Guide to the Mildred Orr Tanner Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Mildred Orr Tanner Papers

Inclusive Dates

1928-1977

Call Number

RG 374

Creator(s)

Tanner, Mildred Orr, 1894-

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

Mildred Orr was born in Valley, NE in 1894. She attended San Jose Normal School in California and began her teaching career in 1917. By 1921 she had become a vice-principal in an elementary school in Arroyo Grande, CA. In 1927 she married Chester Tanner. They settled in Morro Bay, CA.

Tanner's involvement with Christian Endeavor began when she was twenty. She attended the 1914 Christian Endeavor convention in California and was offered the post of 10th Legion Super-intendent. She led the Junior Christian Endeavor program in her church in Morro Bay.

Collection Overview

Mildred Tanner's papers include a xerox copy of her autobiography, which is rich in details of growing up in prewar America and of early schoolteaching days. The collection also includes four scrapbooks, one relating to Morro Bay Church's Christian Endeavor program and the other three relating to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Missionary Archie Crouch served the Morro Bay church as pastor before he went into service in China, and two of the scrapbooks are filled with pieces he wrote about his experiences in China.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: WRITINGS, 1977, undated

SERIES 2: SCRAPBOOKS, 1928-1946, undated

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: June 1993
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

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

Personal Name Subject

Tanner, Mildred Orr, 1894-

Crouch, Archie R.

Corporate Subject

Community Presbyterian Church (Morro Bay, Calif.). Junior Christian Endeavor.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.

Topical Subject

Presbyterian women--California.

Missionaries--China.

Presbyterian Church--Missions.

Missions--China.

Geographic Subject

China--Missions.

Genre-form

Scrapbooks. aat

Personal Added Name

Crouch, Archie R.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 374

		SERIES 1: WRITINGS, 1977, undated

1	2	Address--on Chester Tanner, 1977
1	3	Autobiography, Part 1
1	4	Autobiography, Part 2
1	5	"California Jolly Book," undated

		SERIES 2: SCRAPBOOKS, 1928-1946

1	6	Archie Crouch Articles, undated
1	7	Archie Crouch Articles, 1936-39
1	8	Missionary Scrapbook, 1941-42
1	9	Junior Christian Endeavor Scrapbook, 1928-46
1	10	Loose Items from JCE Scrapbook, 1928-46

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