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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC864
TitleAccession 864: Papers of Joyce Veronica Herklots and Evelyn Graham Shepherd
Extent7 boxes, 4 files
Datec 1918-c 1967
DescriptionPapers of two CMS educationalist missionaries involved with female education in Nigeria during the second half of the 20th century. The papers of Joyce Herklots include her correspondence and papers as Diocesan Education Secretary General but otherwise the collection mainly consists of personal papers, presentation photographs and other mementos of their service.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series.
F: 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 HistoryJoyce Veronica Herklots (1908-2003), OBE: CMS missionary, Nigeria 1949-1964: Yoruba Mission (Ibadan 1956); Diocesan Education Secretary-General (retired 1964).
Evelyn Graham Shepherd (1910-2002), MBE: CMS missionary 1940-1967: Nigeria (Yoruba mission 1940- Lagos, Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls' School, Elelenwa 1958-1967).
Source: CMS catalogue.
Custodial HistoryDeposited with CMS, January 2003. CMS retained most of the photographs [F6; F9-F10] when they transferred the rest of the collection to the University of Birmingham, Special Collections in May 2007; the retained photographs were transferred to the University of Birmingham 30 April 2025.
Archival NoteCatalogued by CMS, c 2003. Catalogue updated by Cadbury Research Library, 2025.
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