Missionaries -- China
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Lyman Hoover Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 9
Overview:
The collection relates to the personal and professional life of Lyman Hoover. There is documentation of the work of the YMCA in China from 1930 until the Communist takeover in 1950, including observations of Chinese social and political conditions. Lyman Hoover was a missionary in China under the auspices of the YMCA (1930-1949) and a consultant and representative of the Asia Foundation (formerly known as Committee for a Free Asia) in New York and Taiwan.
Dates:
1900-1977
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Lyman Hoover Papers
Hyla S. Watters Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 328
Overview:
This collection documents the life and work of medical missionary Hyla Stowell Watters (1893-1987). Watters served at Wuhu General Hospital in Anhui Province, China, and then at the Methodist Mission hospital in Ganta, Liberia, before spending her later years in Tupper Lake, New York. The collection also contains materials gathered by author Elsie Hayes Landstrom for the publication of Hyla Doc, two books based on Hyla’s life.
Dates:
1892-1994
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Hyla S. Watters Papers
Ingram Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 325
Overview:
Extensive correspondence in the Ingram Family Papers provides insight into China in the early twentieth century with descriptions of missionary and medical activities over thirty years, including exile during the Boxer Rebellion, work in convalescent hospitals and famine refugee camps in the wake of World War I, views inside the Forbidden City in the last years of the Qing dynasty, and documentation of the expat culture of Beijing and repatriation amid the chaos of World War II.
Dates:
1887 - 1986
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Ingram Family Papers
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
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
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Donald MacInnis Papers
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