Box 1: Correspondence

Folder 1. Postcards, 1907, 1911, 1936, and undated

Folder 2. Tipton, Mary Bryson: Correspondence regarding missionaries interred in China, 1941-1943

Folder 3. Tipton, W.H.: Correspondence to children, 1940-1941

Folder 4. Tipton, W.H. and Mary Bryson: Correspondence, 1909, 1919, 1929-1930, 1932-1935,  1937, 1942-1943

Box 2: Diaries

• Tipton, Mary Bryson: Dailyaide: The Secret Secretary journal, 1944-1945             
• Tipton, W.H.: The Missionaries’ Anglo-Chinese Diary, 1910
• Tipton, W.H. and Mary Bryson Tipton: 1950 Desk Diary [W.H. Tipton until 15 June, Mary Bryson Tipton begins 20 June, he passes June 28]

Box 3: Other Papers

Folder 1. Bryson, Thaddeus Dillard (1873-1950): Newspaper clippings, 1931-1932, 1950 and undated [Mary Bryson Tipton’s brother]

Folder 2. Tipton, Mary Bryson: Missionary Album, Southern Baptist Convention, 1959

Folder 3. Tipton, Mary Ruth: Bridal Memories book, documenting the marriage of Mary Ruth Tipton and James Blaine Laughlin at Spartanburg, S.C., 1940. 

Folder 4. Tipton, W.H. and Mary Greenlee Bryson: Biographical Information

Folder 5. Tipton, W.H.: Last Will and Testament, 3 December 1931 [carbon copy dated 3 August 1950]

Folder 6. Tipton, W.H.: Newspaper clippings, “Missionary News,” Houston Times, 1946-1947

Folder 7. Writings, undated

Box 4: Photographs

Folder 1. Glass plate negatives, circa 1907 [possibly Nelle and Mildred Tipton]

Folder 2. Mission work-related photographs

Folder 3. Buildings in Canton, China related to Tipton family, undated

Folder 4. Mary Greenlee Bryson Tipton

Folder 5. Pauline “Polly” Tipton

Folder 6. Tipton family

Folder 7. W.H. Tipton

Box 5: Artifacts

1. Currency: Japanese Invasion money, 1942-1943
2. Greeting card and paper-cut artwork 
3. Lapel pin – Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention
4. Picture frame, oval, bone or ivory
5. Octagonal folding decorative box

Box 6: Books

1. A Pocket Dictionary (Chinese-English) and Pekingese Syllabary – “Property of W.H. Tipton; Shanghai, China; Jan. 25 1942”
2. Chinese [?] dictionary in green box
3. Concordance – “W.H. Tipton”
4. Holy Bible – “Mary Bryson Tipton, 1941”
5. My Lantern by Michi Kawai, inscribed to Pauline R. Tipton, daughter of Rev. Dr.  and Mrs. W.H. Tipton (first wife, Nelle)
6. Seeing China Through a Porthole – Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Tipton; Canton, China
7. The Bible: A New Translation – “Mary B. Tipton, 1942”
8. The Student’s Cantonese-English Dictionary – “Personal Property of W.H. Tipton; Shanghai, China; 1940”

Box 7: Oversize

Folder 1.Charcoal drawing, undated

Folder 2.Silk fabric mounted on cardboard for framing - Great Wall of China

Folder 3.Silk fabric mounted on cardboard for framing – coastal scene

Folder 4.Photo of a group of men (includes W.H. Tipton), undated

Folder 5.Photo – “at Xn Service, Group of Cantonese in Nauking on July 24, 1932”

Folder 6.Photo – “Opening of Rented Chapel, Nauking, Dec. 24, 1932”

Folder 7.Photo of W.H. Tipton with group from Shanghai, dated summer 1934

Folder 8.Photo – “Dedication Nauking Baptist Church, Jan. 1, 1935”

Folder 9.Photo – “Nauking Baptist Church, Dedicated free of debt, Jan. 1, 1935”

Folder 10.Photo – back labeled “Nauking Baptist Church, Dedicated Jan. 1, 1935”

Folder 11.Photo – back labeled “Pastor’s Meeting in front of home in Wuchow, China.” [W.H. and Mary B. Tipton in front row, possibly with their children]

Series 2: Mary Alice Hoeing Tipton Trip to Japan, Hong Kong and China, 1988

Box 8: Travel Literature

Folder 1. Maps and articles about China, 1982-1983

Folder 2. Postcards to Mary Alice Tipton, 1982, 1985-1987

Folder 3. Scenic postcards – Beijing, Hangzhou, Nikko Toshogu Shrine,  and Todaiji Temple

Folder 4. Travel notes, first dated March 31, 1988

Folder 5. Trip to Japan, Hong Kong, China: Maps, brochures ephemera, April 1988

Box 9: Photographs

Folder 1. Photographs, China, 1988, file 1

Folder 2. Photographs, China, 1988, file 2

Folder 3. Photographs, China, 1988, file 3

Folder 4. Photographs, Japan, 1988

Folder 5. Photographs: Roll #1, Tokyo, 1988

Folder 6. Photographs: Roll #2, Japan, 1988

Folder 7. Photographs: Roll #4, Hong Kong 1988

Folder 8. Photographs: Roll #5, China 1988

Folder 9. Photographs: Roll #6, China 1988

Folder 10. Photographs: Roll #7, China 1988

Folder 11. China/Japan 1988 photos from Mrs. John L. Cotton to Mrs. Mary Tipton

Box 10:  Hoyt Bible Class materials, kept by treasurers Cassie A. Boozer (Mrs. S.E. Boozer) and Mrs. R. B. Morris

Folder 1. Hoyt Bible Class Deposit Stubs, 1969-1972; Check Stubs, 1966-1974

Folder 2. Hoyt Bible Class correspondence, 1967-1975

Folder 3. Hoyt Bible Class Bank Statements and Treasurer’s Book, 1958-1966

Folder 4. Hoyt Bible Class Bank Statements and Treasurer’s Book 1968-1972

Folder 5. Hoyt Bible Class Bank Statements and Treasurer’s Book, 1958-1966

Folder 6. Hoyt Bible Class members, 1968

Folder 7. Hoyt Bible Class name buttons

Folder 8. Hoyt Bible Class roll books, 1968-1972, 1974