Martin Family Papers

Photographs and artefacts of William Arthur Martin and Christina Stuart Martin, 1920s; and papers and artefacts of Jean Graham relating to Chefoo School and Weihsien Internment Camp, 1939-1945


Date(s) of creation: 1920s-1940s
Level: Series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Graham; family; of China; missionaries

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber CIM/04/10
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prefix_number 10
title Martin Family Papers
scb_date_creation 1920s-1940s
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 1 box
author Graham; family; of China; missionaries
author_facet Graham; family; of China; missionaries
authorStr Graham; family; of China; missionaries
author_letter Graham; family; of China; missionaries
format Archive
scb_admin_history William Arthur Martin served as a missionary with the China Inland Mission in Shanghai and Sichuan province, China. Before his missionary service, Martin worked as a bank clerk in Thornton Heath, London. Following his service he became a parish priest in Somerham with Flawton, Suffolk. He died in 1980. Christina Stuart Macintyre (afterwards Martin), a nurse, served with the China Inland Mission in Shanghai and Nanpu, Sichuan province. She died in 1967. William and Christina Martin's first daughter, Christine Mary Martin was born in 1932. She began her education at Chefoo School in about 1939. She was interned during World War II, without her parents, in Weihsien Internment Camp. Following her release she attended Bristol University. Christine died in about 1973.
scb_acquisition Donated to SOAS Library by Janet Martin on 19 August 2014. Accepted by SOAS Library as a gift on behalf of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship.
description Photographs and artefacts of William Arthur Martin and Christina Stuart Martin, 1920s; and papers and artefacts of Jean Graham relating to Chefoo School and Weihsien Internment Camp, 1939-1945
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
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hierarchy_sequence CIM.0004.0010