Folders , and contain materials on permanent loan to the Center from Overseas Missionary Fellowship. The materials in Folders and cannot be used because of their fragility. Copies of the materials in Folder are located in Folder ; copies of items in Folder are in Folder Some of the personnel cards in folders through have been removed and copies substituted, with certain information blacked out.
The original cards will be put back in each folder when 25 years have passed from the date of the youngest document in that folder. These series will be described in this guide in the same order used above. Papers of James Hudson Taylor There are several letters of Taylor's in Folder copies in Folder , some of which he wrote all or in part, some of which were taken in dictation by his wife. This correspondence, which is to CIM supporters Frost and Stevens in the United States, touches some on his travels on behalf of the mission but mostly deals with the details of setting up a base for CIM in the United States and the sending of Americans to China.
Folder contains many important documents of CIM history, including the revised constitution of the mission, which set up departments of the CIM countries other than Great Britain; the bylaws; and letters dealing with Taylor's retirement in and arrangements for the succession.
Folder with copy in Folder contains a very interesting notebook of recollections of Taylor's mother Amelia, describing his first departure as a missionary for China in It is unclear whether the notebook was written by her at the time or later or whether it is a copy made by someone else. Folder contains photocopies of correspondence, clippings, certificates, and Taylor's engagement calendar from his visit to the North America to establish a branch of the China Inland Mission.
The originals were in England. Folders , , and all contain information about the publication and distribution of a biography of Taylor by his son Howard. Also in Folder is a list ca. Directories The contents of the CIM directories vary over time. However, they always have the names of missionaries serving in China and the names of stations in China. Other types of information included in later directories are: members of staff in the different home countries, CIM workers who had died in China, members of the headquarters staff, retired workers, furloughed workers, workers from other missions under CIM direction, schools and seminaries supported by CIM, the personnel at each mission station and the date of the founding of that station.
