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Women missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1185
Overview

Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.

Dates: 1885-1961
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Biography and overview

 Series — Box 1, Folder: 1-2
Found in: Bryn Mawr College / Melanie Atherton Updegraff Collection

Fowler Orphanage Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-123
Overview

Fowler Orphanage (later Fowler Home for Girls) in Cairo, Egypt was founded in 1906 with money collected by John and Esther Fowler, both members of the Society of Friends. The Fowler Orphanage Association, afiliated with Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative), was formed in 1927 to provide support and met yearly until it was laid down in 1987. Collection includes minutes of the Association as well as related correspondence, financial records, and photographs.

Dates: 1926-1987
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Melanie Atherton Updegraff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M145
Overview Melanie Atherton Updegraff (1886-1973) was a 1908 graduate of Bryn Mawr who went on to do missionary work for the Presbyterian Mission Board alongside her husband, Reverend David Benjamin Updegraff. The two were primarily stationed in Kolhapur and later Nipani, in West India. The collection includes correspondence between Updegraff and her sisters, children, and sister-in-law, among other family members, photographs of the Atherton and Updegraff families, an autograph collection, and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1910s-1980s; 1685-2020
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Melanie Atherton Updegraff Correspondence with Mission Board, 1924 - 1947

 File — Box 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Letters by Melanie Updegraff describing daily life and work in India. Written to the Presbyterian Mission Board. Copies titled, "Selected Letters, Years 1924-1947, to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, 156 Fifth Ave, New York, From Melanie Atherton Updegraff, Nipani, Western India, for her Children and Grandchildren, as part of their Heritage." Copied from the originals in the archives of the Presbyterian Church, USA, Philadelphia, by Elixabeth A. Updegraff...
Dates: 1924 - 1947
Found in: Bryn Mawr College / Melanie Atherton Updegraff Collection / Work in West India

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1950)

 Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/830
Identifier: QM-Phy-830
Scope and Contents

Records of the Foreign Missionary Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1921-1953, include its Minutes (1882-1921) as well as the records of its Executive Board (1883-1923), International Committee (1918-1924), Young Women's Auxiliary and other Miscellaneous reports and correspondence (1883-1923). Also included are records from the Committee's Branches at Downingtown, Germantown, Haverford, Moorestown, Philadelphia and West Chester Meetings.

Dates: 1882-1923
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections