MIRIAM Jean Gruber
Wesley Methodist Church Oral History Collection,
Accession Number E000313
- Wesley Methodist Church
Source
- 1
Total Reels
- Jack Lee Tsen-Ta
Interviewer
- 00:30:50
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 1
Metadata
- 29 Jul 2002
Recording Date
- 00:30:50
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Born in Pennsylvania, United States of America in 1914. Her education background. Was a teacher in Pennsylvania. Why she decided to become a missionary in China. Impression of China before she went to China. Challenges studying Mandarin. Her arrival in Fuzhou, China. Teaching English in China. How she came to work in Singapore. Why she started to learn Tamil. Her experience teaching in Methodist Girls School in the 1930s. Teaching in Malacca, Malaysia. Why she went to Malacca. Activities she was involved in in Singapore. Her visits back to Singapore. Importance of following one’s dreams.
