Correspondence between William Webb and Mrs McGrigor Phillips
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Correspondence between William Webb and Mrs McGrigor Phillips
Classmark: BC MS ROM 1/7/4/4/1
Original reference: 29
Date(s): 1957-1958
Language: English; French
Size and medium: letters; black and white photographs; leaflets
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/611814
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
Correspondence between William Webb and Mrs McGrigor Phillips concerning International Gypsy Mission Conferences in 1957 and 1958.
1) Letter William Webb - Mrs McGrigor Phillips 30/Apr/1957 with attachments a) Programe of the 2nd International Gypsy Mission Conference, Switzerland, 1957; b)Programme for French National Gypsy Conference, "Pelerinage national des Tziganes evangeliques de France."
2)Songsheet for Pelerinage national des Tziganes evangeliques de France
3)Letter William Webb - Mrs McGrigor Phillips 28 Jun/1957 [mention of attachments but it does not state what these are, - possibly items 4,5,6, and 7 as these were found together].
4)2 copies of the Programe of the 2nd International Gypsy Mission Conference, Switzerland, 1957
5) Black and white photograph of religious scene. Reverse reads, "Gypsy baptisms in Pontcarré (Seine-et-Marne) France, 1957."
6)Black and white photograph of members of the International Evangelical Gypsy Mission including William Webb. On the reverse are the names of the members.
7) Black and white photograph postcard of a preacher reading with 4 adults and 2 children [no details]
8)Letter William Webb - Mrs McGrigor Phillips 6/Dec/1957 including 2 attachments, a) Report on 2nd Conference of International Evangelical Gypsy Mission with updates on work in each country b)Annual Report of British Gypsy Mission 1956/7.
9) Manuscript copy of extracts from "The Testimony of the Spade," by Geoffrey Bibby, 1957
10) Black and white photograph of "Col. Ericson of Sweden and William Webb two children.Xmas 1957
11)Letter William Webb - Mrs McGrigor Phillips 14/Oct/1958 including 2 attachments/enclosures a)Programme of International Evangelical Gypsy Mission Conference 1958 (Norway) and 2) report on the Gypsy Mission work in different countries.
Provenance
Items 1-7 mainly correspond with Ref.29 in the Romany Catalogue. Items 8-11 may correspond with Ref. 40in the Romany Catalogue.
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