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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC821
TitleCMS Accession 821: Papers of Mary Noel Baxter
Extent1 box
Datec 1929-1992
DescriptionPapers relating to Mary Baxter's life as a CMS missionary teacher at St Stephen's Girls' College Hong Kong including her experiences in Stanley Internment Camp during the Second World War. This collection consists of typed transcripts of recorded reminiscences, typescript copies of Mary Baxter's letters home 1932-1941 and photographs including the CMS Conference 1931.
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Mission Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series.
F: Family papers
CopyrightPermission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk), from the Church Mission Society (email: maddy.peston@churchmissionsociety.org), from data subjects, and any other rights holders. Requests to publish should be accompanied by a copy of proposed text and images. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying other copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
LanguageEnglish
Finding AidsA catalogue of this collection (forming part of the wider CMS/ACC unofficial papers catalogue) is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue. A paper copy of this catalogue is also available for consultation at Special Collections.
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryMary Noel Baxter (1898-1996), CMS missionary. Based at Victoria, Hong Kong, South China Mission, 1931-1947. Mary Baxter arrived in Hong Kong to teach at St Stephen's Girl College in 1929. In 1936 she was appointed Warden of St Stephen's Hall at the University of Hong Kong. Although on leave at the outbreak of war in 1939, Miss Baxter managed to return to Hong Kong via Canada in 1940. When Japan occupied Hong Kong she was interned in Stanley Internment Camp for the duration of the war and on release in 1945 returned to England.

Reference: Information supplied by the CMS Archivist and information contained in Mary Baxter's Papers CMS/ACC821.
Custodial HistoryCMS received the collection, March 2001 (source: CMS catalogue). CMS retained the photographs when they transferred the rest of the collection to the University of Birmingham, Special Collections. The photographs were transferred to University of Birmingham, Special Collections: Cadbury Research Library by CMS, 30 April 2025.
Archival NoteCatalogued by CMS, c 2001. Updated by Cadbury Research Library, 2025.
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