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Milledge, James Sibree


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380680

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: Milledge, James Sibree

Date(s): Created 1920s-1940s

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Milledge | James Sibree | b 1930 | missionary

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

James Sibree Milledge was born in 1930. He worked for the London Missionary Society in South India from 1961 to 1972. He married Betty Avril (née Astle) in 1956. He belongs to a large family of missionaries (named both Milledge and Sibree) who worked in a number of regions for the London Missionary Society, but in particular Madagascar. The most famous of these missionary ancestors was James Sibree.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1920s-1940s, of James Sibree Milledge, comprising material relating to the Sibree family in Madagascar.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The material is arranged in chronological order where possible.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1997.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS), including papers relating to members of the Sibree family; memoirs of James Sibree (Ref: MS 3801616); and papers of James Trenchard Hardyman, which include material relating the Sibree family (Ref: PP MS 63).

The Natural History Museum holds 'Madagascar Mammals' and other Natural History notes, 1892-1928, by James Sibree (Ref: L MSS SIB).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000, revised Feb 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Congregationalism | Protestant nonconformity | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Congregationalists | Protestant nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Missionaries | Religious groups
Missionary work | Religious activities
Religious movements | Religious institutions
Nonconformity

Personal names
Milledge | James Sibree | b 1930 | missionary
Sibree | family | missionaries
Sibree | James | 1836-1929 | architect, missionary and naturalist

Corporate names
Missionary Society x LMS | London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society

Places
Madagascar | East Africa