1924-1979 General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940 1/22/2008
Jenny Lind Collection 1924-1979 1.87 cu. feet gcah. ms. 4670 The purpose of this finding aid is to help you understand the nature of this collection and to assist you in the retrieval of material from this collection. The following pages contain a brief biographical history of the person, or persons, who created or collected these papers, followed by a general description of the collection in the scope and content note. If more detailed information is warranted then series descriptions also appear. The container listing appears last and is the listing of material in each box, or container, of this collection. To request material you need to turn to the container listing section. It is essentially a listing of file folders, or artifact items, in the collection. Each folder, or item, has a call number associated with it. Each folder also lists the inclusive dates of the material in the folder. On the material request form list both the call number and the folder, or item, title. Use a different line for each folder, or item, requested. When your request sheet is complete, or full, bring it to the archivist and the material will be retrieved. Biographical Note Jenny Sophia Lind (1893-1988), American Missionary, was born on August 31, 1983 in Tioga, Pennsylvania. Her father, August Lind, was born in Sweden on October 27, 1857 and came to America as a young man, locating at Morris Run for short time, later coming to Tioga, where he spent the rest of his life. He was married to Matilda Johnson who died June 10, 1920, and he was an active member of the Tioga Methodist Church during his entire life in Tioga. Her parents were of thrifty, industrious Swedish stock. She received her education in the Mansfield State Normal School, Pennsylvania; Missionary Training Institute, Nyack in New York; Hartford School of Missions and School of Religious Education (Bachelor of Religious Education). She worked as a pre-missionary employment for sixteen years in rural schools, Tioga in Pennsylvania (1912-1914), Alleghany County academy in Cumberland, Maryland (1914-1917), Kuling American School in China (1924-1926), and Public School in Morristown, New Jersey (1927-1928). She returned to the U.S.A. when the Kuling school was closed by Civil War. Lind was appointed a missionary on May 28, 1929 by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church and return to China. She taught in Knowles Bible Training School, Kuikiang, China (September 1929-1935), Knowles-Rulison Joint School as well as Principal and Treasurer (November 1936-June 1942), Baldwin Girls School and Nanchang Academy, China (April 1948-June 1950), Colegio Americano, Porto Alegre, Brazil (March 1945-February 1947), at Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan (January 1951-February 1953), Fukuoka Jo Gakuin, Fukuoka, Japan (September 1954-July 1957), and Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan (September 1957-July 1960). After official retirement in 1961, she taught at the Kuling American School to Yokohama, Japan to 1964. Lind went furloughs (1935-September 1936; August 1942-March 1945). During that furloughs, she attended numerous schools of high education. She died on March 27, 1988. Scope Note The collection contains materials relating Lind's personal activities as a missionary. There are seventeenth diaries in this collection. They range in date from 1924 to1979. The years 1926 to 1928 and 1939 are missing. Entries in these diaries are only a few lines and discuss daily events, school activities, Bible meetings, and weather conditions. Many of the diaries reflect China's social unrest because of Western intervention. One diary makes note of mid to late twentieth century China and is a good resource for a student of Chinese culture as impacted by Protestant mission work. Another diary describes the military occupation in Kimkiang and communist regime in Nanchung. There is one more diary which describes historical sites of Egypt, the Middleast and Europe. Correspondence is dated from 1935 to1962 and relates to family and friends, including "Memories of Page 1
China" in 1951. There are two memory scrapbook, dated 1960 and 1964 respectively, which were created by Lind's Bible Class Students. A third scrapbook is a 1959 graduation commemorative yearbook from Aoyama Woman's Junior College in Tokyo, Japan. The final part of this collection contains various clippings, programs, pamphlets, and photographs related to Lind's work and family. Arrangement Material has been arranged in the following manner. By record type and then by date within record type. By record type and then by date within record type. Related Material Frances Bray collection. Microfilm Edition of the Missionary files series of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church Mission Biographical Reference Files Drew University Methodist Collection Reference Files Access Restrictions There are no restrictions regarding this collection. Restrictions on Use Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required. Preferred Citation When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Jenny Lind Collection, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH,. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor. Subject Terms Subject Names - Corporate Methodist Church (U.S.) Methodist Episcopal Church United Methodist Church (U.S.) Subject Topics Women. Subject Geographic Brazil China Japan. Genre Clippings Page 2
Correspondence Diaries Photographs Poetry Postcards Programs Scrapbooks Yearbooks. Occupations Missionary. Page 3
Container List Call Number Folder Title Date(s) 1601-5-1:1 Autographs, Programs, Clippings and Photos 1927-1929 1601-5-1:2 Diary 1924 1601-5-1:3 Diary 1925 1601-5-1:4 Diary 1929-1933 1601-5-2:1 Diary 1935 1601-5-2:2 Diary 1934-1938 1601-5-2:3 Diary 1940-1944 1601-5-2:4 Diary 1945-1949 1601-5-3:1 Diary 1950-1954 1601-5-3:2 Diary 1955-1959 1601-5-3:3 Diary 1960-1964 1601-5-4:1 Diary 1965-1969 1601-5-4:2 Diary 1970-1971 1601-5-4:3 Diary 1970-1974 1601-5-4:4 Diary 1974 1601-5-4:5 Diary 1975-1979 1601-5-4:6 Clippings and Miscellaneous 1927-1970 1601-5-4:7 Correspondence 1930-1978 1601-5-4:8 Photographs 1940-1960 1601-5-5:1 Graduation Commemoration Yearbook - Aoyama Woman's Junior College 1959 1601-5-5:2 Memory Scrapbook 1960 1601-5-5:3 Memory Scrapbook 1964 Page 4