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Papers of Annabella Sutherland, nee Mitchell.

Prior to marrying William Summers Sutherland, Annabella Mitchell spent a period of time in the late 1890s as a missionary in Poona (Pune), India. The papers include a photograph album of Poona and other parts of Western India, 1894-1897, an acknowledgment of her service from members of St Andrew`s Bengali Church, 1898, and a photocopy of her family tree, undated.

Scope and Contents Letters, diary, notes and photographs, 1894-1920, of Dr William Summers Sutherland (1856-1924), Church of Scotland minister and missionary, and his wife, Annabella.Sutherland`s first posting as a missionary was to Darjeeling in 1879, later moving to the station at Kalimpong, India. Most of the papers in this archive relate to the two visits made by Sutherland to Bhutan. The first was in 1917, during which Sutherland was involved in the baptism of a Lepcha man. The second took...

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Photograph album of Annabella Sutherland, 1894-1897.

Photograph album, probably of Annabella Sutherland, nee Mitchell, whilst serving as a missionary in Poona (Pune), India, in the late 1890s. Annabella later became the second wife of fellow missionary, William Summers Sutherland.

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Loose photographs and a photograph album of William Summers Sutherland, and his wife Annabella, c.1890-1920.

Loose photographs include studio portraits taken in Scotland, apparently of members of the family of Annabella Sutherland, and later images of Kalimpong, c.1890-1920. The album records a visit to Bhutan made by William Summers Sutherland, c.1917-1919.