Identity elements
referentie code
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1903-1923 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
1.45 cubic feet
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
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.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
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.
Ordeningstelsel
Collection arranged by genre and subject topic.
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
There are no restrictions on this collection.
Physical access
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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.
Languages of the material
- Engels
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
1988-078
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Aanvullingen
Related materials elements
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related archival materials
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.
Related descriptions
Notes element
Algemene aantekening
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.
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Regels of conventies
Sources used
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Prepared by Rachel Li, Student Assistant
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
- Children of missionaries
- Christian life
- Church and education
- Church work with children
- Church work with students
- Education, Higher
- Family
- Methodist Church--Missions
- Methodist Church--Education
- Methodist schools
- Missionaries
- Missions--China
- Religion
- Religious education
- Women in church work
- Weddings
- Women missionaries
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Onderwerp)
- Blydenburgh family (Onderwerp)
- Draper, Betty (Onderwerp)
- Draper, Charles Edwin (Onderwerp)
- Draper, C.R. (Onderwerp)
- Draper, John Edwin (Onderwerp)
- Draper, Margaret (Onderwerp)
- Draper, Mary Ethel Parks (Onderwerp)
- Marsh, Mabel (Onderwerp)
- McDade, Myra (Onderwerp)