Presbyterian Church of England Foreign Missions Committee
Publisher: IDC Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Leiden, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Format: [microform]
Number of pages: 712
Subjects: Archives; Missions; History; Sources; Presbyterian Church of England. Foreign Missions Committee; Presbyterian Church of England
Other titles: Presbyterian Church of England Foreign Missions Committee, 1847-1950
Description: The collection documents the work of the Presbyterian Church of England Foreign Missions Committee and the Women's Missionary Association in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and India. Included are correspondence, reports, minutes, manuscripts, etc. from 1847-1950. Special subjects include opium trade, coolie trade, treaties and life in the treaty ports, Japanese colonialism in Taiwan, Chinese nationalism in the 1920's and the Sino-Japanese War.
Notes: Title from fiche headers.

Filmed from originals held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. During World War II, the offices of the Presbyterian Church of England in London were demolished by enemy action, and many of the mission records were lost. However, this archive constitutes the large proportion which was saved and is now housed in the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.