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| Record Creator: | Lewis, Spencer |
| Title: | Spencer Lewis Diaries |
| Dates: | 1901- 1934 |
| Extent: | 0.54 cubic feet |
| Resource ID: | gcah.ms.1867 |
Spencer Lewis (1854- 1939) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to China. He received a B.A. from Northwestern University (1879) and attended Garrett Biblical Institute. Lewis married Esther Bilble ( 1859- n.d.) in 1881. Later that year they sailed for China. Upon arrival in Chinkiang he was ordained, and he remained there for one year of language study. In 1882 he moved to Chungking where he began preaching in rural areas. Lewis was appointed superintendent of the West China Mission in 1888 and established a school for boys that year. His wife began a school for girls the following year.
This collection contains 19 diaries prepared by Spencer Lewis while he was a missionary in China. Some of the diaries contain more than one year.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
The diaries are arranged in chronilogical order with some exceptions due to placement of content.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Spencer Lewis Diaries, 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.
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.
For additional information on the Lewis' see the Records of the Methodist Church, Board of Missions Missionary Files Series; and the Records of the United Methodist Church, Missionary Reference Files Series.
A handwritten eigthteen page letter by Lewis' wife, Ester, is located in the Reference Collection. It recounts a trip down the Yangtze River.
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| Missions. | ||
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| China. | ||
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| Diaries. | ||
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| Missionary. | ||
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1306-3-1: 1 | January 1, 1901 - December 31, 1901 January 2, 1902 - January 11, 1902 March 21, 1929 - December 31, 1929 | 1901-1929 |
| 1306-3-1: 2 | January 12, 1902 - December 31, 1902 January 1, 1930 - June 21, 1930 | 1902-1930 |
| 1306-3-1: 3 | January 1, 1903 - December 31, 1903 January 13, 1914 - February 28, 1914 | 1903-1914 |
| 1306-3-1: 4 | January 1, 1904 - December 31, 1904 October 17, 1914 - December 31, 1914 January 1, 1915 - May 2, 1915 | 1904-1915 |
| 1306-3-1: 5 | January 1, 1905 - December 31, 1905 May 27, 1912 - December 31, 1912 | 1905-1912 |
| 1306-3-1: 6 | January 1, 1906 - December 31, 1906 May 13, 1932 - December 31, 1932 | 1906-1932 |
| 1306-3-1: 7 | January 1, 1907 - December 31, 1907 January 1, 1912 - May 26, 1912 | 1907-1912 |
| 1306-3-1: 8 | January 1, 1914 - December 31, 1914 February 2, 1931 - October 16, 1931 | 1914-1931 |
| 1306-3-1: 9 | January 1, 1915 - December 31, 1915 October 13, 1927 - December 31, 1927 January 1, 1928 - June 28, 1928 | 1915-1928 |
| 1306-3-1: 10 | January 1, 1916 - December 31, 1916 January 1, 1933 - October 21, 1933 | 1916-1933 |
| 1306-3-1: 11 | January 1, 1917 - December 31, 1917 June 29, 1928 - December 31, 1928 January 1, 1929 - March 20, 1929 | 1917-1929 |
| 1306-3-1: 12 | January 1, 1918 - December 31, 1918 October 22, 1933 - December 31, 1933 January 1, 1934 - November 25, 1934 | 1918-1934 |
| 1306-3-2: 1 | January 1, 1919 - December 31, 1919 January 1, 1920 - January 31, 1920 | 1919-1920 |
| 1306-3-2: 2 | February 1, 1920 - December 31, 1920 | 1920 |
| 1306-3-2: 3 | January 1, 1921 - December 31, 1921 | 1921 |
| 1306-3-2: 4 | January 1, 1922 - December 31, 1922 | 1922 |
| 1306-3-2: 5 | January 1, 1923 - December 31, 1923 January 1, 1924 - January 22, 1924 | 1923-1924 |
| 1306-3-2: 6 | January 1, 1924 - December 31, 1924 | 1924 |
| 1306-3-2: 7 | January 1, 1925 - December 31, 1925 January 1, 1927 - October 12, 1927 | 1925-1927 |
