Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1952-2006 (Creation)
Extent
0.18 cubic feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lila Jean Fraizer (?-?), Methodist A-3 missionary to India, was educated at Northwestern University. Fraizer married Morris Dean Frazier before being appointed short term missionaries to India during the mid-1950s. Fraizer's assignment was social work, whereas her husband supervised the business administrator of the mission field. The Fraizers had two children. Sadly, one child died while on the mission field, whereas the other survived into adulthood.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection consists of a book by Doris Hartman, entitled: "My Life in Hiroshima," and a memory scrapbook created by Lila Jean Fraizer. The scrapbook documents various A-3 missionaries after their service. Other materials include: a photograph album; a manuscript; biographical notes; a music score; and printed materials.
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged by folder title.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing 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.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
2006-059
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Missions - Missionary files series
Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Missions - Microfilm Edition of the Mission Biographical Reference Files
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
The purpose of this finding aid is to help you understand the nature of this collection and to assist you in the retrieval of material from this collection. The following pages contain a brief biographical history of the person, or persons, who created or collected these papers, followed by a general description of the collection in the scope and content note. If more detailed information is warranted then series descriptions also appear. The container listing appears last and is the listing of material in each box, or container, of this collection. To request material you need to turn to the container listing section. It is essentially a listing of file folders, or artifact items, in the collection. Each folder, or item, has a call number associated with it. Each folder also lists the inclusive dates of the material in the folder. On the material request form list both the call number and the folder, or item, title. Use a different line for each folder, or item, requested. When your request sheet is complete, or full, bring it to the archivist and the material will be retrieved.
General note
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Lila Jean Frazier Collection, 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
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Archivist's note
Prepared by Matthew Van Horne, Student Intern
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- Methodist Church (U.S.) (Subject)
- United Methodist Church (Subject)
- Wray, Naomi Gleason (Subject)
- Wray, Fred Crowell (Subject)
- Berekman, Edward (Subject)
- Morgan, Jimmie LaDoris (Subject)
- Mark, Edward L. (Subject)
- Galloway, Gilbert Mandiville (Subject)
- Lawson, James Morris (Subject)
- Cooper, Esther Armstrong (Subject)
- Hammerlee, James D. (Subject)
- Hammerlee, Betty (Subject)