Bruner (Clara R.) Collection, 1913-1956

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Summary

Title:
Bruner (Clara Raynor) Collection,
Dates:
1913-1956
Creators:
Rosamund Raynor Flygare
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Bruner (Clara Raynor) Collection, Mss236, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Background

Scope and content:

The Bruner Collection consists chiefly of materials relating to the period of Mrs. Bruner's education (1914-1925). It includes: publications of the San Francisco National Training School; a scrapbook (1913-1920; biographical materials on Rev. Bruner (1918); Mrs. Bruner's correspondence (1914-1956); and, scattered clippings, programs and Methodist missionary periodicals.

Biographical / historical:

Clara Isabel Raynor Bruner studied at the San Francisco National Training School (1913-1915) with the intention of becoming a medical missionary. The School was operated under the auspices of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It began in 1890 to train deaconesses and in 1901 it undertook to train women for other Christian work. After graduating from the School Miss Raynor took nursing coursework in Southern California (1915-1917). There she married Rev. Joseph W. Bruner, minister at Lakeside Methodist Church near Hanford, Calif. (1917). The following year Mr. Bruner began training for military chaplaincy, caught the Spanish Influenza and died. Mrs. Bruner continued in Christian work, participating in such groups as the Epworth League and the YWCA. She also supported missionary work in China and in India.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical description:
1.5 linear ft.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: October 1998.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Bruner (Clara Raynor) Collection, Mss236, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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