Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
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
