Hazel Todd Papers, 1899-1991

Overview of the Collection

Title
Hazel Todd Papers
Dates
1899-1991 (inclusive)
1899-1941 (bulk)
Quantity
1 cu. ft.
Collection Number
PNW Protestantism Collection HT
Summary
Letters witten by Hazel Todd to her parents and her sister Winifred. The letters present a vivid picturer of ther trials of missionaries in China up to the Japanese Invasion.
Repository
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment of the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Hazel Todd was born in 1893 in Minnesota. She came with her parents to California in 1909 and lived in Sierra Madre until 1911 when the family moved to Strathmore. (NOTE: Excerpted from a news article dated December 3, 1941 at Strathmore, CA.) After schooling in Strathmore she graduated from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles.

In 1920 Miss Todd went to China as a missionary for the China Inland Mission, serving first in Huban Province. For 21 years she devoted her time to that service, with the exception of three years spent on furlough at various times in the United States.

Miss Todd died on November 17, 1941 in Shucheng, Anhwei Province, from typhoid fever.

This file is made up mostly of letters written by Hazel Todd from China to her parents and to her sister Winifred. The letters present a vivid picture of the trials of missionaries in China before the Japanese invasion.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Letters witten by Hazel Todd to her parents and her sister Winifred. The letters present a vivid picturer of ther trials of missionaries in China up to the Japanese Invasion.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

This collection is open for use

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

This collection was first processed on September 2004 and last updated on Nov. 22, 2004

Related Materials

J-15-D, Julia Duan; Julia Duan. Journey Against One Currrent: the Spiritual Autobiography of a Chinese Christian (Pasadena, CA, 1997) BR1725.D715 A3 1997; N-3-H, Frank Houser

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1 Introduction and Inventory
2 Map of China Showing Mission Stations
3 History Notes 1920-1940
4 Letter Register Jan. 1936
5 Hazel Todd's Passport Jan. 24, 1929
6 Hazel Todd's Photograph
7 Letters from Hazel Todd 1899
8-9 Letters from Hazel Todd 1918-1919
10 Hazel Todd's Graduation from Bible Institute of Los Angeles Jun. 24, 1919
11 Letters from Hazel Todd 1920
12 Letters to Hazel Todd 1921
13 Letters from Hazel Todd 1917
14-18 Letters from Hazel Todd 1921-1925
19 Letters from Hazel Todd: China and Furlough 1926
20-22 Letters to and from Hazel Todd 1927-1029
23 Letters from Hazel Todd 1930
Box/Folder
d/24-26 Letters from Hazel Todd 1931-1933
Folder
27 Letters from Hazel Todd 1934
28 Letters to Hazel Todd 1934
29 Letters from Hazel Todd 1935
30-31 Letters to Hazel Todd 1935-1936
32-33 Letters from Hazel Todd 1936-1937
34 Letters to Hazel Todd 1937
35-38 Letters from Hazel Todd 1938-1941
39 Obituaries Nov. 17, 1941
40-41 Letters to Hazel Todd (Following Her Death) 1945-1946
42 Ephemera
43 United Press War News Map Dec. 31, 1941
44 Photographs
45 Snapshots circa 1938
46 Winifred Todd, "Letters from Hazel" (Fresno, CA, Liberty Printing Co. BV3427, T63, 1977 1977 and 1991
47 Marshall Broomhall, "The Jubilee Story of the China Inland Mission," (Philadelphia, China Inland Mission) Mar. 31, 1915
48 Publication Details of "Letters from Hazel Todd" Sep. 6, 1977-Jan. 10, 1982

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

  • Hazel Todd
  • Marshall Broomhall
  • Winnifred Todd

Corporate Names

  • China Inland Mission

Geographical Names

  • Huban Province
  • Republic of China
  • Republic of China
  • Shucheng, Anwei Province

Janet Hauck, H. W. Johnston and Mary B. Johnston
2004

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