Beatrice Farnsworth Powers Papers 1887-1969

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Beatrice Farnsworth Powers Papers 1887-1969

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Nurse; Medical missionary; Teacher. Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and writings documenting nursing work in the Grenfell Mission, Labrador (1912), and in Changsha, China (1913-1915) as nursing superintendent at Yale-in-China Hospital.

2 boxes; (.75 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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Yale-in-China Association

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Yale-in-China Mission

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Floyd, Olive B. (Olive Beatrice), 1901-1985

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A graduate of Bryn Mawr (B.A. 1922) and Radcliffe College (A.M. 1932), Olive Floyd also studied at the University of Paris (1932-1933) and Columbia University (1935-1936). She was the author of Doctora in Mexico (1944), Joy Is in the Banner (1950), Early American Decorated Tinware (1957), and other books. From the description of Papers, 1910-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122506723 Author of Lincoln, Mass. Born in Lincoln, Feb. 14, 1901, died in ...

Powers, Beatrice Farnsworth

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Beatrice Farnsworth Powers was born May 22,1880 in Lincoln, Mass., daughter of Charles Perkins and Mary Jane (Murray) Farnsworth. She was graduated from the Lincoln School and attended Abbott Academy and Chauncy Hall. She taught for several years in the South School in Lincoln and served as superintendent of the Sunday school at St. Anne's Church (1904-09). After graduating from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1912, she volunteered at the Dr. Wilfred Grenfell's Mission in Labrador. In 1913 Po...

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940

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English medical missionary. From the description of Letter, 1914, Apr. 26 : Dr. Lee. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31674044 Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. Horace Parker Chandler was a real estate broker, journalist, editor, and publisher, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell letter and photographs, 1909 Dec. 25. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 7083...