GB 0102 MS 354917 - Beckingsale, Laura Elsie

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GB 0102 MS 354917

Title

Beckingsale, Laura Elsie

Date(s)

  • Created 1911-1912 (Creation)

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1 box

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Biographical history

Laura Elsie Beckingsale was born on 1st September 1886 in Camden Town, North London. She was educated privately at first, and then attended Bestraven High School, Brondesbury, until she was eighteen. After teaching for a year elsewhere, she returned to Bestraven as a member of staff. At the age of twenty-three she entered the Women's Missionary College, Edinburgh, and in March 1911, went to Wuchang, China, with the London Missionary Society. She remained there until 1915, when she returned to England under medical advice, arriving March 1. A year later she resigned her connection with the London Missionary Society and joined the Baptist Missionary Society, for work in China. She was put in charge of a girl's boarding school at Tai Yuanfu Shansi. She finally returned to England in 1939. Laura Beckingsale never married. She died in 1983.

Archival history

GB 0102 MS 354917 Created 1911-1912 Collection (fonds) 1 box Beckingsale , Laura Elsie , 1886-1983 , missionary and teacher
Laura Elsie Beckingsale was born on 1st September 1886 in Camden Town, North London. She was educated privately at first, and then attended Bestraven High School, Brondesbury, until she was eighteen. After teaching for a year elsewhere, she returned to Bestraven as a member of staff. At the age of twenty-three she entered the Women's Missionary College, Edinburgh, and in March 1911, went to Wuchang, China, with the London Missionary Society. She remained there until 1915, when she returned to England under medical advice, arriving March 1. A year later she resigned her connection with the London Missionary Society and joined the Baptist Missionary Society, for work in China. She was put in charge of a girl's boarding school at Tai Yuanfu Shansi. She finally returned to England in 1939. Laura Beckingsale never married. She died in 1983.

Donated in 1977.

Letters, 1911-1912, from Laura Beckingsale, written in diary form to colleagues in London describing her experiences during the Chinese Revolution of 1911-1912, in Wuchang and Hankow, where she worked for the London Missionary Society.

The letters are arranged in chronological order.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS).

The Baptist Missionary Society Archive is held at the Angus Library, Regent's Park College, Oxford.

15 May 2000 Ancient religions Asian cultures Baptists Beckingsale , Laura Elsie , 1886-1983 , missionary and teacher China Christianity Christians East Asia Educational missionaries Educational missionary work Educational personnel Hankow Hubei Lay missionaries Missionaries Missionary Society x LMS , London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society Missionary work National cultures Political movements Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Revolutionary movements Teachers Women missionaries Womens missionary work Women teachers Wuchang Wuhan Personnel People by occupation People Nonconformists

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Donated in 1977.

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Letters, 1911-1912, from Laura Beckingsale, written in diary form to colleagues in London describing her experiences during the Chinese Revolution of 1911-1912, in Wuchang and Hankow, where she worked for the London Missionary Society.

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Accruals

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The letters are arranged in chronological order.

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Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the London Missionary Society (Ref: CWM/LMS).

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Unpublished handlist.

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The Baptist Missionary Society Archive is held at the Angus Library, Regent's Park College, Oxford.

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School of Oriental and African Studies

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  • English

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