Case, Brayton and Lena Papers

File

Identifier: RG-1586

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1897-1943

Language of Materials

Materials within this collection are in English and in Burmese.

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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

Brayton Clarke Case was born in Rangoon in 1887, son of pioneer Burma missionaries. He attended Brown University for two years and received his degree from the University of California in 1910. He also attended Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University. Appointed to foreign service in November 1912, he sailed to Burma in October 1913. Brayton Case founded Pyinmana Agricultural School, and was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal by the Governor of Burma for his service to practical agriculture in 1934. Case drowned while engaged in relief and rehabilitation work behind the fighting lines of the allied armies in Northern Burma in 1944.

Lena Tillman Case (1882-1939) was born in Germany but grew up in Western Pennsylvania and graduated from the State Normal School. She was appointed a missionary in 1911 arrived at the English Girls’ High School in Moulmein, Burma in 1911. In January 1917 she married Brayton Case and son Clarke was born in February 1918. At the Pyinmana Agricultural School she ministered to women in their homes, with special emphasis on the health and care of their families.

Extent

.8 Linear Feet (2 letter manuscript boxes)

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also American Baptist Foreign Mission Society: Missionary Correspondence

File Plan

Box 1: Lena Case letters 1923 to 1939, letters to church in U.S. and family, photographs, recipes and materials from Lena’s death including obituaries, funeral service and letters

Box 2: Brayton letter to Lena 1939, Brayton letters to Clarke 1931 to 1943, Brayton WABFMS correspondence, reports of the Pyinmana Agricultural School, certificates, John Elijah Case diaries 1897 to 1900, Lilly B. Case letters 1914 to 1916, passport, war pass, Hymns of Praise in Burmese, 2020 addition outgoing correspondence from Lena and Clarke