Christianity in Japan, 1927-1931, bulk 1930-1931

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Series 5: Harvey Hugo Guy and George L. Maxwell Papers, 1930-1931

This series contains material related to theological education produced by Guy and Maxwell for the LFMI. Guy was a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He graduated from the Bible College of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and went to Japan in 1893 with his wife. In 1906 he and Ishikawa Kakujiro, 1867-1930, founded Seigakuin Bo ys' Junior and Senior High School 聖学院中学校高等学校 in Tokyo. In 1909 he was appointed to Berkeley Bible Seminary, but was dismissed in 1912. He later worked at the Pacific Theological Seminary in Berkeley, CA. Further material on Guy is to be found in the Benjamin Ide Wheeler papers, 1854 - 1927, held in the Bancroft Library of UC Berkeley. Guy was the director of the LMFI Fact-finders for Japan, and he contributed a chapter to the Supplementary Series in addition to his co-authored chapter with Maxwell.George L. Maxwell, 1896-1947, was an alumnus of Union Theological Seminary in New York City (class of 1927), field secretary for the National Council on Religion in Higher Education (1928-29) and later held senior administration positions at the University of Denver in Colorado. He co-authored a chapter in the Supplementary Series with Guy.