Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey Papers 1927-1991

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Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey Papers 1927-1991

Correspondence and writings document the life andwork of Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey and her parents, and the operations ofYale-in-China during World War II. The collection also contains substantivedocumentation of the life and work of Ilma Ruth Aho, a Finnish missionary aboutwhom Whittlesey wrote a biography.

Total archival boxes: 18.; Total linear footage: 8.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350139

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Aho, Ilma Ruth.

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Yale-in-China Association

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Whittlesey, Marjorie T. (Marjorie Tooker), 1912-

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Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey served as a registered nurse at the Yale-in-China hospital in Changsha, China from 1939 to 1944 and 1946-1947. Following her marriage and return to the United States she wrote numerous short stories, books, and articles. Her parents, Mary and Frederick J. Tooker M.D., were Presbyterian missionaries in Kuling, Kiangsi during her childhood and early adult life. From the description of Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey papers, 1927-1991 (inclusive). (Yale University)...