Mailings to the Andersons, including Rev. William Anderson and members of his household ("Mrs. Anderson" and "Master James"), from missionaries largely in India and Africa. Mailings include letters, newsletters including "Congo Cobwebs" and "Pilgrims Progress," and Christmas cards. Senders include the Cobble family and Ruth Truesdell.
Four letters from Irish missionary Thomas Callanan, and a copy of Edward Fisher's book "Mindanao Mission" signed by Callanan, which relates Callanan's experience in the Philippines in WWII during the Japanese occupation.
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.
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.
Handwritten missionary letter sent from Nanking, China in 1904. The author of the letter was a woman who was assigned to a school or orphanage and had lived in China for quite some time, and is forthcoming about the challenges of being a missionary.
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.