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John B. Lindner Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 208
Overview:
This collection documents selected activities of John B. Lindner, including his work with the National Council of Churches US/USSR Church Relations Committee, the "By Faith" project to prepare a video and book on the history of the ecumenical Christian student movement in the US, the Frontier Internship in Mission program, and projects related to Middle East policy and ecumenical formation.
Dates:
1949-2016
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Lingnan Foundation records
Collection
Call Number: RG 14A
Overview:
This collection is the official archives of the Lingnan Foundation, formerly known as the Trustees of Lingnan University, which is a grant-making independent organization that seeks to contribute to the advancement of higher education in South China. These records are a continuation of documentation found in Yale Divinity School Record Group No. 14, Archives of the Trustees of Lingnan University.
Dates:
1951-2017, bulk 1980-2009
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Trustees of Lingnan University Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 14
Overview:
Collection contains letters, minutes, financial reports, photos and other documents. These records represent the official archives of the Trustees of Lingnan University from approximately 1952 to the present. Originals of the earlier official archives are located at Harvard; a microfilm copy is available at the Yale Divinity Library. The photos and financial records in this collection provide substantial early documentation of Lingnan University and Canton Christian College. Lingnan University,...
Dates:
1885-1982
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Austin O. Long Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 146
Overview:
Letters and diaries document Long's YMCA work in Tianjin (Tientsin) and Shenyang (Mukden) and shed light on the political situation in China during the 1920s. Austin O. Long was a YMCA worker in Tianjin (Tientsin), China from 1919 to 1923 and in Shenyang (Mukden), Manchuria from 1924 to 1928.
Dates:
1918-1929
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Henry Winters Luce Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 203
Overview:
Correspondence, journals, diaries, writings, and printed material document the life and work of Henry Winters Luce, who served as a missionary in China, as well as the lives of his wife, children, and other family members.
Dates:
1877-1951 1910-1941, bulk 1910-1941
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Donald MacInnis Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 204
Overview:
The bulk of this collection consists of research files compiled by Donald MacInnis, a prominent historian of missions in China. Correspondence, writings, collected material, and photographs gathered by MacInnis for his book China Chronicles from a Lost Time: The Min River Journals provide extensive documentation of Christian missions in Fujian province. The collection also includes correspondence, writings, and biographical documentation of MacInnis, who was a...
Dates:
1899-2005
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Douglas Clyde Macintosh Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 50
Overview:
Letters, writings, and memorabilia document Macintosh's life and work. Douglas Clyde Macintosh was Professor of Theology at Yale from 1909 to 1942.
Dates:
1906-1978
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
John G. Magee Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 242
Overview:
This collection includes correspondence, writings, photographs, films, and other documentation of the life and work of John Gillespie Magee, his son John Gillespie Magee, Jr. and other family members. The Rev. John G. Magee (1884-1953), a graduate of Yale University, served as a missionary to China under the Episcopal Church for twenty-eight years. John G. Magee witnessed the Japanese invasion of Nanking (Nanjing) in December of 1937 and the subsequent Nanking Massacre. At great risk to his own...
Dates:
1870–2014
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Bruce Maguire / Student YMCA Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 78
Overview:
The papers document the work of the Student Young Men's Christian Association primarily during the period when Bruce Maguire served as the Executive Secretary, 1955-1970. They provide insight into the activities and thought of American college students during this turbulent era and provide detailed information about the operations and policy of the Student YMCA as it sought to define its role in a changing society. Bruce Maguire was involved in student work for the YMCA from 1942 to 1971. From...
Dates:
1921-1985
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Manly Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 82
Overview:
Correspondence, writings, photographs, and collected materials document the life and work of the Manly family in China. Political unrest in Chengdu 1911-1912 is well documented, as is the daily work of a Methodist missionary working with native churches. The collection includes valuable photographs of Sichuan from the early 1900s. Wilson Edward Manly, his wife Florence and daughters Marian and Grace were American Methodist missionaries in Sichuan (Szechwan) province from 1893 to 1943.
Dates:
1888-1976
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Sarah Refo Mason Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 175
Overview:
This collection provides valuable collected research files on a variety of subjects, including: missionary children, the Canton (Guangzhou) YMCA, True Light Middle School, women in China, Lingnan University, the Hmong (Miao) people, and the Presbyterian Mission Home (Cameron House) in San Francisco. The collection also contains documentation related to the life and work of Sarah Refo Mason and her parents, Henry and Sarah F. Refo. Sarah Refo Mason (1930-2002), the child of missionaries to...
Dates:
1866-1999
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
McCandliss-Judson Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 248
Overview:
This collection documents the life and work of Herbert Alfred and Ruth McCandliss Judson, who were Presbyterian missionaries to China, stationed primarily in Lianzhou (Linchow), Guangdong province from 1919 to 1927. Herbert and Ruth were children and siblings of missionaries to China and these papers also shed light on the lives and work of their families, in particular Olivia Kerr McCandliss, mother of Ruth McCandliss Judson. She was the daughter of John G. Kerr, who was well known for...
Dates:
1879-1952
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Josiah C. McCracken Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 113
Overview:
Correspondence, writings, and collected material document the work of a distinguished medical missionary and educator in China and provide information about graduates of the Medical Department of St. John's University, Shanghai. Josiah Calvin McCracken was a medical missionary and educator in China from 1906 to 1948. Sent out by the Christian Association of the University of Pennsylvania, he headed the medical department at Canton Christian College from 1907 to 1912, and at St. John's...
Dates:
1901-1961
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Lawrence and Eleanor Mead Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 155
Overview:
This collection documents the lives and work of Lawrence and Eleanor Mead. Lawrence Mead served in China under the YMCA from 1913-16, and 1919-1926. He taught English at Yenching University in Beijing from 1928-1939, and was unofficial "official" photographer for the University. Extensive correspondence and memorabilia shed light on the early lives and family interactions of the Meads. The photograph collection documenting Yenching University, and scenes and events in China is noteworthy.
Dates:
1886-1994, bulk 1911-1939
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Wayne A. Meeks Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 269
Overview:
Writings, correspondence, and course-related materials document the academic career of prominent New Testament scholar Wayne A. Meeks, who taught in the Religious Studies Department at Yale University from 1969 until his retirement in 1999.
Dates:
1959-2014
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Randolph Crump Miller Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 173
Overview:
Writings, notes, and collected material document Miller's work. Randolph Crump Miller was a professor of Christian Education at the Yale Divinity School.
Dates:
1932-1997
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Collection
Call Number: RG 30
Overview:
The Miscellaneous Personal Papers record group is an open collection consisting of the correspondence, diaries, writings and/or other papers and memorabilia of various individuals. This collection contains papers of individuals who were Yale faculty members, alumni/ae, clergy, ecumenical workers, or missionaries in areas other than China.
Dates:
Various dates according to material
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Missionary Ephemera Collection
Collection
Call Number: RG 221
Overview:
This collection includes a wide range of missionary ephemera, including artifacts, calendars, cards, children's materials, games, maps, posters, stamps, photographs, and lantern slides.
Dates:
1795-2015
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Missionary Postcard Collection
Collection
Call Number: RG 101
Overview:
The collection includes more than 25,000 missionary postcards. These postcards were produced by mission sending agencies and distributed throughout Europe and America with the intent of promoting support for the missions' work and providing information about non-Western peoples and customs.
Dates:
ca. 1920s - 1960s
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Dwight L. Moody Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 28
Overview:
The collection provides valuable biographical information about Dwight Lyman Moody. Correspondence includes family letters, letters of condolence on the occasions of Moody's illness and death in 1899 and the death of his wife in 1903, letters regarding anecdotes of Moody's life, and memoirs, memos and letters compiled by his granddaughter. Sermons contain notes, transcripts and published compilations of sermons. Journals, clippings and articles consist of material describing Moody and his...
Dates:
1854-1968
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library