Scrapbook 1916-1917

Scope and Content

Scrapbook includes:

Requests for Prayer and Praise – January 1916;

Lilias Trotter Prayer letter, dated Jan 10, 1916;

Bi-lingual Tract: Les Poissons Aventureux (adapted from La Fontaine) – Series AMB No. 1 – the first printed tract in the series;

Mr Smith's hymn on the creation, illustrated by May Ridley;

February Praise and Prayer requests;

Two illustrated sermons sent by Mrs Walker of Denver;

Bi-lingual Tract: Les Serpents de Terre et Les Serpents de Mer – AMB Series No. 2 printed by NMP (Feb 1916);

Khalti Aissha's Jessamine Plant – Tract in Arabic, cyclostyled;

Requests for Prayer and Praise - March 1916;

Drawing: The Frogs of the second Plague, by F. Brittle;

Photos of Sascha Perkins' little Aisha;

Bi-lingual tract: La Chenille qui change d'Idee, by Sascha Perkin. AMB series No 3;

Postcard of Dellys, drawing of Moussa;

Relizane children's artwork and Miliana boys' artwork;

Praise and Prayer requests for April 1916;

An arabic ?hymn or poem sent to Miss Trotter by Alma Krebs;

Bi-lingual tract: La Ville de Salut – Mabel Grautoff – AMB Series No.4, printed by NMP;

Photos of Sascha's mountain family;

Samples of NMP textcards, illustrated;

Praise and Prayer requests for May 1916;

Bi-lingual tract: L'Indécis, by May Watling, AMB Series No. 5 (given as 1926, but seems to be 1916);

Praise and Prayer Requests for June 1916;

AMB Roll Call June 1916;

More NMP textcards;

Prayer Matters, June 1916;

Wartime Recipes;

Photos of the year's first half;

The Last Tract of the Season: bi-lingual – Le Sacrifice de Said, AMB series no 6 (NMP printed);

Summer 1916 postcards of Sidi Ferruch;

September 1916 Certificate presented to Lilias Trotter by the World's Sunday School Association – Life membership;

October Rally Programme 1916 with two Blanche Grace Lumley Haworth's hymns, illustrated;

Lover of Youth, poem by Katharine Tynan, Nov 1916;

Lilias Trotter 20 November 1916 Prayer Letter from 2 rue du Croissant – printed;

Children's artwork;

Blida Christmas cards;

Photo of M. Cook-Jelabert and pcs of men;

Two poems by Blanche Grace Lumley Haworth for Bergine, handwritten and illustrated;

Postcards of a Blida woman and her surroundings;

A cartoon – Hitler approves thieving and other Hitler cartoons;

Newspaper article – I saw France fall, by Rene de Chambrun

Access Information

Open

Archivist's Note

Catalogued