Missionaries -- India.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions reports from missionaries, 1884-1891. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4908
Scope and Contents
Papers date from 1884 to 1891 and consist of handwritten and type-written pages. Collection is in good condition and has been housed in an acid free folder.Papers consist primarily of letters from female missionaries living and working in girls’ schools in Turkey and India. The letters cover a wide range of topics, including: missionary life; observations regarding the culture of respective host countries; discussions of school organization, curriculum, and students; and...
Dates:
1884-1891
Capron Family papers, 1777-1950.
Collection
Identifier: MS0044
Abstract
William Banfield Capron was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on April 14, 1824. Sarah Brown Hooker was born in Lanesboro, Massachusetts, on April 24, 1828. Sarah and William met while both were teaching at the Hartford High School. They were married on October 1, 1856. Almost immediately after their marriage, the couple were assigned to the Madurai (then called Madura) Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. They worked in Madurai and Manamadurai until 1872....
Dates:
1777-1950