Henry Stumbles was born in Lewisham, ca. 1873. He joined the Tibetan Pioneer Mission, established by Annie Royle Taylor, and was based in Kalimpong, 1894-5. He was educated at Edinburgh University, MB and Chb, 1902, and MD, 1910; Durham University, Bachelor of Hygiene and Diploma of Public Health, 1910; Strasbourg and Paris. He practised as a doctor at Amble, Northumbria, 1902-11, and Hove, Sussex, 1911-15. He died in Hove, 2 October 1915
The collection, housed in a single box, mainly comprises a manuscript, lectures, press cuttings and photographs, dating from 1895-1915.
HS/1 Manuscript on medicine and surgery in Tibet
Apr 1910
1 vol, typescript
Presented as an Edinburgh University MD thesis
HS/2 Copy lecture on Tibet
1912
1 folder
Given at the Sussex Literary Society, 28 Nov 1912
With notes
HS/3 Draft lecture on Buddhism
undated
1 bundle (1) and 1 folder (2), ms and typescript
With copy
HS/3/1 Draft lecture
HS/3/2 Copy of lecture
HS/4 Lecture notes on Tibet
undated
1 sheaf
HS/5 Draft sermons
undated
3 pamphlets in 1 bundle
HS/6 Tibetan exercise books
undated, 1895
2 vols
Tibetan
HS/6/1
undated
HS/6/2
1895
HS/7 Notes on a Tibetan translation of the Gospel of St John
undated
1 vol, printed
With ms annotations
English and Tibetan
HS/8 Cards displaying Biblical texts
undated
1 bundle, printed and illuminated
Tibetan
HS/9 Press cuttings
1895
2 bundles, printed and typescript
Extracts from Stumbles' diary published in the Kentish Mercury
Includes Port Said, Egypt; Colombo, Ceylon; Calcutta, Darjeeling and Kalimpong, India; Sikkim; and Tibet
HS/9/1 Press cuttings
HS/9/2 Transcript of press cuttings
Titled 'A Lewisham Man in Further India'
HS/10 Obituary
9 Oct 1915
1 item, printed
Published in the Brighton Herald
HS/11 Photographs
undated
3 black and white prints, mounted
Comprises a portrait of Henry Stumbles in Tibetan dress; a photograph of the Cathedral Schools, Bombay, India; and a photograph of a Hindu sacred car.
