Scope and Contents
The collection (1914-1964) contains over ninety pieces of correspondence, collected Chinese documents, and a few personal items.
Correspondence includes a series of Trimble's "round robin" letters (1930-1964) to missionary friends and associates.
There is also a folder of letters from Chinese students and associates, 1922-1930.
There are also letters, a diary, and a small scrapbook diary, by Mrs. Edith Alford Trimble (1914-1920) describing her life in China.
Another folder contains letters from C. G. Trimble, 1925, a minister in a Bartonville, Illinois, Methodist Church.
There is a folder of collected pamphlets and small newspapers from China.
The collection also includes a personal account book, mostly detailing food purchases (1917-1918), and a folder consisting of passports and visas.
Dates
- 1914-1964
Creator
- Trimble, Edith Alford, 1886-1965 (Person)
- Trimble, Charles Garnet, 1884-1966 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Charles G. Trimble (1884 - ) was a medical missionary in China. He was associated with the Methodist Mission in Foochow in 1914, and later with the Alden Speare Memorial Hospital in Yenping.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 clamshell box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Charles G. Trimble (1884 - ) was a medical missionary in China. He was associated with the Methodist Mission in Foochow in 1914, and later with the Alden Speare Memorial Hospital in Yenping. The collection (1914-1964) contains correspondence, collected Chinese documents, and a few personal items.
Existence and Location of Copies
Collection is available online in the Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Missionaries associated with Fujian and Taiwan, 1889-1976 in Gale Primary Resources.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alden Speare Memorial Hospital
- China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Methodist Episcopal Church--Missions--China
- Methodist Episcopal Church--Missions--China--Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng)
- Methodist women -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Methodist women -- China -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries, Medical -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries, Medical -- China -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missionaries, Medical -- China -- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspapers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Passports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Religion Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Trimble, Charles Garnet, 1884-1966
- Trimble, Charles Garnet, 1884-1966
- Trimble, Edith Alford, 1886-1965
- Trimble, Edith Alford, 1886-1965
- Visas Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Women missionaries -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Charles Garnet Trimble Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
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