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Sister Gladys Stephenson papers

Papers, c1909-1976, of Sister Gladys Stephenson, comprising diary of journey to China, 1915; journals of visits to Korea and Peking [Beijing], 1926, 1936 and undated; journal of her time in Lungshwa Internment camp, Shanghai, 1942-1945; diaries recording daily events, 1946-1971; long letter from Gla...

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Order number:	MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 31-32
Date(s) of creation:	c1909-1976
Level:	Sub-series
Format:	Archive
Main author:	Stephenson; Gladys Ethel (1889-1981); nurse, medical missionary, deaconess
Subjects:	Floods Health services Hospitals Internment camps Laity Medicine Medical personnel Methodism Methodists Mission hospitals Missionaries Missionary work Nursing Nurses Protestantism Protestants Travel abroad Women Second World War (1939-1945)

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item_location	Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type	Reference only
scb_order_with	MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 31-32
callnumber	MMS/17/02/09/10
callnumber_txt	MMS/17/02/09/10
callnumber-sort	MMS/17/02/09/10
prefix_number	10
title	Sister Gladys Stephenson papers
scb_date_creation	c1909-1976
scb_level	Sub-series
level_sort	7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent	2 boxes
author	Stephenson; Gladys Ethel (1889-1981); nurse, medical missionary, deaconess
author_facet	Stephenson; Gladys Ethel (1889-1981); nurse, medical missionary, deaconess
authorStr	Stephenson; Gladys Ethel (1889-1981); nurse, medical missionary, deaconess
author_letter	Stephenson; Gladys Ethel (1889-1981); nurse, medical missionary, deaconess
format	Archive
scb_admin_history	Born 8th August 1889. Sent by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society to the Wuchang district, China, 1915; studied languages in Hankow [Wuhan]; served initially at the Hodge Memorial Hospital, Hankow [Wuhan]; matron at the Anlu Men's Hospital from c1917; played a pioneering role in training indigenous nursing staff; active in founding the Nurses Association of China, becoming its President, 1924; appointed Principal of the School of Nursing at the new Union Hospital in Hankow [Wuhan], c1927; appointed Director of Nursing Service for the National Flood Relief Commission by the Chinese government, she was active in addressing the effects of serious floods on the refugee camps, 1931; on furlough, 1940; interned in Lungshwa Internment camp, Shanghai, 1942-1945; retired, 1951; settled in Southall, London; deaconess; unmarried; died 14th June 1981. Further reading: Stephenson, G. E., A short outline of nursing history (1936); Stephenson, G. E., Some pioneers in the medical and nursing world (1924); Webb, P. M., Women of our time (1963).
description	Papers, c1909-1976, of Sister Gladys Stephenson, comprising diary of journey to China, 1915; journals of visits to Korea and Peking [Beijing], 1926, 1936 and undated; journal of her time in Lungshwa Internment camp, Shanghai, 1942-1945; diaries recording daily events, 1946-1971; long letter from Gladys Stephenson, 1945, from the Lungshwa Internment camp, Shanghai, recounting her experiences, and typescript copies; manuscript and typescript accounts of a journey to Hong Kong, Malaya and the Holy Land, 1961; other typescript and manuscript notes, accounts, or addresses by Gladys Stephenson recounting her experiences, largely undated, including one relating to the great floods in China (1931); two photographs of a chapel used by the Methodist hospital, Hankow [Wuhan], and papers relating to a stained glass window, 1940; printed material on Christianity, missionary work and missionaries, nursing and training, and other aspects of life in China, including hospitals in Hankow [Wuhan], 1909-1976, largely dating, 1920s-1960s.
scb_related_name_code	GB/SOASNAF/P475
scb_related_name_relationship	Creator of
scb_place_code	1816670 1814991 7729894 6269133 7729896 1791247 1819730 1806949 294640 11494804 1733045 1796236 6254930
scb_access_status	Restrictions apply
scb_conditions_gov_access	Only to be viewed on microfiche
scb_copyright	Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society.
scb_use_restrictions	For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language	English Chinese
language_search	English Chinese
scb_related_material	The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society (MMS) which includes the surviving records of the Women's Work department. Letters written by Gladys Stephenson to the Women's Work department from China should be contained within the Hupeh District correspondence (MMS/WW/Correspondence/ China/Hupeh/FBN 3-5 & Box 1321). Within the Methodist Missionary Society Library (MMSL) are reports for some of the hospitals Nurse Stephenson worked in. Further information on these reports can found on the SOAS Library catalogue. There are also a few manuscripts by Gladys Stephenson within Notes and Transcripts including 'The Story of Christian Nursing in China 1915-1951' & 'Notes on the Building up of the Nursing Profession in China and' (MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts/FBN 7). SOAS also holds further papers of Sister Gladys Stephenson (including diaries) within the Missionary Records Project. This material is restricted access. Please ask an archivist for further details.
scb-callnumber-first	Floods Health services Hospitals Internment camps Laity Medicine Medical personnel Methodism Methodists Mission hospitals Missionaries Missionary work Nursing Nurses Protestantism Protestants Travel abroad Women Second World War (1939-1945)
topic	Floods Health services Hospitals Internment camps Laity Medicine Medical personnel Methodism Methodists Mission hospitals Missionaries Missionary work Nursing Nurses Protestantism Protestants Travel abroad Women Second World War (1939-1945)
topic_facet	Floods Health services Hospitals Internment camps Laity Medicine Medical personnel Methodism Methodists Mission hospitals Missionaries Missionary work Nursing Nurses Protestantism Protestants Travel abroad Women Second World War (1939-1945)
hierarchy_top_id_raw	MMS
hierarchy_sequence	MMS.0017.0002.0009.0010

Sister Gladys Stephenson papers

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