Volume of transcribed letters written by Mrs. M.B. Zemp of Camden, S.C., to her daughter, Elizabeth (Bess) DuBose, and son-in-law, Palmer Dubose, who were Presbyterian missionaries living after 1906 in Soochow, a city in East central China. Topics discussed include births, deaths, and other local and family news in South Carolina; leisure activities such as gardening and a visit to the beach; World War I, Red Cross activities, and training of soldiers; and and other events in Camden, S.C., and vicinity; most family members discussed lived in or near Kershaw County, S.C.; others lived in Chesterfield, S.C., Seattle, Washington, and elsewhere. [The Dubose family's home of Soochow is currently known as Xuzhou, but English spelling was formerly transliterated as Hsu-chou, Su-chow, Suchow, or Su-chou; beginning in 1912 and continuing through the time Zemp wrote her letters, the city of Soochow was officially known as Dongshan, an appellation that remained until 1945.].
