Diaries of Miss Tovey, as a missionary in China, 1917-18, with later diaries kept in England, 1927, and on holiday in Switzerland, June-Aug. 1932; written in The Missionaries' Anglo-Chinese Diary (Shanghai) and (1932) The Missionaries' Diary (Shanghai). The diaries for 1917 and 1918 include lists of letters sent and received, names and details of candidates for baptism, cash accounts and memoranda; those for 1927 and 1932 include some notes relating to China.
Dates
- 1917-32
Extent
4 shelfmarks
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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MSS. Eng. e. 2391-4; Photogr. c. 15, fol. 61.
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7030
Biographical / Historical
Miss E[leanor?] M. Tovey was a Christian missionary in China.
Other Finding Aids
A full description is available in the Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The diaries were bought from D.P. White in 1990.
Separated Materials
A group photograph, probably including Miss Dovey, found in the 1918 volume, is now MS. Photogr. c. 15, fol. 61.
- Title
- Diaries of Miss E.M. Tovey
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Tarrant
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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