James Oliver Jelks Taylor papers, 1918-1923.

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Taylor, James Oliver Jelks, 1893-1952. James Oliver Jelks Taylor papers, 1918-1923.

James Oliver Jelks Taylor papers, 1918-1923.

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The papers of James Oliver Jelks Taylor (1893-1952) consist of nine folders divided into two series. Series one consists of Taylor's correspondence while series two contains published material and a photograph of the Reverend Taylor taken in Korea. Series One: Folder one contains letters from Taylor to his mother and sister, Hattie, in Georgia. In the letter he speaks intimately of his feelings about his work, its influence on him and about his wife and children. Folder two contains reports and newsletters to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgia that sponsored him. The third folder contains the letters of Emma Myers Taylor to relatives in Georgia. The letters document the voyage to Korea, the arrival and contact of the family with native Koreans, Americans and other foreigners in Korea and Russia. Mention is also made of the Christian missions already established in these countries and of the volatile political situation. In the letters of both Taylor and his wife, the researcher will find evidence of the attitudes of Georgia Methodist missionaries to native people and the evolution of those attitudes as the contact lengthens. A transcript of each letter was made by the daughter of the missionaries and remains with the collection. Although the letters span the entire period of Taylor's stay overseas, a gap in his personal letters appears between 1920 and 1921. Many of his newsletters to the church are undated. Although the collection is small the researcher will find a rich source of information, rarely available, on missionary work in Russia. Series Two: Folder four contains "English by the Sentence Method," written by Taylor and J.S. Ryang. The volume, written to help Koreans learn English, was published ca. 1921. Folder five contains "JAP, The Growth of a Soul: The Letters of Hatton Towson: student, soldier, and missionary," edited by Taylor. Folder six contains the "Minutes of the Second Annual Meeting of the Russian Department of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Harbin, China, September 11, 1923." Folder seven contains "A Practical Dictionary of the Russian and English and English and Russian Languages." The volume was presented to Taylor by Bishop William Russell Lambuth, Vladivostok, Siberia, August 4, 1921. Folder eight contains a copy of "Strength for Service to God and Country, Daily Devotional Messages for Men in the Service," presented to Taylor by the Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, July 1942. Folder nine contains a photograph of J.O.J. Taylor.

.5 cubic ft. (1 legal-size archive box)

Flugschriften des Fruhen 16 Jahrhunderts