Dorothy Scudder manuscript on Scudder family history
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/023
Scope and Contents
Describes lives and experiences of four generations of Scudder family members who were Protestant
medical missionaries in Ceylon and India, 18191960s.
Includes information on medical work, social
conditions, education, caste system, customs and religions, hospitals, and foundation of the Arcot Mission
and the Vellore Christian Medical College. Major figures are John Scudder and Ida Sophia Scudder.
Parts 13
were composed in the late 1930s; volume completed in 1970.
Dates
- 1970
Biographical / Historical
Dorothy Jealous married John Scudder III, greatgrandson
of John Scudder (17931855)
in 1929 and
travelled to India. She lived and worked first in Miraj and then at the hospital at Raniput. She returned to
the United States in 1935 and began her research into the Scudder family’s work in India.
Extent
0.2 Linear feet (1 half document box)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Dorothy Scudder manuscript on Scudder family history
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
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19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
