Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ead xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader findaidstatus="Completed" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/28067 "/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Inventory of the William Elwyn and Jessie Swann Crocker Papers, <date normal="1892/1920">1892-1920</date> <num>MS456</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex</author> <sponsor>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.</sponsor> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline> <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline> </address> <date>2005</date> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2014-05-02T12:56-0400</date> </creation> <langusage>Description is in <language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2014</date> <item>Paige Horton</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>William Elwyn and Jessie Swann Crocker Papers</unittitle> <unitid>MS456</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <physdesc> <extent>0.42 linear feet</extent> <extent>1 letter box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1892/1920" type="inclusive">1892-1920</unitdate> <physloc id="ref2" label="Location">For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</physloc> <abstract id="ref3" label="Abstract">W.E. Crocker and his wife Jessie Swann Crocker were Southern Baptist missionaries to China. The papers include biographical and genealogical information on the Crockers and their family; "A Mother's Mission" by Mrs. Crocker; correspondence with the Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board, 1893-1923; two letters and a report from Cread C. Marriott and his wife, Cora (Burns) Marriott, from Chinkiang, China, about the work of the mission, 1919-20; a photograph album containing photographs of scenery, workers, and individuals connected with the Chinkaing Mission, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Crocker, Mr. Crocker as a student at Wake Forest College, and with a classmate "Hubbard [Robert Clarenden Hubbard?] at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; and three loose photographs - two of junks on the river, and one of Pastor Chang and family who were converted and baptized by Rev. Crocker. There is also an obituary for Wesley Willingham Lawton, former missionary to China, 1942.</abstract> <origination label="creator"> <persname source="ingest">Crocker, William Elwyn (1867-1919) ['90]</persname> </origination> </did> <accessrestrict id="ref5"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open for research.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="ref6"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p> </userestrict> <prefercite id="ref7"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>MS456, William Elwyn and Jessie Swann Crocker Papers, 1892-1920, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p> </prefercite> <acqinfo id="ref8"> <head>Acquisitions Information</head> <p>Gift from John W. Crocker, Austin, Tex., May 12, 1992;</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref9"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by John Woodard, Encoded by Apex, March, 2005. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through <extref ns2:href="http://www.ncecho.org/">North Carolina ECHO</extref>.</p> </processinfo> <bioghist id="ref10"> <head>Biographical and Historical Note</head> <p>W.E. Crocker and his wife Jessie Swann Crocker were Southern Baptist missionaries to China.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="ref11"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>The papers include biographical and genealogical information on the Crockers and their family; "A Mother's Mission" by Mrs. Crocker; correspondence with the <corpname>Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board,</corpname> 1893-1923; two letters and a report from <persname>Cread C. Marriott</persname> and his wife, <persname>Cora (Burns) Marriott,</persname> from Chinkiang, China, about the work of the mission, 1919-20; a photograph album containing photographs of scenery, workers, and individuals connected with the Chinkaing Mission, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Crocker, Mr. Crocker as a student at Wake Forest College, and with a classmate "Hubbard [ <persname>Robert Clarenden Hubbard</persname>?] at <corpname>Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,</corpname> Louisville, Ky.; and three loose photographs - two of junks on the river, and one of Pastor Chang and family who were converted and baptized by Rev. Crocker. There is also an obituary for <persname>Wesley Willingham Lawton,</persname> former missionary to China, 1942.</p> </scopecontent> <dsc> <c id="ref13" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Biographical Information</unittitle> <container id="cid996001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid996001" type="Folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref14" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Family Genealogy/History</unittitle> <container id="cid996002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid996002" type="Folder">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle> <container id="cid996003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid996003" type="Folder">3</container> <unitdate>1919-1921</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref16" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Photographs</unittitle> <container id="cid996004" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid996004" type="Folder">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref17" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Photo Scrapbook</unittitle> <container id="cid996005" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid996005" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate>1903-1913</unitdate> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>