Katie Murray Papers, 1893-1982

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Katie Murray Papers, 1893-1982

Her papers consist of biographical/genealogical information; correspondence with the S.B.C. Foreign Mission Board, family and friends; diaries for 1944 and 1950; education files; financial documents; loose photographs; photograph albums; literary producations of others; her articles and reports; 35mm. slides; notes; Chinese and Indian clothing and artifacts; and her subject and reference files.

9 linear feet 7 boxes.

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Southern Baptist Convention. Foreign Mission Board

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The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, now the International Mission Board, was founded in 1845 as the mission sending agency for foreign missions. In the 1940's the Board began to produce audio programs and make recordings of events, services, and interviews, related to the work of the Board. From the description of Audio collection, 1949-1988. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 439018494 The Foreign Mission Board was established i...

Murray, Katie, 1897-1982

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Margaret Catherine Murray was born on February 8, 1897, in Kenansville (Duplin County), N.C. Upon her mother's death in 1905, she went to live with her Uncle George and Aunt Louise in Rose Hill, N.C. In 1920 Miss Murray relinquished a high school teaching position to attend a Women's Missionary Union training school in Louisville, Kentucky. Two years later she traveled to Peking, China, to attend a foreign language school where she learned the Mandarin dialect. In 1927 she commenced her missiona...