| Scope and content |
Papers consists of Clarence E. Norman's correspondence while he was a missionary for the United Lutheran Church of America in Japan. Letters are primarily written by Norman. Topics include daily activities, such as dinner guests, excursions to the parks and countryside, health of the family, and travel; Japanese prostitution; treatment of Japanese prisoners; number of locals converted to Christianity; and, following the worst typhoon in forty years, the local devastation and vital statistics quoted from a local Japanese newspaper. Also included is a report from the seventh annual meeting of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church held in Arima, Japan. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Clarence E. Norman Papers (#367), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Reverend Clarence E. Norman. |
| Biographical note | Clarence E. Norman, an American missionary for the United Lutheran Church of America, worked in the prefecture of Kumamoto, Japan, from 1919 to at least 1930. During this period he returned to America once, in 1924, for a stay of about a year. Norman was accompanied to Japan by his wife, Lottie, and their daughter, Rebecca. |
