ORU_A174.xml Guide to the Charles Garnet Trimble Papers 1914-1964 Trimble (Charles Garnet) papers Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-22. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
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Charles Garnet Trimble papers Trimble, Edith Alford, 1886-1965 Trimble, Charles Garnet, 1884-1966 A 174 0.5 linear feet 1 container 1 clamshell box 1914-1964 Charles G. Trimble (1884 - ) was a medical missionary in China. He was associated with the Methodist Mission in Foochow in 1914, and later with the Alden Speare Memorial Hospital in Yenping. The collection (1914-1964) contains correspondence, collected Chinese documents, and a few personal items. English . 1

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 Trimble, Edith Alford, 1886-1965 Trimble, Charles Garnet, 1884-1966 Trimble, Charles Garnet, 1884-1966 Trimble, Edith Alford, 1886-1965 Alden Speare Memorial Hospital Methodist Episcopal Church--Missions--China Methodist Episcopal Church--Missions--China--Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) China--Social life and customs--20th century Methodist women--China--Correspondence Missionaries, Medical--China--Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) Missionaries, Medical--China Missionaries, Medical--China--Correspondence Women missionaries--China Methodist women--China Religion Diaries Correspondence Visas Scrapbooks Newspapers Account books Passports Pamphlets

Charles G. Trimble (1884 - ) was a medical missionary in China. He was associated with the Methodist Mission in Foochow in 1914, and later with the Alden Speare Memorial Hospital in Yenping.

The collection (1914-1964) contains over ninety pieces of correspondence, collected Chinese documents, and a few personal items.

Correspondence includes a series of Trimble's "round robin" letters (1930-1964) to missionary friends and associates.

There is also a folder of letters from Chinese students and associates, 1922-1930.

There are also letters, a diary, and a small scrapbook diary, by Mrs. Edith Alford Trimble (1914-1920) describing her life in China.

Another folder contains letters from C. G. Trimble, 1925, a minister in a Bartonville, Illinois, Methodist Church.

There is a folder of collected pamphlets and small newspapers from China.

The collection also includes a personal account book, mostly detailing food purchases (1917-1918), and a folder consisting of passports and visas.

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