This series contains personal correspondence between Headland and other missionaries and teachers and correspondence regarding Peking University's endowment, as well as photographs and clippings collected by Headland as a missionary, professor, and college president in China. Included are formal portraits and street scenes of everyday life, people, and important personages in China, as well as images of Beijing, military forces involved in the Boxer Rebellion, and the Qing Imperial family. Also included are portraits of Chinese people and Western missionaries that were clipped from publications. Most of the photographs are undated and many lack identifying information; photographic portraits which have been identified include those of:
Shanqi, the 10th prince Su 肅親王 1866 - 1922 Led the attempted 1917 restoration
Zhang Xun 張勳 1854 - 1923 Qing loyalist general
Wang Wenshao 王文韶 1830 - 1908 Prominent late-Qing official
Zhou Fu 周馥, 1837 - 1921 Viceroy of Liangguang
The Xuantong Emperor 宣統皇帝 1906 - 1967 Puyi, the last Emperor of China
The First Prince Chun 醇賢親王 1840 - 1891 Father of Puyi
Prince Pujie 溥傑 1907 - 1994 Younger brother of Puyi
Prince Pulun 溥伦 1869 - 1925 Nephew of the Guangxu Emperor
Moses and Nelly Parmelee 18?? - 18?? Missionaries to Armenia
George Heber Jones 1867 - 1919 Missionary to Korea
This series is arranged by format.
Box 1 Folder 1
Collection information, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 2
General: Photographs, Clippings and Drawings, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 3
Chinese Modes and Manners: Parents and Children, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 4
Landscapes: Clippings and Photographs, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 5
Chinese Modes and Manners, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 6
Chinese Modes and Manners: Children, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 7
Chinese Modes and Manners, circa 1900 -- 1907
Box 1 Folder 8
Soldiers: Photographs, circa 1901 -- 1909
Box 1 Folder 9
Cities, Monuments, Buildings, Paintings: Photographs, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 10
Peking University Students and Others: Photographs, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 11
Peking University, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 12
The Missions Building, Shanghai, circa 1920 -- 1929
Box 1 Folder 13
The Temple of Heaven, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 14
Personalities, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 15
Missionaries, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 16
Missionary Portraits and Articles, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 17
Clippings and Correspondence, circa 1890 -- 1939
Box 1 Folder 18
Duplicate Photographs: Original Copies from folders 1 - 17, circa 1890 -- 1939