Register of the Roderick Scott papers
Finding aid prepared by Supriya Wronkiewicz
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Title: Roderick Scott papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-1967
Collection Number: 72002
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder
(1.6 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Scott, Roderick, 1885-1971
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1972.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roderick Scott papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 6 series: Correspondence, Fukien Christian University (FCU) file, Speeches and writings,
Subject file, Photographs, and Memorabilia
Related Materials
Roderick Scott (Series 15), American Missionaries and Educators in China Collection, Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library,
Claremont University Consortium, Claremont, CA
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Missions -- China
Missionaries
Education -- China
Universities and colleges -- China
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Fujian xie he da xue
Correspondence
1916-1967
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters to and from Roderick Scott and his wife Agnes Kelley Scott, as well as newsletters and reports they created.
Arranged by format
box 1, folder 1-2
Newsletters and reports
1927-1952
box 1, folder 3-6
Letters and postcards
1916, 1926-1967
Fukien Christian University (FCU) file
1920s-1956
Scope and Contents note
Consists of documents regarding FCU alumni, correspondence, newsletters, published materials and reports. Arranged according
to document type. See also
Speeches and Writings,
Photographs, and
Memorabilia
box 1, folder 7
Alumni lists and related documents
circa 1926-1952
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence
1928-1949
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence not directly to or from Roderick Scott
box 1, folder 9
F.C.U. News
1930, 1934, 1937
box 1, folder 11
Published booklets and pamphlets
1920s-1941
Speeches and writings
1931-1965, undated
Scope and Contents note
Comprised of Roderick Scott's essays, presentations, and other forms of writing, as well as his doctoral thesis from the University
of Southern California. Arranged chronologically.
box 2, folder 1
"Detailed Account of the Affair of the Revolt of the 'Sek-Siong Party,'"
1927 March
box 2, folder 2
"Narrative of part of journey of A. & R. Scott,"
1931 December-1932 January
box 2, folder 3
Sermons translated into Chinese
1932-1940s, undated
box 2, folder 4
"Not My Country and Not My People" from
The Chinese Recorder
1936 December
box 2, folder 5
"Advance Through Storm: Address to the Prudential Committee of the American Board,"
1945 April 10
box 2, folder 6
"The Personalistic Insights in Ancient Chinese Philosophy,"
circa 1946
box 2, folder 7-9
The Personalistic Insights in Ancient Chinese Philosophy, dissertation for the University of Southern California
1946 June
box 2, folder 10
"An ... Student 'Movement' in China,"
1947-1948
box 2, folder 11
"Sermon on Hope,"
1948 May 2
box 2, folder 12
"Christianity for this Day in China" seminar notes
1949 September 17
Scope and Contents note
Scott made a presentation
box 2, folder 13
The United Nations and the Missionary Movement
1950 April
box 2, folder 14
Fukien Christian University, paperbound book
1954
box 2, folder 15
"Memories of Doctor C.M.L. Sites,"
1960 September
box 2, folder 16
What I Have Learned, or My New Theology
circa 1965
box 2, folder 17
"Little Essays on the Chinese Classics,"
undated
box 2, folder 18
"On Understanding China: What About China?"
undated
box 2, folder 19
"Tehism and Christianity,"
undated
Subject file
1926-1962
Scope and Contents note
Consists of articles, reports, memoranda, and other materials collected by Scott. The bulk of the materials relate to Christian
education and missionary work in China. Arranged alphabetically by title or topic.
box 2, folder 20
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions bulletins and memorandum
1941-1943, 1950
box 2, folder 21
The Chinese Recorder
1926-1933
Scope and Contents note
Bound copy consisting of excerpts from the publication
box 3, folder 1
Christians and Christian education in China file
1939-1962
box 3, folder 2
"Former Richmond Resident Describes Chinese Events" article from
The Richmond Sun-Telegram featuring Agnes Scott
1927 August 22
box 3, folder 3
"The Moral Point of View of Chang Tsai" by Siu-chi Huang
1971 April
Scope and Contents note
Reprinted from
Philosophy East & West, Volume 21, number 2. Huang graduated from FCU in 1936
box 3, folder 4
New Educational Buildings in War-Torn China by Ching-jun Lin
1938 October 15
Scope and Contents note
Translation of an address given at the dedication of the Orlinda Childs Pierce Memorial School
box 3, folder 5
The Perfections of God According to Doctor Karl Barth, thesis by Peter (Ping K'ang) Hsieh, for FCU
1943
box 3, folder 6
Religious Education Fellowships excerpts
1947, 1948
box 3, folder 7
"Science, Scientists and Politics" by Theodore Hsi-en Chen
1961
Scope and Contents note
Reprinted from
Sciences in Communist China American Association for the Advancement of Science. Chen graduated from FCU in 1922
Photographs
1927-circa 1933
Scope and Contents note
Consists of group photographs of the faculty of Fukien Christian University (FCU).
box 3, folder 9
FCU faculty group images
1927-circa 1933
Memorabilia
1924, undated
Scope and Contents note
Consists of a postcard, a silk screen painting with a letter to Roderick, posters and other papers.
box 3, folder 11
Identification cards and booklets
undated
box 3, folder 12
FCU promotional publication
1924
drawer PP12
Letter and painting from a student to Roderick Scott on a piece of silk
1924
drawer PP12
2 certificates of achievement
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Chinese