Laura Marsden White Papers

Elementi identiteta

Signatura/Referentni kod

US NjMdUMCG 3537

Ime i mjesto repozitorija

General Commission on Archives and History

Razina opisa

Zbirka

Naslov

Laura Marsden White Papers

Datumi

  • 1891-1934 (Stvaranje)

Obim

0.45 cubic feet

Ime stvaratelja

White, Laura Marsden
(1867-1937)

Biografska povijest

Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1867, Laura Marsden White (1867-1937) was a missionary to China for about 43 years of her life. Her work there included teaching, translating, writing, editing a magazine, and organizing schools.

Before her work as a missionary, White taught in public schools in Philadelphia for five years, then attended Wellesley and Chicago Training School, graduating in 1890 with a B.H.

She sailed for China in 1891 under the auspices of the Philadelphia branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and taught school in Chinkiang. Then in 1907 she moved to Nanking, where she was given the task of turning the school there into a college. In 1912, the first building for the junior college in Nanking was dedicated. In 1915, this school merged with several different denominational mission institutions to become Ginling College.

White was chosen in 1912 by the Christian Literature Society in China to edit The Woman's Messenger, one of the first missionary literary projects developed for women. In 1915, she moved to Shanghai to work full-time with the Christian Literature Society. White retired from mission work in 1934, and died in 1937.

Elementi sadržaja i strukture

Djelokrug i sadržaj

This accession contains two brief letters from White, seven books in Chinese, and one in Arabic. Six of the books are bound with wooden covers with continuous folding pages. There is also a handwritten piece in English entitled "Translation of a Chinese Love Letter."

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There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

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Jezici materijala

  • engleski
  • kineski (standardni)
  • arapski

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    Elementi akvizicije i vrednovanja

    Historija čuvanja

    Neposredni izvor akvizicije

    1998-049

    Informacije o vrednovanju, uništavanju i planiranju

    Dopune

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    Postojanje i mjesto originala

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    Mission Biographical Reference Files

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    When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Laura Marsden White 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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    Prepared by Rachel Li and Morris Davis, Student Assistants

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