Spencer Lewis Diaries

0.54 cubic feet

This collection contains 19 diaries prepared by Spencer Lewis while he was a missionary in China. Some of the diaries contain more than one year.

The diaries are arranged in chronological order with some exceptions due to placement of content.

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

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.

• Inggris

For additional information on the Lewis' see the Records of the Methodist Church, Board of Missions Missionary Files Series; and the Records of the United Methodist Church, Missionary Reference Files Series.

A handwritten eigthteen page letter by Lewis' wife, Ester, is located in the Reference Collection. It recounts a trip down the Yangtze River.

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.

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Spencer Lewis Diaries, 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.

Prepared by David Evans, Student Assistant and Kristen Turner, Associate Archivist