Sketch books containing pencil and pen-and-wash drawings principally of scenes in China by 'SW'

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

Reference
- GB 102 MMSL MSS/031
Former Reference
- GB 102 777
Dates of Creation
- [18]77-[18]80
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 3 sketch books

Scope and Content

Sketch Book 1: A few depictions of Gibraltar, the Suez canal and Penang. Scenes of China include Tsiang Tsz Lake, Nankin [Nanjing], views from the Yangtsz [Yangtze river], Wuhu, Hankow [Wuhan], Wuchang [Wuhan] and Fungtou, [18]77-[18]80.

Sketch Book 2: Scenes of China include Hunan, Wusan, Ts'z Chiang Shien, views from the I-Chang [Yichang river], particularly its gorge, and the Lukan, Mi-tan, Wu-san and Fung-shian gorges [on the Yangtse River], [18]80.

Sketch Book 3: Scenes of China include Wusu [?Wu Xia] and Tung-ho [?Ta-tung Ho] gorges and Chungking [Chongqing]. Also copied [Alan Robert] Colquhoun's images of Yunnan, the Nestorian tablet at Si-ngan and the tomb of Confucius, [18]80.

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Archive Record|Table of contents

Methodist Missionary Society Library ManuscriptsMMSL MSS

Catalogue to the Methodist Missionary Society Library when held at Mission HouseMMSL MSS/001

Lists of publications within the Methodist Missionary Society Library when held at Mission HouseMMSL MSS/002

'Microfilm Register'MMSL MSS/003

'Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Late Dr. Duncan Cooper'MMSL MSS/004

'Chinese Christian Hymns translated by A P Hadwen'MMSL MSS/005

Album regarding Wesleyan Methodist Missionary centenary in 1913MMSL MSS/006

'How it Began. A Play about the Early Work of David Hill' by A Preston Hadwen and Harold T CookMMSL MSS/007

Map of AfricaMMSL MSS/008

Newspaper cutting on the drowning of John Bumby and his colleagues in the Hauraki Gulf, New ZealandMMSL MSS/009

Circular letter entitled 'Hospital, Sunday 1952' and being a summary of the work at Medak Hospital in 1951MMSL MSS/010

Letter from Angela Trindade, Bombay [Mumbai], India, to Rev Edgar W Thompson, Didcot, Berks [Oxfordshire]MMSL MSS/011

Notes on the history of the [Wesleyan Methodist] Women's AuxiliaryMMSL MSS/012

'The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas: The Challenge of Renewal' by Hugh Clifton NilesMMSL MSS/013

'Mr Budgett's report of visit to India & China'MMSL MSS/014

'West Indian Western Conference. A Statement for the Wesleyan Missionary Committee, London, Setting Forth Facts in our History Since 1884. With Record of our Present Condition, and Needs: and an Appeal and Proposal for Present Relief, and Future Stability and Progress'MMSL MSS/015

Papers on Wesley College, Colombo [Sri Lanka]MMSL MSS/016

Report by W R Winston and Major Jno [John] Smith to the General Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society on the condition of the West Indian ChurchesMMSL MSS/017

Papers regarding a visit to Sierra Leone by Edgar W Thompson and Stanley Sowton for the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary SocietyMMSL MSS/018

'General Report on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa' by A Harold WoodMMSL MSS/019

Notebooks on Efik compiled and collected by C P GrovesMMSL MSS/020

Annotated copy of 'The Prayer Manual of the Helpers' Union of the Methodist Missionary Society 1957-1958'MMSL MSS/021

Christian texts, etc, in Fijian and TonganMMSL MSS/022

Papers on the National Development Course at Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation, Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia [Zambia]MMSL MSS/023

'Eglise Methodiste Conference du Togo. Construction du Bloc Administratif'MMSL MSS/024

Letter from Huw M Jones, Stroud, Glos, to Mrs M J Fox, Archivist, Methodist Church Overseas Division, London, containing biographical information on Methodist missionary personnel who worked in Swaziland, South AfricaMMSL MSS/025

'Merfyn's Diary October 24th 1989-January 1st 1990'MMSL MSS/026

'African Winter June-Aug 1991'MMSL MSS/027

'Faith Hope Love A Legacy' by David LawrenceMMSL MSS/028

Bundle of printed material relating to the Wesleyan Methodist Women's AuxiliaryMMSL MSS/029

'Missionary Gleanings; Being Sketches, Facts and Incidents, Historical, Geographical and Miscellaneous, Relating chiefly to the state of the Heathen and The Progress of the Gospel in various Parts of the World', by the Rev William MoisterMMSL MSS/030

Sketch books containing pencil and pen-and-wash drawings principally of scenes in China by 'SW'MMSL MSS/031

'Ingano Zya Batonga E Zimpangaliko Zimwi. Zya anidwe a mbabo abo ibadi mu chikolo cha Kanchindu' by J R FellMMSL MSS/032

File of printed material on the autonomy of the Methodist Church in KenyaMMSL MSS/033

'Yoruba. Portions of the Liturgy. Wesleyan Catechism: No. 1'MMSL MSS/034

'St. Matthew in Namaqua Hottentot'MMSL MSS/035

Methodist Church Overseas Division 'Bicentenary Calendar 1986'MMSL MSS/036

'Letters from Chips 15th September 1955 - 29th August 1963' by Mrs Nancy HornsbyMMSL MSS/037

Manuscript history of the Chou [Zhou] dynastyMMSL MSS/038

'Notes on Syllabic System of Cree Languages'MMSL MSS/039

The Gospel of St John in CreeMMSL MSS/040

Programme for the Provincial Synod of the Methodist Church in the West Indies and Americas, with a letter to Mrs BingleMMSL MSS/041

'The Journals and Letters of the Rev Joseph Roberts 1793-1849', edited by Raymond CookMMSL MSS/042

'The History of a Western Australian Pioneering Family 1840-1980' by Barbara Doran and Judy CarrMMSL MSS/043

'The World of Edward Bickersteth'MMSL MSS/044

Manuscript entitled 'Sapta Shati' with two notebooks on Christianity and HinduismMMSL MSS/045

'Two Sisters and Sark. A Chronicle of the Bisson family' by Cedric MayMMSL MSS/046

'A Goodly Heritage: Murray Culshaw's Family 1640-2010'MMSL MSS/047

'Report of Methodist Mission Hospital for Women and Children Ikot Ekpene [Nigeria]', November 1941 - November 1942MMSL MSS/048

'A History of Methodist Medical Mission Work in South Eastern Nigeria 1893 to 2009' by John BramleyMMSL MSS/049

'Mass movement towards Christianity during the early decades of the twentieth century: An exploration of the theological interaction between the Igbo indigenous and Christian religions' by Mary E BramleyMMSL MSS/050

Newspaper cuttings removed from W J Noble's 'Something to Remember'MMSL MSS/051

Photograph album entitled 'Memento of Visit to Hassan'MMSL MSS/052

'The Lord's Sermon on the Mount - in Canarese'MMSL MSS/053

Material relating to Tegwani Training Institution, ZimbabweMMSL MSS/054

Scrapbook entitled 'Wesley College Colombo 75th Anniversary Celebrations 1949'MMSL MSS/055

'The Wesleyan Mission, North Ceylon, as contained in Reports, Pamphlets, etc. Collected by Luke Scott. 1868'MMSL MSS/056

Volume of newspaper cuttings predominately relating to civil disturbances in China in the late nineteenth centuryMMSL MSS/057

'Rev David Hazlewood Scholar Servant Saint' by Bruce A JonesMMSL MSS/058

Reports and packs on Christianity and mission in Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]MMSL MSS/059

'Letters from China in War and Peace: The life and letters of the Rev & Mrs Clifford V Cook - China Missionaries 1925-1952' edited by Raymond CookMMSL MSS/060

'The Hollowforth Threlfalls' by Frances WalshMMSL MSS/061

'Henry and Grace an Appreciation' [edited by Rev Gordon James]MMSL MSS/062

Annotated copy of S R Driver's commentary on the Book of GenesisMMSL MSS/063

Inscriptions copied from the grave of the Rev Samuel PollardMMSL MSS/064

'Clubland Guyana' compiled by Rev Deryck U AdamsMMSL MSS/065

Edwin W Smith's annotated copy of the bibleMMSL MSS/066