Gladys Doyle Collection

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US NjMdUMCG 1053

Nom et localisation du dépôt

General Commission on Archives and History

Niveau de description

Collection

Titre

Gladys Doyle Collection

Date(s)

  • 1926-1991 (Création/Production)

Importance matérielle

0.81 cubic feet

Nom du producteur

Doyle, Gladys
(1899-1991)

Notice biographique

Gladys Doyle (1899-1991) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to India for forty years. She received a B.A. from the University of North Colorado in 1924 and an M.A. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1925. Later that year she sailed for India to begin her work as an education missionary. During her first term she supervised Methodist schools in northern India. Doyle also taught school in the Himalaya mountains. From 1950 to 1967 she supervised village schools in three districts. In addition to these duties, beginning in 1958, Doyle was in charge of evangelistic work among women in the four districts of the Moradabad Conference. Active in the campaigns of the Laubach Literacy Movement, Doyle wrote two readers in Hindi with Dora Walters. After her retirement in 1967 Doyle returned to Boulder, Colorado, where she was active in the First United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.

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Portée et contenu

The Gladys Doyle Collection contains correspondence, photographs, slides, and filmstrips. The correspondence, dated 1935 to 1991, has been arranged in chronological order. It includes "Dear Friends" letters and personal letters written by and to Doyle. Some of this correspondence is written in Hindi. One folder contains undated correspondence and another contains letter fragments and a few holiday cards. A small amount of additional written material is also part of this collection and includes: two biographical items and a small black and white photograph of Doyle, reports on women's evangelical work in the Moradabad Conference (1963-1965), travel itineraries from 1961, and four miscellaneous items which include an undated article on Dora Walters and a pin from the Lal Bagh Girls' Intermediary College Centenary in 1970.

Photographs contained in this collection relate primarily to India, and include black and white as well as color prints. Most of these are unidentified and undated. Those that are dated and identified have been separated and grouped by decade. Slides make up the largest part of this collection. There are approximately 1,025 slides that have been divided into major subject areas such as Moradabad, Lucknow, Bareilly, village life, flora and fauna, individuals, friends, colleagues, literacy, and the Texas Uniting Conference. In addition, there are two filmstrips in this collection which have been placed at the back of the last slide box.

Mode de classement

The collection is arranged by series.

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Conditions d'accès

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

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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

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    Note générale

    A large part of the correspondence in this collection was originally located in the Papers of Faithe Richardson (Accession 1982-286). Those letters were removed from the Richardson Papers and joined with this accession to complete the Doyle collection.

    Note générale

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

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    Note de l'archiviste

    Prepared by Kristen D. Turner and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivists

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