Papers, 1882-1937 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 1545470
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Gray, William, 1854-1937
- Access Conditions:
- Available for access but no part of the contents may be reproduced in any way without written permission.
- Description:
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- 1882-1937
- 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB ; 1046.
- Summary:
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The collection is divided into three parts. Part I (reels 1 and 2) deals with Gray's diaries. The period covered is from 1 Sept. 1884 to March 1898. Part II (reel 3) comprises miscellaneous papers which include: i) Gray's diary, ii) various birth and marriage certificates, iii) genealogy of the Gray family, iv) articles and correspondence, v) account of the wreck of the "Ferdinand de Lessops", vii) "Some notes on the Tannese", an ethnographic article of 1894. Part III consists of correspondence to Gray.
- Biography/History:
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William Gray (1854-1937) was born near Gawler, South Aust. He obtained his B.A. from Adelaide University and graduated in divinity from Union College in 1880. He married Elizabeth McEwen in 1882 and shortly after they sailed for Weasisi, Tanna, New Hebribes in the "Dayspring." Gray was the first Presbyterian Church of South Australia missionary to the New Hebrides. He produced a grammar, primer, hymnal and translation of Luke's Gospel in the Tanna language.
- Notes:
- See also PMB 1047 and 1048 for related material.
- Subject:
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- Gray, William, 1854-1937 -- Archives
- Gray family -- Genealogy
- Ferdinand de Lessops (Ship)
- British and Foreign Bible Society -- Records and correspondence
- Missionaries -- Vanuatu -- Archives
- Ethnology -- Vanuatu -- Tanna
- Tanna (Vanuatu) -- Description and travel
- Tanna (Vanuatu) -- Social life and customs
- Time Coverage:
- 1882-1937
- Occupation:
- Missionaries
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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