REGIONS BEYOND MISSIONARY UNION ARCHIVE

Part 1: Minute Books of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union, 1903-1955

Part 2: Correspondence and Reports of Regions Beyond Missionary Union: The Congo Mission,

            1888-1955

Part 3: Correspondence and Reports of Regions Beyond Missionary Union; Peru, Argentina, India, Nepal,

            Kaliminta and Irian Jaya, 1893-1955

Part 4: Regions Beyond, 1878-1981, and Horizons, 1981-1990

Part 5: Correspondence and Reports of Regions Beyond Missionary Union: All Regions, c1955-1990

Contents of Reels - Part 3

REEL 21

South America and Behar Minute Book

Minutes of the London meetings of the Advisory (later Executive) council of the mission in South America (from 1902-09 the council was also responsible for the mission’s Indian work) referring to work in Peru and Argentina (and the possibility of work in other areas such as Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia), with copies of minutes of missionary conferences held in Argentina (to 1908) and some correspondence. Indexed.
Includes Indian Council minutes (1908-09)
[See Directors Minute Book v. 4 (2.4) for July 1908 – June 1911]

1 vol. May 1898 – May 1908 (CSCNWW 33/40)

Argentina

Correspondence (five items) relating to payments for the transfer of the RBMU property in Argentina to the Evangelical Union of South America (EUSA).

1 file Sept 1914 – 1916 (CSCNWW 33/39/2)

Peru Inland Mission

Material mainly collected by Ben Alexander (Honorary Treasurer of the PIM REEL 21 (continued)

1936-1940) including minutes of the meetings of the home council (from the inaugural meeting in 1936) and field committees; copies of correspondence; copies of bulletins and circulars including Faith ventures with the Evangel of God in the Montana of Peru (1931-32, later The Lamas Evangel); and some financial notes; also includes index cards with notes on British and South American workers, members of the mission, mission stations and projects.

1 file 1931 – Nov 1940 (CSCNWW 33/39/3)

REEL 22

The Lamas Evangel

Copies of the official journal or newsletter of the PIM published Jan 1933 – March 1948 (a Bulletin had been published previously from September 1930, see file above), giving news of the mission with some accounts and photographs.

2 vols. 1933 1934 – 1937 (CSCNWW Library)

Peru Articles and Pamphlets

Articles, pamphlets and leaflets describing the mission’s work in Peru, includes copy of Fifteen Years in Peru (J L Jarrett, c 1908) and edition of The Lamas Evangel (1936, see above).

1 file (9 items) c 1908, 1946 – c 1981 (CSCNWW 33/41/3)

REEL 23

India Minutes and Correspondence

Indian Council Minutes

Minutes of the London meetings of the Advisory Council of the mission in India, referring to all aspects of the work and to its proposed extension such as to Nepal (1913, 1919), includes copies of minutes of field conferences and correspondence from field (1901-1906). From 1919 the business was dealt with at RBMU Directors meetings. Indexed. No Minutes for Oct 1900 – Dec 1902.
[See South American and Behar Minute Book (Reel 21) for minutes Dec 1902 – May 1908 (Council met as the South American and Indian Council and South American matters dominated). Also, see Directors Minute Book v. 4 (Reel 2) for minutes July 1908 – July 1909.]

1 vol. Council Minutes: 1900, May 1910 – 18 July 1919
Field Minutes and Correspondence: Apr 1901 – Dec 1906 (CSCNWW 33/43)

Early Indian Papers

File created by missionaries in the field containing papers and correspondence relating to the ownership of land and property and to the incorporation of the mission as a company; also includes some correspondence with RBMU in London and between missionaries about allowances, finance and policy such as the employment of non-Christian staff in schools, and notes on the early history of the mission (filed 1945).

1 file Dec 1889 – Nov 1958 (CSCNWW 33/44/2)

REEL 24

Miss Hope Lee

Material belonging to Miss E M Hope Lee (missionary to India 1915-46?), includes diaries (4 notebooks, c1915-26), verses and photographs (1914-1950s).

1 file 1914 – 1950s (CSCNWW 33/44/3)

India Publications

India Pamphlets

Pamphlets and leaflets describing the work in India, includes:

If – A Missionary Study (Lucy Guinness, 1897);
New Year’s Eve 1900 (Lucy Guinness, 1899);
In a Neglected Corner of India (Harry Guinness, taken from Not One of Us 1908);
a book of verse (1930s);
and pamphlets from the EHA and Duncan Hospital (some given by Margaret Owen).

28 items 1897 – 1980s (CSCNWW 33/46)

India Language Items

Publications in Tamil, Hindi and Nepali including the Gospels, a Bhojpuri grammar and constitution of the church in Siwan (1936).

6 items 1936, 1962 – 1970 (CSCNWW 33/46)

REEL 25

India Printed Books

Printed publications:

Typical Pictures of Indian Natives (1897);
Across India at the Dawn of the 20th Century (Lucy Guinness, 1898);
and three books by Betty Pritchard (missionary in India):
Sown in the Dust (1955?), The Sword of Elijah (1968),
and A Sword at the Heart (1970).

5 vols 1897 – 1970 (CSCNWW 33/48/1-5)

REEL 26

Nepal Correspondence

Correspondence and other material relating to the mission’s work in Nepal, early material is mainly articles, news and prayer letters referring to the progress of the work (some include references to India as well as Nepal).

½ file May 1953 – Dec 1955 (CSCNWW 33/48/6)

Nepal Publications

Pamphlets and other publications describing the history and work of the RBMU and the UMN in Nepal includes:

by Ernest Oliver:
Into Nepal (1957), In Nepal (1961) and Still in Nepal (1965);
Nepal on the Potter’s Wheel (UMN, 1970 and 1974);
and Nepal and the Gospel of God (Jonathan Lindell, 1979).
Venture True Stories 1 & 2;
A Few Sick Folk (Nora Vickers);
BHIM and the Gurkhas;
Notes on Nepal;
Through open doors;
Nepal at a glance;
Introducing Nepal and the UMN;
UMN Development work in Nepal (1984);
The United Mission to Nepal;
UMN Health Services in Nepal (1986);
UMN Development Projects in Nepal (1986);
Trekking in Nepal (Betty Strothers);
Your questions answered about the UMN;
Project Timothy: Nepal Orientation Pack (1988);
UMN - 35 years in Nepal.

22 items 1957 – c 1988 (CSCNWW 33/50)

REEL 26A

Kalimantan and Irian Jaya Publications

Pamphlets, leaflets and books relating to the work in Irian Jaya and Kalimantan, many produced in America, includes:

The Valley and the Vision (Stan Dale, 1978 edition);
Healing in miracle valley (Dr Jack Leng);
Care and share through prayer - RBMU International in Irian Jaya;
You can help this new outreach in Irian Jaya at Soba and Holuwon;
Latest Dutch New Guinea News Flash!;
Shall they not hear?;
Bokondini School;
Regions Wings (newsletters about the mission’s planes, various editions);
Where on Earth is Irian Jaya?;
The tribes;
Return to Silivam (Don Richardson);
Irian Jaya;
Sakij Selayang Pandang;
The Time Machine;
To Perish for their Saving (Helen Manning, 1971);
Lords of the Earth (Don Richardson, 1977).

17 items 1950s – 1990
2 vols. 1971, 1977 (CSCNWW 33/52)

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