Scope and Contents
Substantive correspondence with Fukien Christian University students and administrators, and very full diary entries from throughout Eva Asher's service at Fukien Christian University, provide excellent documentation of the inner workings of a Christian university and the way of life of a single woman missionary in China. Collected material about Fukien Christian University supplements documentation found in Record Group No. 11, Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. Additional correspondence of Eva Asher can also be found in Record Group No. 11.
Dates
- 1917-1983
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Eva Mae Asher.
Arrangement
- I. Correspondence, 1918-1952
- II. Diaries, 1923-1962
- III. Writings, 1939-1940
- IV. Personal Items and Memorabilia, 1917-1950
- V. Collected Material, 1926-1950, n.d.
- VI. Photographs, 1918-1983
Extent
3 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Substantive correspondence with Fukien Christian University students and administrators and extensive diary entries document the operations of a Christian university and the way of life of a single woman missionary in China. Eva Asher worked as treasurer and administrative assistant at Fukien Christian University, a Protestant mission-supported university in China, from 1923 to 1950.
Biographical / Historical
Eva Asher worked as treasurer and administrative assistant at Fukien Christian University from 1923 to 1950.
- Title
- Guide to the Eva Asher Papers
- Author
- Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
- Date
- 1998
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared According To Local Divinity Library Descriptive Practices
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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