Francis, Rev David Lloyd

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 MS 380563
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full title	: Francis, Rev David Lloyd
Date(s)	: Created 1933-1989
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Francis | David Lloyd | b 1901 | missionary

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

David Lloyd Francis was born in England but emigrated to New Zealand with his family in about 1920. He and his wife worked with the Melanesian Mission for sixteen years in the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands and Santa Cruz Islands, including six months on the Island of New Britain in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. He was ordained in May 1937. During the Second World War he worked as a medical missionary/chaplain for the Allied armed forces in a military camp in the Solomon Islands. After the War, Francis toured New Zealand with an exhibition of 'Melanesian Curios', which he brought to Britain in 1947. He settled again in Britain, doing occasional work for the BBC. He died in the early 1990s.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1933-1989, of David Lloyd Francis, comprising his diaries (1943, 1947-8) and correspondence concerning his work with the Melanesian Mission, the effects of the War on the Mission's work and his own work during this period. Later correspondence with the BBC is also included.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and some Melanesian

System of arrangement:

The materials have been arranged in two main sections: diaries, and correspondence and papers. Items have been arranged chronologically within these sections.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1993.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds the records of the Melanesian Mission (Ref: MEL M).

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:

Date(s) of descriptions:
15 May 2000