Record

LevelSub-fonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC622
TitleAccession 622: Papers of Agnes Hamilton Catherine Wilkinson
Extent6 folders, 2 items
Date1896-1899
DescriptionPapers relating to the missionary work of Agnes Wilkinson in Mauritius consisting of photocopies of her journal letters with duplicates and two photographs.
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 HistoryAgnes Wilkinson (1860-1899) originally worked as an independent missionary in Muttra, United Provinces, India 1892-93, with her cousin Wilhelmina Beatrice Josephine Wilkinson; Wilhelmina's sister Helen Augusta Wilkinson also worked in the United Provinces 1892-94; Helen and Agnes were both accepted as CMS missionaries in 1896 and sent to Mauritius. In 1897 she married fellow CMS missionary Archdeacon Henry Buswell (No. 624 List I). Agnes died in Mauritius1 May 1899.

Reference: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905)
Custodial HistoryDeposited with the CMS in January 1990 and transferred to the Special Collections Department in July 2003

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