The papers of George McGlashan Kerr (1874-1950) and Isabel Kerr (1875-1932) are held at Edinburgh University (Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World). The Kerrs were medical missionaries who established a home for people affected by leprosy at Dichpali, India (the Victoria Leprosy Hospital).
The collection consists of: correspondence, mainly letters from Kerr and others at the leprosy hospital to Joseph Ross and his wife giving information about their work in India (c 1927-1944); autobiographical notes on Kerr’s childhood, decision to become a missionary and early years in India; pamphlets and printed items, referring to the hospital and medical work and with obituaries of Isabel Kerr (1911-1956); and photographs of the Kerr family and Dichpali (3 items, c 1920s).
Entry updated January 4, 2016