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LevelSub-fonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC809
TitleAccession 809: Papers relating to Edward Cash's filming of CMS work in India 1904-1905
Extent3 files
Datec 2000
DescriptionPapers relating to the making of the first photographic and film documentary of CMS work in India when Edward Cash toured India taking photographs and filming for the Autoscope Company on behalf of CMS. Compiled by Alan Birt Acres.

Including a photocopy and transcription of Edward Cash's 1904-1905 diary, a leaflet about Birt Acres (film pioneer, founder of the Autoscope Company, and brother-in-law of Edward Cash), and a chapter of Alan Birt Acres' biography of Birt Acres which relates to Edward Cash and his tour of India.

Cash's diary includes a record of places visited, the CMS workers he met, and the photo opportunities experienced.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series.
F: 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 as custodian of the archive (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. Responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.

Copyright in the collection rests with Alan Birt Acres.
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 HistoryEdward Cash (b 1871) was brother-in-law of Birt Acres (1854-1918), the pioneer in film and cinematography who had married Edward's sister, Annie, in 1890. Under Acres' guidance Edward became a skilled photographer and film maker in his own right and in 1904 went out to India for a six month tour filming the work of the CMS. The tour took him from Bombay [Mumbai] to the Himalayas, through Calcutta [Kolkata] and down to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Source: Information supplied by the CMS Archivist from the material in the collection.
Custodial HistoryPresented to the CMS for inclusion in the archive by A. B. Acres, August 2000.
Archival NoteCatalogued by CMS c 2000. Catalogue updated, University of Birmingham: Special Collections, 2025.
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