ECM

Collections of the Revd. Kenneth Cracknell for the World Mission Conference, Edinbugh 1910 and on 19th-century missionaries

259 items, 1969-1992

Apparently presented c.1994-1997, probably at the time of Mr. Cracknell’s generous ‘permanent loan’ of 600 volumes of his collection of missionary books for the Henry Martyn Library (Acc. 19/20)

Catalogued by Graham Kings and Sue Sutton 2001-03; introduction added and new top level description by Philip Saunders April 2017

Kenneth Cracknell (b.1935) is a Methodist minister who began his career in through the Methodist Church Overseas Division, then served as Director of Interfaith Relations in the British Council of Churches 1978-87. From 1987 or 1988 to 1996 or 1997 he held the Michael Gutteridge Chair in Theology and the position of Senior Tutor at , . In this period he was evidently frequently in touch with Revd Graham Kings, Henry Martyn Lecturer in Missiology (first Director of the Henry Martyn Centre) and appears to have made the original suggestion, in 1992, supported by Mr Kings (GRK 8/53p.3), to bring together on one site the HM Library books with those from his own ‘large personal collection’ and mission books from the four Federation colleges. The last element of happened only in part, but the Trust’s books were moved to a Westminster College in Autumn 1995 and were then or shortly after joined by Cracknell’s books and in 1997 250 volumes from Ridley Hall, where Kings had had his office. The present papers probably arrived simultaneously with the printed books (catalogued by Philippa Mahood in 1995); ECM 1 was definitely there by August 1994 (GRK 8/84, p.3). ECM 2-3 probably arrived at the same time as ECM 1 and ECM 4-92 arrived later as they were separately listed (and the digital list accidentally deleted). ECM 93, a roll of microfilm was not published until 1997, and may not have come via Cracknell at all but has been placed by it on grounds of content. It is hoped the chronology of the deposit will become clearer in due course. The original version of this catalogue, simply as a collection of material for the E[dinburgh] C[onference on] M[ission] did not recognize Cracknell’s part in assembling this material or its relationship to his work beyond stating he had donated it. Shortly afterwards Cracknell left Cambridge to take up the post of Professor of Theology and Global Studies (later appointed Distinguished Professor) at Brite Divinity School, Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.

1 These photocopies of documents about the World Mission Conference, commonly called ‘Edinburgh 1910’ and of publications by or about missionaries who reported their encounters with other faiths to it were the main source material for Kenneth Cracknell’s magnum opus, Justice, Courtesy and Love. Theologians and Missionaries Encountering World 1846-1914 (1995; CCCW Library 291 CRA). In summary the collection comprises:

ECM 1 Photocopies of responses to the questionnaires on mission sent out to missionaries throughout the world for the Edinburgh conference in the archives of the World Council of Churches, Geneva. The copies of these returns are referred to in the preface to Justice, Courtesy and Love (p.xi) as Cracknell’s ‘constant companions in my reflections’ since his first acquaintance with them on a visit to the Library of the WCC in 1978. They are contained within folders arranged alphabetically by surname, some with manuscript notes by Cracknell and in a few cases photocopies of publications relating to the subject.

Areas covered : New Guinea, , Manchuria, Japan, Burma, Thailand, Java, Celebes, India, Ceylon, Baluchistan, South , Zululand, West Africa, Uganda, Northern Nigeria, Persia, Aden, Muscat, Bahrain, Beirut, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey (Asian and European), Bulgaria, Paraguay

ECM 2 Two articles relating to the World Mission Conference 1910.

ECM 3 Correspondence, mainly between J H. Oldham and John R. Mott concerning the organisation of the conference from originals in the archive of the Mission Research Collection of the Burke Library of the Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University – see http://library.columbia.edu/content/dam/libraryweb/locations/burke/fa/mrl/ldpd_6306 815.pdf

ECM 4 -92 Mainly photocopies of articles or chapters of books on mission, specific missionaries, especially those whose replies are contained within ECM 1, or theologians with an emphasis on the interface of Christianity with other religions; including intermixed some notes by Kenneth Cracknell. Arranged alphabetically either by author or by subject. Originally separately catalogued and the digital version of the catalogue accidentally deleted. When this is rectified it would be best to totally re-arrange in order to separate Cracknell’s notes and to list consistently either by author, subject or date and to place in a separate series, ECM 4/1-xx.

ECM 93 Microfilm published 1997 entitled “World Missionary conference in Edinburgh. Original manuscripts, documents, letters, commission reports relating to the various aspects of Christian Missions in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.’ Produced by Burke Library of the Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University (see above ECM 3).

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ECM 1. Photocopies of the typed transcripts (some translated) of returns to questionnaire to missionaries made for the World Mission Conference in Edinburgh 1910.

Responses to Question 1V on the missionary message in relation to non-Christian religions

The number in brackets is that given in the correlation of the responses.[?=Edinburgh respondent number]

The name of the missionary society or church is included when it has been noted * Indicates that the missionary has an entry in Gerald H. Anderson (ed.), Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (CCCW Library: REF 920.AND)

Some with notes by Cracknell to corresponding manuscripts of returns in Christ’s College Aberdeen. At commencement, unnumbered folders of manuscript notes on particular aspects and photocopies of the WCC index by .

1/1 B.K. Alkema, West Java (325) Nederlandsche Zendings Vereenging

2/1 T.E. Alvarez and W.R. Miller , Northern Nigeria (300) CMS

3/1 Samuel Ambat, Malabar District, South India (122) Basel German Evangelical Missionary Society

*4/1 Charles Freer Andrews, Delhi (123) Cambridge Mission

1/5 W.D. Armstrong, Upper Congo, South West Africa (298)

1/6 T. Grahame Barley, Wazirabad, Punjab (126) Church of Scotland

1/7 Ali Baksh, Lahore, Punjab (121) CMS

1/8 J. Ballagh, Yokohama (383) Dutch Reformed Church

1/9 W.T. Balmer, Freetown, Sierra Leone (285) Wesleyan Theological College for Native Ministers

1/10 J.R. Banergea, Calcutta, India (129) Scottish Churches Mission and YMCA

1/11 Herman Barnum, Turkey (258)

3 *1/12 James W. Bashford , Peking(41) Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1/13 James Beattie, Amoy, China (42) English Presbyterian Mission

1/14 Paul D. Bergen, Shantung, Northern China (43) Presbyterian Church in the U.S.

1/15 W.B. Boggs, Madras, India (129)

1/16 W. Bonnar, Rajputana (130)

1/17 F. Braun, Basel Mission, India (130a) Basel Missionary Society

1/18 C. Campbell Brown, Chinchew, China (34) Presbyterian

1/19 G. Callaway, East Guqualand, South Africa (287) Church of the Province of South Africa

1/20 W.H. Campbell, Gooty, South India (133) London Missionary Society

1/21 James Cantine, Muscat, Arabia (259) Reformed Church in America

1/22 Elizabeth Chadwick, Mengo, Uganda and Hoima, Ugandan Protectorate (289) CMS

*1/23 Reginald Stephen Coplestone, Bishop Of Calcutta (135) Anglican Church

1/24 W.A. Cornaby, Wesleyan Mission, Hanknow, Hanyang and (145) Christian Literature Society for China

1/25 Mrs. Charlotte Ferguson Davie, Rawalpindi, India (155) SPG, Church of England and Cambridge Mission to Dehli

1/26 Jerome Dean Davis, Kyoto, Japan (2) A.B.C.F.M. (American Madura Mission)

1/27 John L. Dearing, Yokohama, Japan (8) American Baptist Missionary Union

1/28 Agnes de Selincourt, Alahabad, India (147) Zenana and Medical Mission

1/29 Wilhelm Dilger, Malbar, India (147) Basel German Evangelical Mission

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1/30 A. Duncan Dixey, Baluchistan (329) CMS 1/31 George Douglas, Laioyang, Manchuria (49) United Free Church of Scotland

1/32 Gideon Draper, Yokohama, Japan (9) Methodist Episcopal Church

*1/33 George Sherwood Eddy, travelling secretary of the YMCA, India and member of the American Madura Mission, South India (153)

*1/34 John Nicol Farquhar, YMCA, Calcutta (154)

1/35 Courtney H. Fenn, Peking, China (53)

1/36 Arnold Foster, Wuchang, China (54) London Missionary Society)

*1/37 Alexander Garden Fraser, Trinity College, Kandy, Ceylon (156) CMS

*1/38 Donald Fraser, Livingstone Mission, Central Africa (295) United Free Church of Scotland

1/39 E.C. Fry, Utsunomiya, Japan (11) Missions of the Christian Church, USA

1/40 R.S. Fyffe, Mandalay, Burma and India (158) Winchester Diocesan Missionary Brotherhood, SPG

*1/41 William Henry Temple Gairdner, Cairo (265) CMS

1/42 J.C. Garritt, Nanking, China (57) Presbyterian Church in the US

1/43 Deaconess E.L. Gorey, Cawnpore, India (164) SPG

1/44 D.J. Grainger, Principal Christian Bible College, Jubbulpore, India (165)

1/45 F.R. Graves, Bishop of the Missionary District of Shanghai (61) Protestant Episcopal Church in the US

1/46 R.H. Graves, Canton, China (61A) American Southern Baptist Mission

1/47 Edwin Greaves, Benares, North India (166) LMS

5 1/48 Daniel C. Greene , Tokyo, Japan (12) Japan Mission of the American Board (ABCFM) 1/49 H.R. Grey, Punjab, North India (167) CMS

*1/50 Wilfred Barbrooke Grub, Paraguayan Chaco Mission (316) South American Missionary Society, Church of England

*1/51 Henry Gulliford, Mysore City, India (168A) Wesleyan Missionary Society

1/52 Sidney Lewsi Gulick, Kyoto, Japan (15) American Board Mission (ABCFM)

1/53 T.H. Haden, Japan (13)

1/54 F.H. Hahn, Nagpur, India Lutheran Mission

1/55 William Harris, Chiang Mai, Siam (322) Presbyterian Church in the U.S.

1/56 RHA Haslam, Punjab, India (171) CMS

1/57 Isaac Taylor Headland, Peking University (62) Methodist Episcopal Church

1/58 CH Hermon, Calicut, India (174) Mission Evangelical Society

1/59 GF Herrick, Constantinople, Turkey (264) ABCFM

1/60 G. Hibbert-Ware, St Stephen’s College, Delhi [comments on his response only]

1/61 Henry Highfield, Wesley College, Colombo, Ceylon

*1/62 Henry Theodore Hodgkin, Chengu, West China (64) Friends Foreign Mission Association and YMCA

*1/63 Alfred George Hogg, Principal Madras Christian College, India (176) United Free Church, Scotland

1/64 WES Holland, Allahabad, India (177) CMS

1/65 GW Holmes, Persia (179A) Medical Missionary under the Presbyterian Board F.M. in the US

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1/66 William Hooper, Mussone, India (178) CMS

1/67 Franklin Hoskins, Beirut (265A) Presbyterian Church in the US

*1/68 George Howells, Serampore, Bengal (179) Baptist Missionary Society

*1/70 Robert Allen Hume, Ahmednagar, India (180) American Board, Boston

*1/71 Kajinosuke Ibuka and W. Imbrie, Tokyo, Japan (17 and 19)

1/72 James Inglis, Kaiyuan, Manchuria, China (66) Church of Scotland

1/73 WR James, Simla, Punjab, India (67) Baptist

*1/74 Henry Jessup, Beirut, Syria (266) American Presbyterian Board of Missions

1/75 Archdeacon Charles Johnson, St Augustine’s Zululand Diocese (298)

*1/76 Rev. John Peter Jones, Madura Mission, South India (184) American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions

1/77 Frank P.. Joseland, Amoy, Southern China (68) LMS

1/78 Peter Kawai, Osaka, Japan (23) CMS

1/79 Phineas Barber Kennedy, Albania

*1/80 Copland King, New Guinea (328) SPG

1/81 Francis Kingsbury, Pasumalat, Madura, South India (187) South India United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational)

1/82 Paul Kranz, Shanghai (69) Christian Literature Society for China

*1/83 Albertus Kruyt, Koekoe, Posso Province, Central Celebes (334A) Netherlands Missionary Society

1/84 James V. Latimer, Huchow, China (70A) American Baptist Mission

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1/85 John Lazarus, Madras University (192) Danish Mission

*1/86 George Alfred Lefroy, Bishop of Lahore (190)

1/87 DMG Leith, Madras (193) Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society

*1/88 Johannes A. Lepsius, Missions in Bulgaria, Turkey and Persia (347) German Orient Mission

1/89 Sidney Long, Ceylon (194) Friends Mission

1/90 Arthur Lloyd, Tokyo (28A) Church of England

*1/91 Bernard Lucas, Bellary, South India (196) LMS

1/92 Lui Gwang Djao, Shantung, China (73) American Presbyterian Mission

1/93 RE McAlpine, Nagoya, Japan (30) Southern Presbyterian Church Mission

*1/94 Donald Macgillivray, Shanghai, China (77) Christian Literature Society

1/95 Murdoch Mackenzie, Honan, North China (78) Presbyterian Church in Canada

1/96 P. Maclagan, Swatow, China (79) Presbyterian Church of England

*1/97 Nicol MacNicol, Poona, West India (198) United Free Church of Scotland

1/98 J. Mathers, Bangalore, India (203) LMS

1/99 J.H. Messmore, Garhael, United Provinces, India (203A) Foreign Board of Missions Methodist Episcopal Church

*1/100 Campbell Moody Naismith, Formosa, China (81) English Presbyterian

1/101 John Morrison, Calcutta (206) Church of Scotland Mission

8 * 1/102 Arthur Evans Moule, Ninpo, Mid China (82) CMS

1/103 D.A. Murray, Osaka, Japan (182) Presbyterian Church in the USA

*1/104 Robert Hamill Nassau, various stations in West Africa (303) Presbyterian Church in the USA

1/105 Franklin Ohlinger, Foochow, China (86) Methodist Episcopal

1/106 G. Ollp. Tunkun, China (117) Rhenish Missionary Association

1/107 Bishop HMTE Price, Fuhkien, China (91) Church of England

*1/108 Pandita Ramabai, Kedgaon, Poona, India (21) Mukti Mission

1/109 Walter A. Rice, Julfa, Isfahan, Persia (270) CMS

*1/110 , Shanghai, China (92) Baptist Missionary Society

1/111 Bishop JE Robinson, Byculla, Bombay, India (240) Methodist Episcopal Church

1/111a Rev. E. Rothesay-Miller, Tokyo, Japan North Japan Mission of the Reformed Church in America

1/112 George Rowland, Sapporo, Japan (34) American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

1/113 S.K. Rudra, Delhi, India (261) Cambridge Mission to Delhi

1/114 J. Ruthqvist, Amawara, Chindwara District, India (221) Evangelical National Society of Stockholm

*1/115 David Bowman Schneder, Sendai, Japan (268) Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church of the USA

1/116 A. Schosser, Mangalore, India (223) Basel Evangelical Mission

1/117 J. Sharrock, Trinchopoly, India (326) SPG

9 *1/118 William Ambrose. Shedd, Urumia, Persia (272) Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, USA

*1/119 Thomas Ebenezer Slater, Bangalore, India (229) LMS

*1/120 Arthur Henderson Smith, Tientsin and Shantung, China (94) ABCFM

1/121 Anna M.L. Smith, Bangalore, India (231) C.E.Z.M.

*1/122 Stanley P. Smith, Tsechowfu, China (95) Independent

1/123 Julius Soper, Tokyo (35) Board of Foreign Missions Methodist Episcopal Church

1/124 C.G. Sparham, Hankow, China (97) LMS

1/125 F.W. Steinthal, Calcutta. India (234) YMCA

1/126 Robert Sterling, Jerusalem, Palestine (274) Hon Canon St. George’s

1/127 George Swan, Cairo, Egypt (275) Egypt General Mission

1/128 G.P. Taylor, Ahmadabad, Bombay, India (238) Presbyterian Church in Ireland

1/129 Joseph Taylor, Itarsi, Hoshangabad, India (237) Friends Foreign Mission Association

*1/130 William St. Clair Tisdall, Isfahan, Persia (271) CMS

1/131 J. Vale, Chenghu, West China (103) China Inland Mission

1/132 H. Van der Spiegel, Bondowosso, Java (337A) Java Committee at Amsterdam

1/133 J. Van Ess. Husrah, Turkish Arabia (277) Reformed Church in America

1/134 J. Verhoeven, Tjideres, Java (340A) Dutch Missionary Union

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1/135 W. Gilbert Walshe, Shanghai, China (352) CMS

1/136 C.T. Wang, (?China) (104) YMCA

*1/137 Johannes Warneck, Rhenish Mission

1/138 Andrew Watson, Egypt (280) United Presbyterian Church of North America

1/139 H.V. Weitbrecht, Simla, India (249) CMS

*1/140 Elwood Morris Wherry, Punjab, India (251) American Presbyterian Church of the USA

1/141 J. Wheery, Peking, China (108) American Presbyterian Mission

1/142 George Whitehead, Burma (243) SPG

1/143 Canon George H. Westcott, Cawnpore, India (250) SPG

1/144 George E. White, Marsovan, Turkey (281) ABCFM

*1/145 Henry Whitehead, Bishop of Madras (201) Church of England Oxford Mission to Calcutta

*1/146 Rev. Samuel Graham Wilson, Tabriz, Persia (342) Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the USA

1/147 W.A. Wilson, Indore, India (254) Canadian Presbyterian Church

1/148 Basil Wood, Osaka, Japan (381) English CMS

1/149 Henry N. Woods, Kaingsu, China (113) Southern Presbyterain Mission USA

1/150 John Cameron, Aden, Arabia (282) United Free Church of Scotland

*1/151 Samuel Zwemer, Bahrein, Arabia (282) Dutch Reformed Church in America

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ECM 2 Articles relating to the conference

2/1 Houlder, H.F., “‘Edinburgh 1910”. Reminiscences of the World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in June 1910’. An article written in August 1960 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the gathering

2/2 Yates, T.E. ‘Edinburgh Revisited: Edinburgh 1910 to Melbourne 1980’ Published in The Churchman 1980

ECM 3 Photocopies of correspondence relating to the establishment of the conference and the drafting of the questions for the survey. Photocopied from originals in the Mission Research Library, section 12, of the Burke Library Archives, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, New York. See http://library.columbia.edu/content/dam/libraryweb/locations/burke/fa/mrl/ldpd _6306815.pdf

3/1 J.H. Oldham to John R. Mott, Edinburgh, 2 February 1904 (2 copies)

3/2 First Announcement of the Third Ecumenical Missionary Conference, New York, 1 May 1908 3/3 J.H.. Oldham to John R. Mott, Edinburgh, 4 September 1908

3/ 4 Silas McBee to J.H. Oldham, New York, 14 October 1908 (2 copies)

3/5 Letter of [ ? John Mott] inscribed ‘Copy to J.H. Oldham’, London, 18 December 1908 (2 copies)

3/6 J.H. Oldham to John R. Mott, Edinburgh, 28 December 1908 (2 copies)

3/7 John Mott to J.H. Oldham, Chernex, Switzerland, 12 January 1909 (4 copies, 2 typed and 2 handwritten)

3/8 J.H. Oldham to John R. Mott, Edinburgh, 14 January 1909 (2 copies)

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3/9 Same to same, Edinburgh, 18 January 1909 (2 copies)

3/10 Same to same, Edinburgh, 18 January 1909 (2 copies)

3/11 John R. Mott to J.H. Oldham, Utrecht, Holland, 19 January 1909 (2 copies)

3/12 J.H. Oldham to John R. Mott, Edinburgh, 25 January 1909 (2 copies)

3/13 John R. Mott to J.H. Oldham, Christiana, Norway, 26 January 1909 (2 copies)

3/14 Same to same, Uppsala, Sweden, 2 February 1909 (2 copies)

3/15 W, Nelson Bitton to J.R. Oldham, London Mission, Shanghai, 12 January 1910

3/16 J.H. Oldham to John R. Mott, Edinburgh, 2 February 1910

3/17 J.H. Oldham to Rev. Arthur J. Brown, Edinburgh, 2 February 1910

ECM 4 – 92

Mainly photocopies of articles or chapters of books on mission, specific missionaries, especially those whose replies are contained within ECM 1, or theologians with an emphasis on the interface of Christianity with other religions; including intermixed some notes by Kenneth Cracknell. Arranged alphabetically either by author or by subject. Originally separately catalogued and the digital version of the catalogue accidentally deleted. Separate catalogue follows. [Archivist’s note: When this is rectified it would be best to totally re-arrange in order to separate Cracknell’s notes and to list consistently either by author, subject or date and to place in a separate series, ECM 4/1-xx. ]

ECM 93 Microfilm No. XVIII entitled “World Missionary conference in Edinburgh. ‘Original manuscripts, documents, letters, commission reports relating to the various aspects of Christian Missions in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.’ Produced by Burke Library of the Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University 1997 See above ECM 3.

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