GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 31-32 (Boxes 642-643) - Stephenson, Gladys

2 boxes

The papers were deposited with the Methodist Missionary Society and form part of the special series of biographical papers of individual missionaries.
GB 0102 MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 31-32 (Boxes 642-643) c1909-1976 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Stephenson , Gladys , d 1989 , medical missionary
Sent by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society to the Wuchang district, China, 1915; studied languages in Hankow; served initially at the Hodge Memorial Hospital, Hankow; matron at the Anlu Men's Hospital from c1917; played a pioneering role in training indigenous nursing staff; active in founding the Nurses Association of China, becoming its President, 1924; appointed Principal of the School of Nursing at the new Union Hospital in Hankow, c1927; appointed Director of Nursing Service for the National Flood Relief Commission by the Chinese government, she was active in addressing the effects of serious floods on the refugee camps, 1931; on furlough, 1940; interned in Shanghai, 1942-1945; retired, 1951; settled in Southall, London; deaconess; unmarried; died, 1989.

The papers were deposited with the Methodist Missionary Society and form part of the special series of biographical papers of individual missionaries.

Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the Methodist Missionary Society from 1978.

Papers, c1909-1976, of Sister Gladys Stephenson, comprising diary of journey to China, 1915; journals of visits to Korea and Peking, 1926, 1936 and undated; journal of her time in the internment camp, 1942-1945; diaries recording daily events, 1946-1971; long letter from Gladys Stephenson, 1945, from the Shanghai internment camp recounting her experiences, and typescript copies; manuscript and typescript accounts of a journey to Hong Kong, Malaya and the Holy Land, 1961; other typescript and manuscript notes, accounts, or addresses by Gladys Stephenson recounting her experiences, largely undated, including one relating to the great floods (1931); two photographs of a chapel used by the Methodist hospital, Hankow, and papers relating to a stained glass window, 1940; printed material on Christianity, missionary work and missionaries, nursing and training, and other aspects of life in China, including hospitals in Hankow, 1909-1976, largely dating, 1920s-1960s.

Unrestricted, but only to be viewed on microfiche.

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

Collection level description.

Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/WMMS), which was succeeded by the Methodist Missionary Society.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: WMMS Annual Report (1918), p 68; The Foreign Field (1915-1916), pp 68-9, 77, 196-8 (including photographs); The Foreign Field (1916-1917), pp 186-7, 221. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Ancient religions Beijing Beijing Shi China Christianity Christians Diaries Disasters Documents East Asia Floods Hankow Health services Higher science education Hong Kong Hospitals Hubei Humanitarian law Information sources International conflicts Internment camps Israel Korea Lay missionaries Literary forms and genres Literature Malaysia Medical education Medical institutions Medical missionaries Medical missionary work Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Methodism Methodist Missionary Society Methodists Middle East Missionaries Missionary work Mission hospitals Natural disasters Nonfiction Nursing Paramedical personnel Personnel Photographs Primary documents Prose Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious buildings Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Shanghai Shanghai Shi Social sciences Social welfare South East Asia Stephenson , Gladys , d 1989 , medical missionary Surgery Travel Travel abroad Visual materials War Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Women missionaries World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wuhan Wars (events) People by occupation People Buildings Architecture Disasters (by type) Nonconformists Nonconformity

Deposited on permanent loan with the records of the Methodist Missionary Society from 1978.

Papers, c1909-1976, of Sister Gladys Stephenson, comprising diary of journey to China, 1915; journals of visits to Korea and Peking, 1926, 1936 and undated; journal of her time in the internment camp, 1942-1945; diaries recording daily events, 1946-1971; long letter from Gladys Stephenson, 1945, from the Shanghai internment camp recounting her experiences, and typescript copies; manuscript and typescript accounts of a journey to Hong Kong, Malaya and the Holy Land, 1961; other typescript and manuscript notes, accounts, or addresses by Gladys Stephenson recounting her experiences, largely undated, including one relating to the great floods (1931); two photographs of a chapel used by the Methodist hospital, Hankow, and papers relating to a stained glass window, 1940; printed material on Christianity, missionary work and missionaries, nursing and training, and other aspects of life in China, including hospitals in Hankow, 1909-1976, largely dating, 1920s-1960s.

Unrestricted, but only to be viewed on microfiche.

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

• English

• Latin

English and Chinese

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/WMMS), which was succeeded by the Methodist Missionary Society.

Collection level description.

Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English