Lois Thorne hymn book and dairy

Hymn book (in Chinese), 1894. Diary for 1900 containing brief and infrequent entries (mainly for the months of April, May, August and September), with a few mentioning the Boxer rebellion and Thorne's subsequent departure for England. Brief notes and financial accounts at rear of volume.


Order number: MMS Box 1204
Date(s) of creation: 1894-1900
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Thorne; Lois Anne (1858-1904); née Malpas, evangalistic and medical missionary, missionary wife

Order number: MMS Box 1204
Summary: Hymn book (in Chinese), 1894. Diary for 1900 containing brief and infrequent entries (mainly for the months of April, May, August and September), with a few mentioning the Boxer rebellion and Thorne's subsequent departure for England. Brief notes and financial accounts at rear of volume.
Main author: Thorne; Lois Anne (1858-1904); née Malpas, evangalistic and medical missionary, missionary wife
Previous numbers: MCH Acc No 4
Extent: 2 items
Admin history: Lois Anne Malpas was born to Wesleyan Methodist parents, James and Kezia (d.1877), at Pwllmeyric, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, in 1858. In response to James Hudson Taylor's appeal for missionaries she applied to serve in China and was accepted by the China Inland Mission (CIM). She set sail on 10th October 1883, arriving in Shanghai on 14 December. She spent over a year in Che Fu [Chefoo] learning Chinese before (in February 1885) being sent to Yang Chou [Yangshou] on the banks of the Yangtze River. Here she was involved with evangelising ... View more
Custodial history: The Hymn book (and possibly the diary as well) was previously in the custody of C J Byworth, niece of Lois Malpas.
Acquisition: Transferred to SOAS Archive from MCOD, 29 October 1984
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society.
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Chinese
Related material: Little primary material is extant for the Bible Christian Missionary Society, although minute books (MMS/Home/Minutes/Bible Christian/FBN 8) do exist for some of the period Lois Thorne was in China. Copies of or extracts from Thorne's letters are reproduced in the Bible Christian Magazine. Material relating to her work whilst unmarried and a member of the China Inland Mission can be found within that collection, including amongst the pages of their publication 'China's Millions'.
Format: Archive