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• Author/Creator:United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
  
• Title:Archival Records from the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1836-1952 (inclusive) [microform].
  
• Physical Description:Manuscripts.
  

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  • Location:LSF- Divinity Special Collections
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  • Call Number: Film Ms49
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:Microfilm. East Ardsley, Yorkshire : Microform Limited, 1986. 43 reels ; 35mm.
  Originals are in the Archives of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, London, England.
  Associated materials at Yale Divinity School Library may be found in S.P.G. Calendars of African Letters, Film Ms17; Gold Coast Records of the U.S.P.G., Film Ms22; Records of the U.S.P.G., Film Ms266.
  
• Organization:Arranged in five sections: I. E Reports - Africa, 1901-1952 (22 reels); II. Copies of Letters Received, 1858-1928 (12 reels); III. Copies of Letters Sent, 1836-1931 (7 reels); IV. Journals of Rev. Taylor, 1851-1856 (1 reel) and Rev. Grant, 1904-1906 (1 reel); V. Wigram Papers, 1877-1896 (1 reel)
  
• Biographical / Historical note:The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was organized in 1701 under a charter granted by William III. Its activities began on the Gold Coast of Africa in 1752 and, eventually, spread worldwide. The original objectives of the S.P.G. were to provide bishops and a ministry and to establish schools for Anglican emigrants in the British overseas possessions. Later, the S.P.G. worked for the conversion of non-Christian peoples.
  
• Summary:The collection includes reports, letters received and letters sent from Africa, journals of the missionaries Rev. Taylor (1851-1856) and Rev. Grant (1904-1906), and the Wigram papers, a private correspondence dating 1877-1896 written by teachers and missionaries about events at various mission stations in Zululand.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Brief index located on first reel of each section.
  
• Cite as:Archival Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Microfilm. Film Ms49. Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
  
• Subjects:United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
  Church of England--Missions.
  Church of England--History.
  Missions--Africa.
  Missions--South Africa.
  Africa--History.
  
• Occupation:Missionaries.