Jones, Mary I. Papers

File — Box: Multi-collection Box 24

Identifier: MP-035

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1932-1933

Creator

Jones, Mary I. (Mary Isabel), -1944 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials in the collection are in Enlgish and Chinese

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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

Mary Jones was born in Antrim, Ohio and graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. She taught in Ohio for a short time before heading to China in 1907. She founded the Memorial Mothercraft School at Huchow. In 1937 teachers and students alike were compelled to flee before the invading Japanese army but a temporary establishment was set up. Jones was interned by the Japanese, but the authorities gave her special consideration. She was repatriated in 1943. Her doctor recommended rest after the Christmas holidays, but she suffered a heart attack in January 1944 and passed away.

Extent

2 Files (2 folders)

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also American Baptist Foreign Mission Society: Missionary Correspondence

File Plan

Box 1:

Folder 1: Mother-craft School Resources Mary I. Jones, China 1932-1933

Folder 2: Christian Parent Material by Mary I. Jones, Christian Parent Material sent to co-workers, Chinese, in Huchow and elsewhere. One of very first Mother-craft School in Orient Huchow, East China.