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RG 30/138 Lewis and Lois Gilbert
Scope and Content
The papers of Lewis and Lois Gilbert document their missionary work in China from 1925 to 1941. The papers consist of sixteen spiral bound volumes containing typescript copies of letters written by the Gilberts to their families during their time in China. The letters describe their work at Yali (or Yale-in-China), Changsha, 1926-27, and as ABCFM missionaries in North China, 1929-41. Subjects include their travels to and within China, language study, school and mission events, and social activities with fellow missionaries.
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Provenance
Lewis Gilbert's second wife, Josephine Cowin Gilbert, prepared these typescripts from original and carbon copies of Lewis and Lois Gilbert's letters and journals in 1978-80. Ten sets of the bound typescripts were made and given to family members and various institutions including the Oberlin College Archives [acc. 1980/27]. The original letters and photographs are held by the Yale University Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut.
Related Materials
Original letters and carbon copies of the China letters of Lewis and Lois Gilbert are held by the Yale University Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut. (Record Group No. 144)\ Former faculty file of Lewis L. Gilbert, RG 28/3 Alumni & Development Records. For additional information about missionaries in China, see the Archives' Guide to Missionary Records. See also RG 15 Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association Records.


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