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Elsie Clark Krug Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 142

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

  1. I. Correspondence, 1912-1918
  2. II. Diaries, 1912-1914
  3. III. Personal Items and Memorabilia, 1909-1986
  4. IV. Photographs, 1909-1963
  5. 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

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.142

Abstract

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.

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