Marjorie Alma Dimmitt papers
Collection Statement
This collection contains letters from Marjorie A. Dimmitt to her parents, sisters, and brothers that were written from India, and while traveling to and from India. She gives very vivid descriptions of her life in India, the beautiful temples, and the countryside scenes that she enjoyed seeing during her vacations from the Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow. Miss Dimmitt visited many other countries in her travels and described those in her letters also. She was often a visitor in the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. Stanley Jones. Her letters mention Gandhi; Jawaralal Nehur; Nehru's sister, Mrs. Laxmi Pandit; and the daughter of Mrs. Pandit, who was a student at Isabella Thoburn College.
Dates
- 1920 - 1976
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright interests for this collection have been transferred to DePauw University.
Biographical Sketch
Miss Dimmitt was an educational missionary for the Methodist Church at Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India, for 42 years until her retirement in 1961. She was head of the English department at the Indian college and faculty advisor to its magazine, "The Chand Bagh Chronicle." During her teaching career, she contributed numerous articles to church publications and lectured many times throughout the Midwest while back in the United States on furloughs. Miss Dimmitt studied at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois from 1913-15, graduated from DePauw University in 1917, and earned a master's degree at Wellesley College. She taught English at DePauw during the spring semester of 1920, prior to accepting the appointment in India. Marjorie Alma Dimmitt died in California on November 18, 1965.
Extent
0.86 Cubic Feet (2 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
General
The following people are some of those mentioned in Marjorie Dimmitt's letters:
T.C. Badley (Principal of the Men's College); Mr. Chitambar (District Superintendent and later the Bishop); Gandhi; Ganhiji; Dr. E. Stanley Jones; Bishop Francis J. McConnell, Mrs. McConnell, and daughter, Dorothy; Mrs. Sorojini Naidu (poetess, who was also famous in politics); Jawaralal and other members of the family; Mrs. Laxmi Pandit (sister of Nehru) and daughter, Chandralekha; Dr. and Mrs. Price (editor of "Indian Witness"); Homer Rodeheaver; Dr. Royds (English astronomer in solar physics); Billy Sunday; and Rabindranath Tagore.
- Title
- Marjorie Alma Dimmitt papers Class of 1917
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Wesley Wilson
- Date
- 1/16/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States
archives@depauw.edu
