Slessor, Mary, missionary in Calabar, 1848-1915
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Letter of Daniel H M Slessor (adopted son of Mary Slessor) to A B Snodin.
File
Identifier: Acc.10804
Scope and Contents
Includes printed order of service for commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Mary Slessor`s death.
Dates:
1965.
Letters to members of the Cairns family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6825
Scope and Contents
Contains the following:1. Matriculation certificate, 15 November 1843, of John Cairns at Berlin University signed by the Rector, Dr Lachmann2. Letters, undated (circa 1845), of Sir William Hamilton probably to Dr John Cairns3-6. Letters of William Cairns to his brother, John:22 August 18448 February 184518 September 184611 July 18567. Some Memorials: Memories of My Maternal Grandfather, by William...
Dates:
1843-1914.
Papers of and relating to Mary Slessor, missionary.
File
Identifier: Acc.13297
Scope and Contents
Papers of Mary Slessor, missionary, including her court record book, 1905-1906, compiled during her vice-presidency over the Ikot Obong native court, a copy of a letter, 1914, and a small number of photographs, undated.
Dates:
1905-1906, 1914.
Papers of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5239/1-61
Dates:
1884-1970.
Photographic slides relating to Calabar and Mary Slessor
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13192
Scope and Contents
5 photographic slides, c.1950s-1960s, of Mr J. D. Brown, medical missionary in Calabar, 1957-1964.The images include a memorial for Mary Slessor, Free Church Missionary, in Use near Itu, where she spent the last months of her life, and her grave in Calabar. There is also an image of the Doctor`s house at the Mary Slessor Hospital in Itu. This was where Slessor had reportedly housed the twins she had rescued in the early part of the 20th century. Mr Brown worked as a medical...
Dates:
1957-1964.