| Administrative History | Alfred Elliott Bowlby (1860-1950) was a CMS missionary in India 1884-1903, based in the North-West Provinces mission. In 1890 he married Lilian Dickinson who was a professional painter and was, at that time, in the service of the Zenana Bible Medical Mission.
Reference: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905) |
| Custodial History | Deposited with the CMS in May 1987 and transferred to the Special Collections Department in 2005 |