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Lett, Mrs. Sherwood - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1983-09-21Item number (ISN):464414Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:STURSBERG, Peter: CANADIANS IN CHINAAccession:1983-0326Media:SoundPart:2 of 2Production date:1983-09-21Production company:Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)Production credit:interviewer, Peter StursbergDescription:Interview of Mrs. Sherwood Lett of Vancouver, British Columbia. She recalls her sister, Dr. Gladys Story Cunningham, and her sister's husband, Dr. Edison Cunningham, who were medical missionaries in Szechwan (Western China) from 1925 to 1951. The two doctors were prominent members of the United Church of Canada mission, both as physicians and surgeons, as well as teachers at the West China Union University. Mrs. Sherwood Lett was born in Wawanesa, Manitoba, the daughter of John Story, one of the founders of Wawanesa Mutual Life. She is the widow of Brigadier Sherwood Lett, former Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court and Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. Peter Stursberg did this interview as part of his research for a book on Canadian missionaries in China. <1h 7mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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