Guide to the Gertrude Roe Bayless Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Gertrude Roe Bayless Papers

Inclusive Dates

1950

Call Number

RG 383

Creator(s)

Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890-

Quantity

0.02 cubic feet (1 box)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Digital Content

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Repository

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

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Gertrude Bayless was born in Jonesboro, Tennessee. She studied piano and languages at Bethany College and Iowa State Teachers' College. In 1921, following several years of teaching piano in Iowa, she applied to the Women's Board of Home Missions and was accepted the post of music teacher at Menaul School in Albuquerque.

In 1923 Bayless received a letter from the Board of Foreign Missions, asking if she would consider going to China as a music teacher and church musician. She accepted the offer and sailed for Hunan in August, 1923. Apart from a one-year term spent teaching in Manila, she served the Hunan Mission until 1950.

Collection Overview

This record group consists of Bayless' memoir of her years in China, 1923-1950.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The memoir was donated to the Historical Society by Gertrude Bayless.

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

Bayless, Gertrude Roe, 1890-

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hunan Mission.

Topical Subject

Women missionaries--China--20th century.

Church musicians--China--20th century.

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

Missions--China--20th century.

Geographic Subject

China--Missions--20th century.

Genre-form

Personal narratives. lcsh

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 382

1	2	Memoir, 1950	Digital

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