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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Approximately half of the collection consists of books, including some in Chinese. The other half of the collection is split between correspondence, mostly from Harold Thomas to his sister Margaret and her husband Walter, and subject files, which may have been compiled as Thomas, Sr., and his descendants wrote histories about the family and Hwa Mei Hospital. There are also various diplomas and medical licenses.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Approximately half of this collection comprises artifacts from Burma, brought or sent to the United States by various members of the Cope family. The various textiles and cloth artifacts are of particular note.Most of the remaining half of the collection comprises correspondence between the Copes, their exended family, and/or people they knew in Burma. The remainder of the collection is various papers related to Burma, the Copes' educational achievements, and...