File. History - Missions to Seamen, Thames Church Mission, St Andrews Waterside Mission, Chaplains and Other Societies

Reference No:
U DMS/4/91
Dates:
c.1930s-1950s
Description:
File containing typescript notes and extracts from minutes relating to the history of the Missions to Seamen, along with its amalgamated and associated societies. Includes references to: chronological events of missionary efforts amongst seamen 1812-1952; history taken from an account published by the Bristol society in 1853; the Missions to Seamen 1858-1939; general headquarters; seamen's welfare work in the Port of London from Fulham down the river to Tilbury and Gravesend; Thames Church Mission; St Andrew's Waterside Mission at Gravesend and Tilbury; Committee, 1857-1945; the Admiralty, 1866-1916; American Seamen's Friend Society, 1906-1913; Annual Meeting, 1873-1918; British & Foreign Sailors' Society / British Sailors' Society, 1857-1919; Colonial and Continental Church Society, 1856-1917; chaplains (general), 1857-1902; honorary chaplains (general), 1875-1896; Committee members (named), 1856-1899; Clerical Sub-Committee (general), 1875-1905; local committees (general), 1895-1896; chaplains and readers (named) 1860-1953; Irish Chaplains, 1906-1970; chaplains and area secretaries, 1925-1962; Notes on the floating chapel and Reverend G.C. Smith, c.1950s.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)