Papers of Missionaries to China For thorough searching, please use the Yale Finding Aid Database. Additional small collections are listed as part of the China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection (RG 8) See also microform collections such as "Women’s lives. Series 3, American women missionaries and pioneers collection" - University of Oregon Libraries. (Film Ms467) When an online finding aid for a collection is available, the record group number (e.g., RG 8) is linked to it. Hard copies are available for all record groups in the Special Collections Reading Room. An asterisk indicates that microform holdings are available via interlibrary loan. To submit a request, please consult with Special Collections staff. For a list of abbreviations used in this chart, click here. Jump to: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Abbott, Edward (RG 8) Collection of 57 photographs taken in China (1896-1900), primarily at American Church Mission stations and institutions. Also of interest: Imperial Examination cells at Nanking (Nanjing), Chinese Prayer Book Revision Committee. (.5 linear ft.) Adams, Archibald (RG 8) ABFMS missionary in Suifu (Yibin) and Kiating (Leshan), Sichuan prov. (1914-1926); correspondence, writings, photographs of Peking (Beijing), Western China, Buddhist funeral, people at work, etc. (1 linear ft.) Adams, Marie (RG 8) MEFB missionary in Peking (Beijing), 1915-1950; memoir, photographs and watercolors in silk cases, incl. "Views in China," "Chart of Old Peking," "Chinese Temples," "China Flowers." (1 linear ft.) Ady, Merrill Steele PN missionaries in Yeungkong (Yangjiang, Guangdong) and Lucile Meloy (RG 138) (1924-1949); field agent in Secret Intelligence with U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services in China (1944- 1945); Kwangtung International Relief Committee (1945- 1949); Hong Kong, Church of Christ in China (1950-1960); correspondence, notes, reports, printed material. (1.5 linear ft.) Aeschliman, Edward and Myrle Methodist missionaries 1919-1950, stationed in Peking (RG 8) (Beijing) and Tientsin (Tianjin). EA was Methodist pastor and district director, worked with students. (1.5 linear ft.) Albert, Martin* (RG 8) PN missionary in China; writings, incl. "The Story of Hope Hospital, 1871-1952." (1 folder) Allgood, Roy and Petra (RG 8) Roy Allgood was headmaster of the Kuling-American School in Kuling (Guling, Jiangxi) from 1931 to 1939. Compiled letters (1 folder) Alsup, Alice (RG 8) MES missionary in Huchow (Huzhou, Zhejiang), Soochow (Suzhou, Jiangsu), Shanghai (ca.1919-1940); correspondence, printed material. (8 folders) Anderson, Sidney R. and Olive Methodist missionaries in China and Hong Kong from 1915 to (RG 200) 1963. They were instrumental in the development of the Moore Memorial Church in Shanghai and spent twelve years in Hong Kong after 1951 working with refugees from mainland China and at the North Point Methodist Church. (6 linear ft.) Asher, Eva (RG 139) Treasurer and administrative assistant at Fukien Christian University from 1923 to 1950; correspondence, diaries, photographs (3 linear ft.) Atwood, Irrenius J.* (RG 8) ABCFM missionary in Shansi (Shanxi) (1882-1913); information re. Shansi Mission (outgrowth of Oberlin Theological Seminary "China Band"), excerpts of journal of Susan Rowena Bird (martyr during Boxer Rebellion), correspondence. (1 folder) Baker, John Gilbert Hindley* CMS missionary in Canton (Guangzhou, Guangdong), (RG 8) Shanghai; typescript memoir incl. re. his wife, Martha Sherman Baker and her father Arthur Sherman. (.5 linear ft.) Ballou, Earle H. and ABCFM missionaries in Tientsin (Tianjin), 1916-1948; Thelma (RG 165) correspondence. (6 linear ft.) Barbour, George B. and LMS missionaries at Yenching (Yanjing) University in Beijing Dorothy Dickinson (RG 8) (1920-1934); correspondence, photographs, writings, printed material. (3.5 linear ft.) Barbour, Margaret Hart Bailey ACM missionary in Shanghai, St. John's University (ca.1916- (RG 8) 1923); correspondence, photographs, printed material. (6 folders) Barnett, Eugene* (RG 8) YMCA Shanghai (1910-1936); report, "The Far East in the Summer of 1940", memoirs 1937-1968. (2 folders) Bartlett, Robert M.* (RG 8) ABCFM missionary at Yenching (Yanjing) University in Beijing (1924-1927); typescript manuscripts on Chinese revolutionaries and Jimmy Yen. (.5 linear ft.) Bates, Miner Searle (RG 10) UCMS faculty member at University of Nanking (1920-1950); chairman of the Nanking International Relief Committee (1937-1941); professor of missions, Union Theological Seminary, NY (1950-1965); correspondence, notes and drafts for his unfinished book "Christian Effort in Chinese Society", writings, collected material. (55 linear ft.) Beach, Frederick P. (RG 8) ABCFM missionary in Foochow (Fuzhou, Fujian), Fukien Christian University (1910-1937); correspondence. (1 folder) Beach Family (RG 60) David Nelson Beach: Congregational clergyman in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Colorado (1876-1902) , president of Bangor Theol. Seminary (1903-1921), Harlan Page Beach: ABCFM missionary to North China (1883-1890), professor of missions at Yale (1905-1921); Librarian of the Day Missions Library; correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs. (6 linear ft.) Beard, Willard ABCFM missionary in Foochow (Fuzhou, Fujian) (1894- Livingstone* (RG 108) 1941); served YMCA in Fukien (Fujian) (1905- 1910); correspondence, diaries, writings, collected material, photographs. (2.5 linear ft.) Beck, Karl H.* (RG 8) RCUS, RCA missionary in Yochow (Yueyang, Hunan). (1914- 1952); memoir of the Hsian-Si Mission. (1 folder) Belcher, Harold and Marian(RG ABCFM missionaries in Foochow (Fuzhou, Fujian), 1914- 8) 1920; correspondence, printed material (1 linear ft.) Benson, John Leonard Lutheran missionary to China and Hong Kong, 1914-1954 (1 (Microfilm: Film Ms521) reel) Berry-Hart, Alice (RG 8) Daughter of British missionary James Ware (UCMS after 1892); writings based on her life in Shanghai. (.25 linear feet) Bird, Susan Rowena* (RG 8) Martyr during Boxer Rebellion; journal excerpts included in papers of Irrenius Atwood. Bishop, Merlin (RG 8) Went to China in 1935; served as administrator and taught trades at Christian Herald Orphanages; oversaw property of Fukien Christian University until forced to leave by Japanese occupation; 1944-1945 in Chungking (Chongqing), in charge of United Clearing Board; 1945-1948 YMCA industrial training secretary in Shanghai; left China 1948. Bishop was the husband of Eunice Smith Bishop; see also YDSL Record Group No. 5. (.5 linear feet) Bissonette, Wesley S.* (RG 8) MEFB missionary in Foochow (Fuzhou, Fujian), Kutien (Gutian, Fujian). (1903-1943); journal, correspondence, report on siege and battle of Kutien. (1 linear foot) Blodget, Henry (RG 8) ABCFM missionary in Shanghai, Tienstsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), 1854-1894. (1 linear foot) Brack, Ruth A.* (RG 8) PN missionary in Weihsien (Weixian, Shandong), ca. 1919- 1940; report on her internment by the Japanese (1942). (1 folder) Brewster, Elizabeth Fisher (RG MEFB missionary in Hinghwa (Putian, Fujian). (1884-1951); 8) manuscript autobiography, collected material. (.5 linear ft.) Bridgman, Elijah Coleman and ABCFM missionaries in Canton (Guangzhou, Guangdong) and Eliza Jane Gillett (RG 8) Macao, Shanghai, Peking (Beijing) (1829-1871); journal of ECB (1834-1838); writings of EJGB. (.25 linear ft.) Bright Family Papers (RG130) CBM J. Homer and Minnie Bright, their son J. Calvin Bright, and his wife Harriet Bright, were American missionaries in China from 1911 to 1951, serving under the Church of the Brethren mission. The elder Brights served in Shao Yang (Shaoyang, Hunan) and Ping Ting (Pingding, Shanxi). J. Calvin and Harriet Bright served in Chengtu (Chengdu, Sichuan). (8 linear ft.) Brown, Arthur Judson* (RG 2) (1856-1963) Presbyterian clergyman and author, General Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, active in Foreign Missions Conference of North America, Life and Work Movement, and other ecumenical ventures; surveyed Presbyterian missions in Asia following the Boxer Rebellion; correspondence, writings, diaries. (8.5 linear ft.) Brown, Fanny Pomeroy (RG 8) YWCA worker in Shanghai, Peking (Beijing), ca.1928-1932; correspondence, incl. with Mayling Soong Chiang and Ch'ingling Soong Sun, material re. Chinese music, photographs. (.5 linear ft.) Brown, Velva V. (RG 8) ABFMS medical doctor in Swatow (Shantou, Guangdong) (1932-1951); correspondence. (2 linear ft.) Bruce, Elizabeth Gordon*(RG RCA missionary in Siokhe (Xiaoxi), Amoy 8) (Xiamen), Changchow (Zhangzhou), Fujian prov., and Hong Kong; memoir. (1 folder) Brunger, Harry A.* (RG 8) Typescript ms. documenting year spent in Communist China (1949-1950). (1 folder) Bucher, Henry Hale, Sr. and Presbyterian missionaries served on the island of Hainan Louise Scott Bucher (RG 249) beginning in 1934. Buck, Mina Van Cleave* (RG FCMS missionary in Luchowfu (Anhui). (1914-1916); 8) memoir. (1 folder) Buell, Constance (RG 140) ABCFM educational missionary in Tientsin (Tianjin) (1919- 1951), Kobe College, Japan (1952-1958); correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs. (2 linear ft.) Bundy, Robert E. and Gladys ACM missionaries at Boone University, Wuchang (Hubei). Wilson (RG 141) (1923-1927) and St. Paul's University, Tokyo (1927-1929); correspondence, printed material, incl. re. siege of Wuchang. (1 linear ft.) Burch, Clarence Arthur and ACM and UCMS missionaries in Wuhu (Anhui), 1906-1940; Miriam Stuart Hewes (RG 8) correspondence documents the Civil War of China (1911- 1912), the