| Description | Typescript and printed circular correspondence from Dorothea Jane Stephen to friends and subscribers of St Andrews Missionary Training College, Madras, later known as St Andrews Training College for Religious and Social Service, and St Andrews House, of which she was warden. The college was established for the purpose of enabling young female missionaries to acquire a greater understanding of Indian life. It opened in Jul 1928, and closed in 1935. The correspondence includes accounts of the establishment of St Andrews, and relates to teaching matters, and the affairs of the students and Miss Stephen's colleagues, general matters of topical importance including Stephen's reflections upon the role of women within Indian society and the nature of Hinduism, recollections of her travels and discussions with various Indian acquaintances concerning religious matters. |