Isaac Taylor Headland papers, circa 1890 -- 1939

This series is open for research.

0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

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

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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

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Isaac Taylor Headland papers, circa 1890 -- 1939