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Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

An Account of the Shipwreck of Emanuel Crespel

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-07-001
Abstract

An account of Emmanuel Crespel's shipwreck on the southern tip of Anticosti Island, while attempting to return to France from Canada. Translated from the French by Isaac Gray.

Dates: 1752
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1185
Abstract

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

Bowles family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates: 1922-1960
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1161
Abstract

The papers document the lives of service of Quakers Gilbert Bowles (1869-1960) and Minnie Picket Bowles (1868-1958), Quaker missionaries and ministers in Asia and Hawaii for over 60 years, from 1896-1960.

Dates: 1890-1974
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Dorothy Franklin photo album

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-06-007
Abstract

The collection consists of a photo album that documents Dorothy Franklin's missionary work in Bolivia and her travel in South America during the inter war period. There are 161 original photographs in the album, mostly taken during her time in South America, however the last four pages are also dedicated to Franklin's home life in the US and her family. The albums containts photos of landscapes, Franklin herself and her associates, llamas, and pictures from the Bible school.

Dates: 1934-1941
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Manuscript of "God's Irregular: Arthur Shearly Cripps, A Rhodesian Epic"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-07-010
Abstract

Manuscript for a biography of Arthur Shearly Cripps by Douglas Steere.

Dates: 1970
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Speer Family papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M72
Abstract The Speer Family papers represent four generations of that family, with the bulk of material attributed to the last two generations, especially Robert Elliott Speer and his wife and three of his five children: Emma Bailey, Elliott, Margaret Bailey, and William Speer. The family was active in the Presbyterian Church, serving that institution in a variety of different capacities. The children, in addition to their religious roles, held prominent positions in academic administration. The...
Dates: 1802 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1883 - 1943
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Andrew H. Woods papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M78
Abstract Andrew H. Woods (1872 – 1956) became vice president of Canton College in Guangzhou, China in 1899. He maintained his association with Canton Christian College throughout the Boxer Rebellion, or Yihetuan Movement, and the end of the Qing dynasty. Woods moved back and forth between China and the United States with his wife, Fanny Sinclair, who graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1901. In 1929, the couple and their children settled in Iowa. In Iowa, Woods worked as a professor and practitioner of...
Dates: 1885 - 1956
Found in: Bryn Mawr College
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections