American Missionaries and Educators in China Collection, 1889-1972 and undated, bulk 1910-1950

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Summary

Creators:
Ady, Merrill S. Cross, Rowland McLean Ely, Lois Anna Gillespie, Miln Horn, Josie E. Houston, Lyda S. Ikenberry, Ernest Leroy Jones, Francis Price Kellogg, Claude R. Lingle, Jean Luce, Henry McCallum, James H. Potts, Anna Hortense Rowley, Grace Scott, Roderick Shepherd, Clara Sargent Simkin, Robert Smythe, Lewis S. C. (Lewis Strong Casey) Steurt, Marjorie Rankin Tootell, George T. Topping, William Hill Winans, Pearl B. Fosnot
Abstract:
The collection contain correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, reports, article clippings, and booklets that document the experiences of American missionaries and educators in China. This collection was assembled through the China Missionaries Oral History Project at Claremont Graduate School from 1969-1971. The collection covers the years 1889-1972 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1910-1950.
Extent:
19.1 Linear Feet (18 document boxes, 4 slim document boxes, 9 flat boxes, 4 shoe boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English .

Background

Scope and content:

The materials that comprise the American Missionaries and Educators in China Collection originated from Claremont Graduate School's Oral History Program. In 1969, the China Missionaries Project began, collecting oral histories for 44 individuals who served as missionaries or educators in China. During the course of this project 22 of the missionaries and educators donated their papers to Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections, which are represented in this archival collection. For a complete listing of individuals who took part in the oral history project, please see Claremont Graduate University's China Missionaries Project webpage.

The collection contains many different types of materials, including correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, reports, article clippings, and booklets. The collection covers the years 1889-1972 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1910-1950. Individual biographical sketches are included at the series level.

Acquisition information:
Gift of participants of the Claremont Graduate University's Oral History Program, China Missionaries Project, circa 1971.
Arrangement:

This collection has been organized into the following series and subseries:

  • Series 1: Ady (Merrill S.), 1945-1965 and undated
  • Series 2: Cross (Rowland McLean), 1932-1965 and undated
  • Series 3: Ely (Lois Anna), 1924-1970 and undated
  • Series 4: Gillespie (Miln), 1937 and undated
  • Series 5: Horn (Josie E.), 1918-1921 and undated
  • Series 6: Houston (Lyda S.), 1932-1960
  • Series 7: Ikenberry (E.L. and Olivia D.), 1929-1948
  • Series 8: Jones (Francis Price), 1955 and undated
  • Series 9: Kellogg (Claude R.), 1944-1956 and undated
  • Series 10: Lingle (Jean), 1889-1953 and undated
  • Subseries 10.1: Clippings, undated
  • Subseries 10.2: Correspondence, 1889-1953 and undated
  • Subseries 10.3: Ephemera, undated
  • Subseries 10.4: Photographs, 1930
  • Subseries 10.5: Reports, 1930-1933
  • Subseries 10.6: Writings, 1932-1945
  • Subseries 10.7: Lingle (William H.), 1923-1944 and undated
  • Series 11: Luce (Henry), 1930
  • Series 12: McCallum (James H.), 1947-1972 and undated
  • Series 13: Potts (Anna Hortense), 1913-1943 and undated
  • Subseries 13.1: Clippings, 1943 and undated
  • Subseries 13.2: Correspondence, 1922-1928 and undated
  • Subseries 13.3: Diaries, 1913-1927 and undated
  • Subseries 13.4: Ephemera, undated
  • Subseries 13.5: Writings, 1927 and undated
  • Series 14: Rowley (Grace), 1890-1969 and undated
  • Subseries 14.1: Clippings, 1901-1969 and undated
  • Subseries 14.2: Diaries, 1910-1962
  • Subseries 14.3: Letters, 1902-1952 and undated
  • Subseries 14.4: Miscellaneous, 1890-1945 and undated
  • Subseries 14.5: Pamphlets, 1913-1942 and undated
  • Subseries 14.6: Photographs, postcards, and negatives, 1895-1939 and undated
  • Subseries 14.7: Writings, 1923-1942 and undated
  • Series 15: Scott (Roderick), 1890-1966 and undated
  • Subseries 15.1: Biographical, 1942-1950
  • Subseries 15.2: Chinese music, 1890-1966 and undated
  • Subseries 15.3: Fukien Christian University, 1925-1958 and undated
  • Subseries 15.4: Manuscripts, 1927-1954 and undated
  • Subseries 15.5: Miscellaneous, undated
  • Subseries 15.6: Photographs, undated
  • Subseries 15.7: Publications, 1914-1966 and undated
  • Series 16: Shepherd (Clara Sargent), 1965
  • Series 17: Simkin (Robert and Margaret), 1907-1956 and undated
  • Subseries 17.1: Correspondence, 1926-1956
  • Subseries 17.2: Maps, 1922
  • Subseries 17.3: Photographs, 1907-1916 and undated
  • Subseries 17.4: Postcards, undated
  • Subseries 17.5: Publications, 1924-1938 and undated
  • Subseries 17.6: Writings, 1923
  • Series 18: Smythe (Lewis S. C.), 1960
  • Series 19: Steurt (Marjorie Rankin), 1897-1970 and undated
  • Subseries 19.1: Biographical materials, 1929-1947 and undated
  • Subseries 19.2: Booklets, 1915 and undated
  • Subseries 19.3: Correspondence, 1908-1970 and undated
  • Subseries 19.4: Diaries, 1911-1946 and undated
  • Subseries 19.5: Ephemera, 1920 and undated
  • Subseries 19.6: Newspaper clippings, undated
  • Subseries 19.7: Photographs, 1897-1919 and undated
  • Subseries 19.8: Publications, 1915-1931
  • Subseries 19.9: Reports, 1922-1924
  • Subseries 19.10: Writings, 1912-1937 and undated
  • Series 20: Tootell (George T.), 1915-1971 and undated
  • Series 21: Topping (W. H.), 1911-1951 and undated
  • Series 22: Winans (Pearl B. Fosnot), 1940-1948
  • Series 23: Unknown Affiliation, 1913-1939 and undated
  • Subseries 23.1: Lantern slides, 1924 and undated
  • Subseries 23.2: Unknown affiliation, Oversize, 1913 and undated
Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977
specialcollections@claremont.edu
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