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Title: Roderick Scott papers
Dates: 1916-1967
Collection Number: 72002
Creator: Scott, Roderick, 1885-
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(1.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The papers include correspondence, reports, newsletters, writings, photographs, and memorabilia from both Scott and his wife,
Agnes Kelley Scott, relating to missionary activity and Christian education in China. Also includes materials generated by
and about Fukien Christian University (FCU), where Scott spent almost thirty years of his life.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
The collection is in English with some materials in Chinese
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Roderick Scott papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1972.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Roderick Scott (Series 15), American Missionaries and Educators in China Collection, Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library,
Claremont University Consortium, Claremont, CA
| 1885 | Born, Auburn, New York |
| 1902 | Graduated from Haverford School, Haverford, Pennsylvania |
| 1906 | Bachelor of Arts, Haverford College |
| 1907 | Master of Arts, Haverford College |
| 1908 | Master of Arts, Harvard University |
| 1908-1909 | Instructor in English, Bowdoin College |
| 1909-1913 | Assistant professor of English, Earlham College |
| 1913-1914 | Secretary in the Foreign Student YMCA, Petrograd, Russia |
| 1914-1915 | Secretary of the city YMCA, Vincennes, Indiana |
| 1915-1916 | Assistant professor in English, Oberlin College |
| 1916 | Appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to build a new Christian college in Fuzhou, China |
| 1916-1923 | Professor of English, Fukien Christian University (FCU), Fuzhou, China |
| 1919-1920, 1921-1925 | Acting president, FCU |
| 1920-1930 | Dean, FCU |
| 1922-1923 | Graduate student, Columbia University |
| 1922-1923, 1930-1931 | Graduate student, Union Theological Seminary |
| 1925-1940 | Professor of philosophy, FCU |
| 1930 | Author, The Seeker Finds |
| 1933 | Author, A Logic for Living |
| 1940 | Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Pacific School of Religion |
| 1940-1949 | Professor of western culture, FCU |
| 1946 | Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese philosophy, University of Southern California |
| 1947-1949 | Associate dean, FCU |
| Circa 1950-1957 | Professor of philosophy, Olivet College, Michigan |
| 1954 | Author, Fukien Christian University |
| 1971 | Died, Claremont, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers include correspondence, reports, newsletters, writings, photographs, and memorabilia from both Scott and his wife,
Agnes Kelley Scott relating to missionary activity and Christian education in China. Also includes materials generated by
and about Fukien Christian University (FCU), where Scott spent almost thirty years of his life.
The papers as a whole offer a perspective on the social conditions in China during very turbulent times, including World War
II and the Chinese civil war in 1949. "[The papers] document the rise of anti-foreigner sentiment in the 1920s, the debates
over the Sinicization of western institutions in the years that followed, the solidarity displayed by foreign missionaries
toward the Chinese" at such a volatile time.
Source:
Bauer, Brad. "Wading into the stream of Chinese life: the life and missionary career of Roderick Scott in China, 1916-1949."
Journal of Modern Chinese History, 3:1, 71-88.
The collection is organized into 6 series: Correspondence, Fukien Christian University (FCU) file, Speeches and writings,
Subject file, Photographs, and Memorabilia
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Fukien Christian University.
Education--China.
Missions--China.
Universities and colleges--China.
Missionaries.