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Papers of Elizabeth Mantell, medical missionary and midwife in Malawi, including letters to her parents, her diaries, and draft reports; also included are diaries of Ruth Mantell, Elizabeth's sister, relating to her visits to Malawi.
The papers consist of surviving letters of Elizabeth Mantell to her parents, her diaries covering both periods she spent nursing in Malawi, copies of her mission partner reports collected by her sister, Ruth, and a few ephemeral items.
The letters and diaries are detailed and discuss general life and the family, but also describe Elizabeth’s work in the hospitals. Ruth visited her sister in Malawi on a number of occasions, and her diaries from those visits are included.
Photographic slides of Elizabeth Mantell, missionary in Malawi.
Elizabeth worked as a Church of Scotland missionary nurse in Mlanje Mission, Malawi 1966-1971, then as a sister tutor in Ekwendeni Mission, Malawi 1983-1996. Elizabeth used this set of annotated slides to illustrate talks on her work in Malawi which she gave when home on furlough. Subjects covered include schools, nurses, the church and visits to Zomba. `Grace sufficient` by Rev. David J. Randall, published in 2009, tells the story of Elizabeth`s life.