Privately produced work drawing heavily on the Cook's letters. Comprises a general introduction followed by extracts and transcripts of their letters from China (principally the Hunan District of the (W)MMS) and Rev Cook's letters from Hong Kong. Author provides additional information on some events and individuals mentioned. Includes reproductions of a few photographs.
'Letters from China in War and Peace: The life and letters of the Rev & Mrs Clifford V Cook - China Missionaries 1925-1952' edited by Raymond Cook
This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London
- Reference
- GB 102 MMSL MSS/060
- Dates of Creation
- 2002
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 280 pages
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Clifford Vallence Cook (1906-1972) served the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in their Hunan District of China from 1929 to 1949 and then in Hong Kong from 1952 to 1954.
Elsie May Cook (née Cuthbertson) (1899-1999) served the Women's Auxiliary of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society from 1924 to 1937 in their Hunan District of China and then worked alongside her husband from 1937 to 1949.
Access Information
Open
Acquisition Information
Gift, accepted on behalf of the Methodist Church, from the author, May 2003
Archivist's Note
Catalogued
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