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| Record Creator: | Avett, Louise |
| Title: | Louise Avett Papers |
| Date Span: | 1933-1989 |
| Abstract: | Louise Avett was a Methodist missionary to China. The collection is made up of material relating to her work as a missionary. |
| Extent: | 0.45 cubic feet |
| Resource ID: | gcah.ms.3802 |
Louise Avett,, an American missionary, was born May 7, 1903, in Norwood, North Carolina. She received an A. B. from Duke University and an M. A. from Scarritt College. Avett taught fifth grade in the United States prior to her missionary service in China, which lasted from 1932 to 1945. Part of her service included evangelistic and social work in the Soochow, Changhsu Ku, Haito, Huchow provinces of East China and the Houchuan Province of West China. Teaching duties included working at the Hwa Mei, Hochuan, Dahoba, Tongnan, and Gwei Chin Tze primary and middle schools. When itinerating, Avett would stay with numerous families and minister to them for several days at a time. She also taught in Hong Kong during the 1960s. Louise Avett died sometime in the early 1990s.
Her correspondence throughout the 1930s and 1940s illuminate her teaching in China. The correspondence from the 1960s reveal that she was in Hong Kong pursuing the same interest in teaching. Other materials include prayer diaries, journals, several printed publications, photographs, and a Chinese script.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Material is arranged by record type, and then chronologically by calendar date.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Louise Avett 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 regarding this collection.
Index Terms | ||
| Subject Topics | ||
| Missionaries. | ||
| Subject Geographic | ||
| China | ||
| Hong Kong. | ||
| Genre | ||
| Correspondence | ||
| Diaries | ||
| Journals | ||
| Photographs | ||
| Publications | ||
| Scripts. | ||
| Occupations | ||
| Missionary. | ||
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1352-2-1: 1 | Correspondence: Professional | 1942-1971 |
| 1352-2-1: 2 | Correspondence: Private | 1932-1940 |
| 1352-2-1: 3 | Correspondence: Private | 1941-1958 |
| 1352-2-1: 4 | Correspondence: Private | 1960-1962 |
