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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC738
TitleAccession 738: Papers of Esther Dallison
Extent19 items
Date20th century
DescriptionPostcards illustrated with scenes of India [including parts of present-day Pakistan], Egypt, Gibraltar, and passenger ships. Comprising 12 postcards written to Miss Esther Dallison and seven blank postcards.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series.
Z: Miscellaneous papers
Access ConditionsClosed by Cadbury Research Library to allow for Data Protection screening and re-packaging (on receipt 2025).
CopyrightPermission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk), from the Church Mission Society (email: maddy.peston@churchmissionsociety.org), from data subjects, and any other rights holders. Requests to publish should be accompanied by a copy of proposed text and images. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying other copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Finding AidsA catalogue of this collection (forming part of the wider CMS/ACC unofficial papers catalogue) is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue. A paper copy of this catalogue is also available for consultation at Special Collections.
Access StatusClosed
Administrative HistoryEsther Dallison (1896-1992), missionary nurse, of Canonsbury, London was accepted by the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society in 1926. Her first posting was in the Lahore diocese where she worked in hospitals in Asrapur, Tarn Taran, Quetta and Sindh. In 1935 she was in Quetta at the time of the earthquake in which she was slightly injured but carried on nursing the survivors after many of the medical staff had been killed. After spending several years between 1945-1953 back in England due to family commitments she returned to nursing in the Amritsar area until her final return to England in 1956. She then was appointed Organising Secretary for the Rochester diocese and later for the Guildford diocese. Source: CEZMS archives
Custodial HistoryCMS received the collection from Venn House, Tunbridge, Wells, Kent, February 1995 (source: CMS catalogue). Transferred to University of Birmingham, Special Collections: Cadbury Research Library by CMS, 30 April 2025.
Archival NoteCatalogued by CMS, c 1995. Catalogue updated by Cadbury Research Library, 2025.
Related MaterialSee also CMS/ACC692 and CMS/ACC723 Papers of Esther Dallison
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