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Box Gell Box 1

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Photograph of Mary Gell with nurses in China, c1930

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/1
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of Mary Gell with three nurses in uniform.

Dates: c1930

Letter from Mary Gell to Rachel Powell, 3 February 1931

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter written from Cheeloo University, Tsinian. Includes a detailed account of her work assisting refugees during severe floods.

Dates: 3 February 1931

Letter from Mary Gell addressed to 'Everybody', 21 February 1938

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/3
Scope and Contents

Typescript 'round robin' letter to Mary Gell's friends and family written from Cheeloo University, Tsinan. Includes details of life in Tsinan during the Japanese advance in the region; descriptions of an earthquake in the region; and accounts of her work in the university including teaching and medical work in the area of obstetrics.

Dates: 21 February 1938

Letter from Eileen Smyly to Rachel Powell, 12 November 1942

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Eileen Smyly to Rachel Powell [friend of Mary Gell] giving her information about Gell's situation in China. Eileen Smyly worked with Gell in China, but returned following the Japan's entry into the Second World War.

Dates: 12 November 1942

Memoir by Mary Gell, [late 1940s]

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/5
Scope and Contents

Typescript account of events following Japan’s entry into the Second World War and Mary Gell's internment. Covers the period from 8 December 1941, following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour, to 14 December 1945 when Mary Gell returned to Britain.

Dates: [late 1940s]

Memoir by Mary Gell , [late 1940s]

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/6
Scope and Contents

Typescript account of Mary Gell's work as a doctor in a Japanese internment camp in Yangchow. It covers the period from 8 December 1941, following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour, to October 1945 when the camp was evacuated.

Dates: [late 1940s]

Obituary notice for Mary Gell, October [1978]

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/7
Scope and Contents

Mounted cutting from an unknown newspaper obituary column announcing the death of Mary Gell on 24 October [1978].

Dates: October [1978]

University of Sheffield student record for M.P Gell, [1922]

 Item — Box: Gell Box 1
Reference code: 301/8
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of student record for Mary Gell's time studying medicine at the University of Sheffield from 1916 to 1922. Includes personal details and dates and results of examinations taken.

Dates: [1922]