Uganda Ladies’ Party and Uganda Missionaries Party, 1896
Scope and Contents
Shows part of the missionary party to Uganda in 1895, including the first five women sent to East Africa by the society. Presumably the slide was taken before the party’s departure from England.
Back row:
Dr. Peter Rattray (1895-96), Rev. F.H. Wright (1895), Rev. M.J. Hall (1895-1900, d. 1900), Rev. T.R. Buckley (1895), Rev. A. Wilson (1895).
Centre row:
Miss Eleanor E. Willows Browne (1895-97, later Mrs F. Rowling), Miss Jane Elizabeth Chadwick (1895), Miss Edith Markham Furley (from 1895), Miss Eliza Louise Pilgrim (1895), Rev. J.B. Purvis (1895-99, 1903-07).
Front row:
Nurse Miss Mary Susannah Thomsett (1895).
For further information about the party see J.D. Mullins, ‘The wonderful story of Uganda’ (1908), pp. 232-33, ‘Church Missionary Intelligencer’, June 1895, p. 408 and A.R. Tucker, ‘Eighteen years in Uganda’ II (1908), p. 11.
Dates
- Creation: 1896
Creator
- From the Fonds: Church Missionary Society (Organization)
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Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2010-09-24 09:03:24+00:00
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