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Mary Letitia Lamb fonds
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CA ON00340 F3299
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1920-1941 (Creation)
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- Lamb, Mary Letitia, 1879-1961
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12 cm of textual records
5 photographs
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(1879-1961)
Biographical history
Mary Letitia Lamb (1879-1961) was a Methodist/United Church missionary to China. She was born in St. Andrew's East, Quebec, attended McGill University part-time as a young adult, and was active in young people's work in the Methodist Church. In 1920 she volunteered to be Matron of the Canadian School for Missionary Children in West China; she learned the Chinese language and in 1926 was appointed by the Woman's Missionary Society to evangelistic work. She returned to Canada in 1941.
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This material forms part of the General Council program of the United Church of Canada Archive.
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Fonds consists of diaries, 1920-1940; correspondence to Canada, 1923-1940; scrapbook of clippings and photographs.
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- English
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Open
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1986.308C
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1990.017C