Mundus

http://www.mundus.ac.uk

The Mundus Gateway, published by the School of Oriental and African Studies, provides an online guide to the archival collections in the British Isles that hold material concerning the history of missionaries. Available are descriptions of over 400 collections, from more than 50 institutions in the United Kingdom, covering missionary experiences and activities in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific Islands during a period of 200 years. Mundus provides descriptions of all of the collections, with a summary of the contents, background information and the details of the institution the collection is held in.

The collections can be searched by freetext, personal names, place names, organisational names and subjects, and an interactive map enables users to execute a geographical search. In addition to this there is also a gallery of photographs, drawings and prints depicting missionary life available for viewing online, and a selection of useful web links.