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| Record Creator: | Richardson, Faithe |
| Title: | Faithe Richardson Collection |
| Date Span: | 1926-1992 |
| Abstract: | Faithe Richardson (1899-?) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary who worked in the central province of India in 1925. The collection contains correspondence and a manuscript related to Faithe Richardson. The correspondence, mostly letters to her family written while Richardson was in India, has been arranged in chronological order and covers the years 1926 to 1946. Those letters used in the manuscript are contained in a separate folder. |
| Extent: | 0.52 cubic feet |
| Identification: | gcah.ms.gcah1054 |
Faithe Richardson (1899-?) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to India. She received a B.A. from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1922 and an M.A. from the University of Colorado in 1923. In 1925, she began missionary work in the central province of India where she was a teacher and the principal at Steven's Girls' School in Jubbulpore, a position she held until 1938. From 1939 to 1940, Richardson was head mistress at the Alderman Girls' School in Jubbulpore. She then returned to Johnson Girls' School where she was head mistress for six years. While she was serving in this position, she was also the principal at the Training Institute for Women at Hawa Bagh (1943-1946).
This collection contains correspondence and a manuscript related to Faithe Richardson. The correspondence, mostly letters to her family written while Richardson was in India, has been arranged in chronological order and covers the years 1926 to 1946. Those letters used in the manuscript are contained in a separate folder. The manuscript, entitled: "The Story of Faithe as Gleaned from Letters of Faithe Richardson, Missionary, To Family and Friends, 1925-1946 and from Conversations with Her in Her 93rd Year," was written by Mary A. Hulse in 1992. It is 154 pages in length.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
There are no series for this collection due to size.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Faithe Richardson Collection, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
There are no restrictions on this collection.
Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
Microfilm Edition of the Mission Biographical Reference Files
Records of the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns.
Records of the Council of Bishops
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| Missions | ||
| Women | ||
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| India | ||
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| Correspondence | ||
| Manuscripts | ||
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| Missionary | ||
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| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1089-1-2: 1 | Mary A. Hulse Biography of Richardson | 1992 |
| 1089-1-2: 2 | Letters Used in Book | 1926-1931 |
| 1089-1-2: 3 | Letters | 1926 |
| 1089-1-2: 4 | Letters | 1927 |
| 1089-1-2: 5 | Letters | 1928 |
| 1089-1-2: 6 | Letters | 1929 |
| 1089-1-2: 7 | Letters | 1930 |
| 1089-1-2: 8 | Letters | 1932 |
| 1089-1-2: 9 | Letters | 1933 |
| 1089-1-2: 10 | Letters | 1934 |
| 1089-1-2: 11 | Letters | 1935 |
| 1089-1-2: 12 | Letters | 1936 |
| 1089-1-2: 13 | Letters | 1937 |
| 1089-1-2: 14 | Letters | 1938 |
| 1089-1-2: 15 | Letters | 1939 |
| 1089-1-2: 16 | Letters | 1940 |
| 1089-1-2: 17 | Letters | 1941 |
| 1089-1-2: 18 | Letters | 1942 |
| 1089-1-2: 19 | Letters | 1943 |
| 1089-1-2: 20 | Letters | 1944 |
| 1089-1-2: 21 | Letters | 1945 |
| 1089-1-2: 22 | Letters | 1946 |
