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United Society for Christian Literature Archives, 1799-1960 United Society for Christian Literature Archives, 1799-1960 AIDC 1987 Introduction The United Society for Christian Literature was Format : 105 x 148 mm, positive silver- created in 1935 by the merger of the Religious halide microfiches Tract Society and the Christian Literature Society Reduction factor : 21 x for India and Africa. It was joined in 1941/1942 Number of fiche: 3,675 by the London and Scottish committees of the Finding aids : Eye-legible titles on each fiche; Christian Literature Society for China. printed inventory with cones- ponding IDC fiche numbers Religious Tract Society (availablefreeonrequest) The Religious Tract Society is by far the oldest of the constituent groups of the USCL. It was found- ed in 1799 by a group of Protestant evangelicals who had earlier founded the London Missionary Society and were later to form the British and Foreign Bible Society. The goal of the RTS was to print and distribute religious tracts among people with little leisure time for reading lengthy volumes.It was the group's hope that these tracts would lead people to a knowledge of salvation through Jesus Christ. It was an interdenominational effort. The Society did its work in Britain, the British colonies and on the continent of Europe. By 1848 the RTS was operating either directly or indirectly in China, Singapore, Borneo, Thailand, Burma, India,Sri Lanka, Australia and New THE Zealand, the South Pacific, Africa, Madagascar, the West Indies, the United States, Canada, most CHILD'S COMPANION; European countries, and the countries of the Near OR, and Middle East. Sunday Scholar's Reward. Christian Literature Society for India 1 .1 JANUARY, 1824. [VOL I. 4.11.0 This society was formally created in 1858 as a 4.4,1, ....eV, memorial to the Indian Mutiny by four British missionary societies working in India, including the London Missionary Society and the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. The Society's goal was to reach the masses in the villages and at the local level through the use of the vernacular in the pamphlets it printed and distributed. In 1923 the Society expanded its activities to Africa. Christian Literature Society for China This society was first founded in 1877 with the goal of diffusing Christian and general knowledge among the Chinese. The material here made available on microfiche THE FIRST SABBATH OF THEYEAR. was filmed at the School of Oriental and African " A HAPPY New Year to you," saidJames Studies of the University of London. Brown, to his schoo]-fellow, ThomasJones, as Cover illustration: Contents page of Boys Own Paper, Part III, Vol. I (n.d.) Publisher's note The filming of important missionary archives has a dual purpose: the unique original documents are preserved for the future, and copies can be made available easily and cheaply for distribution to scholarly institutions all over the world. TheUnitedSocietyforChristianLiterature Archives reflect activities in large parts of the world in the nineteenth and twentieth century; the collection covers many fields, and is a rich source not only for missiologists, but also for historians,politicalscientists,anthropologists, and economists. The microfiche edition Within each area or country, the Archives have been divided into several groups of documents, such as Committee Minutes, and correspondence on specific subjects. For each group, the years for which documents areavailableare indicated. Contents of Inventory Religious Tract Society/ Order no. Nt. of fiches Page United Society for Christian Literature ICH-8501/1 - KH-8504/1 2,299 Minutes of Executive Committee 1799 - 1953 KH-8501/I 1,195 1 Minutes of Sub-Committees 1806 - 1952 KH-8502/1 146 3 Correspondence 1824- 1889 KH-8503/1 870 3 Ledgers and accounts 1836 - 1958 KH-8504/1 88 4 Christian Literature Society KH-8505/1 - KH-8507/1 923 Minutes 1864 - 1937 KH-8505/1 71 4 Correspondence 1859 - 1931 KH-8506/1 835 4 Miscellaneous papers 1858 - 1950 KH-8507/1 17 4 Annual Reports KH-8508/1 - KH-8513/1 380 Religious Tract Society 1820 - 1935 KH-8508/1 109 4 United Society for Christian Literature 1935 - 1951 KH-8509/1 29 5 Christian Literature Society (India) 1859 - 1927 KH-8510/1 62 5 Religious Tract Society (China) 1884 - 1947 KH-8511/1 46 6 Miscellaneous publications 1821 - 1960 KH-8512/1 102 6 Tracts KH-8513/1 32 7 Scottish Committee of the United Society for Christian Literature KH-8514/1 - KH-8515/1 73 Records 1891 - 1977 KH-8514/1 34 18 Reports 1885 - 1960 KH-8515/1 39 19 Inventory RELIGIONS TRACT SOCIETY/UNITED SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN LITERATURE Years Fiche no. Box KH-8501/1 Minutes of Executive Committee 1799-1953 1 - 1195* 1-24 1 1799 -1801 1 -2 1801 - 1805 2 - 5 3 1806 -1809 6 - 9 4 1809 - 1812 10 - 13 5 23/01/1820 - 13/11/1821 14 - 20> 1 6 20/11/1821 - 14/10/1823 21 - 26 7 21/10/1823 - 06/09/1825 27 - 33 8 13/09/1825 - 20/03/1827 34 - 40 9 27/03/1827 - 12/08/1828 41 - 46 10 19/08/1828 - 06/10/1829 47 - 52 11 13/10/1829 - 07/12/1830 53 58 12 14/12/1830 - 30/08/1831 59 - 62 13 06/09/1831 - 18/12/1832 63 - 68 14 01/01/1833 - 25/02/1834 69 - 74> 2 15 04/03/1834 - 05/05/1835 75 - 81 16 12/05/1835 - 06/12/1836 82 - 89 17 13/12/1836 - 01/05/1838 90 - 97 18 08/05/1838 - 22/10/1839 98 - 105 19 29/10/1839 - 04/05/1841 106 - 113 20 07/05/1841 - 06/12/1842 114 - 122 21 13/12/1842 - 09/07/1844 123 - 131 22-25 Not received (Pt. 22 missing) 07/1844 - 12/1849 132 >3 26 01/01/1850 - 25/02/1851 133 140 27 04/03/1851 - 23/03/1852 141 148 28 30/03/1852 - 05/04/1853 149 156 29 12/04/1853 - 30/05/1854 157 164 30 06/06/1854 - 03/07/1855 165 172 31 10/07/1855 - 04/11/1856 173 180> 4 32 11/11/1856 - 30/03/1858 181 188 33 06/04/1858 - 26/07/1859 189 196 34 02/08/1859- 16/10/1860 197 204_, 35 23/10/1860- 10/12/1861 205 212 36 17/12/1861 - 06/01/1863 213 220 37 13/01/1863 - 19/01/1864 221 228> 5 38 26/01/1864 - 17/01/1865 229 237 39 24/01/1865 - 06/02/1866 238 245 40 13/02/1866 - 08/01/1867 246 253 41 15/01/1867 - 03/12/1867 254 261 42 10/12/1867 - 15/12/1868 262 269 43 22/12/1868 - 01/02/1870 270 278> 6 44 08/02/1870 - 24/01/1871 279 287 45 31/01/1871 - 05/03/1872 288 296 46 12/03/1872 - 18/03/1873 297 305 47 25/03/1873 - 21/04/1874 306 314-- 48 28/04/1874 - 16/03/1875 315 323 49 22/03/1875 - 01/02/1876 324 333 > 7 50 08/02/1876 - 28/11/1876 334 341 51 05/12/1876 - 06/11/1877 344 353 52 13/11/1877 - 03/09/1878 354 363 53 10/09/1878 - 17/06/1879 364 373_> 8 -2- Years Fiche no. Box KH-8501/1 (Contd.) 4-55 These volumes cannot be filmed as they have been damaged by fire 24/06/1879 - 11/01/1881 374 56 18/01/1881 - 22/09/1881 375 - 380> 8 57 27/09/1881 - 02/05/1882 381 - 389 58 09/05/1882 - 16/01/1883 390 - 399 59 23/01/1883 - 02/10/1883 400 - 409 60 09/10/1883 - 13/05/1884 410 - 419 - 61 27/05/1884 - 27/01/1885 420 - 429 62 03/02/1885 - 20/10/1885 430 - 439 > 9 63 27/10/1885 - 06/07/1886 440 - 449 64 13/07/1886 - 22/03/1887 450 - 459 65 29/03/1887 - 17/01/1888 460 - 469 66 24/01/1888 - 30/11/1888 470 - 479 67 06/11/1888 - 13/08/1889 480 - 489>10 68 20/08/1889 - 22/04/1890 490 - 499 69 29/04/1890 - 20/01/1891 500 - 509 70 27/01/1891 - 03/11/1891 510 - 519- 71 10/11/1891 - 30/08/1892 520 - 529 72 06/09/1892 - 04/07/1893 530 - 539 > 11 73 11/07/1893 - 08/05/1894 540 - 549 74 22/05/1894 - 19/03/1895 550 - 559 75 26/03/1895 - 04/02/1896 560 - 569 76 11/02/1896 - 08/12/1896 570 - 580 77 15/12/1896 - 19/10/1897 581 - 590>12 78 26/10/1897 - 30/08/1898 591 - 560 79 06/09/1898 - 06/06/1899 601 - 610 80 13/06/1899 - 03/04/1900 611 - 620'- 81 10/04/1900 - 05/02/1901 621 - 630 82 12/02/1901 - 26/11/1901 631 - 640>13 83 03/12/1901 - 30/09/1902 641 - 650 84 07/10/1902 - 28/07/1903 651 660 85 11/08/1903 - 05/07/1904 661 - 670 - 86 12/07/1904 - 01/08/1905 671 - 684 87 15/08/1905 - 23/10/1906 685 - 700>14 88 30/10/1906 - 03/03/1908 701 - 717 89 10/03/1908 - 09/11/1909 718 - 736 90 16/11/1909 - 07/03/1911 737 - 753>15 91 14/03/1911 - 07/05/1912 754 - 768 92 14/05/1912 - 22/07/1913 769 - 783 93 29/07/1913 - 20/10/1914 784 - 799>16 94 27/10/1914 - 21/12/1915 800 - 819 95 04/01/1916 - 19/12/1916 820 - 835 96 02/01/1917 - 18/12/1917 830 - 851 97 01/01/1918 - 31/12/1918 852 - 863>17 98 07/01/1919 - 23/12/1919 864 - 874 99 06/01/1920 - 21/12/1920 875 - 885'- 100 04/01/1921 - 20/12/1921 886 - 897 101 03/01/1922 - 19/12/1922 898 - 909>18 102 02/01/1923 - 18/12/1923 910- 921 103 01/01/1924 - 23/12/1924 922- 935 104 06/01/1925 - 22/12/1925 936 - 950 > 19 105 05/01/1926 - 21/12/1926 951 9641 106 04/01/1927 - 20/03/1928 965- 980 107 27/03/1928 - 26/03/1929 981 - 995 > 20 108 09/04/1929 - 29/04/1930996 - 10104 -3- Years Fiche no.
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