This is a letter by Adaline Kelsey, dated April, 1979. Dr. Kelsey descibes her academic background and work experience in the US before she became a missionary physician in Asia. She describes her work in China and her travels in Japan....
Black and white photograph taken of Mount Holyoke College President Mary Emma Woolley and Margaret Burton with three boys during a trip to China in 1921-1922 as members of the China Educational Commission. The trip was set up by the Foreign...
Photograph from article "The Missionary Wife," which appeared in Presbyterian publication Woman's Work. Caption: "Persian woman in street costume, the veil over the eyes lifted."
A letter from Charlotte Allen Ward, class of 1903 and international missionary, to her family in the United States. She recounts the Italian naval bombardment of Beirut on February 24, 1912, which began the Battle of Beirut.
A letter from Charlotte Allen Ward, class of 1903, to her family back in the United States. Ward was an international missionary based with her husband and children at the Syrian Protestant College (later renamed the American University in Beirut)....
A letter from Esther Ward, class of 1931, from Aleih, Lebanon, to her brother Paul Ward, who was away at school in the United States. Esther and Paul were the children of international missionary Charlotte Allen Ward, class of 1903.
A letter from Charlotte Allen Ward, class of 1903, international missionary, to her family in the United States. She describes being at home alone in Beirut with four of her children while her husband, Edwin, a surgeon at the Medical School of the...
A letter from Charlotte Allen Ward, class of 1903 and international missionary, to her family in the United States. She describes the domestic climate in Aleih, Syria, at the outbreak of World War I. She writes: "I wonder if the war oppresses you...
Missionary Cabinet. Grass/roots knotted on slender curved stick to form fringe. Object is tan and consists of two fringe pieces and one slender curved stick, bent in half. Indentations along top of fringe, close to knots, indicate concentric...
This is a letter from Adaline Kelsey to the Mount Holyoke Class of 1868. Dr. Kelsey addresses to her former fellow students and describes her life in work in Asia. She describes her trip to Japan and her work and lifestlye. She describes the spring...
