Collection MS 1087 - Transcripts and research files relating to the London Missionary Society and Congregationalism in the Pacific and Australia

PMB MS 1087 Finding Aid

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AU PMB MS 1087

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Transcripts and research files relating to the London Missionary Society and Congregationalism in the Pacific and Australia

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  • 1788-1979 (Creation)

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3 reels; 35mm microfilm

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(1909-1991)

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The late Reverend Dr Geoffrey Lindsay Lockley, Principal of Cromwell College at the University of Queensland, was the foremost historian of Congregationalism in Australia and his special interest was the work and influence of the early missionaries of the London Missionary Society, particularly in N.S.W. He also took an active interest in the work of the L.M.S. in Papua New Guinea.

Lockley transcripts: extracts from and copies of original documents, arranged chronologically, relating to the lives and careers of early missionaries of the London Missionary Society, their families and descendants, and the beginnings of Congregationalism in Australia, Vols.1-7, 1788-1979<BR>Research correspondence re the London Missionary Society and the Pacific Islands, A-Z (1 file), 1947-1986<BR>General and biographical files on the LMS, its missionaries and its activities, particularly in Papua.<P><B>See Reel List for further details</B>

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Dr Niel Gunson, Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian History, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php

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