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Author/Creator:Whittlesey, Marjorie T. (Marjorie Tooker), 1912-
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Title:Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey papers, 1927-1991 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:8 linear feet (18 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Chiefly in English.
Gift of Jean Whittlesey, 2004.
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Organization:Organized into five series: I. Family Correspondence, 1927-1963. II. General Correspondence, 1927-1983. III. Writings, 1934-1991. IV. Subject Files, 1944-1950. V. Personal Items and Memorabilia, 1927-1988.
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Biographical / Historical note:Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey served as a registered nurse at the Yale-in-China hospital in Changsha, China from 1939 to 1944 and 1946-1947. Following her marriage and return to the United States she wrote numerous short stories, books, and articles. Her parents, Mary and Frederick J. Tooker M.D., were Presbyterian missionaries in Kuling, Kiangsi during her childhood and early adult life.
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Summary:Correspondence and writings document the life and work of Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey and her parents, and the operations of Yale-in-China during World War II. The collection also contains substantive documentation of the life and work of Ilma Ruth Aho, a Finnish missionary about whom Whittlesey wrote a biography.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available in respository and on internet.
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Cite as:Marjorie Tooker Whittlesey Papers (RG 197). Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
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Subjects:Aho, Ilma Ruth.
Whittlesey, Marjorie T. (Marjorie Tooker), 1912-
Yale-in-China Association.
Missionaries--China--Biography.
Missions--China.
Nurses--China.
Women missionaries--Biography.
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Occupation:Missionaries
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/7720007