Guide to the Papers of Benjamin Thomas Butcher, 1902-1961

Summary

Collection number:

MS 1881

Extent:

1.12 metres and (7 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Benjamin Thomas Butcher, National Library of Australia, MS 1881, [series/file/item number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection consists mainly of correspondence, diaries, notes kept by Butcher while he served as a missionary in Papua-New Guinea, together with several incomplete drafts for his book We lived with Head hunters.

Biographical Note:

Benjamin Butcher was born in London in 1877. In 1896 he entered Chestnut College, a theological college, in Cambridge and on completion of the course, in 1901, he volunteered for service with the London Missionary Society in New Guinea. A year later he was appointed to the New Guinea Mission. In 1905 he arrived in the territory where he worked as a medical missionary until his retirement in 1938.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3008156).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Benjamin Thomas Butcher, National Library of Australia, MS 1881, [series/file/item number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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