David Bevier Van Dyck, Sr., (1892-1963) and his wife Anna Foster Richardson (b. 1895) were appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to Kiangan Mission in China in 1918; to Hwei Yuan, 1920-1933, and to Showchow, 1933-1940, doing evangelistic, educational and administrative work. In 1927, because of war conditions, they went to Korea for a brief period. The Van Dycks returned to the US at the beginning of World War II and after an extended furlough Van Dyck returned to Hunan in unoccupied China from 1943-1946, returning to the US in 1946-1947. The Van Dycks again returned to China but were forced to leave because of the civil war. They resigned in 1953. The Van Dycks had three sons who were born in China. David Van Dyck, Jr., (1923- ), served as a missionary and a commissioned fraternal worker in Japan, 1955-1966.
From the description of Papers, 1926-1960. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 48403571
