Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of collected material, including valuable typescript and mimeographed accounts of events in China. It contains documentation of 1927 Nanking incident and Japanese occupation 1937-1939, National Christian Council of China Broadcast Bulletins, circular letters from colleagues and friends, correspondence with Methodist mission board, and Chinese language material as well as more than 100 glass slides.
Dates
- 1926-1971
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open to qualifed researchers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lyman and Sadie Hale.
Arrangement
- I. Collected Material, 1925-1971, n.d.
- II. Correspondence, 1927-1975, n.d.
- III. Writings, 1932-1941
- IV. Glass slides, n.d.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Writings, collected material, and glass slides document the Hales' life and work in China. Lyman and Sadie Hale were American Methodist missionaries to China from 1915 to 1941 and 1945 to 1949. They were stationed in Wuhu (1916-1925), Nanjing (Nanking) (1925-1927, 1945-1949), Shanghai (1927-1929), and Zhenjiang (Chinkiang) (1929-1941).
Biographical / Historical
Lyman Hale supervised mission schools and churches in Wuhu from 1916 to 1925, and in Nanjing (Nanking) from 1925 until evacuated to Shanghai in March 1927. The Hale family resided in Shanghai from 1927 to 1929, with Lyman serving as mission treasurer and secretary. From 1929 September to 1941 (except furlough in 1933-1934) the family resided in Zhenjiang (Chinkiang), with Lyman serving as mission supervisor and treasurer and editor of The China Christian Advocate; served in Nanjing (Nanking) after World War II (1945-1949). The Hales twice had their home completely destroyed due to political disturbances (1927 and 1937).
Processing Information
Place names were modernized in the description, with the name originally used in the collection material or in an older version of the finding aid in parenthesis: e.g. “Beijing (Peking)” or “Benin (Dahomey)”.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Lyman and Sadie Hale Papers
- Author
- Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
- Date
- 1998
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared According To Local Divinity Library Descriptive Practices
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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