Fred R. Brown papers,
- Author:
- Brown, Fred R., 1888-1966.
- Call Number:
- MSS-004 local
- Abstract:
- Correspondence includes letters to Fred's parents; between Fred and his wife, Clella; to their daughter, Hester; and correspondence with friends and missionary coworkers including Evaline Gaw and William R. Johnson. Topics include politics, religion, and customs in China, the work of the mission, and the Brown's life after returning to the United States. Diary of Clella McDonnell Brown about trip to China and work there; diary by Fred Brown on a trip to London, 1924; and Fred's pocket diaries for 1916-27. Mss. include paper by Clella on Nationalist Chinese in Nanchang, 1926-27; papers by Fred on religious activity and the war in China, 1920-25; and one by Holley Leese, 1974, on the Brown papers, which includes a Chinese Communist pamphlet, c.1927. Also clippings and pamphlets on the Chinese Nationalist movement, 1927; maps of China, Kiansi Province, and villages in China, c.1920; and photographs of family and friends, mostly from China.
- Historical Note:
- Teacher, missionary. Brown was a Methodist missionary in China from 1910-31, teaching science in Kiansi Province; he married Clella E. McDonnell, a fellow missionary, in 1917. They returned to the United States in 1931 and settled in DeWitt, New York.
- Physical Description:
- 8 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Business, Literary, and Miscellany Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Missionaries China, Communism China, Methodist Church Missions China, Methodists Missionaries, Communism, Methodist Church Missions, Missionaries, Politics and government, Religion, and Travel
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat, Diaries. aat, Bibliography. aat, Maps. aat, and Photographs. aat
- Names:
- Brown, Fred R., 1888-1966, Brown, Clella E. McDonnell, Brown, Hester, Gaw, Evaline, Johnson, William R, Leese, Holly, and Brown, Fred R., 1888-1966
- Chronological Terms:
- 1900-1999 fast
- Geographic Terms:
- China Politics and government 1912-1949, China Religion 20th century, China Description and travel, England Description and travel, China, and England
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