There are also many examples through the letters of capsule biographies and testimonies of various Chinese Christians. The letter refers to Drysdale's transfer to the Alliance mission, having been dismissed from CIM for breaking its rules about marrying a non-missionary. Several letters were relocated in the collection based on internal evidence. Three letters were initially identified as undated when given to the Archives. A second copy of the outfit list was returned to the donor.
Some letters appear in more than one version.
For example, there are three versions of the letter dated December 12, 1898. It appears to be in a different hand. Although some passages are identical, others are contracted from the first and much information is left out. Similarly, the 1897 clipping from the Goshen newspaper in folder 1-1 is an edited version of Young's letter of August 6, 1897. Apparently this was not a typical diary but a summary of daily events kept for her family and friends, rather than herself.