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Abbe Livingston Warnshuis papers, 1877-1963, bulk 1910-1958 1 Linear Feet 16.75 320 folders in 8 file drawers 2 boxes 1 oversize box linear feet

Warnshuis, A. L (Abbe Livingston), 1877-1958

Includes correspondence; diaries; notes for lectures; sermons; articles, minutes, memoranda, and other papers related to Warnshuis' work with the International Missionary Council, the National Council of Churches of China, the World Council of Churches and the Reformed Church in America; and numerous international committees on religious liberty.

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Charles Luther Boynton papers, 1897-1964, bulk 1910-1945 26 linear feet 26 linear feet 52 boxes

Boynton, Charles Luther, 1881-1967

The majority of the collection consists of bound volumes of missionary recordkeeping and statistics, including directories of Protestant missionaries in China, and reports from the National Christian Council of China. Also included are personal correspondence, biographical and autobiographical writings, and clippings from magazines and newspapers.

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Clippings from the North-China Daily News, 1890 30 pages 30 pages

General Missionary Conference (Location of meeting: Shanghai, China). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1890 :.)

Clippings concerning Conference, May 6, 1890.

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David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant papers, 1827 -- 1851 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

Olyphant, David W. C., 1789-1851

This collection contains typewritten copies of letters originally written by David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant between 1827 and 1851. Olyphant was an American trader with offices in New York and Guangzhou, and a prominent supporter of the American missionary enterprise in China.

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David Willard Lyon papers, 1904-1950, bulk 1920-1941 1.5 linear feet 1.5 linear feet 3 boxes

Lyon, David Willard, 1870-1949

This collection largely consists of reports and writings related to the work of the YCMA in China, although other missionary enterprises are represented as well. It also contains unpublished material on Lyon's study of Confucianism.

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Earl Herbert Cressy papers, 1918 -- 1960 8 linear feet 8 linear feet; 7 boxes

Cressy, Earl Herbert, 1883-

Earl Herbert Cressy was a missionary to China who worked with the Central China Famine Relief Committee and served as the executive secretary of the Council of Christian Colleges in China and as the associate general secretary of the National Christian Council of China. This collection contains reports and drafts, charts, tabulations, maps, surveys, summaries of data, and other materials related to Cressy's research on Chinese religious institutions, mostly in Hangzhou.

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Edwin Carlyle Lobenstine album, 1935 2 linear feet 2 linear feet; 1 oversize box

Lobenstine, E. C. (Edwin Carlyle), 1872-1958

This collection contains a commemorative album presented to Presbyterian missionary Edwin Carlyle Lobenstine and his wife, Susan Clark Lobenstine, on the occasion of his retirement from the National Christian Council of China.

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Elwood G. and Donald G. Tewksbury papers, 1872 -- 1959 2.5 linear feet 2.5 linear feet; 4 boxes

Tewksbury, Elwood G., 1865-1945

Elwood G. Tewksbury was a missionary and college teacher in China. He and his wife and two sons, Donald G. and Malcolm G. Tewksbury, were besieged in the British legation during the Boxer Rebellion. Donald George Tewksbury later became a professor of Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Malcom Gardner Tewksbury authored two textbooks on speaking Chinese. The collection contains clippings and correspondence documenting Elwood Tewksbury's ordination, missionary activities in China, and role in the Boxer Siege of Peking in 1900, as well as papers of his sons relating to China.

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Frank Joseph Rawlinson papers, 1924 -- 1937 0.5 linear feet 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

Rawlinson, Frank Joseph, 1871-1937

Frank Joseph Rawlinson was a Baptist missionary and lecturer in China, and for over two decades served as editor of The Chinese Recorder. The collection contains notes and drafts of his lectures and research on Christianity in China and Chinese religious culture, correspondence with Abbe Livingston Warnshuis, and other materials.

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Henry DeWitt Barnett papers, 1917-1982 13.5 linear feet 35 boxes

Barnett, Henry DeWitt, 1917-2009

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, reports, documents, notes, clippings, and other printed materials of Henry DeWitt Barnett, a missionary in China.

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