Manley, William and Alice Papers

File — Box: Multi-collection Box 31

Identifier: MP-033

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1875-1926

Language of Materials

All materials within this collection are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

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Biographical / Historical

William R. Manley was born in Pennsylvania in 1850. He father and grandfather were ministers before him. We went to William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri and graduated in 1879. That same year he became a missionary and sailed for Burma. Alice was born in Bethel, Maine and received her education in the schools of Augusta, Kansas. Once in Burma, William and Alice were stationed in Ongole in charge of the high school. Their second term was in Udayagiri. After being stationed for a short time in Kurnool, they stopped at the Vepery Baptist Church of Madras. In 1912, after a furlough, they returned to Madras, but left in 1916 due to William’s sickness. Their son Charles worked at the Clough Memorial Hospital in Ongole, and another son, Rev. F.P. Manley, also went to serve in India. William was the editor of the Baptist Missionary Review for many years.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 1 letter manuscript and one shoe box)

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also American Baptist Foreign Mission Society: Missionary Correspondence and the Charles and Ruth Manley Papers MP 22

File Plan

Box 1: 1887 Diary William, undated correspondence, Our WWG in India by Ruth Manley, Photographs, 1899 William Diary, 1914 William Diary, 1915 William Diary Box 2: 1875 Diary William, Diaries 1917 to 1926 for Alice, plus 1920 cash book