Education -- China
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel S. and Jane Balderston Dye Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 22
Overview:
Substantive letters refer to the social and political scene in the Chengdu (Chengtu) area, as well as providing a thorough account of the educational mission work of the Dyes at West China Union University. The papers include unique documentation of patterns and designs used in West China latticework, woven belts, and pottery. Drawings of hundreds of patterns and notes regarding their origin and symbolism are included. Daniel Sheets Dye taught academic courses at West China Union University in...
Dates:
1905-1987
George Henry Hubbard papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 965
Overview:
Chiefly diaries and account books kept by George Henry Hubbard describing his travels and his activities in Fukien Province as administrator of various schools, hospitals and missions. The account books provide a record for one of his schools and for his own personal expenses. Also in the papers are four letters to Hubbard, a diary containing school lessons kept by Hubbard's mother-in-law, Hannah Louise Plimpton Peet Hartwell, and notes on Paradise Lost made by...
Dates:
1894-1918
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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George Henry Hubbard papers
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
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Lingnan Foundation records
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
Esther Tappert Mortensen Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 21
Overview:
The papers provide documentation of a missionary who served in varied roles in China during the turbulent period of 1929 to 1953. The later letters from Shanghai provide information about the situation in the city after the Communist takeover. Esther Tappert taught English at Ginling College, a mission-sponsored women's college in Nanking, China from 1929 to 1931 and 1933 to1937. From 1937 to 1939 she taught English at Chungking University, a Chinese government university. She returned to the...
Dates:
1903-1972
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Esther Tappert Mortensen Papers
Franklin and Bertha Schweinfurth Ohlinger Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 23
Overview:
The collection provides documentation of American Methodist mission work in China, particularly in Fujian Province, and in Korea. The Ohlingers were educational missionaries and pioneers in the field of translation and publication for the church in China. Franklin Ohlinger was born in Ohio in 1845. He served as a missionary under the Methodist Episcopal Church Foreign Mission Board beginning in 1870, based in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. He was a founder of the Union Theological School and the...
Dates:
1867-1973
Howard Richards papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1057
Overview:
Chiefly correspondence, printed matter, and memorabilia related to Howard Richards' missionary work at Boone College in Wuchang, China and his position as secretary to Yale-in-China. Also included is correspondence concerning transportation facilities through the Pottsville Gap in Pennsylvania and printed matter relating to the American Metric Association, of which Richards was secretary.
Dates:
1907-1959
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Howard Richards papers
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 11
Overview:
The collection includes correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, financial records, and photographs which document the administrative functions of the United Board and antecedent bodies and provides extensive detailed and substantive information about the Protestant colleges and universities in China which were the focus of the Board's activities prior to 1955. The correspondence and writings provide a valuable perspective on life in China and particularly on the political turmoil which...
Dates:
1882-1977