IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 CIM/PP 93-118
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
Title: Withers, Henrietta
Date(s): 1914-1974
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s): Withers | Henrietta Ethel Frances | b 1889 | missionary
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1889; served the China Inland Mission, 1910s-1940s; teacher at Chefoo Girls' School; unmarried; died after 1974.
CONTENT
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.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Chinese
System of arrangement:
The papers are arranged in the following sections: letters; journals; sermons and notes; photographs, etc; miscellaneous.
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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Database and unpublished handlist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival 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.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
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).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2002