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XCMS - Church Missionary Society archive - 1799-2009
B - Overseas Division (initially 'Foreign Division') 1799-1959 - 1803-1959
OMS - Overseas mission series - 1803-1934
A1 - West Africa (Sierra Leone) Mission - 1803-1934
C E - Early correspondence - 1803-1820
C I - Individual letter-books [outgoing] - 1852-1873
C L - Letter-books [outgoing] - 1820-1883
C M - Mission books [incoming] - 1820-1880
C O - Original papers [incoming] - 1820-1880
1 - Minutes of missionaries' meetings (quarterly and special) - 1820-1849
2 - Minutes of Finance Committee and general meetings - 1850-1880
3 - Letters of mission secretaries to Secretaries at headquarters - 1827-1880
4 - Correspondence [mostly copies] between the local missionary committee (through its secretaries) and the colonial government (the governor, colonial secretary and Liberated African department) 1824-1855, 1860, 1862, 1864-1866, 1868-1869 - 1824-1869
5 - Circular letters from local committee to missionaries - 1827-1853
6 - Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of local committee and mission secretaries 1819-1821, 1823, 1831, 1833, 1836, 1838, 1841-1847, 1849-1853, 1860-1864, 1868-1871, 1874, 1879-1880 - 1819-1880
7 - Reports and statistics of the mission - 1825-1839
8 - Local Associations and Auxiliaries - 1820-1874
9 - The Native Church Pastorate Auxiliary Association [in 1862 called the Sierra Leone Church Pastorate Aid Society] - 1861-1880
10 - Various committees' minutes - 1851-1876
11 - Miscellaneous education papers - 1824-1875
12 - Correspondence on particular educational topics - 1826, 1851
13 - Lists of children named after CMS benefactors - 1821-1824
14 - Requisition lists of medicines, books and stores for use in the mission - 1838-1864
15 - Miscellaneous balance sheets of the mission and of schools 1854-1855, 1858-1860, 1863, 1865, 1869-1870 - 1854-1870
16 - Papers relating to mission buildings and property 1827, 1830, 1838, 1844-1845, 1850, 1852-1877 - 1827-1877
17 - Missionaries' medical certificates: 1820, 1822-1828, 1830-1831, 1833-1834, 1836-1844, 1846-1847, 1850-1851, 1853-1869 - 1820-1869
18 - Reports and printed papers of Benevolent and Improvement Societies - 1848-1875
19 - Census papers - 1820-1843
20 - Correspondence and papers on emigration to the West Indies - 1842-1849
21 - Miscellaneous depositions made before magistrates - 1825-1846
22 - Magazines and newspapers - 1872-1876
23 - Miscellaneous letters to Secretaries and committees at headquarters - 1825-1880
24 - Petitions to committee at headquarters and letters from missionaries, native congregations and outside bodies 1850, 1853, 1858-1860, 1862-1865, 1867, 1870-1871, 1874, 1876, 1879-1880 - 1850-1880
25 - Letters and papers of the bishops of Sierra Leone - 1853-1880
26-235 - Letter and papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others - 1818-1880
26 - Adcock, Miss Elizabeth - 1864, 1866
27 - Alcock, Rev. Henry Jones - 1866-1870
28 - Alcock, John - 1859
29 - Alley, John Alfred - 1878-1880
30 - Asgill, John Tilley - 1871
31 - Ashcroft, James Henry - 1871-1877
32 - Ashwell, Benjamin Yate - 1834
33 - Ashwood, John Nathan - 1848-1850
34 - Attarra, John - 1821-1867
35 - Baker, Rev. Charles - 1877-1878
36 - Bartholomew, Joseph - 1842-1857
37 - Beale, Rev. James - 1838-1856
38 - Beale junior, Rev. James M. - 1868-1869
39 - Beale, Mrs. Mary - 1856-1866
40 - Beckhauer, Rev. Charles William - 1823
41 - Beckley, Robert - 1820-1826
42 - Belford, S. - 1857-1864
43 - Betts, Rev. William Keelong - 1826-1833
44 - Bickersteth, Edward - 1856-1857
45 - Bickersteth, William - 1823-1826
46 - Binns, Rev. Henry Charles - 1861-1866
47 - Black, Rev. Samuel - 1857-1859
48 - Blyden, Dr. Edward W. - 1871-1872
49 - Bockstatt, Henry Christian - 1858-1871
50 - Boston, Edmund - 1828-1830
51 - Boston, Rev. Henry - 1861-1874
52 - Boston, Nathaniel Henry - 1874-1876
53 - Bowen, Rev. John Bernard - 1870-1880
54 - Brierley, Rev. Charles Henry - 1859-1870
55 - Brierley, Mrs Maria Roberts - 1864-1875
56 - Brooks, Rev. Henry - 1825
57 - Brown, Charles S. - 1865-1879
58 - Bull, George Stringer - 1820
59 - Bull, Rev. Nathaniel M. - 1874-1879
60 - Bultmann, Rev. Frederic - 1838-1860
61 - Burtchaell, Rev. Archdall - 1878-1879
62 - Burton, Mrs. David W. [Martha] - 1875-1880
63 - Bywater, Miss Maria Roberts - 1859-1863
64 - Caiger, Mrs. George Rogers [Catherine] - 1857-1876
65 - Caiger, Rev. George Rogers - 1857-1870
66 - Campbell, Samuel - 1854-1856
67 - Cartman, Miss Beatrice Mary - 1877-1878
68 - Caspari, Miss Jane - 1874-1878
69 - Cates, William C. - 1869
70 - Caulker, Stephen R. - 1823-1827
71 - Charpentier, William Henry - 1855-1856
72 - Clemens, Rev. John Conrad - 1848-1850
73 - Clemens, Mrs. Sabina Peter - 1851-1863
74 - Cole, Rev. Jacob - 1856-1863
75 - Cole, Rev. Nicholas Jacob - 1870-1878
76 - Cole, Samuel J. - 1875-1879
77 - Collins, Rev. Ebenezer - 1834-1840
78 - Coomber, Adam George - 1860-1861
79 - Croley, Walter - 1836-1838
80 - Crowther, Rev. Samuel Adjai - 1828-1844
81 - Davey, Rev. Thomas - 1821-1830
82 - Davies, Rev. Charles - 1856-1861
83 - Davies, Frederick W. H. - 1841-1850
84 - Davies, John Henry - 1857-1861
85 - Davies, Moses H. - 1856-1868
86 - Davis, William - 1824-1827
87 - Decker, Rev. Charles Henry - 1820-1821
88 - Denton, Rev. Nathaniel - 1840-1855
89 - Dicker, Rev. Edward - 1851-1855
90 - During, Rev. Henry - 1818-1824
91 - Ehemann, Rev. Christian Frederick - 1844-1859
92 - Felix, Daniel E. - 1875-1879
93 - Flood, Rev. Samuel - 1820-1823
94 - Fox, George - 1822-1834
95 - Frey, Rev. Christian Theophilus - 1842-1858
96 - Freymuth, Miss Annie - 1860-1865
97 - Frith, J. - 1853-1857
98 - Fyne, Richard A. - 1863
99 - Garnsey, Rev. Thomas R. - 1820-1821
100 - Gatesman, Frederick - 1826-1827
101 - George, William - 1871-1872
102 - Gerber, Rev. John - 1823-1833
103 - Gillespie, Edward - 1833-1834
104 - Gollmer, Rev. Charles Andrew - 1842-1844
105 - Goode, Joseph F. - 1865-1866
106 - Graf, Archdeacon John Ulrich - 1837-1855
107 - Graham, Henry - 1830-1834
108 - Haastrup, Rev. Niels Christian - 1841-1849
109 - Haensel, Rev. Charles Lewis Frederick - 1827-1834
110 - Hamilton, Rev. James - 1857-1870
111 - Hammond, Coleman M. - 1853-1855
112 - Hanson, Rev. Augustus William - 1844
113 - Harding, Matthew Thomas - 1826-1857
114 - Hazeley, Rev. Samuel George - 1868-1875
115 - Hehlen, Miss M. Sophia - 1847-1858
116 - Heighway, Thomas - 1827
117 - Heighway, Mrs. Sarah - 1828-1830
118 - Horton, James Africanus B. - 1859-1863
119 - Horton, Rev. John - 1821-1824
120 - Ilott, Miss Annie Catherine - 1871-1872
121 - Ilott, John - 1841-1842
122 - Jackson, Rev. Michael Satterthwaite - 1860-1861
123 - John, Thomas Cole - 1863-1864
124 - Johnson, Rev. Henry - 1853-1873
125 - Johnson, Rev. James - 1862-1874
126 - Johnson, R. H. - 1863-1865
127 - Johnson, W. - 1873-1879
128 - Johnson, Rev. William Augustin Bernard - 1820-1823
129 - Johnson, William R. - 1865-1870
130 - Johnston, James - 1826
131 - Jones, Rev. Edward - 1841-1864
132 - King, Rev. Thomas - 1841-1849
133 - Kissling, Rev. George Adam - 1830-1841
134 - Klein, Rev. Jonathan Solomon - 1820-1825
135 - Knight, Rev. Charles - 1825
136 - Knodler, Rev. Charles - 1861-1874
137 - Koelle, Rev. Sigismund Wilhelm - 1846-1852
138 - Konig, Miss Henrietta Elise - 1860-1863
139 - Lamb, Rev. James Abner - 1870-1879
140 - Lisk, James - 1820-1827
141 - Lloyd, Richard - 1831-1832
142 - Macaulay, Charles - 1853-1856
143 - Macaulay, Rev. George James - 1860-1878
144 - Macaulay, Rev. Thomas Babington - 1849-1852
145 - Macaulay, William S. - 1846-1855
146 - Manley, George T. - 1862-1868
147 - Marke, William G. - 1864-1870
148 - Marsh, William - 1844
149 - Mason, John R. - 1864-1870
150 - Maxwell, Rev. Thomas - 1846-1870
151 - Menzies, Rev. Alfred - 1859-1877
152 - Metzger, Rev. George William Emmanuel - 1823-1833
153 - Metzger, Joseph - 1859, 1861
154 - Millward, Rev. John - 1856-1859
155 - Moore, Rev. Obadiah - 1877-1880
156 - Morgan, Rev. Daniel F. - 1824-1841
157 - Morgan - 1880
158 - Mousa, Rev. Samuel - 1859-1871
159 - Muller, Rev. John Christian - 1843-1846
160 - Muller, Rev. Theodor - 1841-1842
161 - Murphy, William Isaac - 1840
162 - Murrell, Rev. John - 1829-1830
163 - Neville, William - 1824-1829
164 - Nichols, George - 1846-1847
165 - Nicholson, Rev. Lancelot - 1858-1879
166 - Nicol, Rev. George Gurney - 1846-1880
167 - Noah, David - 1824-1829
168 - Norman, James - 1821-1824
169 - Nylander, Miss Anne and Miss Hannah - 1823-1833
170 - Nylander, Rev. Thomas Christopher - 1861-1867
171 - Oldham, Rev. Thomas - 1859-1872
172 - Palmer, Rev. Robert - 1869-1873
173 - Parkin, William - 1845-1847
174 - Pearce, Rev. Moses - 1864-1875
175 - Peyton, Rev. Thomas - 1837-1853
176 - Pierce, John - 1825-1827
177 - Pocock, Rev. Francis - 1857
178 - Pope, John - 1823
179 - Pope, Mrs. Anna - 1824-1825
180 - Quaker, Rev. James - 1851-1880
181 - Quaker, Rev. William - 1853-1879
182 - Raban, Rev. John - 1825-1837
183 - Randle, William - 1820
184 - Reichardt, Rev. Charles Augustus - 1852-1880
185 - Rhodes, Rev. Henry - 1842-1858
186 - Robbin, Rev. James - 1853-1870
187 - Rogers, John - 1832
188 - Sandy, John - 1824
189 - Sass, Miss Julia Emily - 1849-1869
190 - Sawyer, Jacob C. - 1868-1870
191 - Schapira, Rev. Alexander Wilhelm - 1876-1877
192 - Schemel, Rev. William Henry - 1823
193 - Schemel, Mrs. Jane - 1824
194 - Schlenker, Rev. Christian Frederick - 1836-1857
195 - Schmid, Rev. David Henry - 1841-1856
196 - Scholding, Rev. Alfred - 1826
197 - Schon, Rev. James Frederick - 1833-1846
198 - Sessing, Rev. Jacob Frederick - 1829-1831
199 - Shoard, Miss Mary - 1879
200 - Shower, S. J. - 1868-1873
201 - Smith, Rev. Isaac - 1837-1847
202 - Spain, Samuel - 1877-1880
203 - Stedman, Henry Plumer - 1837-1839
204 - Sunter, Rev. Metcalfe - 1870-1880
205 - Tamba, William - 1820-1829
206 - Taylor, Christopher - 1820-1825
207 - Taylor, Henry A. - 1876-1880
208 - Taylor, Rev. John Christopher (1st) - 1850-1859
209 - Taylor, Rev. John Christopher (2nd) - 1852-1875
210 - Taylor, Rev. John Eldred - 1874-1879
211 - Taylor, Mrs. Mary Anne - 1827-1828
212 - Taylor, Rev. Moses - 1858-1868
213 - Thomas, Miss Hannah Elizabeth - 1870-1872
214 - Thomas, James - 1850-1858
215 - Thomas, Rev. John Josiah - 1855-1875
216 - Thompson, Henry P. - 1873-1879
217 - Thomson, William Cooper - 1838-1843
218 - Townsend, Rev. Henry - 1836-1845
219 - Vaughan, Philip - 1822-1823
220 - Vonbrunn, Jacob - 1843-1847
221 - Warburton, Rev. John - 1829-1849
222 - Weeks, Rev. John Wills - 1825-1854
223 - Wellington, Moses Theophilus - 1862-1864
224 - Wilhelm, Andrew - 1843-1844
225 - Wilhelm, George - 1856-1862
226 - Wilhelm, Rev. John Godfrey - 1827
227 - Wilkinson, Miss Mary Eliza - 1854-1855
228 - Williams, Rev. Daniel George - 1860-1870
229 - Williams, James A. - 1863
230 - Wilson, J. B. - 1868-1870
231 - Wilson, Rev. Joseph - 1848-1861
232 - Wilson, Peter T. - 1869-1870
233 - Wilson, Thomas S. - 1867-1870
234 - Wiltshire, Rev. John Stephen - 1853-1860
235 - Young, Rev. William - 1831-1857
G3 L - Letter-books [outgoing] - 1883-1934
G3 O - Original papers [incoming] - 1880-1934
G3 P - Precis books [incoming] - 1880-1934
A2 - Yoruba mission - 1844-1934
A3 - Niger mission - 1857-1934
A4 - South Africa mission - 1836-1843
A5 - East Africa (Kenya) mission - 1841-1934
A6 - Nyanza mission - 1875-1886
A7 - Uganda mission - 1898-1934
A8 - Tanganyika mission - 1900-1934
A9 - Northern Nigeria mission - 1900-1934
A10 - Upper Nile mission - 1926-1934
A11 - Ruanda mission - 1933-1934
C1 - North-West Canada mission - 1821-1930
C2 - British Columbia mission - 1857-1925
CE - Ceylon mission - 1815-1934
CH - China mission - 1834-1914
CH1 - South China mission - 1885-1934
CH2 - Chekiang mission - 1885-1934
CH3 - Western China mission - 1897-1934
CH4 - Fukien mission - 1900-1934
CH5 - Kwangsi and Hunan mission - 1911-1934
E - Egypt mission - 1889-1934
I - India General - 1811-1815
I1 - North India mission - 1815-1934
I1A - Himalaya mission - 1844-1847
I2 - South India mission - 1815-1934
I3 - Western India mission - 1820-1935
I4 - Punjab and Sind mission - 1878-1934
I5 - Travancore and Cochin mission - 1881-1934
I6 - North West Provinces mission - 1892-1903
I7 - United Provinces mission - 1903-1934
I8 - Central Provinces mission - 1904-1934
I9 - Telegu mission - 1924-1934
I10 - Tinnevelly mission - 1924-1934
J - Japan mission - 1868-1934
M - Mediterranean mission - 1811-1880
MA - Mauritius mission - 1856-1929
N - New Zealand mission - 1809-1914
P - Palestine mission - 1880-1934
PE - Persia mission - 1875-1934
S - Sudan mission - 1905-1934
SN - Northern Sudan mission - 1931-1934
TA - Turkish Arabia mission - 1898-1924
W - West Indies mission - 1818-1863
C - Candidates Department - 1846-1968
E - Educational Auxiliary - c 1898-1917
G - General Secretary's Department - 1799-1966
M - Medical Department - 1863-1978
W - Women's Department - 1893-1968
Z - Miscellaneous papers and artefacts for which the provenance is unknown - 1797-1958
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