Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh

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    • Address
      • Centre for Research Collections, 6th Floor, Main Library, University of Edinburgh, 30 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ, Scotland, UK
    • Opening Hours
      • Monday: CLOSED (Virtual Reading Room only), Tuesday and Wednesday: 10:00-18:30, Thursday and Friday: 10:00-16:00
    • Access Information
      • Appointment only after registration. Further details can be found here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/crc/using-the-collections/visiting-in-person. Photography is permitted if there are no restrictions on the collections items and on completion of the relevant documentation provided by reading room staff.
    • Photographs Allowed
      • Depending on the material
    • Accessible
      • Yes
    • Archival and Other Holdings
      • The collections include the archives of Action Partners (formerly the Sudan United Mission), Latin Link (formerly the Evangelical Union of South America) and The Regions Beyond Missionary Union as well as a substantial collection of private papers of individual missionaries and some missionary societies, mostly but not exclusively with Scottish connections. There are also extensive runs of nineteenth- and twentieth-century mission periodicals relating to the churches of Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific. A corpus of monographs, pamphlets and ephemera relating to the churches of Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific, including large quantities of Christian literature produced there.
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