This series contains correspondence and reports concerning ABCFM missions in Asia, including China; Eastern and Central Turkey; European Turkey at the Samokov Station in Bulgaria; Japan; and India; and missions in the Philippine Islands. All discuss in detail their experiences with the local population, the current living situations, and other missions in the area. The missionaries speak of when Communists took control in China in 1949-1950. The missionaries in Japan include details about the country's recoveryfrom World War II and the Japanese feeling towards Americans. Those in the Philippines include details from the medical missionaries involving the types of diseases and people receiving medical treatment. The missionaries in Turkey detail the massacres which took place in the late nineteenth century and the Russian army occupation, including the interaction with Turks, Bulgarians and the missionary groups themselves. The European Turkey Mission reports include those from the Collegiate and Theological Institute in Bulgaria, and the Girls Boarding School. Much of the material is either mimeographed or carbon copy. The reports from the European Turkey Mission are handwritten mission or school copies and include annotations and corrections.
This series is arranged alphabetically by location.
Box 7 Folder 1
China, Secretarial Correspondence, 1937
Box 7 Folder 2
China, Report Letters from Missionaries, 1949 -- 1950
Box 7 Folder 3
China, Foochow Mission, Fukien: Shao-Wu Station Report Letters, 1906 -- 1950
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China, Foochow Mission, Fukien: Ing-Hok Station Report Letters, 1907 -- 1914
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China, North China Mission: Pang Chuang Station Report Letters, 1906 -- 1914
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Eastern Turkey Mission: Harpoot Station Report Letters, 1906 -- 1914
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European Turkey Mission: Samakov Station, Bulgaria Annual Reports, 1878 -- 1888
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European Turkey Mission: Samakov Station, Bulgaria Girls Boarding School Annual Reports, 1882 -- 1898
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European Turkey Mission: Samakov Station, Bulgaria Collegiate and Theological Institute Annual Reports, 1880 -- 1914
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Central Turkey Mission: Adana and Aintab Stations Report Letters, 1909 -- 1910
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India, Madura Mission: Battalagundu and Aruppukottai Stations Report Letters, 1907 -- 1914
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India, Marathi Mission: Soholapur Station Report Letters, 1907 -- 1914
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Japan: Doshiba University, Kyoto, and Kobe College, Nishinomiya Report Letters, 1949
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Japan Mission: Sapporo Station and Sendai Station Report Letters, 1907 -- 1908
Box 7 Folder 19
Philippine Islands Report Letters, 1911 -- 1913