MS 0709.1
Correspondence , 1900-1919
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0709, the Viette Brown Sprague Papers
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Last Updated: 2003/04/11
Description:
This series consists of letters and two postcards
written by Viette Brown Sprague between
1900-1919. The correspondence is addressed
chiefly to Anna C. Edwards. Two letters have
been transcribed by Edwards (one written to
Sprague's Mount Holyoke classmate Frances Dean)
and there is one photocopy of an original letter
to Edwards (the original is in the photograph
folder with photographs pasted to it). Four of
the letters were written in Kalgan, China between
1900-1908 describing the Boxer Uprising, social
and political conditions in China, China's
relations with Japan and the opium trade, the
life of missionaries in Kalgan, and Viette
Sprague's work as a teacher there. One letter
was written in Tabol, Mongolia in 1906 while the
Spragues were on vacation with other
missionaries, travelling in carts and sleeping in
tents. The later letters were written from
Shortsville, N.Y. between 1910-1919. One
describes her trip back to the United States from
China and the rest concern her family and friends
in Shortsville.
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MS 0709.2
Writings , 1905-1908
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Chronological
Forms part of MS 0709, the Viette Brown Sprague Papers
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Last Updated: 2003/04/11
Description:
This series consists of the article "Work in
Kalgan" by Viette Brown Sprague published in
"Life and Light" in October 1905 and two "Reports
of Women's Work in Kalgan" from March 31, 1907
and May 31, 1908. "Work in Kalgan" is a brief
description of missionary life in Kalgan, China
that discusses growing anti-foot binding
sentiments and the progress of the mission. In
her two reports on women's work, Sprague
describes the missionary work of her Swedish and
American colleagues, controversy over binding
feet, Bible study, a women's college in Peking
and the lives of several Chinese women who work
at the school with her in Kalgan.
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MS 0709.3
Biographical Information , ca.1893-1923
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Chronological
Forms part of MS 0709, The Viette Brown Sprague Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2003/04/11
Description:
This information includes newspaper and magazine
articles from 1903-1904 and biographical notes
written by Anna C. Edwards from about 1893-1919.
There are photocopies of two newpaper articles
from around 1900 about the Boxer Uprising and the
missionary policy in Kalgan, China towards
binding feet. Of particular note are two
articles from unidentified publications,
"Restoration of Kalgan" by Viette Brown's husband
Rev. William P. Sprague, 1903 and "Rebuilding of
Kalgan" by an unknown author, 1904. The
biographical information by Edwards includes
excerpts from Viette Brown's letters and notes
about the Spragues and their missionary work.
There are also two detailed obituaries from 1923
newspapers describing Viette Brown Sprague's life
and work.
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MS 0709.4
Photographs , ca.1871, ca.1893-1907
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Chronological
Forms part of MS 0709, the Viette Brown Sprague Papers
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2003/04/11
Description:
This series contains two formal photographs of
Viette Brown, probably after her graduation from
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1871, and about
thirty photographs taken during her years in
China. There are no photographs taken during the
Boxer Uprising in 1900, but several small,
undated photographs of scenes from Kalgan, China
might have been taken before 1900. The rest of
the photographs are from 1902-1907. Particularly
of note are photographs from Kalgan after the
Sprague's return in 1902 of Chinese women in a
classroom, several of the missionaries in front
of the recently rebuilt missionary that stands on
the ruins of the old one, a Chinese woman with
bound feet standing with her family, a family
moving, a blind beggar woman and a Russian
caravan. Most of the photographs correspond with
a descriptive letter written to Anna C. Edwards
from Tabol, Mongolia in 1906. This group shows
the missionaries traveling in carts and on
horseback, Mongolians, landscapes and animals.
Prints and photocopies have been made of the
photographs from this trip because the originals
are in poor condition.
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