Rev William Murray OBE

Miscellaneous materials relating to the Rev William Murray, English Presbyterian missionary in Singapore from 1902 to 1935, including various testimonials about his early career, an artcle about him published in "The Durham County Advertiser" in May 1926, 3 photographs taken at the christening of W...

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Order number: PCE/FMC Series IV, Box 9
Date(s) of creation: 1878 - 1946
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id PCE.FMC.7.02.51
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with PCE/FMC Series IV, Box 9
callnumber PCE/FMC/7/02/51
callnumber_txt PCE/FMC/7/02/51
callnumber-sort PCE/FMC/7/02/51
prefix_number 51
title Rev William Murray OBE
scb_date_creation 1878 - 1946
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
format Archive
scb_custodial_history Personal papers passed to the Presbyterian Church after his death.
description Miscellaneous materials relating to the Rev William Murray, English Presbyterian missionary in Singapore from 1902 to 1935, including various testimonials about his early career, an artcle about him published in "The Durham County Advertiser" in May 1926, 3 photographs taken at the christening of William Charles Dowland Thorne in 1935, a draft obituary for Sir Song Ong Siang (d. 1941), draft letters sent by Murray, materials relating to The Straits Chinese Reading Club run by Murray and to his Communicants' Class, and other items. Also, copy of memorial address given by S.W. Carruthers at his funeral in 1946 and an appreciation of him printed in "Our Work Overseas" on his retirement in May 1936.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number 1
scb_finding_aids Handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw PCE
hierarchy_sequence PCE.00FMC.007.0002.0051