Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Maud Truxton Henderson Papers, #4311, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy available.

Acquisitions Information

Gift 1982

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Children--China--Photographs.
• China--Social conditions--1912-1949.
• Henderson family.
• Henderson, Maud Truxton, 1868-1956.
• Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Death and burial.
• Lexington (Va.)--History.
• McDavid, Raven Ioor, Mrs.
• Missionaries--China.
• Shanghai (China)--Social conditions.
• Women missionaries--China.

Maud Truxton Henderson was an Episcopal deaconess from Lexington, Va., who served as a missionary in China, 1903-1946.

The collection contains letters from Maud Henderson in Shanghai, China, written to her half-sister, Mrs. Raven I. McDavid, describing her daily life and work with refugees in the city, primarily in the 1930s; letters from friends, relatives, and associates of Henderson; photographs; and other items. While generally of a personal and family nature, some of the letters of Deaconess Henderson illustrate social conditions in the war-torn China of the 1930s. Some letters relate to Henderson family history. Photographs primarily picture Henderson and her "grandchildren" in China. A small group of miscellaneous materials relates to events in the area of Lexington, Va., after the Civil War, particularly the death of Robert E. Lee in 1870.

• Photographs (PF-4311/1, 2, 3)