Letters of Constance Padwick

Papers of or acquired by Constance Evelyn Padwick including: correspondence of Professor Louis Massignon, Canon W. H. Temple Gairdner, Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer and Padwick; notes relating to conversations between Padwick and Massignon; printed articles written by Massignon

Constance Padwick, (1886-1968), served as a missionary with the Church Mission Society at Cairo, Egypt (1923-1939), Palestine (1939-1948), and North Sudan (1948-1957).

Reference: University of Birmingham, Special Collections Department, Online Archive Catalogue ( http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/ ). Accessed April 2002.

Correspondence is arranged by correspondent, thereunder chronologically; individual files of correspondence have been maintained in the order in which they were found.

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It is probable that James Windrow Sweetman acquired these letters and that they were deposited at the same time as his own papers with the Selly Oak Colleges Central Library [later forming part of the Orchard Learning Resources Centre].

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Following the merger of the Selly Oak Colleges and the University of Birmingham in 1999 the custodial ownership of collections belonging to the Selly Oak Colleges and held at the Orchard Learning and Resource Centre (OLRC) was transferred to the University. These collections now form part of the University's Special Collections Department and are available for consultation at the Main Library on the University's Edgbaston Campus.

The University of Birmingham, Special Collections Department holds a rich collection of archives relating to missions, charities and other religious and ecclesiastical organisations and individuals. Materials relating to this collection may be found in the official archives of the Church Mission Society (previously known as the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East Anglican) (GB 150 CMS). Padwick was also involved with the Central Literature Committee for Moslems (GB 150 DA7).