| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1219B
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| Summary: |
Typed transcripts of his two diaries recording his work as a missionary in South China and his experiences of internment by the Japanese.
First diary (November 1938 until December 1941) covers the period from his return from furlough until news of the attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese (148 pages).
Second diary (December 1941 until February 1946) continues from the last diary and includes his internment by the Japanese and his eventual return home (222 pages).
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| Extent: |
370 pages
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| Admin history: |
Rev Donald Braithwaite Childe (1901-1993) served the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in their South China District from 1930 to 1949 and as MMS Secretary for China and Burma from 1949 (adding India and Sri Lanka in 1959) until 1965. |
| Acquisition: |
Gift, accepted on behalf of the Methodist Church, from Rev Geoffrey R Senior (via Dr John A Vickers), September 2011.
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by author |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Scripts: |
Latin
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| Format: |
Archive
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