Guide to the Grace Visher Payne Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Grace Visher Payne Papers

Inclusive Dates

1924-1953

Call Number

RG 382

Creator(s)

Payne, Grace Visher, 1889-

Quantity

0.30 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

Grace Visher was born in Chicago. She studied at the University of South Dakota, and in 1912 married Jo Denny Payne. In 1922 the Paynes applied to the Board of Foreign Missions and were assigned to the East Persia Mission. Between 1922 and her retirement from service in 1956, Payne worked as an evangelical and medical missionary with women and children in Teheran.

Collection Overview

This collection consists of two manuscripts. One, an autobiography covering the Paynes' first ten years in Iran, and a novel. This collection also contains two short articles on Iran.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: MANUSCRIPTS, 1953, undated

SERIES 1: ARTICLES, 1924, undated

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The papers were donated by Grace Vischer Payne and Mrs. Terrance Quillian.

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: December 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

Payne, Grace Visher, 1889-

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission.

Topical Subject

Women missionaries--Iran--20th century.

Missions--Iran--20th century.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--20th century.

Church work with women--Iran.

Church work with children--Iran.

Geographic Subject

Iran--Missions.

Iran--History.

Genre-form

Manuscripts (documents) aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 382

		SERIES 1: MANUSCRIPTS, 1953, undated

1	2-4	The Camel Trail, 1953
1	5-6	A Decade of Transition in Iran, 1922-1932, undated

		SERIES 1: ARTICLES, 1924, undated

1	7	"His Wife," 1924
1	8	"A Strange Request," undated

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