Myra Snow papers 1928-1944

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Myra Snow papers 1928-1944

Myra Snow was a Methodist missionary in Tientsin, northern China from the late 1920s through the early 1940s. The collection comprises letters that reflect her work as a missionary.

0.25 linear feet, 4 folders

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Keen School (Tianjin, China)

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Jaquet, Myra

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Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948

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Snow, Myra

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Myra Snow entered Methodist missionary work in the late 1920s and began teaching in Tientsin, in northern China, in the fall of 1928. A native of Los Angeles, Snow taught at Keen School (associated with Gamewell School), an all girls' institution, throughout the 1930s. Along with other American (and British) missionaries, Snow was interned by the Japanese in 1941 as a prisoner of war. She was repatriated to the U.S. in 1943, and the collection offers no clues about her life after Wo...

Jaquet, Myra Anna, 1884-1971.

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American Myra Anna Jaquet (1884-1971) was a Methodist missionary in northern China from 1911 to 1942. She worked as an instructor of girls at a missionary school in Peking (Beijing) and in Tientsin (Tianjin) at the Gamewell School. In December 1941, she was interned by the Japanese as a prisoner of war. She was repatriated to the United States in 1943 and lived in New York until her return to Tianjin in 1946. From the description of Myra Anna Jaquet papers [microform], 1913-1944. (Ha...

Methodist Church (U.S.)

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