Matthew Tyson Yates Papers, 1847-1888

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Matthew Tyson Yates Papers, 1847-1888

His papers consists of biographical information; correspondence with family and friends, 1846-1888; a letter from F. Catherine Bryan, biographer, 1950; a pamphlet "Our Central China Mission", undated; an arithmetic textbook used by Yates, a clipping; photographs of Mr. and Mrs. M.T. Yates, their daughter Annie Yates, his birthplace, and William and Mary [Yates' sister] Norris; a drawing of Yates from the 1934 Wake Forest College HOWLER, and an article on Eliza Moring Yates.

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Yates, M. T. (Matthew Tyson), 1819-1888

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Matthew Tyson Yates was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1845) and was appointed as the first Southern Baptist missionary to China from North Carolina, serving from 1846 to 1888. From the description of Matthew Tyson Yates Papers, 1847-1888 (Wake Forest University - ZSR Library). WorldCat record id: 59883053 Pioneer Southern Baptist missionary to China, 1846-1888. Served in the Central China Mission of the Foreign Mission Board. Experienced severe hardship during ...