Brush, Helen and Edwin Papers

File

Identifier: RG-1583

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1923-1939

Creator

Brush, Helen Humphrey, 1892-1985 (Person)
Brush, Edwin Charles, 1886-1956 (Person)
Brush, Stanley E. (Person)

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.

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

Helen and Edwin Brush were stationed in Bengal-Orissa in eastern India during the 1920s and into the 1940s. Edwin was pastor of the Union Church in Khargpur as well as treasurer of the Bengal-Orissa Baptist Mission. Buring their last term, they were stationed in Rangoon, Burma. Edwin was pastor of Judson College Church and Helen ran the Guest House. They raised John Edwin, Frances Helen and Stanley Elwood.

Extent

.4 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Stanley E Brush, 2016.

Related Materials

See also American Baptist Foreign Mission Society: Missionary Correspondence

File Plan

Correspondence from Helen, Edwin and Stanley 1923 to 1939, and arranged by date; Book - Farewell the Winterline, Memories of a Boyhood in India by Stanley Brush 1998.