Church Missionary Society (Great Britain) - Records [M217-237], 1820-1880

MAV/FM4/1497-1517
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

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1 microfilm reels 35 mm

The Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East was founded in London in 1799. The New Zealand mission began in 1814 and the Australian mission in 1825. The New Zealand mission was known as the Australasian mission until 1841

M217 at FM4/1497: Letters from New Zealand Mission secretaries to Home secretaries, 1826-69.
M218 at FM4/1498: Station estimates and accounts, 1823-80, statistics, 1872-80, medical certificates, 1847-74, correspondence, 1821-35, about the Australian mission and the Committee of Native Institution; documents concerning land matters, 1845-76; miscellaneous papers, 1820-55, and pamphlets, 1856-76; letters to Home secretaries, 1821-68.
M218-236 at FM4/1498-1516: Papers of missionaries, agents and lay workers at the various stations, arranged alphabetically by the writer's surname.
M237 at FM4/1517: New Zealand letters 1822-60, being approximately 700 pages of typescript, from H. Williams and others, many of the letters on land dealings.

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
National Library of Australia holds the microfilm masters.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 100, p. 35.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M 217-237.
Microfilm copy of originals held by Birmingham University Library, England.
Associated materials: other records of the Society are filmed at M 173-216 and M 238-243
Descriptive list for reels M 173-243 available (75pp.): at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/4.
Detailed description in 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific' edited by Phyllis Mander-Jones, p. 90-92.
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/38