Chinese Mission in New England

File — Oversize_Box: OS1, Folder: Sheet music, Christmas day by Mark Der, 1946

Identifier: Group-703

Staff Only

Content Description

Materials belonging to Mrs. E.D.Mason from when she worked at the Chinese Mission of New England, located in Boston, MA. in 1901.

Dates

Creation: 1896-1960

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

Josephine Wilmarth of New York was appointed as a home missionary among freed people in New Bern, North Carolina. There she met Edward Doran Mason, another home missionary from Vermont. They married and returned to New England where they had one daughter (original collection donor Ruth Gates). There Rev. Mason served a number of churches, traveling often and leaving Mrs. Mason and their daughter with his parents in Vermont. Concerned about her daughter’s future education, Mrs. Mason prayed for guidance and then wrote to her husband that they were moving to the Boston area. There Mrs. Mason found work with the New England Sunday School Union and its Chinese Mission.