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| Record Creator: | Simonds, Mildred |
| Title: | Mildred Simonds Journals |
| Date Span: | 1903-1945 |
| Abstract: | Mildred Simonds (1876-1969) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to India for forty years. In 1905 she was accepted as a missionary by the Des Moines Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and a year later she sailed for India. She retired from missionary work in 1946. The collection contains nine handwritten journals kept by Simonds while she was a missionary in India which record her daily activities. |
| Extent: | 0.45 cubic feet |
| Identification: | gcah.ms.gcah2326 |
Mildred Simonds (1876-1969) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to India for forty years. She received a certificate from the State Normal School in Steven Point, Wisconsin, in 1895. In 1902 she graduated from the Chicago Training School. Prior to entering mission work, Simonds taught school in Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. In 1903 she was a teacher for one year at Chaddock Boys' School in Chicago. During her time at Chaddock she was consecrated as a deaconess.
In 1905 she was accepted as a missionary by the Des Moines Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and a year later she sailed for India. From 1906 to 1927 Simonds was stationed at Vikarabad in the South India Conference. She was involved in evangelistic and education work including supervising village and night schools and adult education. From 1927 to 1938 Smonds was stationed at Tandur and Narayanpet. She also worked at Dalthabad in 1942. During her missionary years, Simonds took four furloughs: 1913, 1920, 1928, and 1936. She retired from missionary work in 1946.
This collection contains nine handwritten journals kept by Simonds while she was a missionary in India. The journals record her daily activities while serving in the mission field.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
The journals are organized chronologically.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Mildred Simonds Journals, 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.
Records of the Mission Education and Cultivation Program Department of the General Board of Global Ministries.
Microfilm Edition of the Mission Biographical Reference Files.
Records of the Women's Division of the General Board of Global Ministries.
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| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1306-5-4: 1 | Journal: July 21, 1903-December 8, 1907 | 1903-1907 |
| 1306-5-4: 2 | Journal: January 2, 1908-January 28, 1913 | 1908-1913 |
| 1306-5-4: 3 | Journal: January 30, 1913-March 3, 1918 | 1913-1918 |
| 1306-5-4: 4 | Journal: March 6, 1918-November 22, 1924 | 1918-1924 |
| 1306-5-4: 5 | Journal: November 23, 1924-October 19, 1930 | 1924-1930 |
| 1306-5-4: 6 | Journal: October 20, 1930-February 24, 1934 | 1930-1934 |
| 1306-5-4: 7 | Journal: February 25, 1934-September 25, 1935 | 1934-1935 |
| 1306-5-4: 8 | Journal: September 27, 1935-August 29, 1938 | 1935-1938 |
| 1306-5-4: 9 | Journal: August 31, 1938-August 5, 1945 | 1938-1945 |
