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William Richard Johnson was born in 1878 in Cornell, Illinois. He received a B.A. degree from Northwestern University in 1905 and an M.A. degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 1937. In 1906, Johnson sailed for China to serve as a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church. In China, he served as a pastor, educator and school administrator. He was active in famine and flood relief work, 1931-1936, and proposed a Rural Reconstruction Program adopted by the central government in 1933. Shortly after becoming the assistant director of the American Red Cross China Relief Unit, Johnson was taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1941. He was exchanged and returned to the United States in 1942. He died in Polo, Illinois on July 19, 1967.

From the description of William Richard Johnson papers, 1836-1936 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702165191 1849 1914 Sarah Esther Husted, mother of WRJ, born in Indiana and came to Illinois at an early age. 1851 1908 Benjamin R. Johnson, father of WRJ, born in Ruyville, Ohio; came to Illinois at the age of 2 in a prairie schooner; was a general storekeeper and banker in Cornell, Illinois. (The following are children of Sarah Esther and Benjamin R. Johnson: Estella, b. 1872, d. 1874; Franklin, b. 1874; Sidney Elmer, b. 1881; William Richard, b. 1878, d. 1967; Harry, b. 1883, d. 1950; Marcia (Lowell), b. 1886; Edward Amer, b. 1889; Lucille (Jones), b. 1892.) 1882 Ina Buswell Johnson, wife of WRJ, born in Illinois. Her parents were Joel Battie Buswell (1834-1905) and Laura Shoemaker Buswell (1843-1936).(The children of Joel Battie and Laura Shoemaker Buswell are: Clark, Emily (Thorpe), Elizabeth (Antrim) and James.) 1894 WRJ finished ninth grade in Cornell public school. 1897 Graduated from Pontiac High School, Illinois 1898 1899 Taught district school in Illinois 1899 1901 Worked as a cashier in the Cornell bank 1901 Entered Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1905 IBJ and WRJ graduated from Northwestern, both with degrees in Liberal Arts. 1905 1906 WRJ worked as a fund raiser for the building campaign of the Y.M.C.A. at the University of Illinois. 1906 William Buswell, b. 1908 in Kuling, later became a Methodist minister in California. Joel Benjamin, b. 1910 in Nanchang, later became a lawyer in Princeton, New Jersey. Clark Husted, b. 1913 in Nanchang, later named Foreign Director for McNeil Laboratories, then purchased the Zemmer Company in 1964 and sailed for China (Dec. 9) as a missionary for the Methodist Church. James Bashford, b. 1915 in Nanchang, graduated from Western Reserve Medical School, served in World War II, eventually practiced medicine in Greencastle, Indiana. Laura Lillian, b. 1920 in Polo, Illinois, graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, served in the Navy in World War II, awarded M.A. degree from University of Michigan, taught school, married Lt. Col. Clifford L. Woodliff, lived in Polo, Illinois with WRJ at the time of his death. 1907 Arrived in Shanghai and was ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church; began to study the Chinese language. 1908 Pastor and District Superintendent, Nanchang, Kiangsi Province. 1913 James Whitford Bashford writes about WRJ: "one of the ablest representatives of our church in central Asia or in the entire nation." (James W. Bashford was a bishop of the Methodist Church in China 1904-1915. See George Richmond Grose, James W. Bashford: Pastor, Educator, Bishop, (New York: The Methodist Book Concern, 1922).) 1915 1918 Principal, Nanchang Academy 1918 1919 Furlough. Secretary for Foreign Missions and Stewardship in the Methodist Centenary Movement, Denver, Colorado area. 1919 1920 Assistant Secretary of the Stewardship Dept., Methodist Committee on Conservation and Advance, New York City. 1921 1927 Principal, Nanchang Academy 1922 Red Cross refugee work 1924 1927 Executive Secretary, Kiangsi International Famine Relief, directing dike repair, famine relief program. 1927 1929 Furlough. Studied at Columbia University; Executive Secretary, China Famine Relief (New York City) during its first financial campaign. 1929 1936 Director of Religious Education, Nanchang Academy 1931 1936 Famine and flood relief work, directed part of the dike repair program financed by the American Wheat and Cotton Loan, 1931-1932. 1933 Made a survey for Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, outlining a Rural Reconstruction Program for Kiangsi Province which was adopted by central government and provincial authorities and put into operation. For Johnson's involvement in the Rural Reconstruction Program see While China Faced West, by James C. Thomson, Jr. (James C. Thomson, Jr. While China Faced West: American Reformers in Nationalist China, 1928-1937. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969.)) 1933 1936 Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Kuling Estate, participating in the rendition ceremonies January 1, 1936. (Kuling Estate was a summer resort which was administrated by the British as a part of the Concession of Kiukiang, but not returned with the Concession, under the Chen-O'Malley Agreement.) 1936 1937 Furlough. Columbia University Teachers College, M.A. 1937 1940. Returned to China without his family. District missionary, largely engaged in war-relief administration: hospitals and relief camps with industrial work and cooperatives. 1940 Furlough 1941 Assistant Director, American Red Cross, China Relief Unit, in charge of Hong Kong office. Lay Superintendent of the Canossa Hospital (later the Majama Hospital), a British Government Hospital for civilian wounded, during the siege of Hong Kong. 1941 1942 Prisoner of the Japanese, interned from January 5, 1942 until June 29, 1942 at Stanley Civilian Internment Camp. 1942 Exchanged at Lorenco Marques and returned to U.S. on the "Gripsholm." 1942 1949 Lectured for the U.S.O. in Army and Navy camps, in Rotary International Institutes, for Y.M.C.A. groups, crossing the United States four times. His lectures were arranged largely by the Redpath speakers' bureau. 1944 Speaker for the Community War Fund, Washington, D.C. 1946 Had given 361 addresses in twenty states. 1947 1952 Published various articles regarding China. 1954 Appeared before the Un-American Activities Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, eighty-third Congress. 1950 1966 "During the course of the Kuomintang's decline, the reformers and their colleagues were soon torn by partisanship. In the war and postwar years, the Protestant missionary community became sharply divided--as did American officials and academics--on the question of loyalty to the Kuomintang regime. On the one side stood such indefatigable spokesmen for the Nationalists as Walter H. Judd ..., William R. Johnson... .Ranged against them were...other American missionaries, whose disillusionment with the Nationalists was intense..."(Thomson, While China Faced West, p. 242.) WRJ debated this issue through letters, articles and speeches. 1962 Presented with a medal by the Republic of China on behalf of Chiang Kai-shek. The award was given "in recognition of his meritorious contribution." (Box 50, Series V, Folder 19) 1963 Ina Buswell Johnson died in Polo, Illinois. 1967 Jul 19 William Richard Johnson died in Polo, Illinois. From the guide to the William Richard Johnson Papers, 1836-1966, (Yale University Divinity School Library)

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An artificial collection of pamphlets containing "conservative, reactionary, or right wing" publications on a wide range of topics including: China, anti-communism, Christian groups, 1917-1973.

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Right wing pamphlet collection, 1917-1973 (inclusive).

Title: Right wing pamphlet collection, 1917-1973 (inclusive).

An artificial collection of pamphlets containing "conservative, reactionary, or right wing" publications on a wide range of topics including: China, anti-communism, Christian groups, 1917-1973.

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The papers detail the life and work of WilliamRichard Johnson, most significantly documenting the years he spent in China,1906-1942. William Richard Johnson was born in 1878 in Cornell, Illinois. Hereceived a B.A. degree from Northwestern University in 1905 and an M.A. degreefrom Columbia University Teachers College in 1937. In 1906, Johnson sailed forChina to serve as a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church. In China, heserved as a pastor, educator and school administrator. He was active in famineand flood relief work, 1931-1936, and proposed a Rural Reconstruction Programadopted by the central government in 1933. Shortly after becoming the assistantdirector of the American Red Cross China Relief Unit, Johnson was takenprisoner by the Japanese in 1941. He was exchanged and returned to the UnitedStates in 1942. He died in Polo, Illinois on July 19, 1967.

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Title: William Richard Johnson papers, 1836-1936 (inclusive).

Material documents the life and work of William Richard Johnson, most significantly the years he spent in China, 1906-1942.

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