Frame, Alice Browne, 1878-1941

Alice Seymour Browne was born on October 29, 1878, in Harpoot, Turkey to Reverend John K. Browne and Leila Kendall, Class of 1876. Browne graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1900 and Hartford Theological Seminary in 1903. In 1905, she sailed to Tung-chou, China to work as a missionary, and was transferred to work in Peking in 1912. On November 10, 1913, she married Murray Scott Frame in Kyoto, Japan. She worked at the Women's College of Peking University for many years and became Dean of the college in 1922. In 1928, she became Dean of Residence at Mount Holyoke while on sabbatical from Peking University. Her daughter Rosamond graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1938. Alice Browne Frame died on August 16, 1941, in Newton, Massachusetts.

From the guide to the Frame papers MS 0539., 1896-1942., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

Alice Browne Frame was a missionary in China and served as dean of the North China Union Women's College.

From the description of Alice Browne Frame papers, 1902-1971 (bulk 1905-1941). (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 704727690

Missionary, college teacher and administrator. b. Alice Seymour Browne.

From the description of Papers, 1896-1942. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 21730142

Murray Scott Frame was a native of Wooster, Ohio. From 1901-1904, he was a teacher in Lahore, India; this was most likely shortly after receiving his Bachelor's degree. In 1904, he returned to the United States and studied at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. After graduating in 1907, he went to Jerusalem and studied at the American Institute of Archaeology, studying the Arabic language. Finishing his work in Jerusalem in 1908, Frame embarked to Europe, traveling through Italy and Austria, on his way to Germany. From 1908 to 1909, he studied Oriental Studies and Higher Criticism at Berlin University, as well as German, privately. In 1909, he returned to New York before embarking on his missionary career in Peking [Beijing], China for the American Board Mission. These periods of his life are marked by a youthful enthusiasm, a love of sports, travel, learning, friends and family.

Raised as a Presbyterian, Frame became a missionary in the Congregational Church. He began his missionary career by studying Chinese. Later he became a full-fledged missionary, acting as an administrator and preaching in Peking and outlying areas. Frame witnessed the Republican revolution in 1911. He married Alice Seymour Brown November 10th, 1913; she was also a missionary. They had three children, two girls, Frances and Rosamond, and a boy, Murray, Jr.; Frances and Murray, Jr. died while they were young. Murray Scott Frame died in 1918.

John Davidson Frame, Murray Scott's brother, was born June 26th, 1880. He became a Presbyterian, medical missionary in Resht, Persia, near Teheran. His letters were written sporadically from 1905 to1942, during his missionary service. He had a wife, Grace, and four children, John, Charles, Murray, who died young, and Jane. His letters reflect periods of unrest in Persia, of civil rebellion and Russian invasion.

From the guide to the Murray Scott Frame and Alice Seymore Brown Frame papers, 1901-1916, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)