China Odds: Miscellaneous
Box 1: Plans of LMS properties in China and Penang; 'An account of mission work in the county of Mienyang, Hupeh, Central China, under the LMS', 1919; newspapers from during Revolution Period, 1911; Rubbings of a Nestorian tablet at Sian Box 8: Correspondence and papers relating to book by Edith Ald...
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CWM/LMS/China/Odds/Box…etc |
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c 1835-1953 |
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SOAS Archive |
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CWM.LMS.15.08.04 |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Reference only |
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CWM/LMS/China/Odds/Box…etc |
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CWM/LMS/15/08/04 |
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CWM/LMS/15/08/04 |
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CWM/LMS/15/08/04 |
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04 |
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China Odds: Miscellaneous |
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c 1835-1953 |
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7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File |
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Archive |
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Mary Ann Aldersey (simplified Chinese: 艾迪绥; traditional Chinese: 艾迪綏, 24 June 1797 – 1868) was the first Christian missionary woman (married or single) to serve in China proper (excluding Macau & Hong Kong, where Henrietta Shuck had been working earlier). She founded a school for girls in Ningbo, Zhejiang. |
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Box 1: Plans of LMS properties in China and Penang; 'An account of mission work in the county of Mienyang, Hupeh, Central China, under the LMS', 1919; newspapers from during Revolution Period, 1911;
Rubbings of a Nestorian tablet at Sian
Box 8: Correspondence and papers relating to book by Edith Aldersey White, A Woman Pioneer in China. The Life of Mary Ann Aldersey, (London: The Livingstone Press, 1932), including copy correspondence from Mary Ann Aldersey to the LMS, relating to her period of service in China 1848-1859 and draft chapters (see also China Personal 11); leaflets of the Society for Promoting Female Education in China, India and the East, 1835-36; papers on Chinese Bandits, 1926-27, and their effect on Griffith College, Hankow; 'First impressions of the Communist Rule' by John S. Barr, Acting General Secretary of China Christian Educational Association, 6 Jun 1949; 'The China Newsletter', July 1951-July 1953, produced by LMS for former China missionaries to explain situation; notes and copy correspondence etc. on political unrest, 1925-39; notes on general LMS policy in China, 1920-35
Box 9: W. H. Medhurst mss. notes, 1848-52 (noting correspondence received?); papers re. Hankow Medical School and Hankow Hospital, 1919-26; statistics on medical provision in Wuchang, c.1910; correspondence between Sir Evan Spicer and the Foreign Office on the Boxer Indemnities, also discussion on provision of universities in China, 1919; papers and pamphlets on Boxer Indemnities, and attitude of missionary societies towards indemnities, 1901-30; Chinese medal inscribed 'A. J. M. Farlaner', with bust of Li Yuen Hung and red cross
Box 10: Miscellaneous notes and copy correspondence on Chinese Church leaders, include invitations to come to Britain, and notes on individuals
Box 11: Extract book of newspaper cuttings re: situation in China and LMS activities, 1857-1860
Box 12: Extract book of newspaper cuttings re: situation in China and LMS activities, 1847-1856
Box 13: Extract book of newspaper cuttings re: situation in China and LMS activities, 1857
Box 14: File of newspaper cuttings, particularly from the Times, re. situation in China, 1926-1927 |
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Open |
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English |
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English |
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CWM |
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CWM.00LMS.0015.0008.0004 |