file, 33 photographs, 8 docs. and 1 item
Date1894-1928
DescriptionThis collection comprises papers and photographs of Rev. Harold Brelsford Lewin as a CMS missionary in Uganda from 1894 until 1930. It includes an account of a voyage across the Victorian Nyanza which he undertook in 1899; and several albums containing photographs he took during his time in Uganda, many with manuscript captions, which include group and individual photographs of people, both of missionaries and the local population, views, buildings and events. There are a few miscellaneous letters, including one to his brother in 1895 and Lewin's own letters of instructions from the CMS; and his writings comprising a manuscript account of the early life of Rev Aloni Muyinda, 1902 and the typescript of an article on caves in
the Uganda protectorate. There is also an unascribed history of the church in Luganda.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Missionary Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series: Family Papers
Access ConditionsAccess to all registered readers
LanguageEnglish
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. A paper copy of this catalogue is also available for consultation at Special Collections.
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryRev. Harold Brelsford Lewin (1873-1972) of Boston, Lincolnshire and was educated at Boston Grammar School. He was accepted as a CMS missionary in 1894 and served in Uganda until 1930. He was stationed at Kikoma and then at Mbarara. He retired from full service in 1930. He was married to Isabella, nee Fergusson (d 1950).
Reference: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905), and unpublished additions to this register in the CMS archive
Custodial HistoryPresented to the CMS by Miss Dorothy Lewin, June 1972; transferred on permanent loan to the Special Collections Department by the CMS in the 1980s
Related MaterialThe Special Collections Department holds the Church Missionary Society Archive, the official archive of the society (GB 0150 CMS), which includes papers relating to Lewin's service as a CMS missionary