LOC/B. Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
Record Group Term
Identifier: LOC/B
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Idabelle Main papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 029
Abstract
Idabelle Main (1887-1969) was a Christian missionary in China, serving from 1909 through 1941 and then again from 1946 to 1949. She served in Tientsin, Shanghai, and Foochow at multiple colleges and also worked as an editor. The collection includes correspondence, church materials, diaries and a biography written by her niece. Also included are photographs from her time in China.
Dates:
1895-1978
Myra Snow papers
Collection
Identifier: A 186
Abstract
Myra Snow was a Methodist missionary in Tientsin, northern China from the late 1920s through the early 1940s. The collection comprises letters that reflect her work as a missionary.
Dates:
1928-1944
Laura Maude Wheeler papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 372
Abstract
Collection comprises correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, publications, postcards, and photographs relating to Methodist missionary Laura Maude Wheeler and her work as a teacher and school administrator in Tianjin, China from 1903 to 1948, and as an evangelist in the United States from 1949 to 1966. From 1943 to 1945, Wheeler was interned as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in China. She was a writer and traveler who was acutely aware of China's cultural and physical landscape and wrote...
Dates:
1903-1966