The Diocese of Honan was created in 1912 with William Charles White serving as its first bishop.
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Fonds consists of registers of marriages and baptisms and banns and applications for marriage in the diocese. All names registered are of non-Chinese descent.
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Mary Gladys Peters (1883-1969) graduated from the Church of England Deaconess and Missonary Training House, 1914. She studied nursing at the Toronto General Hospital, 1914-1917. Served at St. Paul's Hospital, Kweiteh, Honan, China until 1938.
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Fonds consists of notebooks concerning Mary Peter's experience living in Honan, China, letters written to Mary Peters and a paper recollecting Mary Peter's experiences in Honan, China. Also includes Diaries written during training in Canada and service in China.
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Susie Starkey Kelsey (1894-1953) came with her family from England to Winnipeg where she was educated, graduating with a B.A. and then R.N. from Winnipeg General Hospital. She trained at the Anglican Women's Training College in Toronto, and was appointed to the Diocese of Honan for service in St. Paul's Hospital, Kweiteh, China in 1924. In 1945, she returned to Canada and was appointed as Matron and General Supervisor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in Lytton, B.C. On Sept. 14, 1953, Susie Kelsey went missing and her body was found later in the Fraser River at Mission, B.C., presumed drowned.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a typescript of an article written by Bishop W.C. White "Susie S. Kelsey, B.A., R.N." which was printed in Living Message, Dec. 1953. Included is correspondence relating to Miss Kelsey's sudden death and plans for erecting a plaque in her memory as well as biographical information about her.
Bishop William Charles White (1873-1960) was a missionary in Fukien, China, 1897-1909 and Bishop of the Canadian missionary Diocese of Honan, China, 1909-1934. He returned to Toronto as Professor of Chinese Studies and as Keeper of the East Asiatic Collection at the Royal Ontario Museum, a collection enhanced by his connections. He was also a biographer of the Rev. Canon H.J. Cody.
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Fonds consists of missionary reports, histories and biographies from the Diocese of Honan in China, arranged in chronological order, photographs of people and places in the Diocese, a stole belonging to Bishop White, three sets of rubbings of Jewish memorial stones from Kaifeng (approx. dates: 1489-1512), W.C. White's correspondence and biographical notes, arranged chronologically (1896-1958), sermon notes and articles written on Chinese archeology, history, ethnology, everyday life and other miscellaneous matters, pamphlets written in both English and Chinese.
Fonds arranged in five series:
Series 1. Diocese of Honan, China, 1909-1950
Series 2. Personal correspondence, 1896-1957
Series 3. Writings, 1909-1956
Series 4. Pamphlets
Series 5. Photographs and rubbings.
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