Fonds F3034 - Egerton Ryerson Morrow Brecken fonds

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Egerton Ryerson Morrow Brecken fonds

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CA ON00340 F3034

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  • 1907-1943 (Creation)
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    Brecken, Egerton Ryerson Morrow, 1882-1943

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60 cm of textual records

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(1882-1943)

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Egerton Ryerson Morrow Brecken (1882-1943) was a Methodist/United Church minister, educator, and Missionary to China. The son of Prof. Brecken of Mount Allison University, Egerton Ryerson Morrow Brecken was born in 1882 in Halifax. He was educated at Mount Allison and Victoria Universities. Ordained into the Methodist Church in 1907, he served in West China from 1908 to 1924, teaching Biblical Literature at Chengtu. He travelled and served in Saskatchewan until his appointment in 1930 to teach at Mount Allison. He retired in 1942 due to failing health and eyesight, and died in 1943.

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Papers donated in 1979 by Brecken's granddaughter in Guelph, Ontario.

This material forms part of the General Council program of the United Church of Canada Archive.

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Fonds consists of correspondence, 1907-1943; addresses, n.d. (probably 1920s or 1930s); diaries, 1903, 1910-1926, 1938; sermons, articles, lecture notes, poems, n.d.

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  • English

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    1986.043C

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