Baptist Missionary Society

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Alternative name(s):	BMS World Mission (Later known as)
Date:	1792-2014
Places:	China Congo Jamaica Thailand Zimbabwe Cameroon Nepal Bangladesh
Functions, occupations and activities:	Christian denominations > Baptists \| Christian denominations > Missions \| Societies and Associations > Religious
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C6079 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O36536 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1792-20th cent: records, incl overseas missions	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive		See NRA 12965
2	1795-1914: corresp and papers rel to Africa	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive		NRA 10411 Baptist Africa
3	1804-1879: missionary corresp and diaries rel to Jamaica and West Africa	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive		See Annual Return 2001
4	1860-1914: papers rel to China	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive		NRA 10412 Baptist China
5	1792-1914: papers rel to South and South East Asia	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive		NRA 10413 Baptist SE Asia
6	1813-1914: papers rel to West Indies	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive		NRA 10414 Baptist W Indies
7	1841-47: corresp concerning the Cameroons and Fernando Po Missions	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive		See Annual Return 2002
8	1963-75: additional minutes and visitors' book	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc. 214	See Annual Return 2006
9	1997-2007: audio-visual fundraising packs	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc 235	See Annual Return 2007
10	1976-2011: additional records comprising minutes and publicity materials	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc. 279	See Annual Return 2011
11	1960s-2000s: files on mission workers	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc 285
12	1909-1930: photographic material rel to the Congo, missionaries, Baptist leaders	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc 297
13	1933-1948: photograph albums and programmes for summer schools	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc 300
14	1902-1910: maps and plans of the Congo; blueprits of the SS Grenfell	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc 301
15	c 1914-2014: records rel to East Asia and Europe in general, and to BMS partners in Africa, Europe, East Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Other missionary material incl documents rel to Democratic Republic of the Congo.	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc 307	See Annual Return 2015
16	1894-2014: records incl minutes and papers rel to other Baptist groups	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	[BMS Acc 312]	See Annual Return 2016
17	1913-2000: Miscellanea from World Mission, Finance & Corporate Services, and General Directorate, incl vols of Ministers' Letters 1913-1936; various accounts and photographs; Operation Agri Development Committee files; papers rel to World Mission partner organisations; committee minutes.	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc. 313	See Annual Return 2017
18	1886-2008: papers and corresp incl minutes of General Committee 1995–1998; minutes of St Andrews Hall and International Mission Centre, Birmingham 1973–2000; resource materials from Communications Department 1988–2008. Also incl corresp and papers rel to BMS activity in the Congo 1886-1973; report on deputation to South America 1909–1910.	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc. 319, BMS Acc. 325	See Annual Return 2018
19	1974-1983: India property correspondence and reports	Oxford University: Regent's Park College, Angus Library and Archive	BMS Acc. 348	See Annual Return 2023