Douglas Newton Forman papers, 1930 -- 1957

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Douglas Newton Forman papers, 1930 -- 1957

This series is open for research.

1 linear feet; 1 linear foot; 2 boxes

This series contains papers on medical mission work collected by Forman during his tenure at the Christian Medical Council. The bulk of the material deals with China, although some of the data is drawn from other mission fields, such as the Philippines, India, and Africa. The papers in folders 3 - 4 were produced as part of a report to the State Department on American medical mission institutions and staff in China following the outbreak of war with Japan. Folders 8 - 10 are mainly concerned with the planned establishment of a Hospital Service Agency in Shanghai to meet the needs of war-damaged mission hospitals in China.

This series is arranged thematically.



Box 1 Folder 1 Mission Hospitals and Universities in China: Correspondence, Reports, 1946 -- 1949


Box 1 Folder 2 Harvard-Yenching Institute: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, 1943 -- 1946


Box 1 Folder 3 Reports on Medical Work in China for State Department: Project Correspondence, Tabulated Data, Mission Board Reports, 1941 -- 1942


Box 1 Folder 4 Reports on Medical Work in China for State Department: Mission Board Reports, 1941 -- 1942


Box 1 Folder 5 Wartime China: Clippings, Reports, 1938 -- 1947


Box 1 Folder 6 Wartime China: Correspondence, Reports, 1938 -- 1947


Box 1 Folder 7 Chinese Hospitals: Statistical Reports, 1945


Box 1 Folder 8 Mission Hospitals in China - Equipment and Supplies: Correspondence, Reports, 1941 -- 1944


Box 1 Folder 9 Mission Hospitals in China - Equipment and Supplies: Correspondence, Reports, 1947


Box 1 Folder 10 Mission Hospitals in China - Equipment and Supplies: Correspondence, 1947 -- 1948


Box 1 Folder 11 Hospitals in Mission Areas: Tabulated Data, Reports, 1930


Box 1 Folder 12 Hospitals in Mission Areas: Tabulated Data, Reports, Correspondence, 1930 -- 1946


Box 1 Folder 13 Forman Instructional Correspondence, 1957



Box 2 Folder 1-2 Reports, Programs and Proposals, 1943 -- 1948


Box 2 Folder 3 Announcements, Policies and Principles, 1948 -- 1949


Box 2 Folder 4 Hospital and Medical Policies and Procedures, 1948 -- 1949


Box 2 Folder 5 Health Needs and Instructions, circa 1940 -- 1949


Box 2 Folder 6 Instructions on Disorders, Diseases and Treatments, circa 1940 -- 1949


Box 2 Folder 7 Director's Report, 1940