Correspondence, 1953
Scope and Contents note
Jean Lingle was born on March 4, 1868 in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a newlywed, she moved to China with her husband, Rev. William H. Lingle in 1889. The Lingles spent the next 43 years working as Presbyterian missionaries and educators in China. For a time Mrs. Lingle worked as the principle of the Fuhsiang High School for Girls.
In 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Lingle moved to Pasadena, California. They had two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Lingle Amos and Mrs. Dorothea Lingle Brannon. Mrs. Lingle died on September 12, 1953 at the age of 85 years old.
The bulk of the Lingle collection contains correspondence (1889-1953), writings on her experiences in China, reports from the girls middle school where Lingle worked, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1953
Creator
- From the Collection: Cross, Rowland McLean (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Ely, Lois Anna (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Gillespie, Miln (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Horn, Josie E. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Houston, Lyda S. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Ikenberry, Ernest Leroy (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Jones, Francis Price (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Kellogg, Claude R. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Lingle, Jean (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Luce, Henry (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: McCallum, James H. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Potts, Anna Hortense (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Rowley, Grace (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Shepherd, Clara Sargent (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Simkin, Robert (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Topping, William Hill (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Tootell, George T. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Steurt, Marjorie Rankin (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Smythe, Lewis S. C. (Lewis Strong Casey) (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Winans, Pearl B. Fosnot (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Ady, Merrill S. (Creator, Person)
Access
Collection open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 20.5 Linear Feet (35 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General Physical Description note
autograph letter signed, typed letter signed
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu