Marjorie Alma Dimmitt, 1895-1965   
DePauw University Class of 1917
DC 549 & 550

Archives of DePauw University

and Indiana United Methodism

Marjorie Alma Dimmitt Papers

1895-1965

Class of 1917

Size: 0.80 lf

Restrictions: none

Accession: none or unknown

Provenance: donor

Biographical Sketch

Miss Dimmitt had been an educational missionary for the Methodist Church at Isabella Thorburn College, Lucknow, India, for 42 years until her retirement in 1961. She was head of the English department at the Indian college and faculty advisor to its magazine, The Chand Bagh Chronicle. During her teaching career she had contributed numerous articles to church publications and had lectured many times throughout the Midwest while back in the U.S. on furloughs. After she graduated in 1917 from DePauw University, Miss Dimmitt taught English at DePauw during the spring semester of 1920, prior to accepting the appointment in India. She had also studied at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., 1913-15, and earned a master's degree at Wellesley College. Marjorie Alma Dimmitt died in California on November 18, 1965.

This collection contains in the main letters from Marjorie A. Dimmitt to her parents, sisters and brothers from Indian and while en route to and from India. She gives very vivid descriptions fo the life in India as well as the beautiful Temples and country she walks and cyclys through during her vacations from the Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow. As she travels froma nd to the United States she visits may other countries which she describes. She was often a visitor in the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. Stanley Jones; her letters often mention Gandhi; Jawaralal Nehur; Nehru's sister, Mrs. Laxmi Pandit and the daughter of Mrs. Pandit-a student at the college.

DC 549

Folder 1 Data sheet from the Alumni office; Newspaper clipping from the Indianapolis Star dated Feb. 16, 1964; Newspaper clipping about her death from the Banner dated Nov. 18, 1965; Memorial Service leaflet; Reprint of a Tribute to Marjorie A. Dimmitt from the Indian Witness written by Satyawati Chitambar Jordan; a "Thank You" card for contribution to Marjorie Dimmitt Scholarship Fund; Letter written by Miss Dimmitt before her death and mailed out by her sister, Mildred Dimmitt McCabe after her death; letter reporting about the scholarship fund and of a book which Marjorie had completed just before her death; Leaflets and booklets written by Marjorie A. Dimmitt - Into This Freedom 26 pages, July 1963; A Freshman Goes to Isabella Thoburn College 17 pages, no date; India in the Making 20 pages April 1957; India Today 16 pages April 1951; towards Abundant Life 8 pages November 1957

Folder 3 Letters Nos. 39-80, dated January 19, 1921 to December 25, 1921

Folder 4 Letters Nos. 81-121, dated January 15, 1922 to December 13, 1922

Folder 5 Letters Nos. 122-168, dated January 11, 1923 to December 20, 1923

Folder 6 Letters Nos. 169-215, dated ??, 1924 to December 24, 1924

Folder 7 Letters Nos. 216-234, dated January 8-July 15, 1925

Folder 8 Letters Nos. 235-248, dated July 22 - December 9, 1926

Folder 9 Letters Nos. 249-288, dated January 4, 1927-December 21, 1927

DC 550

Folder 1 Letters Nos. 289-342, dated January 3, 1928 - December 27, 1928

Folder 2 Letters Nos. 343-396, dated January 3, 1929- December 25, 1929

Folder 3 Letters Nos. 397-540, dated January 1, 1930-December 18, 1930

Folder 4 Letters Nos. 451-502, dated January 1, 1931-December 29, 1931

* Folder 5 Letters Nos. 503-526, dated January 6, 1932 - July 11, 1932

Folder 6 Letters Nos. 527-546, dated August 5, 1937-December 31, 1937

Folder 7 Letters Nos. 547-596, dated January 2, 1938 - December 28, 1938

Folder 8 Letters Nos. 597-646, dated January 4, 1939 - December 1939

Folder 9 Letters Nos. 647-682, dated January 8, 1940 - December 23, 1940

Folder 10 Letters Nos. 683-712, dated January 15, 1941 - December 29, 1941

Folder 11 Letters Nos. 713-737, dated January 11, 1942 - December 22, 1942

Folder 12 Undated and miscellaneous pages of various letters which could not be

connected with others in the files.

* In folder 5 are items pertaining to visit to Jerusalem: itinerary, #507, and a letter from

Jerusalem, #514.

See Also:

Isabella Thoburn College: a record from its beginnings to its Diamond Jubilee,

1961 by Marjorie A. Dimmitt

A Study of Rabindranath Tagore as a Dramatist, with Special Reference to The

King of the Dark Chamber, a (carbon copy) thesis presented to the Faculty

of Wellesley College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

degree of Master of Arts, 1926.

World Outlook, January 1948 "Daulat Masih, Patriarch" by Marjorie A. Dimmitt

The Chand Bagh Chronicle 1975/76 gives the recipient of the Marjorie Dimmitt

Scholarship for 1975/76 (DC #550)

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