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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC440
TitleAccession 440: Papers of Florence May Watkins
Extent1 file
Date1978
DescriptionThis is a typescript copy of Florence Watkins's autobiography written at the age of 93 when she was living at Venn House
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Missionary Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series: Family Papers
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 HistoryFlorence May Watkins (b.1885) trained as a teacher and was accepted as a CMS missionary in 1912. She was sent to work on the staff of the Girls' Seminary in Yoruba Mission, Lagos. In 1915 she married fellow missionary Charles William Fortesque Jebb (No. 1808 List I)
Reference: Unpublished additions to the Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905) in the CMS archives
Custodial HistoryDeposited with the CMS in May 1980 and transferred to the Special Collections Department in July 2003
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 Florence Watkins's missionary work
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