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
- Creation: 1917-1932
Extent
0.55 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. e. 2391, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. e. 2391-2394; Photogr. c. 15, fol. 61
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7030
Abstract
Diaries of Miss E.M. Tovey.
Biographical / Historical
Miss E[leanor?] M. Tovey was a Christian missionary in China.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, D. P. White, Occasional List 33 (Oct. 1990), 22.
Separated Materials
A group photograph, probably including Miss Dovey, found in the 1918 volume, is now MS. Photogr. c. 15, fol. 61.
Subject
- Title
- Diaries of Miss E.M. Tovey
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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