Carpenter, John Baker

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 MS 380334
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full title	: Carpenter, John Baker
Date(s)	: Created c1899-1926
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Carpenter | John Baker | b 1874 | missionary

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Baker Carpenter was born in Cheltenham in 1874. He was educated at Cheltenham and County School and later attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he graduated with a second class Theology Tripos in 1896. He was appointed to the Church Missionary Society on 30 June 1896. From 1897 to1899 he served as Curate of St. Thomas's, Birmingham. He was posted to Fukien Mission, Foochow on 6 October 1899. He served in Foochow from 1899 to 1901, and 1908 to 1911. Between 1901 and 1907, he was stationed at Futsing, and between 1911 and 1914 at Kutien. From 1915 to 1920 he taught at the Union Theological College at Foochow (later the Fukien Christian University), and from 1917 to 1920 he was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Fukien. He returned from China in 1921. He married Edith Casson on 22 April 1901. Their son John was a missionary with the China Inland Mission.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters, papers and photographs, c1899-1926, of John Baker Carpenter, relating to his service in China. They include letters written to Carpenter from Chinese students (c1899-1921).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Chinese documents and letters are included. Some of the Chinese letters have English translations.

System of arrangement:

Items have been arranged chronologically where possible.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased in 1981.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Church Missionary Society Archive is held at the University of Birmingham Library.

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
15 May 2000