Ross, Emory

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Emory Ross (1887-1973) was a Methodist missionary. He and his wife, Myrta, became friends with Albert Schweitzer while serving as missionaries in equatorial Africa, and were early supporters of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship during World War II.

From the guide to the Myrta and Emory Ross Collection of African Photographs, 1897-1938, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Robert Watts Hudgens Papers, 1925-1973 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Phelps-Stokes Fund records, 1893-1970 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Abraham Aaron Roback papers, 1909-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Myrta and Emory Ross Collection of African Photographs, 1897-1938 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Hudgens, Robert Watts, 1896-1973 person
associatedWith Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 person
associatedWith Phelps-Stokes Fund corporateBody
correspondedWith Roback, A. A. (Abraham Aaron), 1890-1965 person
associatedWith Ross, Myrta. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Southern Rhodesia
Nigeria
Africa
Liberia
Belgian Congo
Subject
Church and clergy
Occupation
Missionaries
Activity

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Birth 1887

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