Rev Ernest William Gallagher & Mrs Irene Muriel Gallagher papers

Typescript of a sermon entitled 'Independence Day' delivered by Rev H Sumitra in the College Chapel [Bangalore UTC, India] on 15 August 1947. Publications: 'Hyderabad Bulletin' (Vol V, No 4, November 1942-January 1943); newsletter (No 13) of the Women's Department of the Irish Auxiliary [Methodist],...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/Box 1213
Date(s) of creation: 1943-1967
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Gallagher; Ernest William (1918-1984); ordained missionary, missionary administrator
Other authors: Gallagher; Irene Muriel (1921-2010); née Hyman; educational missionary, lay preacher

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/Box 1213
Summary: Typescript of a sermon entitled 'Independence Day' delivered by Rev H Sumitra in the College Chapel [Bangalore UTC, India] on 15 August 1947. Publications: 'Hyderabad Bulletin' (Vol V, No 4, November 1942-January 1943); newsletter (No 13) of the Women's Department of the Irish Auxiliary [Methodist], February 1958; newsletter (no 4) from Alan & Joyce Ross of CSI, Deccan, India, August 1949; MMS Women's Work Monthly letter (no 129), March 1950; CSI newsletters (Medak - January 1960, February 1962, January 1963 & August 1967; Nirmal Mission, Easter 1964). Images: mounted copies of photographs taken of the interior and exterior of Medak Cathedral by Rev Ferguson, mid C20th; group photograph [?Medak Diocese], ?1963.
Main author: Gallagher; Ernest William (1918-1984); ordained missionary, missionary administrator
Other authors: Gallagher; Irene Muriel (1921-2010); née Hyman; educational missionary, lay preacher
Extent: 13 items
Admin history: Irene Muriel Hyman (always known as Muriel) was born on 27 October 1921 and was involved with the Girls' League in the Leicester and Oxford District of the Methodist Church as well as teaching for three years at Coalville, Leicestershire. In 1945 she was accepted by the Women's Work department of the Methodist Missionary Society and spent a year at Kingsmead College, Selly Oak, Birmingham, preparing for missionary work. After attending the last MMS synod in Medak, India, in December 1946 she was sent to language school in Bangalore to ... View more
Acquisition: Gift, accepted on behalf of the Methodist Church, from Mrs Janet McDermot of Dublin, Ireland, July 2011
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by various
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Related material: For a more detailed account of Irene Muriel Hyman's work and then her and her husband's work please consult MMS/Special Series/Celebrate Together/Box 1207. Any extant correspondence written by Irene Muriel Gallagher whilst working for the Women's Work Department of the MMS will be amongst its India correspondence. Also within the records of the Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Ernest William Gallagher (MMS/India/Correspondence/Hyderabad/FBN 16 & MMS Box 1276-1277). Further information on hi ... View more
Format: Archive