Scope and Contents
This is a small but valuable collection of letters, diaries, and collected material documenting the life, thoughts, and work of a young single woman missionary in China. Elsie Clark (Krug) wrote to her family on a frequent basis throughout her years in China and included detailed description of her activities and surroundings. Elsie Clark figures prominently in Jane Hunter's work The Gospel of Gentility.
Dates
- 1909-1985
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elsie Clark Krug.
Arrangement
- I. Correspondence, 1912-1918
- II. Diaries, 1912-1914
- III. Personal Items and Memorabilia, 1909-1986
- IV. Photographs, 1909-1963
- V. Collected Material, 1913-1947
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Detailed correspondence, diaries, photographs, and collected material document the life and work of a young, single woman missionary in China. Elsie Clark Krug was an American Methodist missionary in Fuzhou (Foochow) from 1912 to 1918. She taught at Hwa Nan College, then in its preliminary stages a mission-supported college for women.
Biographical / Historical
- 1888 August 6
- Born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1905
- Graduated from Girls' Latin School
- 1909
- Graduated from Goucher College (then known as Woman's College of Baltimore), Phi Beta Kappa
- 19xx
- Received M.A. degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School
- 1912
- Went to Fuzhou, Fujian Shi (Foochow, Fukien Province), China under auspices of Methodist Episcopal Church to teach at Hwa Nan College.
- 1918
- Returned home on furlough; married Andrew H. Krug
- 1921
- Daughter, Dorothy, born.
- 192x
- Following a separation and later divorce, Elsie Clark Krug owned and ran a gift shop, specializing in imports from China and elsewhere.
- 1953
- Retired
- 1982 November 30
- Died
Processing Information
Place names were modernized in the description, with the name originally used in the collection material or in an older version of the finding aid in parenthesis: e.g. “Beijing (Peking)” or “Benin (Dahomey)”.
- Title
- Guide to the Elsie Clark Krug 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.
Part of the Yale Divinity Library Repository