Missionaries -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Page family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 772
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, family papers, diaries, photographs, and other materials documenting the personal lives and professional careers of Alfred Rider Page, Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page, and their two daughters, Elizabeth Merwin Page Harris and Marjorie Page Schauffler. The Page family papers document Elizabeth Page's work as field secretary for the Women's Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America and has correspondence on such subjects as relations between parents...
Dates:
1828-1948, bulk 1876-1943
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Page family papers
Roe family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 774
Overview:
The papers contain family correspondence, missionary correspondence, family papers, diaries, sermons, printed works, photoprints, and other materials documenting the lives and careers of Alfred Cox Roe, Emma Wickham Roe, Mary Abigail Roe, Walter Clark Roe, Mary Wickham Roe, Joseph Wickham Roe, Henry Roe Cloud, and several other Roe relatives. The Roe family papers have extensive material on family life, specifically concerning such subjects as relations between brothers and sisters and parents...
Dates:
1802-1977
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Roe family papers
Edward Comfort Starr papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1166
Overview:
Correspondence of family members and associates sent to Edward C. Starr from Connecticut and China, including items relating to the Congregational Church.
Dates:
1854-1916, bulk 1868-1916
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Edward Comfort Starr papers
Samuel Wells Williams family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 547
Summary:
The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S. W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and...
Dates:
1809-1983, bulk 1809-1941