Scope and Contents note
The Murray S. Frame and Alice S. Brown Frame Papers comprise correspondence from Murray S. Frame to his mother and his sister Margaret. It also contains correspondence written by John D. Frame to Margaret. The collection reflects the arrangement of the materials as they were received.
Outgoing Correspondence has been further subdivided into four subseries. Subseries A is Murray S. Frame correspondence that includes letters mostly to his sister, Margaret, and were written from Lahore, India, 1901-1904; New York City, 1904-1907; Jerusalem, 1907-1908; Berlin, 1908-1909; and Peking, China (American Board Mission), 1910 -1916. Some of the correspondence are also to his mother. It includes a total of 234 letters. Subseries B is Alice Brown Frame correspondence (Murray's wife) that also includes outgoing correspondence to Margaret. The letters were written between May 1913 and January 1917. Subseries C includes 94 letters between 1905-1942 from his brother, John Davidson Frame, a Presbyterian medical missionary in Persia to Margaret. Subseries D is Grace Second Frame and Adelaide Frame correspondence to Margaret and other family members. The letters are arranged chronologically within each subseries.
Photographs has only two folders; one contains a picture of Murray S. Frame and friends, and the other folder contains a picture of John D. Frame.
Dates
- 1901-1916
Creator
- Frame, Alice Browne, 1878-1941 (Person)
- Frame, Murray Scott (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
Murray Scott Frame was a native of Wooster, Ohio. From 1901-1904, he was a teacher in Lahore, India; this was most likely shortly after receiving his Bachelor's degree. In 1904, he returned to the United States and studied at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. After graduating in 1907, he went to Jerusalem and studied at the American Institute of Archaeology, studying the Arabic language. Finishing his work in Jerusalem in 1908, Frame embarked to Europe, traveling through Italy and Austria, on his way to Germany. From 1908 to 1909, he studied Oriental Studies and Higher Criticism at Berlin University, as well as German, privately. In 1909, he returned to New York before embarking on his missionary career in Peking [Beijing], China for the American Board Mission. These periods of his life are marked by a youthful enthusiasm, a love of sports, travel, learning, friends and family.
Raised as a Presbyterian, Frame became a missionary in the Congregational Church. He began his missionary career by studying Chinese. Later he became a full-fledged missionary, acting as an administrator and preaching in Peking and outlying areas. Frame witnessed the Republican revolution in 1911. He married Alice Seymour Brown November 10th, 1913; she was also a missionary. They had three children, two girls, Frances and Rosamond, and a boy, Murray, Jr.; Frances and Murray, Jr. died while they were young. Murray Scott Frame died in 1918.
John Davidson Frame, Murray Scott's brother, was born June 26th, 1880. He became a Presbyterian, medical missionary in Resht, Persia, near Teheran. His letters were written sporadically from 1905 to1942, during his missionary service. He had a wife, Grace, and four children, John, Charles, Murray, who died young, and Jane. His letters reflect periods of unrest in Persia, of civil rebellion and Russian invasion.
Extent
1.75 linear feet (4 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Murray Scott Frame (d.1918) was a Congregational missionary and teacher in Lahore, India and Beijing, China, where he witnessed the 1911 Republican Revolution. His brother, John Davidson Frame (b. 1880), was a medical missionary for the Presbyterian Church in Persia. The collection consists of correspondence from the brothers to the family, including Alice Seymour Brown Frame, Murray's wife.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series:
Series I: Outgoing Correspondence
Series I, Subseries A: Murray S. Frame
Series I, Subseries B: Alice Brown Frame
Series I, Subseries C: John Davidson Frame
Series I, Subseries D: Grace Second Frame and Adelaide Frame
Series I, Subseries E: Transcriptions of Murray Scott Frame Letters
Series II: Photographs
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The collection was a gift of Margaret Frame in 1968.
General Physical Description note
4 containers
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
- China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Congregationalists -- Missions -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Frame, Alice Browne, 1878-1941
- Frame, Grace Second
- Frame, John Davidson
- Frame, Murray Scott
- Hoffman, Adelaide Kibbe Frame, 1901-1986
- Iran -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Missionaries -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries -- Iran Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries -- Palestine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries, Medical Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions -- Iran Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Religion Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Women Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Title
- Guide to the Murray Scott Frame and Alice Seymore Brown Frame Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Aika-Maria Kihunrwa and Aaron Poor, Manuscripts Processors
- Date
- ©2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
