Letters from Grace to her mother and friends, 1912
Scope and Contents note
Grace Rowley was born on May 1, 1887 in Valparaiso, Indiana, but spent the majority of her childhood in Southern California. She received her B.A. from Occidental College, Los Angeles, in 1910, majoring in English and Latin. In 1909, while attending a Y.W.C.A. students' she decided to become a missionary. In 1910 she was appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church to the West Shantung Mission in Weihsien, China. Miss Rowley resided in Weihsien until the Japanese invasion in 1927, fleeing to Japan for several months. By the fall of 1927, Miss Rowley was able to return back to the Weihsien compound and stayed until 1932. From 1932-1941, Miss Rowley resided in Yihsien, Shantung, where she was principal of the Girls' Middle School. From 1946-1947, she worked in a hospital and taught English in the mission's school for boy in Hwaiyuan, Anhwei. In total, Miss Rowley spent over 30 years living in China as a missionary. She completed her professional life at Ming Quong Home in Los Gatos, California, where she worked from 1949-1952. Grace Rowley died on June 28, 1982 at 95 years of age.
Dates
- Creation: 1912
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
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