Custodian History: Articles, correspondence, 2009 - 2010

The Lin family photo album consists of black and white photographs of family and friends of Rev. Timothy Lin (林道亮), and scenes from their travels in China, including Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau and Shanghai. There are photographs of old street scene, parade, train stations and parks. It also documented important family activities such as group photos from weddings, tomb-sweeping and celebration outside the relatives’ shop (林園).

The album showed the history of Rev. Lin family which also included part of the history of Alliance Bible Seminary, Rev. Lin was one of the Bible teachers of the South China Alliance Bible Institute and his wife Mrs. Lin (金維君 Jin Wei-jun, Daisy) was the school nurse. There are group photos of China Alliance Bible Institute entitled:

• 1935年春季建道聖經院員生合影 (Group photo of staff and students of Alliance Bible Institute, Spring 1935),

• 建道聖經院全體員生歡送陳法言牧師師奶例假歸國紀念 (Farewell to Rev. Walter H. Oldfield on furlough, 15 March 1937) and

• 百色區宣道會全體職員 1937 (Staff of Chinese Alliance in Baise, Guangxi).

Lin’s family and the Holy Bible institute staff and students fled from Japanese invasion in Wuzhou (梧州), Guangxi. However, Rev. Lin’s wife and daughter were killed in an air raid by Japan in 1939. Their funeral, burial place and tombstone were captured in the photos.

Newspaper articles written by Mr. Carney are included in Folder 1. There are correspondence of his research, biographies of Rev. Lin and an obituary by Rev. Lin brother, Mr. Lin Daomao 林道茂, in which he depicted his brother life in detail up to 1948.

Geographic coverage

China

Types of documents

Articles, Correspondence and Photographs