Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1107
Scope and Contents
The Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers (1891-1973) consist of correspondence, journals, news clippings, reports, articles, guest books, and financial documents collected by Sargent's niece, Ardis Hitchcock, who was planning on writing a biography of Sargent, a medical missionary to China. The Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers have been digitized and are available online.
Dates
- 1891-1973
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Sketch
Susan Barbara Tallmon (1872-1950) was born in Iowa on 15 December 1872 to George Washington and Susan Carhart Tallmon. She was educated at Grinnell College and received an M.D. from Northwestern University Woman's Medical School in 1902. She was a physician and medical missionary to Lintsing, China, from 1905 to 1918. She married Rev. Benjamin Farrington Sargent in 1916. After returning from China, the couple lived in Berkeley, California. She died on 21 February 1950.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Chinese
Abstract
The Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers (1891-1973) consist of correspondence, journals, news clippings, reports, articles, guest books, and financial documents collected by Sargent's niece, Ardis Hitchcock, who was planning on writing a biography of Sargent, a medical missionary to China.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Carolyn McKay in 2009.
Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1606).
Processing Information
Processed by Karen Carver in 2009.
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- Address books
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions -- Archives
- Annual reports
- Articles
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Diaries
- Grinnell College -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archives
- Missionaries
- Missionaries, Medical -- China -- Linqing Shi -- 20th century -- Archives
- Missionary settlements -- China -- Linqing Shi
- Missions -- China -- Linqing Shi -- 20th century
- Missions, Medical -- China -- Linqing Shi -- 20th century
- Personal correspondence
- Sargent, Susan Barbara Tallmon, 1872-1950 -- Archives
- Travel writing
- Visitors' books
- Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands -- Archives
- Woman's Hospital Medical College of Chicago -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archives
- Women missionaries -- China -- Linqing Shi -- Archives
- Women physicians -- China -- Linqing Shi -- 20th century -- Archives
Creator
- Title
- Inventory of the Susan Barbara Tallmon Sargent papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Karen Carver.
- Date
- 2009 (last modified: 2019 and 2024)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu