Fondo GB-MECA/GB165-0161 - Jerusalem and the East Mission Collection

Area dell'identificazione

Codice di riferimento

GB-MECA/GB165-0161

Titolo

Jerusalem and the East Mission Collection

Date

  • 1827-01-01-2017-12-31 (Creazione)

Livello di descrizione

Fondo

Consistenza e supporto

Global extent: 301 boxes containing 716 files; 278 selected and described files

Area del contesto

Nome del soggetto produttore

Jerusalem and the East Mission (JEM)
(From 1827)

Storia istituzionale/amministrativa

The Diocese of Jerusalem was founded in 1841 under the joint auspices of Queen Victoria and King Frederick William IV of Prussia. The bishops were to be nominated alternately by the English and Prussian sovereigns, to be consecrated by Anglican bishops and to have spiritual jurisdiction over Anglican and Lutheran Christians in Palestine. In 1881, however, a failure to obtain episcopal orders for the Lutherans prepared the way for the withdrawal of Prussia, and the bishopric fell into abeyance for almost six years. It was finally reconstituted on a purely Anglican basis and on 25 March 1887 the Venerable Archdeacon Blyth was consecrated Bishop in Jerusalem with jurisdiction over Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Cyprus, the region around the Red Sea, and, later, the Sudan and Iran. The Jerusalem Bishopric Fund, later the Jerusalem and East Mission Fund was set up by Bishop Blyth for the maintenance and development of the work of the diocese. In 1920 Egypt and the Sudan were separated from Jerusalem to form a new diocese with Llewellyn Gwynne as bishop. In 1939 the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Assyrian Mission came fully under the control of J&EM. The diocese of Jerusalem became the seat of a province in July 1957 and at the same time a new diocese of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria was created. At the time of writing the province is composed of the following dioceses: Jerusalem; Cyprus and the Gulf; Egypt; Iran.

Istituto conservatore

Middle East Centre Archive (MECA)

Storia archivistica

Received on permanent loan from the Jerusalem and the Middle East Church Association in November/December 1975 and in July 1978 with boxes 81-125 received since December 1979. Loan status changed to a gift on 8 Feb 2007. Minute books Box 75J/3, 75T/3-4 and personnel files received as a gift in July 2014.

Modalità di acquisizione

Area del contenuto e della struttura

Ambito e contenuto

Papers, 1841-1976 relating to the Diocese of Jerusalem and St. George’s Cathedral, missionary activities, chaplaincies, health and education provision in Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, the Gulf, Egypt, Sudan, Cyprus and North Africa. The collection also contains correspondence relating to the political situation in Mandatory Palestine. Presscutting volumes. Quarterly newsletter/magazine of the Jerusalem and East Mission, later Jerusalem and Middle East Church Association Bible Lands from 1899. Photographic collection.
Language of material: English; a very small amount of Arabic.

Valutazione e scarto

Incrementi

Sistema di ordinamento

Geographical areas; central organization; minute books.

Area delle condizioni di accesso e uso

Condizioni di accesso

Open. Access to the personnel files is subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act. For further details please ask the archivist.

Condizioni di riproduzione

No restrictions on copying or quotation other than statutory regulations and preservation concerns.

Lingua dei materiali

    Scrittura dei materiali

      Note sulla lingua e sulla scrittura

      Caratteristiche materiali e requisiti tecnici

      Strumenti di ricerca

      In Guide; handlist

      Area dei materiali collegati

      Esistenza e localizzazione degli originali

      Esistenza e localizzazione di copie

      Unità di descrizione collegate

      • In MEC Archive:
        Bickersteth Papers GB165-0027; Blyth Papers GB165-0031; Emery Papers GB165-0099; Forster Papers GB165-0109; Gordon Papers GB165-0121; Morgan Papers GB165-0208; Norman Papers GB165-0219
      • In other Archives:
        Jerusalem & the East Mission Papers at Lambeth Palace Library.

      Descrizioni collegate

      Nota bibliografica

      Microfiche published by Inter Documentation Co., 1985 under the title ‘Jerusalem and East Mission Archive 1842-1976’. Please note that the microfiche only covers part of the collection.

      Nota bibliografica

      A history of the Anglican Diocese in Jerusalem has been written by Rafiq Farah and is available in the Archive reading room. The details of the book are as follows:
      Farah, Rafiq A.; In troubled waters. A History of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem 1841-1998 (Christians Aware 2002). ISBN 1873372167

      Nota bibliografica

      The following book is also available in the Archive reading room:
      Hechler, William H., The Jerusalem Bishopric Documents with translations (London: Trübner and Co, 1883).

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      Codice identificativo dell'istitituto conservatore

      Norme e convenzioni utilizzate

      ISAD(G), Second Edition, Ottawa 2000.

      Stato

      Livello di completezza

      Date di creazione, revisione, cancellazione

      Catalogue prepared on 1999; revised on 2018

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        Scritture

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          Nota dell'archivista

          Fonds level description for the Jerusalem East Mission Collection (1827-1976), held by the Middle East Centre Archive, Saint-Anthony College (Oxford), prepared by Clare Brown in February 1999 and last revised by Debbie Usher on 15 January 2018.

          Area dell'acquisizione