Charles E. Draper Papers

Zone d'identification

Cote

US NjMdUMCG 3580

Nom et localisation du dépôt

General Commission on Archives and History

Niveau de description

Collection

Titre

Charles E. Draper Papers

Date(s)

  • 1903-1923 (Création/Production)

Importance matérielle

1.45 cubic feet

Nom du producteur

Draper, Charles Edwin
(1879-1964)

Notice biographique

Charles Edwin Draper (1879-1964), Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary, was born on November 9. 1879 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He graduated from Purdue University in 1906 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He married Mary Ethel Parks Draper on November 23, 1911 and they had four children named: C.R., Margaret, Betty, and John E. Draper, and they lived and worked throughout China, Singapore, Malaysia as missionaries and teachers in the early 20th Century. Draper attended the Hinghwa Conference in 1918 and worked in construction in Nanchang, China in 1922, before he became a Professor of Science at the Nanchang Academy in 1922. Later, he served as the Acting Registrar and was head of the Science Department at Nanchang Academy in 1923.

Charles E. Draper died on November 4, 1964.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

This collection includes personal papers, photographs, and personal items from the life and work of the Draper family. There are four photograph albums that have pictures of the Draper children, places the family lived in Asia, other missionary staff workers, and their students. There are photographs of students in China and Malaysia that show the schools and classes Charles Draper taught science and Mary Ethel Draper taught English. Also included are Charles E. Draper's higher education papers from when he attended Purdue University.

Mode de classement

Collection arranged by genre and subject topic.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Accès physique

Accès technique

Conditions de reproduction

Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

    Notes de langue et graphie

    Instruments de recherche

    Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation

    Historique de la conservation

    Source immédiate d'acquisition

    1988-078

    Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

    Accroissements

    Sources complémentaires

    Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

    Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

    Sources complémentaires

    Microfilm Edition of the Missionary files series of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church.

    Microfilm Edition of the Mission Biographical Reference Files.

    Missionary Correspondence of the Board Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

    Descriptions associées

    Élément de notes

    Note générale

    When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Charles E. Draper Papers, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.

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    Règles ou conventions

    Sources utilisées

    Note de l'archiviste

    Note de l'archiviste

    Prepared by Rachel Li, Student Assistant

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