Harry Peter Boot photograph album, ca. 1903-1907

Summary

Creator:

Boot, Harry Peter, 1874-1961

Abstract:

The Harry Peter Boot photograph album contains 16 photographs from Harry Boot's time as a missionary with the Reformed Church in Xiamen, China from ca. 1903 to 1907.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Erin Berger

Background

Scope and Content:

The Harry Peter Boot photograph album contains 16 photographs from Harry Boot's time as a missionary with the Reformed Church in Xiamen, China from ca. 1903 to 1907. The album includes images of Harry Boot and his family; his first wife, Nettie Boot, his son, Theodore Boot, and his mother. Other images show scenes of "Amoy," Xiamen, and the surrounding area, and include views of a pagoda, bridge, church, and locals.

Biographical / Historical:

Harry Peter Boot was born January 10, 1874 in Fulton, Illinois. He served as a missionary with the Reformed Church in America in Xiamen, China from 1903 to 1940. Boot had one child, Theodore, with his first wife, Nettie, in 1904. He had at least six children with his second wife, Anna H. Boot.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Anna Boot, 2008. F-906 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Additional Descriptive Data:

Bibliography

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, database, Ancestry.com. Web. Accessed June, 2019.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Bridges--China--1900-1910.
Churches--China--1900-1910.
Missionaries--American--China--1900-1910.
Pagodas--China--1900-1910.

Formats:

Photograph albums.

Places:

Xiamen (Xiamen Shi, China)
Zhangzhou Shi (China)