CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE

Section IV: Africa Missions

Part 16: South Africa Mission, 1836-1843, Kenya Mission, 1841-1888 and Nyanza Mission, 1876-1882

Part 17: Kenya Mission, 1880-1934

Part 18: Kenya Mission, 1880-1934

Part 19: Taganyika Mission, 1900-1934, Nyanza Mission, 1880-1886 and Rwanda Mission, 1933-1934

Contents of Reels - Part 17

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Catalogue to the Africa (Group 3) Missions Vol 3

South and East Africa pp 33-44

G 3 A 5 L 3 Letter Book 1883-1886
The Letter Books contain copies of outgoing correspondence from Secretaries at headquarters to missionaries. Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; lists of books required for libraries in the mission; an extract from Bishop Royston’s report re the proposed boat for the East African mission.

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G 3 A 5 L 4 Letter Book 1886-1888
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; a resolution re enlarged powers of the bishop in mission affairs; letters from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York re the Uganda martyrs; letters from Rev Douglas Hooper, 1886 and Rev R H Walker, 1887; a translation of a letter from the girls of the orphanage at Amritsar 1888.

G 3 A 5 L 5 Letter Book 1888-1890
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; circular re biographies of native Christians, 1889 and re the need for reinforcements, 1890.

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G 3 A 5 L 6 Letter Book 1890-1893
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; minutes of a conference held at Kisokwe, 1890; letter from Mrs Hannington re the bishop’s burial place 1892.

G 3 A 5 L 7 Letter Book 1893-1896
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; a list of questions re the residence for lady missionaries 1894; circular and printed questionnaire from the Native Races and the Liquor Traffic United Committee, 1895.

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G 3 A 5 L 8 Letter Book 1896-1901
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; questions and a memo re the Taveta colony; letter to Daudi Kasagama, King of Toro, 1897; regulations re the marriage of CMS missionaries; memo on the bishopric of Mombasa.

G 3 A 5 L 9 Letter Book 1901-1906
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; memo on the case of Mr Westgate, 1902; letter to missionaries engaged in educational work 1902.

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G 3 A 5 L 10 Letter Book 1906-1916
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; circulars about retrenchment 1907; resolution re the possibility of a mission federation 1910; proposals for a federation of societies in British East Africa 1914.

G 3 A 5 L 11 Letter Book 1916-1923
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; a note re the rights of the European congregation in Mombasa cathedral to have their own choice of minister, service etc 1919.

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G 3 A 5 L 12 Letter Book 1923-1928
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; letter to Rev J Britton from the Medical Secretary re the possibility of re-opening of the medical mission in Kenya 1927.

G 3 A 5 L 13 Letter Book 1928-1933
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field; letter to G F Maxwell re Jomo Kenyatta, 1930.

G 3 A 5 L 14 Letter Book 1933-1934
Included are: Instructions to missionaries going out to the mission field.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1880-1883
Papers such as letters, journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1880 Letter re Rev H K Binns’ intention to form a mission station at Teita; Finance Committee minutes; report on the work being done at Frere Town and Rabai; letters from Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission.

1881 Letter from R C Ramshaw re the formation of the town of Durima by slaves which was then scattered by the natives; Annual Letter of J W Handford; an account of the mission station at Mamboia by Rev J T Last; an account of a journey to Nakamba and Nagiriama by Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission; a list of the people on the Mamboia mission station with notes on their wages; instructions on the use of grammar of the Gogo language; sketch map showing part of East Central Africa; map of Frere Town; Finance Committee minutes.

1882 Notes on a visit to Godoma in the Giriama country by Rev W S Price; Finance Committee minutes; extracts of the journal of Rev W S Price describing local customs; report on the East Africa mission; letters from Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission.

1883 Finance Committee Minutes; monthly accounts.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1884-1885
Papers such as letters, journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1884 Reports and journals of Rev J W Handford, the Clerical Superintendent; letters from Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission; Finance Committee minutes; a letter re the removal of people from Frere Town.

1885 News cuttings re the slave trade off the East African coast; letters and reports from Rev J W Handford including one on the arrival of slaves at Frere Town; Finance Committee minutes; letters from Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1886
Papers such as letters, (1-305) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1886 (1-305) Report by J W Handford of the murder of Bishop W Hannington; report by W H Jones; journal of Rev J C Price on his visit to Ugogo, September-October 1886; detailed letter re the situation at the mission by Rev A M Mackay; photos of a missionary campsite taken on an itineration; letters from Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission; report by Rev A Downes Shaw; typewritten précis of papers for 1886.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1886
Papers such as letters, (306-end) journals, reports and 1887 minutes sent to London (1-219) by the mission secretary. 1886 (306-end) Report on a journey to Mpwapwa; letters from Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission.

1887 (1-219) Reports by Bishop H P Parker on the work of Miss M W Harvey at Frere Town and the proposed Shimba settlement; a vocabulary of the Kitatulu language; a sketch of Mtatuiru, son of the local chief; a printed memo of the Universities’ Mission to Central Africa by Sir H B E Frere; accounts of journeys to Chagga by Bishop H P Parker; letter from S T Pruen regarding the need to have a nurse in the mission with a list of items needed for her; a diagram showing the CMS growth at home and corresponding influence abroad; Finance Committee minutes; a typewritten précis of papers for 1887.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1887

Papers such as letters, (220-end) journals, reports and 1888 minutes sent to London (1-150) by the mission secretary.

1887 (220-end) Letters from Bishop H P Parker with news on the mission; Finance Committee minutes; extracts from the journal of Rev A M MacKay; letters from Rev A Downes–Shaw, the mission secretary; letters from Rev H K Binns, secretary of the mission.

1888 ( 1-150) Letters from Bishop H P Parker; Finance Committee minutes; letter from S T Pruen concerning the progress of the work in the mission; mission statistics for the year ending 1887; report on the schools by Rev A Downes Shaw; report of a conference held in Usambiro.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1888

Papers such as letters, (151-353) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1888 (151-353) Letter from S T Pruen; letter from Mrs Pruen describing the murder of men whom the Chief suspected of witchcraft; a very long and detailed diary of itineration in Giriama; description of a journey in the mission area by Rev E A Fitch; Finance Committee minutes; journal of the second visit by Rev J C Price to Ugogo; report from Chagga by Rev W E Taylor.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1888

Papers such as letters, (354-end) journals, reports and 1889 minutes sent to London (1-189) by the mission secretary.

1888 (354-end) Long letters from Rev W S Price, Secretary of the mission on mission affairs, including information on runaway slaves; letters from Rev A M MacKay and Rev D Hooper; Finance Committee minutes; an account of an itinerary in Usagara by Rev A N Wood; letter from Rev R H Walker giving details on the local king and his attitude to the missionaries; memo to European and British subjects on the blockade against the slave trade.

1889 (1-189) Letters from Rev W S Price, Secretary of the mission re discussions on the effects of the Anglo-German blockade; Finance Committee minutes; letters from Rev A M MacKay.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1889
Papers such as letters, (190-end) journals, reports and 1890 minutes sent to London (1-155) by the mission secretary.
1889 (190-end) Report on the work of J Burness; Finance Committee minutes; report on a meeting of the CMS Elders; letters from Rev E A Fitch, Rev D Hooper and Rev A M MacKay; extract of an Annual Letter from Rev H T Robson; a news cutting re the arrival in Mochi of Rev A R Steggall; journal of Rev A N Wood.

1890 (1-155) Finance Committee minutes; letters from Rev A N Wood and Rev A R Steggall.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1890
Papers such as letters, (156-end) journals, reports and 1891 minutes sent to London (1-186) by the mission secretary.
1890 (156-end) Journals of Rev G K Baskerville; letters from Rev E A Fitch, Rev R H Walker and Rev W S Price and from Bishop A R Tucker; copy of a decree by the Sultan of Zanzibar prohibiting slave traffic; Finance Committee minutes; journal of Rev H K Binns; letter from Miss Maria Ackerman describing her journey and safe arrival in the mission.

1891 (1-186) Extract from the journal of Dr C J Edwards re hospital work; list of provisions needed for the station and for journeys; pamphlets of African language vocabularies; sketch map of the Shimba district; Finance Committee minutes.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1891
Papers such as letters, (187-end) journals, reports and 1892 minutes sent to London (1-130) by the mission secretary.

1891 (187-end) Finance Committee minutes; letters from Rev D A Hooper, Rev R P Ashe, Rev F Burt and Rev R H Walker; translations in Ki-Sukuma; issues of The Record; report of the death of Miss Caroline Fitch; sketch plans for the Secretary’s house.

1892 ( 1-130) Letters from Rev A N Wood; Finance Committee minutes; report of the death of Chief Mandara in December 1891; description of the life and work in Buganda of Rev G K Baskerville together with his very detailed journals; news cuttings re British interests around Uganda; sketch map of the Mombasa and Frere Town missions.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1892
Papers such as letters, (131-350) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1892 (131-350) Description by Rev A N Wood of the hunting and poisoning of a man-eating lion; plans for a new church; news cuttings re the Uganda war between the Protestants and Catholics; a letter from Rev R P Ashe describing a narrow escape with his life on a visit to a neighbouring village; Finance Committee minutes; letter re the proposed Industrial Mission station; papers from Bishop A R Tucker relating his travels; journals of Rev G K Baskerville; letters from Rev R H Walker and Rev G L Pilkington; report of Frederick Charles Smith on his journey to Uganda from Busoga.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1892 Papers such as letters, (351-end) journals, reports and 1893
minutes sent to London (1-115) by the mission secretary.
1892 (351-end) Captain Lugard’s report and letters from Bishop A R Tucker and Rev A R Steggall re the troubles in Uganda; journals of Rev G K Baskerville; a letter written by Zakeneya, the Kanguu ruler of Bulemezi; re objections to the withdrawal from Uganda; Finance Committee minutes; copy of the treaty between Mwanga, King of Uganda and the British East Africa Company, 26 December 1890.

1893 (1-115) Finance Committee minutes; hints by Rev R H Walker on making a journey through Ugogo to Victoria Nyanza; letters from Bishop A R Tucker; journals of G K Baskerville; a news cutting of Captain Williams’ report on the situation in Uganda; an account of the work done on the hospital, dispensary and house at Mzizima.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1893
Papers such as letters, (116-end) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1893 (116-end) Letter to the Finance Committee from Rev A R Steggall detailing the needs of the new mission at Taveta; Finance Committee minutes; list of slaves received at Frere Town from 1875-1890 (total of 921); journals of Rev G K Baskerville; copy of the first native book printed and published in East Africa, 1893; letters from Bishop A R Tucker re the termination of the East Africa Company’s rule and the declaration by the African chiefs of the abolition of slavery; statistics of the Shimba station with the number of residents and a list of the villages round about; reports by Rev F Burt and J Burness; journals of Rev G K Baskerville; a Finance Committee report on the state of Frere Town in 1893; report on Industrial Work; a list of requirements for Mahoo (Happy Land) a new station near Taveta.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1894
Papers such as letters, journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1894 Finance Committee minutes; journals of Rev G K Baskerville; news cutting re The Freeland Exhibition; reports relating to Uganda by Sir Gerald Portal; letter to Sir Fowell Buxton from Rev R H Walker re the mission at Mengo; minutes of the conference at Usagara; report by Bishop A R Tucker on a visit to Rabai.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1895
Papers such as letters, (1-182) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1895 (1-182) Letters from Bishop A R Tucker; Finance Committee minutes; journal of Rev G K Baskerville; letter from Rev A R Steggall of Taveta to his father; issue of The Taveta Chronicle.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1895
Papers such as letters, (183-end) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1895 (183-end) Finance Committee minutes; letters from Bishop A R Tucker; photos of swarms of locusts; extracts of a journal of Rev A N Wood describing his journey through the mission area; journals of Miss M Ackerman at Rabai containing details on earthquakes, local customs and famine; plan for a house at Taita; sketch map of Busoga; journal of Rev G K Baskerville; photos of the boys and staff at the Nassa mission; interesting letters from Miss Edith M Furley on her travels within the mission; an issue of The Taveta Chronicle.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1896
Papers such as letters, (1-179) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary
1896 (1-179) Journal of Rev W A Crabtree; Finance Committee minutes; an account by Mrs Binns of the attack on Frere Town in January 1896; an account of a Native Conference at Frere Town; letters from Bishop A R Tucker re the changes in Uganda since 1890; report of a visit to Nassa by Rev E C Gordon; issues of The Taveta Chronicle; journals of Miss E M Furley of Mengo; journals of Miss M Ackerman; journal of the first lady missionaries to Uganda; regulations for the registration and protection of porters.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1896
Papers such as letters, (180-end) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1896 (180-end) Journals of Miss E M Furley; Finance Committee minutes; issues of The Taveta Chronicle; letter from Bishop A R Tucker; journals of Miss M Ackerman; letter from Miss J E Chadwick, one of the first lady missionaries in the mission; statistics for Nassa and Usukuma stations; report by Rev E Millar on the birth of a son to King Mwanga; journals of Rev G K Baskerville.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1897
Papers such as letters, (1-290) journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1897 (1-290) Journal of Rev G K Baskerville; journal of Miss E M Furley with a description of the celebrations in Kampala to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign; letters from Bishop A R Tucker; Finance Committee minutes; an account by Rev A R Steggall of the death of Miss M E Conway; journals of Miss M E Ackerman; notes on an itinerating tour in Ugogo with a map of the area by Rev H Cole; issues of The Taveta Chronicle; translation of a letter from King Daudi Kasagama, King of Toro asking for more lady missionaries.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1897 Papers such as letters, (291-end) journals, reports and 1898 minutes sent to London (1-75) by the mission secretary. 1897 (291-end) Journals of Miss M E Ackerman, Rev G K Baskerville and Miss E M Furley; Finance Committee minutes; report on the mission by Bishop A R Tucker with a list of mission staff; news cutting on the rebellion in Uganda (reprint of a letter from Dr A R Cook).

1898 (1-75) Finance Committee minutes; issues of The Taveta Chronicle; a printed report by Sir A Hardinge on the condition and progress of the East Africa Protectorate from its establishment to 20 July 1897; details on the Swahili language; journal of Miss M E Ackerman.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1898
Papers such as letters, journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary.
1898 (76-end) Journals of Miss M Ackerman; issue of The Gazette for Zanzibar and East Africa and of The Taveta Chronicle; Finance Committee minutes; plans for a new mission house at Mombasa.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1899 Papers such as letters, journals, reports and minutes sent to London
by the mission secretary. 1899 Finance Committee minutes; issues of The Taveta Chronicle and of The Friend; minutes of the Women’s Conference at Frere Town; description of a plague of locusts affecting 20,000 square miles by Miss E Kathleen Wray.

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G 3 A 5 O Original Papers 1900
Papers such as letters, journals, reports and minutes sent to London by the mission secretary. 1900 Finance Committee minutes; reports on the Women’s Conference; minutes of Frere Town Executive Committee including work done among the women in 1899; annual report of the Rabai mission and work done in Taveta; issues of The Taveta Chronicle; report on the Native Agents Committee; report on the famine fund at Rabai.

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