Missions

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 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 The Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) was founded in 1888 as an independent auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention. The purposes are to encourage spiritual growth and evangelism among the members. The national organization in China began in the late 1920s. The papers mainly include letters written among leaders during the 1930s and 1940s concerning the work of the organization. Types of documents Articles, correspondences, manuscripts, postcards and...

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

This Collection contains papers concerning various institutions which were established cooperatively by the Southern Baptist Mission and Baptist Association of Hong Kong (later Hong Kong Baptist Convention). They jointly supported those institutions financially.

Types of documents

Agenda, articles, budget plan, correspondence, invitation, minutes, reports

Scope and Contents

This collection includes a letter and a rubbing. The letter addressed to Dr. James Legge, dated May 2, 1859, from Gallowtree Gate Chapel, Leicester, England on parchment. The Chapel was thankful to have him, missionary to Hong Kong, while he was in England on furlough. And the rubbing was made from the Chinese writing on the west end of Rev. Robert Morrison’s grave.

Scope and Contents Correspondence contains letters of Lila Watson with other field workers such as Mary Alexander, W B Johnson and W.H. Tipton, and also other affiliated organizations and committees. Some letters were forwarded to her for reports and planning, showed the difficult time of Baptist workers facing the financial difficulties, the threat of war and Japanese occupation of China. Folder 2 contains letters, reports and information gathered from various meetings and development of Baptist organizations...

Scope and Contents

This Papers contain two folders: Folder 1. Correspondences consist of replies to questions that Rev. Hsu wrote to retired Southern Baptist missionaries about the missionary work in the areas where they lived. Folder 2. Miscellaneous articles about Baptist history.

Geographic coverage

China

Types of documents

Articles, Clippings, Correspondence, Photographs