Missionaries -- China
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hartwell papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0761
Abstract
Hartwell, Hannah Louisa Plimpton Peet, 1823-1908; Teacher and missionary. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1848. Papers contain four volumes of journals and notebooks, correspondence, Plimpton family correspondence, biographical information and a photograph.
Dates:
1847 - 1909; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1871
Laura D. Ward papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0729
Abstract
Ward, Laura D. (Laura Dwight), 1887-1972; teacher and missionary. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1908. Papers contain diaries, correspondence, biographical information and photographs documenting primarily her work as a missionary teacher in Foochow (Fuzhou Shi), China, 1914-1950. Material includes her diary of her Mount Holyoke College years; correspondence describing her 1927 capture by Chinese pirates; details of Chinese life, customs and Communist rule; and information on the Ward...
Dates:
1905-1972
Viette Brown Sprague papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0709
Abstract
Sprague, Viette Isabel Brown, 1846-1923; missionary. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1871. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical information and photographs primarily documenting her work as a missionary in China during the Boxer Rebellion and the political rights of Chinese women with special emphasis on foot binding.
Dates:
ca. 1871-1923; Majority of material found within 1893 - 1923
