Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

H. M. Lewis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 09/08/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and processed in September 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/H. M. Lewis">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/H. M. Lewis</a>.

Scope and Contents

Two letters written by H. M. Lewis, a missionary in Sendai, Japan to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Creasy in Roanoke, Virginia in 1932 and 1934 respectively.One letter includes a description of "child life in Japan" that the author suggests might be useful for a Bible class. The second letter consists of a 15 page description titled "The Log" (circulation 120) and describes in detail travels to different places in Asia. Sections are titled: 'Manila', 'Along the China Sea -  Hong Kong', 'Shanghai', and 'Yokohama.'

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Letters (correspondence)
• Logs (records)

Geographic Name:

• Hong Kong (China)--Description and travel.
• Japan--Description and travel.
• Manila (Philippines)--Description and travel.
• Yokohama (Japan)--Description and travel.

Topical Term:

• Missionaries--Japan--Correspondence.

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