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- Created 1936-1970s (Creación)
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1 box
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Historia biográfica
Gladys Aylward was born in 1902 in Edmonton, North London. Following service as a housemaid, and rejection by the China Inland Mission, she went to China as an independent missionary. Travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Tientsin she then continued to the province of Shansi in North-West China, where she worked from 1931. She became a Chinese citizen in 1936. In 1940, against the background of government, communist and Japanese warfare she led a group of orphans on a perilous journey to Sian. She returned to England during the Second World War, but returned to work with children at the Gladys Aylward Children's Home in Taiwan from the late 1940s until near her death in 1970.
Her life was the basis of the 1959 film 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness' starring Ingrid Bergman. A number of books have also been written about her life including: Gladys Aylward, One of the Undefeated by R O Latham (1950); The Small Women by Alan Burgess (1957); London Sparrow by Phyllis Thompson (1989); and Gladys Aylward: the Courageous English Missionary by Catherine Swift (1989).
Historia archivística
GB 0102 MS 291571 Created 1936-1970s Collection (fonds) 1 box Aylward , Gladys , 1902-1970 , missionary
Gladys Aylward was born in 1902 in Edmonton, North London. Following service as a housemaid, and rejection by the China Inland Mission, she went to China as an independent missionary. Travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Tientsin she then continued to the province of Shansi in North-West China, where she worked from 1931. She became a Chinese citizen in 1936. In 1940, against the background of government, communist and Japanese warfare she led a group of orphans on a perilous journey to Sian. She returned to England during the Second World War, but returned to work with children at the Gladys Aylward Children's Home in Taiwan from the late 1940s until near her death in 1970.
Her life was the basis of the 1959 film 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness' starring Ingrid Bergman. A number of books have also been written about her life including: Gladys Aylward, One of the Undefeated by R O Latham (1950); The Small Women by Alan Burgess (1957); London Sparrow by Phyllis Thompson (1989); and Gladys Aylward: the Courageous English Missionary by Catherine Swift (1989).
The material was donated via the Archivist of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in 1973.
Papers, 1936-1970s, of Gladys Aylward, comprising correspondence (1936-1939) with the Whiskin family during her time in China, press cuttings (1936-1970s), publications, notices, Chinese texts for children, calendars, photographs and miscellaneous items including Chinese accessories.
The collection is arranged into 7 sections: correspondence; press cuttings; publications; notices; Chinese texts for children; calendars; photographs; miscellaneous. Within each section, material is arranged chronologically.
Unrestricted.
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English and Chinese
Unpublished handlist.
15 May 2000 Communications media Ancient religions Aylward , Gladys , 1902-1970 , missionary Books Calendars Childrens books Child welfare China Christianity Christians Clothing East Asia International conflicts Laity Lay missionaries Missionaries Missionary work Newspaper press Periodicals Photographs Press Press cuttings Publications Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Shansi Shanxi Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Social welfare Textiles Tianjin Tientsin Visual materials War Whiskin , family Women missionaries Womens missionary work Information sciences Wars (events)
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
The material was donated via the Archivist of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in 1973.
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Papers, 1936-1970s, of Gladys Aylward, comprising correspondence (1936-1939) with the Whiskin family during her time in China, press cuttings (1936-1970s), publications, notices, Chinese texts for children, calendars, photographs and miscellaneous items including Chinese accessories.
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The collection is arranged into 7 sections: correspondence; press cuttings; publications; notices; Chinese texts for children; calendars; photographs; miscellaneous. Within each section, material is arranged chronologically.
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Condiciones de acceso
Unrestricted.
Condiciones
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
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English and Chinese
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Unpublished handlist.
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- Religiones » Religión antigua
- Libro
- Publicación periódica » Calendario
- Libro » Libro para niños
- Bienestar social » Bienestar de la infancia
- Religiones » Religión antigua » Cristianismo
- Grupo religioso » Cristiano
- Tejido » Vestuario
- Conflicto internacional
- Actividad religiosa » Obra misionera
- Prensa » Prensa de información diaria
- Publicación periódica
- Material visual » Fotografías
- Prensa
- Prensa » Prensa de información diaria » Recorte de prensa
- Religiones
- Actividad religiosa
- Grupo religioso
- Instituciones religiosas
- Instituciones religiosas » Movimiento religioso
- Bienestar social
- Tejido
- Material visual
- Conflicto internacional » Guerra
- Ciencias de la información
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- inglés