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Date(s)
- 1933-1990 (Creation)
Extent
0.45 cubic feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Louise Avett (1903-1994), an American missionary, was born May 7, 1903, in Norwood, North Carolina. She received an A. B. from Duke University and an M. A. from Scarritt College. Avett taught fifth grade in the United States prior to her missionary service in China, which lasted from 1932 to 1945. Part of her service included evangelistic and social work in the Soochow, Changhsu Ku, Haito, Huchow provinces of East China and the Houchuan Province of West China. Teaching duties included working at the Hwa Mei, Hochuan, Dahoba, Tongnan, and Gwei Chin Tze primary and middle schools. When itinerating, Avett would stay with numerous families and minister to them for several days at a time. She also taught in Hong Kong during the 1960s. Louise Avett died in 1994.
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Scope and content
Her correspondence throughout the 1930s and 1940s illuminate her teaching in China. The correspondence from the 1960s reveal that she was in Hong Kong pursuing the same interest in teaching. Other materials include prayer diaries, journals, several printed publications, photographs, and a Chinese script.
System of arrangement
Material is arranged by record type, and then chronologically by calendar date.
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Conditions governing access
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
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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
- Chinese
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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.
General note
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Louise Avett 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.
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Archivist's note
Prepared by Mark Soden, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist