Guide to the Anderson Family Papers
Prepared by Robert Drew Simpson, Assistant Archivist, Kristen Turner and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivists
United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church
6/1/2000
Overview of Collection
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| Record Creator: |
Anderson, Karl E. |
| Title: |
The Anderson Family Papers |
| Date Span: |
1900 - 1970 | Click here to view the finding aid format suitable for requesting material at the Archives. |
| Abstract: |
Karl E. Anderson (1867-1946) and his wife, Emma Jennie Wardle Anderson, were American missionaries with the Methodist Episcopal
Church in India from 1899-1932. He was recruited by Bishop James Mills Thoburn. Karl Anderson was appointed in June 1899
and sailed on October 21, 1899. On October 23, 1903, he married Emma Jennie Wardle. Dorothea Anderson (Mrs. Bernard Kemper),
missionary and educator, was the daughter of Karl and Emma Anderson. Dorothea served as a short term educational missionary
in Southern India. She later taught religious education in the San Francisco Theological Seminary and in the California public
schools. This collection contains items related to the Karl E. Anderson family. Record types include diaries, sermons, notes,
correspondence, manuscripts, images and artifacts.
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| Extent: |
1.36 cubic feet |
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Biographical Note
Karl E. Anderson (1867-1946) and his wife, Emma Jennie Wardle Anderson (1878-1963), were education missionaries with the Methodist
Episcopal Church in India from 1899 to 1932. Educated at Cornell College (M.A., 1899) in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, He was recruited
as a missionary by Bishop James Mills Thoburn. Karl Anderson was appointed to India in June 1899 and sailed on October 21,
1899. He worked first in Madras (1899-1901) and later in Bangalore (1901-1909). On October 23, 1903 he married Emma Jennie
Wardle.
In January 1909 Anderson returned to the United States on furlough and took a leave of absence from missionary work. He was
active in the Upper Iowa and Northwest Iowa Conferences, but was later reappointed to India on November 19, 1913 to work in
Kolar, Bangalore, and Bidar. From 1926 to 1930 he served as District Superintendent for Bidar. He retired June 1, 1932,
and died at Glendale, California on September 5, 1946.
Emma Jennie Wardle Anderson was educated at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa (1903), and at the Chicago Training School.
Before becoming a missionary, she taught music at the Chicago Training School from 1901 to 1902. She was first appointed
to the India field in April of 1903 and sailed to India on September 19, 1903. In that year she married Karl Anderson. She
worked with her husband in Kolar, Bangalore, and Bidar until their retirement in 1932.
Dorothea Anderson Kemper, missionary and educator, was the daughter of Karl and Emma Anderson. She served as a short-term
educational missionary in southern India. She later taught religious education in the San Francisco Theological Seminary
and in the California public schools.
Scope Note
This collection contains items related to the Karl E. Anderson family. The bulk of this collection are Karl Anderson's diaries
which are dated 1897-1905, 1914-1915, 1924, 1926-1927, and 1929-1934. The diaries contain information about his daily experiences
and religious observations. Other records include sermons and writings which are in outline format (undated), notes from
which Anderson preached (undated), and a poem (undated). There are also several biographical materials (1931-1970) in this
collection. Dorothea Anderson's materials of creative writings (undated) are located in a single folder. These items are
mostly plays and articles on Indian mission subjects. There is also a folder of letters and articles (1933- 1945) by or about
Bishop William F. Oldham. This includes correspondence from Oldham and a copy of his funeral service bulletin. Oldham was
the subject of a 3,000 word biography written by Emma Anderson. Helen Rieger Emmerson has a manuscript (1970) on the history
of the Lisbon, Iowa, United Methodist Church. This piece covers the time period when Anderson pastored the church. In addition
there are two photographs: one of the General Committee of the Foreign Mission Board from November 1913, and a second picture
of the General Executive Committee of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society in October 1923. The two artifacts in this collection
include a Bidar metal vase (undated) with a copy of a legend and a woven straw tray (undated).
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
The collection is organized by record type. When possible, materials in the record types are arranged chronologically. All
undated material will be found at the beginning of each folder in which they are located.
Preferred Citation
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder,
Anderson 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.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
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Index Terms
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Subject Names - Personal |
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Anderson, Dorthea |
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Anderson, Emma Jennie Wardle |
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Emmerson, Helen Rieger |
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Pickett, J. Waskom |
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Anderson, Emma Wardle |
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Oldham, William Fitzjames |
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Subject Topics |
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Women |
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Missionaries |
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Subject Geographic |
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Iowa |
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India |
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Genre |
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Artifacts |
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Correspondence |
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Diaries |
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Photographs |
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Poetry |
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Obituaries |
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Sermons |
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Occupations |
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District Superintendent |
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Minister |
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Missionary |
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1128-4-3:
4
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Diaries: January-October |
1900 |
| 1128-4-3:
5
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Diaries: November-February |
1900-1902 |
| 1128-4-3:
6
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Diaries: March-December |
1902 |
| 1128-4-3:
8
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Diaries: January-October |
1904-1905 |
| 1128-4-3:
9
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Diaries |
1914-1915 |
| 1128-4-3:
10
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Diaries: January-December |
1920 |
| 1128-4-3:
11
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Diaries |
1924 |
| 1128-4-3:
12
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Diaries |
1926 |
| 1128-4-3:
13
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Diaries |
1927 |
| 1127-5-1:
1
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Diaries |
1928-1929 |
| 1127-5-1:
2
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Diaries: February-January |
1929-1930 |
| 1127-5-1:
3
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Diaries: February-August |
1930 |
| 1127-5-1:
4
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Diaries: March-August |
1931-1932 |
| 1127-5-1:
5
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Diaries: August-June |
1932-1934 |
| 1127-5-1:
6
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Sermons and Writings |
Undated |
| 1127-5-1:
7
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Sermons and Writings |
Undated |
| 1127-5-1:
8
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Sermons and Writings |
Undated |
| 1127-5-1:
9
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Biographical Materials |
1931-1970 |
| 1127-5-1:
10
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Creative Writing Dorothea Anderson |
Undated |
| 1127-5-1:
11
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Bishop W.F.Oldham |
1933-1945 |
| 5041-4-1:
1
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Bidar Vase |
Undated |
| 5041-4-2:
1
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Straw Tray |
Undated |
| 1644-5-1:
3
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Photographs |
1913-1923 |
| 1127-5-1:
12
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Photographs |
1900-1906 |
