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Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Preferred Citation

Restrictions on Access

Subject Terms

Container List [ + ]

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Guide to the Frederick Merritt Pyke Photographs

Prepared by Robert Drew Simpson, Assistant Archivist and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church

5/11/1999


Overview of Collection

Record Creator: Pyke, Frederick Merritt
Title: Frederick Merritt Pyke Photographs
Date Span: Undated
Abstract: Frederick Merritt Pyke, (1884-1976), American missionary, and his wife, Frances Louise Taft Pyke, (1887-?), are the subjects of this collection of photographs together with sites and personnel associated with their missionary activity. The collection consists of four folders. Two folders depict family and native Chinese Christians. The other two folders are photographs of Chinese groups in various missions' settings.
Extent: 0.36 Cubic feet
Resource ID: gcah.ms.3459



Biographical Note

Frederick Merritt Pyke,(1884-1976), American missionary, and his wife, Frances Louise Taft Pyke, (1887-?), their colleagues and missionary stations are the subjects of a collection of photographs.

The Pykes were both children of pioneer missionaries to China. His parents were James Howell and Annabel Goodrich Pyke, and her parents were the Reverend and Mrs. Marcus L. Taft.

The Japanese interned the Pykes in a camp at Weihsien, China, for thirty months during World War II.

The Pykes had three children: Louise, Ruth, and James. In 1958, Frederick became a member of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church.


Scope Note

The Frederick Merritt Pyke Photograph collection consists of four folders. Two folders depict family and native Chinese Christians. The other two folders are photographs of Chinese groups in various mission settings.


Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, James Merritt Pyke Photographs, 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.


Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

Index Terms

Subject Name - Personal
Pyke, Frances Louise Taft
Subject Topics
Missionaries
Missions
Missions -China
Subject Geographic
China
Genre
Photographs
Occupations
Missionaries


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1350-4-4: 1 China Photographs N.D.
1350-4-4: 2 China Photographs N.D.
1350-4-4: 3 China Photographs N.D.
1350-4-4: 4 China Photographs N.D.