1887 Feb 24-1894 Dec 25
Correspondence, chiefly between Rt Rev. Bishop Blyth in Chiswick, Jerusalem and Cairo and Canon John Scarth in Maidstone (mainly Blyth to Scarth) concerning the British hospital in Port Said, the building of a new church in Port Said and fund raising for chaplaincies in Egypt; estimates of the Jewish population in Palestine and the education of Coptic girls in Egypt (SAD.419/7/26-27); his opinion of Sir Reginald Wingate, the Governor General and official policy towards missionary work in the Sudan (SAD.419/7/39); Blyth to the Committee of Managements, Jerusalem and the East Mission Fund, and to Scarth concerning financial difficulties (SAD.419/7/41-44); Lord Cromer to Blyth, enclosing a letter from Rogers Pasha concerning the Luxor cemetery (SAD.419/7/45-47). Enclosure:

1887 Oct 11-1914 Aug 3
Correspondence to Bishop Blyth regarding church matters in Egypt, including E.J. Davies enclosing a list of the British residents in Ramleh (SAD.420/5/3-4); J.G. Young regarding the wish of the Suez Church Committee to receive periodic visits from a clergyman (SAD.420/5/5); John Parker re the Coptic Church and community in Egypt (SAD.420/5/6); Sir Evelyn Baring (later Lord Cromer) advising against the introduction of a prayer for the Khedive (SAD.420/5/7); Fereedy Shakoor, Baring, Blyth, Miss D. Vernon and Miss A.C. Blyth concerning the future of the British mission school (SAD.420/5/8-16); C.A. Cookson and Lord Cromer regarding the church at Helouan (SAD.420/5/17-19); Rev. William Sadler and Lord Cromer re the repercussions of the marriage of Archdeacon Butcher (a divorcee) to Miss Edith Floyer (SAD.420/5/20-28); Blyth and Cromer concerning the Greek Patriarchate of Alexandria (SAD.420/5/29-35,45-46); Cromer, E.B. Gould and the Archbishop of Canterbury concerning the chaplaincy of St Mark's, Alexandria (SAD.420/5/36-41,47,49); and Blyth regarding the Ramleh chaplaincy (SAD.420/5/50-56. Enclosures:

[ca. 1888]
Undated notes by Bishop Blyth for an address to parishioners in Egypt on the occasion of his first visit after his appointment as Bishop in Jerusalem, outlining his plans for the work of the church in Egypt (mss notes with ts copy)

1891 Aug 10-1932 Aug 16
Papers relating to St Mary's church and school, Cairo, chiefly correspondence between Bishop Blyth and Rev. Naser Odeh of the Anglican Mission to the Jews and Chaplain to the Bishop concerning progress of the schools and dispensary (SAD.420/1/1-14); Joan Taylor to Rev. A.W.B. Watson, complaining about Rev. Odeh (SAD.420/1/15-21), with further letters on the subject from Watson to Blyth (SAD.420/1/22-24); correspondence concerning inaccuracies in Rev. Odeh's death notice in The Times in 1932 (SAD.420/1/25-29); and correspondence between Rev. Odeh, Canon Marriott, Bishop Collins of Gibraltar, Rev. W. Sadler, Bishop Blyth, Rev. T.A. Branthwaite, R. Holt (churchwarden), Archdeacon A. Ward, W.H. Montgomery, Randall, Archbishop of Canterbury and Russell Harris and Co, Accountants concerning staffing at the mission, deeds to St Mary's property, the possibility of the sale of St Mary's to the CMS, poor management of the church and its finances and the closure of the girls' school (SAD.420/1/ 30-176). Enclosures:

1913 Mar 10-Apr 15
St Mary's Church and school, Cairo: statement of accounts for the years 1908-1912 by Messrs Russell, Harris & Co, with related report

1898 Oct 29 - 1914 Jul 24
Papers relating to attempts to establish a separate bishopric for Egypt with a suffragan bishop in the Sudan, chiefly comprising correspondence between Bishop Blyth, Bishop Davidson (later as Archbishop Davidson), Bishop Wilkinson, Rev. William Sadler of the Jerusalem and the East Mission Fund and Lord Kitchener. Enclosures:

1903 Apr 4 - 1914 May 27
Correspondence between Bishop Blyth and Lord Cromer, Rt Rev. T.E. Wilkinson, Bishop of N. & Central Europe, Sir Reginald Wingate, Archbishop Davidson, Rt Rev. L.H. Gwynne, H.B. Rivington and Rev. W. Sadler (but chiefly between Blyth and Gwynne) concerning missionary work in the Sudan (SAD.420/3/3-4); the foundation of a bishopric in Khartoum (SAD.420/3/5-9,12-18,53,61-65); the appointment of Gwynne as archdeacon and suffragan bishop of Khartoum (SAD.420/3/10,56-57); the building and consecration of Khartoum Cathedral (SAD.420/3/19-30,56); problems with setting up a Dean and Chapter and organising the administration of the cathedral (SAD.420/3/31-46,48-52); Lord Kitchener's refusal to allow a Sunday day of rest (SAD.420/3/54); the establishment of a Sudan United Mission station at Melut (SAD.420/3/60); pressure on Bishop Blyth to resign (SAD.420/3/61-65); and the creation of a Central Church Council for the Sudan (SAD.420/3/66-72,75-80). Enclosures:

[ca. 1899]
Photographs enclosed in file of correspondence of Bishop Blyth relating to St Mary's Church and school, Cairo (see above):