Withers, Henrietta
IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 CIM/PP 93-118
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies Library
Domain: archival
Title: Withers, Henrietta
Date(s) of contents: 1914-1974
Level of description:
Extent and medium: 2 boxes
CONTEXT
Name of creator(s): Withers | Henrietta Ethel Frances | b 1889 | missionary
Administrative/Biographical history: Born, 1889; served the China Inland Mission, 1910s-1940s; teacher at Chefoo Girls' School; unmarried; died after 1974.
Custodial history: The papers form part of the series of personal and private papers of individual missionaries among the records of the China Inland Mission.
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated with the records of the China Inland Mission from 1991.
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
Scope and content/abstract: Papers, 1914-1974, of Henrietta (Hettie) Withers, comprising correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1936-1974 (mainly 1930s-1950s), including letters to her family, 1937-1941, letters from the China Inland Mission (CIM) London Council, 1947, and two booklets on the Emmanuel Home for the Homeless, Shanghai, 1939, 1945; diaries, 1915-1945 (some gaps), including typescript circular letters, 1927-1932, describing her work, activities and experiences in China, including references to the Sino-Japanese War and World War Two; notes, on talks given [post-1930], meetings addressed in Chefoo (Yantai), 1938-1939, and on Sisiang in Shensi province, undated; photographs and some watercolours, 1914-1965 and undated, the subjects including Chefoo, Miss Withers, other teachers, and children; passport, 1932, with endorsements for escorting children; typescript list of publications about CIM missionaries and readers' comments, 1960s-1970s.
System of arrangement: The papers are arranged in the following sections: letters; journals; sermons and notes; photographs, etc; miscellaneous.
ACCESS AND USE
Language: English and Chinese
Conditions governing access: Unrestricted. Readers should order the documents as CIM boxes 9-10 in SOAS Special Collections Reading Room.
Conditions governing reproduction: No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids: Database and unpublished handlist.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material: The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the China Inland Mission (Ref: CIM), including papers of the Chefoo Schools (Ref: CIM/CSP).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2002.
- INDEX ENTRIES
- Subjects
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- Ancient religions
- Children of missionaries
- Christianity
- Christians
- Diaries
- Disadvantaged groups
- Educational missionaries
- Educational missionary work
- Educational personnel
- Fine arts
- Homeless
- International conflicts
- Lay missionaries
- Literary forms and genres
- Missionaries
- Missionary childrens schools
- Missionary work
- Nonfiction
- Painting
- Paintings
- Photographs
- Poor
- Prose
- Protestantism
- Protestants
- Religions
- Religious activities
- Religious doctrines
- Religious groups
- Religious institutions
- Religious movements
- Religious texts
- Schoolchildren
- Sermons
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
- Students
- Teachers
- Theology
- Travel
- Travel abroad
- Visual materials
- War
- Women missionaries
- Women teachers
- World War Two, 1939-1945
- World war
- Ancient religions
- Personal names
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- Withers | Henrietta Ethel Frances | b 1889 | missionary
- Withers | Henrietta Ethel Frances | b 1889 | missionary
- Corporate names
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- Chefoo Schools | south and east Asia
- China Inland Mission
- Emmanuel Home for the Homeless | Shanghai, China
- Chefoo Schools | south and east Asia
- Places
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- Asia
- China
- East Asia
- Shaanxi
- Shanghai
- Shensi
- Sisiang
- Yantai
- Asia