Missionaries

Abstract

Andrew Gordon Wilson Papers document Rev. Andrew Gordon Wilson’s work and life as an architect and missionary in Guangzhou (Canton), China from the late 1900s to the 1920s. Rev. Wilson worked at the Medical Missionary Society’s Hospital (Canton Hospital) 博濟醫局 and was also involved in the construction and management of the Kong Chuen Canton Hospital 江村普惠醫院 and the schools. There are some pamphlets and many newspaper clippings on China and Guangzhou (Canton) in particular.

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

Scope and Contents Folder 1 (1955-1979) Post scripts are letters written by Dr. Carter Morgan from Hong Kong to supporters at home, numbered from 27 to 81. (1-26 written from Hawaii) They include items about church growth in Hong Kong, and biographical sketches of people involved in the Baptist work in Asia, especially in Hong Kong and Macau.Folder 2 contains several clippings and sketches about Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morgan. (1978,...

Scope and Contents

These letters, written to Fred Webb's mother, and sister, Nettie, in England, tell of the trip out to China, of events during his time at the training school, and what life was like in Chungking (Chongqing).

Geographic coverage

China

Types of documents

Correspondence (outgoing letters)

Scope and Contents The Helen Brenton & Roy Jr. Pryor Papers mainly document the personal experiences of Dr. Helen Brenton & Rev. Roy Jr. Pryor and Helen’s mother Mary Foster Brenton in the Nanjing Incident on March 24, 1927 in Nanjing, China. There are also some correspondence and manuscripts describe the Japanese attack in Beijing (Peiping) and Tianjin (Tientsin) as well as the Nanking massacre in 1937. The overall arrangement of the collection was provided by the archivist while some of the folder...

Scope and Contents Papers of Hinghwa Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church (1933-1948, n.d.) consists of correspondence and articles sent to supporters, family and contributors in the USA, with descriptions of mission work and raising funds for their work.Mrs. Brewster letters (Folder 1) wrote of the situation of the Hinghwa Conference as donation dropped due to the depression in the USA. She mentioned how they provided training for their orphans whom became nurse...

Scope and Contents The collection mainly consists of research materials collected by Professor Gerald Berkley and Professor Wayne Flynt, and the drafts and proofs of their book entitled Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950. Prof. Berkley started to collect the materials when he first had the idea in the early 1980s of writing a book on Alabama missionaries who served in China. Before he went to pursue a law degree in 1986, Prof. Berkley turned them...