Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Archive

The minutes of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society including those of the General Committee, Secretaries' (later Officers') Meetings, Home Organisation Committee and Sectional Committees (principally Finance, General Purposes, Eastern and Western).

• Home and General

Home incoming correspondence is extant from 1802 to 1896. Most of this correspondence originated from societies in the Home districts. The outgoing correspondence (both Home and Overseas) is extant from 1816 to 1914 and is arranged by area then by date.

Synod minutes and correspondence of other areas include the following:

• North America, 1791-1883
• West Indies, 1803-1947
• West Africa, 1811-1946
• South Africa, 1807-1945
• India, 1817-1947
• Ceylon [Sri Lanka], 1814-1945
• Burma [Myanmar], 1886-1944
• China, 1851-1946
• Australasia, 1812-1888
• Europe, 1814-1944

A handlist, with greater detail of date ranges in specific areas, are available to download from the holding organisation's Archives and Special Collections webpages.

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The listed contents (Excel spreadsheet) is available to download from the Archives & Special Collections' Finding Aids webpage.

Uncatalogued but handlist available to download.

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