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| Record Creator: | Stahl, Minta May |
| Title: | Stahl Family Papers |
| Date Span: | 1903-1999 |
| Abstract: | Ruth, Minta and Tizrah Stahl were Methodist Episcopal Church missionaries serving in China from the early to mid-twentieth century. Ruth was interned by the Japanese Army in 1941 until her release two years later. The items in this collection are photographs, slides, correspondence, and publications from the time that Ruth Louise Stahl, Minta May Stahl, and Tirzah Marie Stahl spent in China serving as missionaries. The collection contains photographs, portraits, photograph albums, correspondence, higher education documents and artifacts from the missionary work of the Stahl family members. |
| Extent: | 1.4 cubic feet |
| Identification: | gcah.ms.gcah5972 |
Ruth Louise Stahl, Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Church Missionary, was born on April 8, 1887 in Somerset, Ohio to Clara W. Stahl. Her father's name is not known at the present time. Ruth is the sister of Minta May Stahl who later married A. W. Nagler. Osie Stahl is her other sibling. Stahl attended Canal Winchester High School, Ohio State University and Mount Union Conservatory where she earned a Bachelor of Music in 1909.
Ruth received her Women's Foreign Missionary Society appointment to China in November 1917. She set sail that same month. Upon arriving in China her assignment was to teach music at North China Women's College in Beijing. Later the college would become part of Yenching University. The school was closed by the Japanese in 1941. For the next two years Ruth was interned by the Japanese until repatriation in December 1943. Ruth then sailed back to the United States but returned to China in 1946 for two more years of service. Her official missionary retirement came in March 1951. Ruth died in July 1959.
Minta May Stahl, and Tirzah Marie Stahl were also missionaries who served in China between 1917 to 1945. They worked in various schools around China with students of all ages. Minta May Stahl worked in Tientsin, China and Tirzah Marie Stahl worked in Taianfu, Shantung, China.
This collection contains photographs, portraits, photograph albums, correspondence, higher education documents and artifacts from the missionary work of the Stahl family members. The numerous photographs and photograph albums contain images of former students including wedding photographs, other missionary workers and various landscapes in China.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Papers have been arranged by record type.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Stahl Family Papers, 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.
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.
United Methodist Church (U.S.). General Board of Global Ministries. Women's Division.
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1586-5-1: 01 | Artifacts | 1936 |
| 1586-5-1: 02 | Autograph Book: Ruth Stahl | 1936 |
| 1586-5-1: 05 | Higher Education Documents | 1914-1940 |
| 1586-5-1: 07 | Newspaper Clippings | 1965 |
| 1586-5-1: 08 | Photographs | 1920-1955 |
| 1586-5-1: 09 | Photographs | 1920-1955 |
| 1586-5-1: 10 | Photographs | 1920-1955 |
| 1586-5-1: 11 | Photographs | 1920-1955 |
| 1586-5-3: 01 | Photograph Album: China - Folder 1 | 1920-1946 |
| 1586-5-3: 02 | Photograph Album: China - Folder 2 | 1920-1946 |
| 1586-5-4: 01 | Photograph Album: China | 1934-1947 |
| 1586-5-5: 01 | Photograph Album: China - Accordion Style | Undated |
| 1586-5-5: 02 | Photograph Album: China - Accordion Style | 1925 |
| 1586-5-5: 03 | Photograph Album: China - Accordion Style | 1926 |
| 1586-5-5: 04 | Postcards | 1919-1930 |
| 1586-5-5: 05 | Publications | 1903-1955 |
| 1586-5-5: 07 | Self-Publications | 1970 |
| 1586-5-6: 04 | Portraits | 1920-1941 |
| 1586-5-1: 12 | Slides: China | 1969-1972 |
