Warren family correspondence of missionaries serving with the ABCFM in Japan
Overview
Correspondence and related materials of missionaries serving with the ABCFM in Japan and other members of the Warren family.
Dates
- Creation: 1848-1984
Creator
- Warren, William Edwin (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
In English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Box 14 is missing as of 2019 and is inaccessible.
The bulk of this collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
3 linear feet (14 boxes)3 items (DVD-Rs)
1 item (USB key)
Collection assembled by William Edwin Warren and other family members of correspondence and related material relating to service with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Japan and other family activities.The core of the collection is the correspondence of Charles McLean Warren, his wife Cora Frances Keith-Warren, and their son, Charles Reynolds Warren, in the 1930s and 1940s.
Biographical / Historical
Charles McLean Warren and Cora Frances Keith-Warren served in Japan with the ABCFM until 1941. Their son, Charles Reynolds Warren, came to the United States in 1927 to begin schooling after years in Kobe, Japan and later became a geologist; his American Field Service ambulance corps diary from North Africa in 1942 is present in these papers.
Arrangement
Minimally processed; arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository, b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2018M-050. Gift of William Edwin Warren, 2017 October.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2017 November.
Topical
Creator
- Warren, William Edwin (Collector, Person)
- Warren, Charles R. (Charles Reynolds) (Person)
- Warren, Charles McLean (Person)
- Keith-Warren, Cora Frances (Person)
- Warren family (Family)
- Title
- Warren family. Warren family correspondence of missionaries serving with the ABCFM in Japan (MS Am 3153): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2017 November 8
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou02859
Repository Details
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