This collection comprises letters which Nancy Corby wrote to her family, principally from Kampala, Uganda where she was serving as a CMS missionary teacher in a secondary school, 1930-1950, together with a few written from The Willows, a CMS Training College for women in 1929. These are often detailed and informative letters and include enclosures of printed and other ephemera. A letter of 1942, for example, describes the coronation of the Kabaka of Uganda and is accompanied by the official printed programme. Her papers also include three diaries, two of which relate to holidays in Kenya and Central Africa, 1930-1933, one of which contains postcards. The collection also includes a few letters from friends of Nancy to her mother, Mrs Corby, 1937.
Letters and Diaries of Nancy Corby
This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 150 CMS/ACC22
- Dates of Creation
- 1929-1950
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 bundle 106 documents 3 volumes.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Nancy Harris Corby served as a Church Missionary Society missionary teacher in Uganda, 1930-1950. She was a teacher at the Gayaza High School and she was headmistress from 1938-1950. She resigned from the CMS in 1953.
Reference: University of Birmingham, Special Collections Department, Online Archive Catalogue ( http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/ ). Accessed May 2002.
Arrangement
This collection forms part of the Church Missionary Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series: Family Papers
Access Information
Open. Access to all registered researchers.
Acquisition Information
This collection was presented to the CMS in 1961. It was transferred on permanent loan to the Special Collections Department by the CMS in the 1980s.
Other Finding Aids
Please see online catalogue for further details
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the University Archivist, Special Collections. Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.