William Hill Topping Diaries
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Title: William Hill Topping Diaries
Dates: 1947-1968
Collection Number: CFT00014
Creator/Collector:
Topping, William Hill
Extent: 1 Box, 0.75 linear feet
Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: William Hill Topping (b.1885) served as a missionary in Foochow, China from November 1911-1947 supported by the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He served as a teacher, District Secretary and Associate General Secretary of the Mid-Fukien
Synod of the
Church of Christ in China. The collection consists of 16 daily diaries kept by Mr. Topping after his retirement, from 1947
to 1968.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. William Hill Topping Diaries. Collection Number: CFT00014. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan
Hubbard Library Archives
Biography/Administrative History
For more on W.H. Topping see the China Missionaries Collections: Grace Rowley papers and China Missionaries Oral History Project
in the Special Collections of Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, 1970.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Collection consists of 16 daily diaries kept by Mr. Topping from 1947 to 1968. Entries include references to speaking
engagements and churches attended in Whittier and other Los Angeles area cities, as well as lists of correspondents, expenses
and occasional notes on lectures attended.
Missionaries
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Churches of Christ
China
Fuzhou (Fujian)
California