Rev Robert Elder

Correspondence with and about the Rev Robert Elder who was appointed to the Hakka mission in 1941. Because of difficulties in entering China Elder spent some time at the EP Mission at Rajshahi in East Bengal before travelling to Chungking and thence to Wukingfu. In December 1944 Elder (and Miss Burt...

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Order number: PCE/FMC Series I, Box 30b
Date(s) of creation: 1940 - 1946
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: PCE/FMC Series I, Box 30b
Summary: Correspondence with and about the Rev Robert Elder who was appointed to the Hakka mission in 1941. Because of difficulties in entering China Elder spent some time at the EP Mission at Rajshahi in East Bengal before travelling to Chungking and thence to Wukingfu. In December 1944 Elder (and Miss Burt) were evacuated to Kunming in Yunnan province. Elder returned to Wuking-fu in November 1945. Much of the correspondence in the file deals with the situation as a whole rather than as it affected Elder personally.
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: 1
Finding aids: Handlist available
Format: Archive