Papers relating to W G Bobby & M Bobby

Biographical account of the 'Life of Mr [and Mrs] Bobby' [1892: 40 years with the China Inland Mission]. The document is annotated with 'See page 2, para 2 penultimate sentence for Palmer reference' [refers to CIM missionary Miss Eva Palmer]. Also comprises two black and white photographs of WG &...

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Order number: CIM/PP, Box 26
Date(s) of creation: c.1930s
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CIM.04.06.15
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CIM/PP, Box 26
callnumber CIM/04/06/15
callnumber_txt CIM/04/06/15
callnumber-sort CIM/04/06/15
scb_alt_ref_no CIM/PP 493
prefix_number 15
title Papers relating to W G Bobby & M Bobby
scb_date_creation c.1930s
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1 textual (6 pages); 2 b/w photographs
format Archive
scb_admin_history The Bobby's CIM missionary service spanned the most active period of the China Inland Mission, and this biographical account documents their eyewitness recollection of major events such as the Boxer Uprising.
scb_custodial_history The material was donated by Dr David P.G. Teager on behalf of Miss Vera Palmer whose parents had been friends with Mr and Mrs Bobby.
description Biographical account of the 'Life of Mr [and Mrs] Bobby' [1892: 40 years with the China Inland Mission]. The document is annotated with 'See page 2, para 2 penultimate sentence for Palmer reference' [refers to CIM missionary Miss Eva Palmer]. Also comprises two black and white photographs of WG & M Bobby in Wuhu, dated 1930s.
scb_access_status Open
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
scb_file_number CIM/PP 493
hierarchy_top_id_raw CIM
hierarchy_sequence CIM.0004.0006.0015