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Baptist Press Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: RG.5

Scope and Contents

This collection contains first-hand information and clippings about the work of Southern Baptist missionaries and Chinese Christians during 1920s-1950s.

Geographic coverage
China, Hong Kong and United States of America (USA)
Types of documents
Articles, card files, clippings, letters and manuscripts

Dates

  • 1935-1997, undated

Creator

Language of Materials

English, Chinese

Restriction

Anyone using this collection must sign an Agreement to use the Baptist Press Collection. Photocopying of unpublished material is prohibited.

Administrative History

Baptist Press (Hong Kong) is the successor of the China Baptist Publication Society, from Canton and Shanghai, later combined in Shanghai. After 1950, when the China Baptist Publication Society ceased, missionaries and Chinese Christians began publishing in Hong Kong. The Press materials are used all over the world in Chinese churches. Princeton Hsu, Lila Watson, Mary Alexander and Faye Taylor were leaders of the Press.

Changes in name

1899
美華浸會書局 China Baptist Publication Society
1932
中華浸會書局 China Baptist Publication Society
1955
浸信會出版部 Baptist Press
1980
浸信會出版社 Baptist Press
1997
浸信會出版社(國際)有限公司 Chinese Baptist Press (International) Ltd.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 carton box)

Arrangement

The overall arrangement of the collection was provided by the archivist, as were the titles of the folders. The folders are now arranged alphabetically by subject, name or document type, and then chronologically within each type of document classification.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials for this collection were received by the Special Collections & Archives in 1996 from Baptist Press, Princeton Hsu, Lila Watson and Fay Taylor.

Date
September 9, 2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Multiple languages
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the HKBU Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections & Archives
AML 405, L4, Au Shue Hung Memorial Library,
Hong Kong Baptist University
34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong
(852) 3411-5937