Missions -- Japan
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Charlotte B. DeForest Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 178
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, and collected material in the Charlotte B. DeForest Papers document her work in women's higher education in Japan, her literary efforts to translate Japanese poetry and children's books, and her work with Japanese-Americans. Charlotte Burgis DeForest was the daughter of ABCFM missionaries to Japan and a graduate of Smith College. She was a missionary educator in Japan from 1903 to 1940, serving on the faculty and as president of Kobe College. During World War II she...
Dates:
1879-1967
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Charlotte B. DeForest Papers
Gulick Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 299
Abstract:
The Gulick Family Papers, 1840-1964, primarily document the scientific and missionary life of John Thomas Gulick (1833-1923) in Japan and China and the scientific career of his son Addison Gulick who was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri from 1912 to 1952.
Dates:
1840-1964
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Gulick Family Papers
James Laughton Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 190
Abstract:
Letters, writings, and collected material document the life and work of James Fyfe Laughton. Laughton was born of missionary parents in China, returning to Scotland to continue his education. He later studied at Crozer Seminary in Chester , PA, was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1912, and served as pastor of a church in Westport, New York for seven years. In 1920 he was called by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society to direct the work of their mission ship "Fukuin Maru" sailing...
Dates:
1920-1955
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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James Laughton Papers
Harman V. S. Peeke Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 185
Abstract:
Detailed and substantive quarterly letters and writings document the missionary work of Harman V. S. Peeke and his wife Vesta G. Peeke. The Peekes were missionaries in Japan from 1893 to 1929, serving under the Reformed Church in America.
Dates:
1887-1987
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
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Harman V. S. Peeke Papers