The Me-Iung Ting Letters, 1934-1950

[Letter Envelope]

History

This collection of letters was written by Me-Iung Ting x1916, a doctor in China, to her professor/friend Abby Turner. They are an intimate documentation of Me-Iung's career, her family, and the events in her war-torn country.

The Images

All documents have at least a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about the envelope inscriptions are included below.

A Letter written on Jan 10, 1934
No envelope survives. page 1 page 2 page 3 Transcription.

A Letter written on Feb 23, 1934
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Mar 16, 1934
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting at Peiyang Women's Hospital in Tientsin.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Apr 28, 1934
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jun 21, 1934
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China, and transit marked Jul 2-, 1934 12:30pm in South Hadley. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, and forwarded to Woods Hole, from Dr. M. I. Ting at Peiyang Women's Hospital in Tientsin.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 22, 1934
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Transit marked in Aug [...] 10am South Hadley and Aug 21, 1934 4pm in Woods Hole, Mass. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, from Dr. M. I. Ting. Forwarded from Woods Hole to South Hadley to Stowe VT.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 26, 1934
envelope Not postally used or stamped. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, and marked "Care of Miss Barbara Yen. Gift_ six yards of soft silk."
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Sep 6, 1934
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Anny [sic] H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Nov 11, 1934
No envelope survives. page 1 page 2 Transcription.

A Letter written on Dec 5, 1934
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Transit marked in Aug [...] 10am South Hadley and Aug 21, 1934 4pm in Woods Hole, Mass. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written around Jan 12, 1935
No envelope survives. page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jan 12, 1935
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. Me iung Ting at Peiyang Women's Hospital.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Apr 12, 1935
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, from Me_iung Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 15, 1935
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China and transit marked Aug 10, 1935 in Leningrad (on reverse flap). Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at the International Congress of Physiology in Leningrad, from Dr. M. I. Ting at Peiyang Women's Hospital in Tientsin, China.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Sep 12, 1935
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China (on reverse flap). Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Oct 27, 1935
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
envelope Back of the envelope.
page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jan 28, 1936
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China (on reverse). Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting at Peiyang Women's Hospital.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Mar 26, 1936
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Me_iung Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on May 15, 1936
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College.
envelope Back of the envelope.
page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 Transcription.

A Letter written on Aug 9, 1936
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Sep 23, 1936
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China (on reverse flap). Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Peiyang Women's Hospital.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Nov 11, 1936
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Dec 3, 1936
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Feb 23, 1937
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Mar 7, 1937
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. A. H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Apr 28, 1937
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 9, 1937
envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting in Tientsin, China, and forwarded to Woods Hole. Postmarked in Tientsin (on back flap), and transit marked Aug 7, 1937 5:30pm in South Hadley.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written around Aug 26, 1937
envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House. Postmarked Aug 26, 1937 in Tientsin. Return address torn away.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written around Sep, 1937
No envelope survives. page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written around Oct 14, 1937
envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House. Postmarked USTP Sea Post on the S. S. President Wilson, Oct 14, 1937.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Oct 15, 1937
page 1 Included in an envelope with a letter dated Apr 25, 1940. Transcription.

A Letter written around Dec 4, 1937
envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting, 20 London Road, Tientsin, China. Postmarked Dec 4, 1937 11am in San Francisco, Calif.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jan 8, 1938
envelope Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting, 20 London Road, Tientsin, China. Postmarked in Tientsin.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jun 16, 1938
envelope Addressed, but not postmarked,to Miss Abby H. Turner, Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Me-iung Ting.
page 1 page 2 Transcription.

A Letter written on Mar 2, 1939
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting. Crossed-out names on the envelope suggest that Abby Turner passed the letter around to several other faculty members at Mount Holyoke.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Apr 1, 1939
envelope Postmarked Jun 7, 1939 in Rockville Centre, NY, in an envelope sent by C. Henderson in Ventura, Calif. Addressed to Miss Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Apr 10, 1939
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 3, 1939
envelope Postmarked Tientsin China. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner in Woods Hole, from Abby Ting.
page 1 Two letters inside. Transcription.

A Letter written on Apr 25, 1940
envelope Postmarked on Apr 26, 1940 in Tientsin China, and (undated) in South Hadley. Addressed to Dr. Abby H. Turner at Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting, 230 London Road, Tientsin, China.
page 1 Transcription.
page 1 A second letter dated Oct 15, 1937, was in this envelope. Transcription.

A Letter written Jun 4, 1941
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Sep 25, 1941
envelope Addressed to Miss A. H. Turner, Faculty House, Mount Holyoke College, from Dr. M. I. Ting in Tientsin, China.
page 1 Two letters inside. Transcription.

Three snapshots circa 1943
photo 1 Inscription on reverse: "American quanset hut is being used for school by rebuilding. It is better for a school than a camp for soldiers."
photo 2 This photo is mentioned in the next letter in this archive. Inscription on reverse: "Going home with beans"
photo 3 Inscription on reverse: "Nursery school"

A Letter written on Dec 16, 1945
envelope Postally unused. Addressed to Miss A. H. Turner, Dickinson House, South Hadley, from Dr. Me-iung Ting in Tientsin, China.
page 1 Two letters inside. Transcription.

A Letter written May, 1946
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Oct 6, 1946
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Jun 30, 1947
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 22, 1947
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 29, 1947
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Nov 14, 1947
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Jan 3, 1948
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written Jan 12, 1948
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Apr 6, 1948
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on May 23, 1948
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Press release dated May 24, [1948]
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Aug 3, 1948
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written Oct, 1948
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written Nov 3, 1948
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Press release dated Dec 5, 1948
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written Dec 8, [1948]
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Aug 18, 1949
envelope Postally unused. Addressed to Miss A. H. Turner at Mount Holyoke on the back side of the one-page letter, and folded to display the address on the outside.
page 1 Transcription.

ALetter written on Sep 28, 1949
page 1 No envelope survives. Transcription.

A Letter written on Jul 30, 1950
envelope One-sheet letter folded, sealed and addressed on the outside to Miss A. H. Turner at Dickinson House, from Meiung Ting, 7A Granville Road, Kowloon, Hongkong.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Oct 2, 1950
envelope One-sheet letter folded, sealed and addressed on the outside to Miss Abby H. Turner at Dickinson House, from Me_iung Ting, 21 Overbury Avenue, Beckenham Kent England. Postmarked Oct 3, 1950 4:45pm at Bromley & Beckenham Kent.
page 1 Transcription.

A Letter written on Dec 19, 1950
envelope One-sheet letter folded, sealed and addressed on the outside to Miss Abby H. Turner at Dickinson House, from Me_iung Ting, 21 Overbury Avenue, Beckenham Kent England. Postmarked Dec 19, 1950 at Bromley & Beckenham Kent.
page 1 Transcription.