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LevelSub-fonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC449
TitleAccession 449: Papers of Mabel Constance Baggs
Extent3 volumes, 3 files, 1 bundle, 4 items
Datec 1900-1974
DescriptionPhotograph albums, loose photographs, postcards, books, printed papers and other miscellaneous items.

Warning: the postcards depict graphic images of the impact of the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series:
F: Family papers
Access ConditionsThe postcards featuring graphic images of people who suffered in the bombing of Hiroshima are for viewing in the Cadbury Research Library reading room only. They must not be photographed or copied. Details are given at file level (/F8).
LanguageJapanese
English
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, but subject to some access restrictions
Administrative HistoryMabel Constance Baggs (1898-1984) was a CMS missionary in Japan between 1925 and 1963 working at various locations including Tokushima, Hiroshima and Kobe. She was interned in Japan throughout the Second World War.
Reference: Gordon Hewitt, The problems of success: a history of the Church Missionary Society, 1910-1942 (in 2 vols) (London: published for the Church Missionary Society by SCM Press, 1971-1977).
Custodial HistoryDeposited with the CMS in September 1980 and transferred to the Special Collections Department in July 2003
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