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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of the Stacy Conrad Farrior family, Presbyterian missionaries, were given to the Library of Congress by Stephanie Farrior in 2017.
Other records of Stacy Conrad Farrior can be found at the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Stacy Conrad Farrior family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of the Stacy Conrad Farrior family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Stacy Conrad Farrior Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of the Stacy Conrad Farrior family span the period 1907-1949, with the bulk of the material dating from 1912 to 1941. Consisting mainly of correspondence from Stacy Conrad Farrior to his parents, John Edward Farrior and Cora Alice Farrior, these letters document Farrior’s life and work in China from 1912 to 1949, and reflect the missionary spirit of that period. The collection is in English and organized alphabetically by type of material.
Family correspondence consists primarily of letters received by John Edward Farrior and Cora Alice Farrior from Farrior, his wife, Kitty Caldwell Farrior, and their children, John McMullen Farrior, Ruth Farrior, and Hugh Lanier Farrior. These letters are filled with details of Farrior's work as a teacher, school administrator, and missionary, as well as the daily life and development of his children and comment on events such as the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Also included is a small amount of correspondence between Farrior and his siblings, Audrey Farrior, John Edward Farrior, Jr., Marsden Lee Farrior, and Norman Player Farrior.
General correspondence consists primarily of correspondence to John Edward Farrior and Cora Alice Farrior about Farrior's work and the activities of missionaries in China.
Miscellany includes Farrior's college English classwork, banking records and a solicitation for donations to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically.