J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers
Sargent, Susan Barbara Tallmon, 1872-1950
ACCN 1107
3.5 linear feet
7 boxes
1891-1973
The Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers (1891-1973) consist of correspondence, journals, news clippings, reports, articles, guest books, and financial documents collected by Sargent's niece, Ardis Hitchcock, who was planning on writing a biography of Sargent, a medical missionary to China.
English
Chinese
Susan Barbara Tallmon (1872-1950) was born in Iowa on 15 December 1872 to George Washington and Susan Carhart Tallmon. She was educated at Grinnell College and received an M.D. from Northwestern University Woman's Medical School in 1902. She was a physician and medical missionary to Lintsing, China, from 1905 to 1918. She married Rev. Benjamin Farrington Sargent in 1916. After returning from China, the couple lived in Berkeley, California. She died on 21 February 1950.
The Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers (1891-1973) consist of correspondence, journals, news clippings, reports, articles, guest books, and financial documents collected by Sargent's niece, Ardis Hitchcock, who was planning on writing a biography of Sargent, a medical missionary to China.
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Donated by Carolyn McKay in 2009.
Processed by Karen Carver in 2009.
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Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1606).
See also the Burton Howard and Angelina Carhart Tallmon Jones papers (ACCN 2132) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Sargent, Susan Barbara Tallmon, 1872-1950--Archives
Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands--Archives
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions--Archives
Woman's Hospital Medical College of Chicago--Alumni and alumnae--Archives
Grinnell College--Alumni and alumnae--Archives
Missionaries, Medical--China--Linqing Shi--20th century--Archives
Missions, Medical--China--Linqing Shi--20th century
Missions--China--Linqing Shi--20th century
Women physicians--China--Linqing Shi--20th century--Archives
Missionary settlements--China--Linqing Shi
Women missionaries--China--Linqing Shi--Archives
Missionaries
Articles
Personal correspondence
Diaries
Annual reports
Visitors' books
Address books
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Travel writing
Correspondence and Journals
Correspondence
1890s
1
1
Correspondence
1895-1904
1
2
Correspondence
1905
1
3
Correspondence
1906
1
4
Correspondence
1907
1
5
Correspondence
1908
1
6
Correspondence
1909
1
7
Correspondence
1910
1
8
Correspondence
1911
2
1
Correspondence
1912
2
2
Journal
1912
2
3
Correspondence
1913
2
4
Journal
1913
2
5
Correspondence
1914
2
6
Journal
1914
2
7
Correspondence
1915
2
8
Correspondence
1916
2
9
Wedding
1916
2
10
Correspondence
1917
2
11
Correspondence
1918
2
12
Correspondence
1919
2
13
Correspondence
1920
2
14
Correspondence
1921
3
1
Finances
1921
3
2
Correspondence
1922
3
3
Correspondence
1923
3
4
Correspondence
1924
3
5
Correspondence
1925
3
6
Correspondence
1926
3
7
Correspondence
1927
3
8
Correspondence
1928
3
9
Correspondence
1929
3
10
Correspondence
1930
3
11
Correspondence
1931
3
12
Correspondence
1932
3
13
Correspondence
1933
3
14
Correspondence
1934
3
15
Correspondence
1935
3
16
Correspondence
1936
4
1
Correspondence
1937
4
2
Correspondence
1940s-1950s
4
3
Correspondence
Undated
4
4
Postcards
Undated
4
5
Research Correspondence (Ardis)
1970s
4
6
Biographical Information, Research Files and Memorabilia
1936-1970s
Biographical Information (Ardis's Notes)
4
7
"First Fifty Years: Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific, 1873-1923"
1923
5
1
Grinnell Public Schools
1880-1892
5
2
Baby Shower
1894
5
3
Memorabilia
1890s
5
4
Memorabilia
1890s
5
5
Classmate Cards
1891
5
6
Notebook
1905-1907
5
7
Mission Account Book
1908-1910
5
8
Guest Book
1908-1929
5
9
"Annual Report, North China Mission of the American Board"
1913
6
1
Williams Porter Hospital
1913-1939
6
2
"Annual Report, North China Mission of the American Board"
1914
6
3
"An Eventful Year in North China"
1914
6
4
Lintsing China, Miscellaneous Publications
1915-1930
6
5
"The Missionary Herald"
1916
6
6
Accounts, Edith
6
7-8
Account Book
1921
6
9
Madrone Cottage Summer Guests
1922
6
10
National Geographic
1925
6
11
Lintsing Memorial Hospital Annual Reports
1926-1940
6
12
Missions, Miscellaneous Pamphlets
1930s
6
13
Guest Book
1930-1940
6
14
Emily F. Bostwick, "A China Travelogue"
1933
7
1
National Geographic
1945
7
2
Address Book
7
3
Autographs
7
4
Chinese Language Booklet
7
5
Chinese Language Correspondence
7
6
Images, Lintsingchow, Shantung, China
7
7
Medical Notebook
7
8
News Clippings
7
9
Miscellaneous Writing
7
10