Guide to the Alice M. Carpenter Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Alice M. Carpenter Papers

Inclusive Dates

circa 1900-1986

Bulk Dates

1920-1940

Call Number

RG 206

Creator(s)

Carpenter, Alice M. (Alice Margaret), 1897-1985.

Quantity

0.50 cubic feet (1 box)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Alice Margaret Carpenter was appointed to the PCUSA's South China Mission in 1922. Following two years of language study, she served as a teacher at the Ming Sum School for the Blind from 1924-1937. She taught English in Canton at the Pooi Ying Middle School and the Turner Training School of Nursing from 1925-1937 and 1938-1941 respectively. In 1943, she was evacuated from Canton and returned to the United States where she resigned from missionary service in 1945.

Collection Overview

Alice M. Carpenter's papers consist of correspondence, photographs and other miscellaneous items which primarily document her missionary service in China from 1922 through the early 1940s, though some later materials are also included. Her correspondence from the late 1930s is particularly rich in describing the war in China, notably the bombing of Canton, from 1937 until her evacuation in 1943.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1922-1943
Consists of outgoing personal correspondence to family member, arranged by year.
SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1900S-1980S
Includes both personal photographs and miscellaneous photographs that reflect her missionary service as well as life in China in general during the 1920s- early 1940s.
SERIES III: MISCELLANY, 1930S-1980S
Includes clippings and materials on the war in China and on the Ming Sum School for the Blind.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Carpenter, Alice M. (Alice Margaret), 1897-1985.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. South China Mission.

Julia M. Turner Training School for Nurses (Guangzhou, China)

Ming Sum School for the Blind (Guangzhou, China)

Pooi Ying Middle School (Guangzhou, China)

Topical Subject

Women missionaries--China.

Missions--China.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--China.

Education--China.

Middle schools--China.

Blind--Education--China.

Nursing schools--China.

English--Study and teaching--China.

Geographic Subject

Guangzhou (China)--History--Bombardment, 1937-1943.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Clippings (information artifacts) aat

Photographs. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to RG 206

		SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1922-1943

1	2	1922-1925
1	3	1937-1943
1	4	1938-1939
1	5	1942-1943

		SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1900s-1980s

1	6-7	Personal
1	8-13	China

		SERIES III: MISCELLANY, 1930s-1980s

1	14	Bombing of China, 1930s
1	15	Ming Sum School for the Blind, 1930s-1940s
1	16	Clippings, 1930s-1980s

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