Preliminary Inventory of the Park-Lambuth-Sherertz family papers, 1825-1989

Abstract

The Park, Lambuth, and Sherertz families were Methodist missionaries to China, Japan, and Africa.

The collection includes the family Bible; correspondence to and from members of the three families; reports; diary entries; genealogical information; a videocassette; photographs; printed material; poetry; and typescripts of essays regarding family members' daily lives and work as missionaries in China, Japan, and Africa. The families mentioned are ancestors of Olive Sherertz Lanham (Duke '43). Materials range in date from circa 1825 to 1989.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Park-Lambuth-Sherertz family papers, 1825-1989
Creator: Park family. Lambuth family. Sherertz family.
Extent: 2.5 Linear Feet, 1000 Items
Repository: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language: English.

Collection Overview

The collection (01-108) (160 items, 1.2 linear feet; dated 1825-1970s) includes the family Bible; correspondence to and from members of the three families; graphic materials; printed material; poetry; and typescripts of essays regarding family members' daily lives and work as missionaries in China, Japan, and Africa. The families mentioned are ancestors of Olive Sherertz Lanham (Duke '43). Includes 2 color prints, 5 black-and-white prints, and 2 albumen prints.

The addition (01-146) (375 items, .6 linear feet; dated 1898-1977) contains letters; reports; diary entries; genealogical information; 1 videocassette; 2 black-and-white photographs, 1 black-and-white print, and 1 albumen print. There are also other items, chiefly relating to the Park, Lambuth, and Sherertz families' life and work in China and Japan.

The 2002 addition (02-179) (100 items, .2 lin. ft.; dated 1825-1981 and n.d.) consists primarily of memoirs and correspondence documenting the families' ancestry and experiences in China and Japan (1825-1981 and n.d.). Also includes newspaper clippings about family members.

The 2004 addition (07-080) (375 items, 0.6 lin. ft; dated circa 1890-1989 and undated) contains letters, biographical sketches of family members, clippings, writings, and photographs documenting the members of the Park, Lambuth, and Sherertz families. Materials range in date from circa 1890 to 1989.

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Contents of the Collection

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Accessions 2001-0108 and 2001-0146

3 Boxes

Contents of box 1:

Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint.

Attention: Contains graphic materials.

The Lambuth Letters, 1827-1949

Box 1

Correspondence and poetry, 1902-1949, 1970s

Box 1

Photographs, including albumen prints

Box 1

University Unique, by Dwight Lamar Sherertz

Description of Sherertz's experience working in Pootung University in a Japanese internment camp, ca. 1940

Box 1

The Contribution of Christian Missions to Women and Children of Rural Areas to China, term paper by Dwight Lamar Sherertz, 1945 April 28

Box 1

Report of Women's Work at Old Umtall, Rhodesia Conf., Africa, by Rita Park Sherertz, 1953 December 1

Box 1

Report of the Soochow Hospital, 1939

Box 1

Contents of box 2:

Family Bible, 1854

Includes record of births (1830-1889 and 1858-1951), marriages (1853-1919 and 1943-1964), and deaths (1863-1965).

Box 2

Contents of box 3:

Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint.

Attention: Contains graphic materials.

Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, 1881-1977

Box 3

A history of the Lambuth family, family stories, journal entries, and other genealogical material

Box 3

Bibliography of materials relating to Walter Russell Lambuth and paper about Walter Russell Lambuth by W. E. Towson

Box 3

The Lambuth Family and Kwansei Gakuin, by Frances H. Bray

Box 3

The Story of the Seventy Dolls

Box 3

Grandma Park's Last Two Years [Nora Lambuth Park]

Box 3

The Role of Japan in the Modern World by Edwin O. Reischauer

Box 3

From Pearl River to the End of the Earth, videocassette tape regarding the Lambuth family, 1980

Box 3

Addition, 2002 (2002-0179)

1 Box

Addition (02-179) (100 items, .2 lin. ft.; dated 1825-1981 and n.d.) consists primarily of memoirs and correspondence documenting the families' ancestry and experiences in China and Japan (1825-1981 and n.d.). Also includes newspaper clippings about family members.