Matthew Tyson Yates Papers
Matthew Tyson Yates was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1845) and was appointed as the first Southern Baptist missionary to China from North Carolina, serving from 1846 to 1888. His papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, photographs of Yates, wife Eliza, and daughter Annie, clippings, and related materials.
Biographical and Historical Note
Matthew Tyson Yates was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1845) and was appointed as the first Southern Baptist missionary to China from North Carolina, serving from 1846 to 1888.
Collection Overview
His papers consist of biographical information, correspondence with family and friends dated 1846-1888, a letter from F. Catherine Bryan, biographer, in 1950, an undated pamphlet titled "Our Central China Mission" , an arithmetic textbook used by Yates, clippings, photographs of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Yates and their daughter Annie Yates, his birthplace, and William and Mary (Yates's sister) Norris, a drawing of Yates from the 1934 Wake Forest College Howler, and an article on Eliza Moring Yates.
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- Publication Information
- Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2005
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2022
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- Matthew Tyson Yates Papers (MS126), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.