Photograph album predominately of missionary work in Dharapuram and Karur, India

Comprises images of Giles' journey by boat to India (Gibraltar, Tangier [Morocco], Port Sudan & Port Said [Egypt]); classrooms, lessons and activities at Dharapuram Girls School; the Methodist Church at Dharapuram; buildings, lessons and pupils at Karur Girls Boarding School; buildings and pupil...

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Archive & Special Collections MMS/17/02/06/23/02/02 Open

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/1411
Date(s) of creation: [1935]-1940
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/1411
callnumber MMS/17/02/06/23/02/02
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title Photograph album predominately of missionary work in Dharapuram and Karur, India
scb_date_creation [1935]-1940
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 1 volume
format Archive
description Comprises images of Giles' journey by boat to India (Gibraltar, Tangier [Morocco], Port Sudan & Port Said [Egypt]); classrooms, lessons and activities at Dharapuram Girls School; the Methodist Church at Dharapuram; buildings, lessons and pupils at Karur Girls Boarding School; buildings and pupils at Karur Boys Industrial School; Karur Methodist Church; Mettur Dam on River Cauvery [Kaveri]; views of Trichinopoly [Tiruchirappalli] from Temple Rock; Adult Literacy Summer School at Karatholuvu, 1940. Also images of colleagues whether groups (synods and school staff) or individuals (Rev & Mrs JJ Ellis and their son, Jane Moses, Mrs Isaiah, Mrs Daniels); local villages and communities; Hindu temples (including at Nattarayancoil near Vellacoil [Vellakoil], Karur and Kotagiri); Animist village shrines; Christian and Hindu festivals and events (including weddings); trips to the Nilgiri Hills and Kodai [Kodaikanal]. Most photographs have captions but very few are dated. With two loose photographs.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access Please use gloves when consulting this item.
scb_copyright Copyright vested with Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
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