IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380627
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
Title: Lucas, Edith M
Date(s): 1890-1891
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Cox | Edith M | fl 1890-1891 | née Lucas | missionary
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Edith M Lucas was born into a wealth Jewish family, but converted to Christianity and served as a missionary with the China Inland Mission, working in Chinkiang in KiangSu province. After her marriage she was Edith Cox.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopy of a manuscript letterbook, 1890-1891, of Edith M Lucas, containing copies of circular letters to her friends describing missionary work, her experiences in China, her religious reflections, also including an account of Jews in China.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Database.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Copied from the original letterbook in 1994.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
The original letterbook is held by the grandson of Edith M Lucas.
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2002