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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC783
TitleAccession 783: Papers of Philip James Ross
Extent1 box
Date1966-1994
DescriptionCorrespondence including personal letters and also copies of Ross's Link Letters, 1966-1969; printed papers relating to Ross's missionary work in Sierra Leone 1978-1988 and in Nigeria, also to events in the diocese of the Niger Delta, 1970-1994; photographs showing students at Trinity College Umuahia.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series: Family Papers
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), from data subjects, and any other rights 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
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 HistoryPhilip James Ross (1918-1993), clergyman and missionary. Served as a CMS missionary in West Africa from 1944 to 1983. From 1959 to 1968 he was associated with Trinity College Umuahia, Nigeria. In Sierra Leone he served at Bo 1969-1975 and Freetown 1975-1982. In 1952 he married, fellow missionary, Betty Ada Wilson.
Custodial HistoryDeposited with CMS by Mrs B. Ross, 1999 (source: CMS catalogue). CMS retained the photographs [F3] when they transferred the rest of the collection to the University of Birmingham, Special Collections in May 2007; the photographs were transferred to the University of Birmingham 30 April 2025.
Archival NoteCatalogued by CMS, c 1999. Catalogue updated by Cadbury Research Library, 2025.
CopiesScanned copies of the photographs are held by the Church Mission Society, Watlington Road, Oxford.
Related MaterialThe Cadbury Research Library holds the Church Mission Society Archive, the official archive of the society (GB 0150 CMS), which includes papers relating to the missionary work of Philip Ross.
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