COLLECTION NAME:
Non-conformist Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader LSP 8
Reference Number:
LSP 8
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Papers of Leonard Sheldrake
Parent Work Title:
Scrapbook in the Papers of Leonard Sheldrake
Creator:
Sheldrake, Leonard, 1885-1952
Date Created:
c1930
Description:
Extensive scrapbook produced by Sheldrake, in the main illustrative of his activities as a travelling preacher in the United States during the 1930s. At the front is a large photograph of Sheldrake holding an old Bible. The scrapbook contains: Photographs of individuals, groups, chapels, gospel vans, gospel tents and motor cars. Advertising leaflets and notices drawing attention to gospel meetings. Cards, photographic postcards and evangelical tracts. Newspaper cuttings of meetings, activities, cartoons, obituaries, and incidents and events coinciding with his visits to particular places. Photographs and press cuttings of missionaries in Northern Rhodesia, China, Syria, France, Angola and Czechoslovakia. Maps, tickets and travel details. Printed records of services. Letters to Sheldrake related to his activities. There is also a collection of loose material of the same type (not digitised), presumably for inclusion in the scrapbook. Annotated throughout.
Language Code:
eng
Language:
English
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Missionaries
Subject:
Plymouth Brethren
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Scrapbooks
Creation Site:
United States
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
People Covered:
Sheldrake, Leonard, 1885-1952
Item Height:
290 mm
Item Width:
304 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Sheldrake, Leonard, 1885-1952
Provenance:
Leonard Sheldrake Family
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Notes:
The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-11-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB