Kirby, Herbert and Mary Papers

File

Identifier: MP-041

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1890-1989

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.

Biographical / Historical

Herbert Kirby was born near Liverpool, England, baptized in West Philadelphia, and ordained in Gauhati, Assam, India. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia and was appointed a missionary in 1901. He married Mary Ella in 1906 and they arrived back in India by 1907. The Kirbys served in Assam from 1906 to 1954 and they founded and worked in the leprosy colony. They also traveled to the villages to care for more. Herbert served as secretary for Assam and Bengal for the Medical Missionary Association of all India. In 1948, he was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal by the British government. They retired in 1940. Their work at the leprosy colony was continued by their daughter Mary Kirby Berry.

Extent

1.2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also American Baptist Foreign Mission Society: Missionary Correspondence

File Plan

Box 1: Three Books on India and Tibet: 1916

Box 2: Folder 1: Correspondence 1900-1919 Folder 2: Correspondence 1920s Folder 3: Correspondence 1930s Folder 4: Correspondence 1940s Folder 5: Correspondence 1950s Folder 6: Correspondence 1960s-1980s Folder 7: Correspondence undated Folder 8: Reports 1900-1919 Folder 9: Reports 1920s Folder 10: Reports 1930s Folder 11: Reports 1940s Folder 12: Reports 1950s Folder 13: Reports undated Folder 14: Clippings about Dr. Kirby 1920s-1950s

Box 3: Folder 1: Biography – Unfinished 1955 Folder 2: Biography – Portions 1900s Folder 3: Pictures 1960 Folder 4: Book on Doctrine undated Folder 5: Assam Baptist Leader; The Council of Baptist Churches 1958, 1961 in Northeast India (1961) Folder 6: Clippings on Assam 1890s, 1930s-1960s Folder 7: Clippings from World War II, etc. 1930s, 1968 Folder 8: Dr. Mary Kirby Berry 1930s-1960s

Book: 113th Commencement of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia (2 copies) (1960)

Artifact: Glass bracelets