Notebooks and diaries written by Frederick Gatherer Bowie. Bowie (1869-1933) born Kirkwall, educated Aberdeen, MA 1891 Aberdeen University. Ordained by Aberdeen Free Church Presbytery 1896, appointed as missionary to New Hebrides 14 February 1896.…

Book/manuscript written on palm leaves with wooden covers. Accompanying letter from Hugh G Mair, Batavia, states 'Purchased in Surabaya, Java, from a Madoerese native. Believed to be a translation of Koran in either Javanese or Madoerese'. Probably…