Evans, Maza Rose Papers

File

Identifier: MP-024

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1924-1961

Language of Materials

All materials within this collection are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Biographical / Historical

Maza Rose Evans was an educational missionary in India for 37 years. She graduated from Ottawa University, Kansas in 1921, and was appointed in 1924. She received an MA from the University of California in 1939. Ridgway Girls’ School in Golaghat, Assam was only five years old when Evans arrived and by 1955 it included nine buildings with 250 students. Graduates of the school became teachers, nurses and Bible women. Maza retired in 1961.

Extent

.6 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 12 folders)

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also American Baptist Foreign Mission Society: Missionary Correspondence

File Plan

Box 1: Year: Folder 1: Evans, Maza Letters 1924, 1941 Folder 2: Letters Home. Assam 1924-1930 Folder 3: Letters Home. Japan and Assam 1931-1938 Folder 4: Letters Home. Assam 1939-1946 Folder 5: Letters Home. Assam 1948-1954 Folder 6: Letters Home. Assam 1956-1961, 1967 Folder 7: no folder 7 Folder 8: Letters from Assam, India. First Term 1924-1930 Folder 9: Letters from Assam, India. Second Term 1931-1938 Folder 10: Letters from Assam, India. Third Term 1939-1946 Folder 11: Letters from Assam, India. Fourth Term 1948-1955

Box 2: Folder 1: Letters from Assam, India. Fifth Term 1956-1961