John Horton Daniels and Helen (Dunn) Daniels papers, 1919 -- 1959

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Series 1: Correspondence, 1919 -- 1950

This series is open for research.

1.25 linear feet; 1.25 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains correspondence written by John Horton and Helen Daniels to family and friends in the United States. It covers the period during which they lived and worked in China, including the final years leading up to the establishment of the People's Republic and the eviction of the missionaries. Most of this correspondence is of a personal nature, reporting and reflecting on their experiences in China. Several of the letters are significant because they were sent by John Horton Daniels to his wife and family from internment in the Philippines. There are also official communications between government agencies and the Daniels' family regarding his status as an interned civilian.

This series is arranged chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1-20 Correspondence, 1919-03 -- 1931-12



Box 2 Folder 1-15 Correspondence, 1932-01 -- 1941-12



Box 3 Folder 1-9 Correspondence, 1942-04 -- 1950-05

Series 2: Clippings and publications, 1920 -- 1959

This series is open for research.

0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains clippings and publications related to the Daniels' work in China. The bulk of this material is from the 1930s and 40s, and includes a number of documents relating to the Nanking Massacre of 1937. Two local publications, The Nanking Bulletin of Church and Community and its continuation, Notes and Notices of the Nanking Union Church and Community, are represented here by a very comprehensive collection of issues. The 1949 Nanking Bulletin directory offers a unique glimpse into the foreign community of the Chinese capital only months before the establishment of the People's Republic, and the subsequent exodus of most of the Christian missionaries and Western diplomats.

This series is arranged roughly chronologically.



Box 4 Folder 1 Student Volunteer Movement Bulletin; Nanking Station Report, 1920; 1931


Box 4 Folder 2 Clippings, Correspondence, Reports, Photograph, 1922 -- 1939


Box 4 Folder 3 Nanking Bulletin of Church and Community, 1930 -- 1933


Box 4 Folder 4 Notes and Notices of the Nanking Union Church and Community, 1933 -- 1935


Box 4 Folder 5 Nanking Massacre: Correspondence, Reports, 1937 -- 1938


Box 4 Folder 6 Nanking Notes and Notices, 1935 -- 1940


Box 4 Folder 7 Clippings, 1938 -- 1948


Box 4 Folder 8 Mao Tze-Tung on People's Democratic Dictatorship 論人民民主專政, circa 1940 -- 1949


Box 4 Folder 9 International Woman's Club, Nanking, China; Hu Hsiao-Shih, The Position of Nanking in Chinese Literature, 1947 -- 1949


Box 4 Folder 10 Nanking Bulletin: Directory of Foreign Residents, 1949-07


Box 4 Folder 11 Clippings, circa 1950 -- 1959


Box 4 Folder 12 Reports on Christianity and Communism, 1950 -- 1952


Box 4 Folder 13 Clippings from People's China, 1952


Box 4 Folder 14 Lilian Caldwell Williams, Grandmother's Story of an Ohio Childhood; Yesterdays in China, 1956