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Start Over Collection Burke Library collection of missionary letters, 1851 -- 1977

Abstract Or Scope: A letter each from China missionaries Alice Wilcox and Ellen Ling.

Abstract Or Scope: One letter written by Protestant missionary to China Alma Cooke; one letter from an unknown missionary to China (the letter is signed, "Mother") detailing vacations, alarms of war, and medical and general information about missionary friends in China; and one letter from an unknown missionary to Foochow Fukien China (the letter is signed, "Margaret") detailing information about the hospital and Foochow panic caused by bombings.

Abstract Or Scope: This series contains individual letters as well as correspondence and other materials of missionaries and related persons doing mission work throughout the world, largely dating from the 20th century. See detailed content notes for futher description.

Creator: Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
Abstract Or Scope: This is an artificial collection composed of individual letters as well as correspondence and other materials of missionaries and related persons doing mission work throughout the world, largely dating from the 20th century.

Creator: Marsh, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1823-1896
Abstract Or Scope: Six letters written by American missionary Dwight Whitney Marsh from the convent of Sheikh Matti in Mosul, Iraq in 1851.

Creator: Smith, Edward H. (Edward Huntington), 1873-1968
Abstract Or Scope: Letter from missionaries Grace and Edward Smith who were stationed in In-Tai (Foochow) China. The letter discusses politics and missionary work.

Creator: Hawbaker, Helen Gladys, 1922-2010
Abstract Or Scope: Aerogramme letter from SIM Nigeria Missionary nurse Helen Hawbaker to Mrs. William Farber.

Creator: Kettner, Joseph, 1924-2002
Abstract Or Scope: Two letters from American missionary Joe Kettner, who was based in Prome, Burma.

Abstract Or Scope: Letter from English missionary John Sharpe while serving at the St. David's Anglican Mission at Eiwo, Papua New Guinea. The letter discusses fundraising efforts in England, deaths of missionaries due to a volcanic eruption, fighting during war, and other topics.

Creator: Porter, Mary Harriet, 1846-1929
Abstract Or Scope: Letter written by Mary Harriet Porter while a missionary in Peking, China, about her life and work, as well as a letter written by the mission board about her.

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