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

Alma Cooke and unknown, 1938

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.

  1. Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
  2. Burke Library collection of missionary letters, 1851 -- 1977
  3. Burke Library collection of missionary letters, 1851 -- 1977

Burke Library collection of missionary letters, 1851 -- 1977 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

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.

  1. Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
  2. Burke Library collection of missionary letters, 1851 -- 1977

John Sharpe, 1967

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.

  1. Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
  2. Burke Library collection of missionary letters, 1851 -- 1977
  3. Burke Library collection of missionary letters, 1851 -- 1977