Myra Anna Jaquet papers, 1913-1944.

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Myra Anna Jaquet papers, 1913-1944.

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Collection comprises correspondence, literary manuscripts, personal journals, photographs, newsclippings and a piece of silk associated with Myra Anna Jaquet, a Methodist missionary and teacher in China from 1911 to 1942. Correspondence includes two folders of letters concerning primarily the mission school and education, but also church and religious matters, including the advancement of Dr. Liu, the first female graduate of a northern China medical school run by missionaries. The revolution that overthrew the Ch'ing Dynasty is mentioned only briefly. Literary manuscripts include stories written by Jaquet and her students that were included in her letters. Jaquet's personal journals, intended for distribution among friends and relatives in the United States, include detailed descriptions of a school play and her work as a teacher of Chinese girls, as well as photographs of people and places in China. In 1941 Jaquet was interned by the Japanese as a prisoner of war, along with other American and British missionaries, and later repatriated. Jaquet's narrative of these events is housed in the Myra Snow collection (A 186).

1 linear ft. (4 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968941

University of Oregon Libraries

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Gamewell School (Tianjin, China)

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Snow, Myra.

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American Myra Snow, originally from Los Angeles, became a Methodist missionary in the late 1920s, and began teaching at Keen School in Tientsin (Tianjin), northern China, in 1928. Along with other American missionaries she was interned by the Japanese in 1941 as a prisoner of war. She was repatriated to the United States in 1943. From the description of Myra Snow papers, 1928-1944. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 67840502 From the description of Myra Sn...

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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