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Christian History Institute of Worcester, PA, was planning to produce a film on William Carey. Beck was a consultant. It is unknown if the film was produced. 148 pp.

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first day cover and a block of 8 mint stamps, from India

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Five manila folders containing timelines for the Carey story. Used in the production of the book.

Scope and Contents Bancroft Library, London; Baptist Missionary Society, Didcot, Oxon, England. Includes a Catalogue of Papers; British Library, London; Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford. List of material in the Baptist Union Collection and the Samuel Pearce Carey collection. (S. P. Carey was a grandson and biographer of William); School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London; Serampore College, Serampore, West Bengal, India; Bibliography regarding the Serampore Trio by A....

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Arnold was a physician in Leicester, the town in which Carey lived and pastored immediately before leaving for India. Arnold founded a prominent lunatic asylum there. He made his personal library available to Carey. We know that Carey read rather extensively from this library. In 1817 Arnold’s personal library was sold over a period of 12 days in Leicester. Includes auction catalog from an Arnold descendant in Australia.

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Information about the 1806 honorary degree given to William Carey. Copy of letter W. C. sent to Brown in 1808 apparently to accompany a copy of one of his published works.

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Rev. Tom Budge was a local Leicester Baptist pastor who was a lay expert on Carey sites in England. Included here is correspondence with Tom and Betty Budge as well as his guide to Carey sites in Leicester and a Baptist pilgrim’s guide to England.

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Copy of a letter sent by William Carey to his son William in which he mentions the recent arrival of Judson in Calcutta and the work of Felix in Burma.

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Materials from a variety of sources regarding the various bicentennial celebrations that occurred in England and India in 1993. Most valuable is a program from the Service of Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey, October 2, 1992.

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Research materials on William Carey and family collected by descendants.