Joint International Missionary Council/Conference of British Missionary Societies Missionary Archives, 1910-1945 (inclusive) [microform].

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Joint International Missionary Council/Conference of British Missionary Societies Missionary Archives, 1910-1945 (inclusive) [microform].

The archives relate chiefly to India and British Africa, as well as areas under Belgian, Portuguese and French control. Among the most important themes covered are educational policy, the Indian independence movement and the early development of such bodies as National Christian Councils. There is much important correspondence of J.H. Oldham and W. Paton.

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International Missionary Council.

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The International Missionary Council was established at London in 1921. It became associated with the World Council of Churches in 1939, and, in 1961, it became integrated with the WCC as its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. From the description of International Missionary Council Archives, 1910-1961 (inclusive) [microform]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122555600 From the guide to the International Missionary Council Archives, [microform], 1910-1961 (inc...

Conference of British missionary societies

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Succeeded by Conference for World Mission. From the description of Records of the Conference of British Missionary Societies, 1976. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702150577 The Conference of Missionary Societies in Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Conference of British Missionary Societies (CBMS), was founded in 1912 with a membership of more than 40 Protestant missionary societies. It grew out of the Continuation Committee established as a result of ...

Paton, William, 1886-1943

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Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969

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Epithet: Editor `The Christian News-Letter' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00012b Joseph Houldsworth Oldham, pioneer of ecumenical missionary and social concern, was born in 1874 of Scottish parents in India. He was educated in Edinburgh and at Oxford from where he graduated in 1896. A religious conversion prompted Oldham to travel to India in 1897 to work with the YMCA where he stayed fo...