Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association

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The Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association (OSMA) is a private foundation housed on the campus of Oberlin College. It was established in 1908 to memorialize Oberlin-educated missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions who died in the Boxer Rebellion in China during the summer of 1900. The first of the missionaries, known as the Oberlin China Band, had gone to China in 1881. They evangelized, established schools, carried on medical work and famine relief, and operated opium refuges. When the OSMA was established, it was primarily an educational enterprise, although it retained close ties to ABCFM missions. It established schools in Shansi and operated them until 1949, when the United States cut off diplomatic relations with China. From 1950 to the present, OSMA has functioned as an agency for two-way educational exchange between Oberlin College and countries of Asia and the Pacific Rim.

From the description of [Records] 1881-1988. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 20625166

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. corporateBody
associatedWith Bohn, William Frederick, 1878-1947. person
associatedWith Carlson, Ellsworth C. person
associatedWith Corbin, Paul L., 1875-1936, person
associatedWith Fairfield, Wynn C., 1886-1961, person
associatedWith Hawkins, Everett D. (Everett Day), 1906-1970. person
associatedWith Kung, H. H. 1880-1967. person
associatedWith Moyer, Raymond Tyson, 1899- person
associatedWith Oberlin College. corporateBody
associatedWith Oberlin-in-China. corporateBody
associatedWith Olmstead, John G. (John Griffin), 1882-1957. person
associatedWith Smith, Judson, 1837-1906. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
China
Asia
China
Subject
Educational exchanges
Missions
Missions
Missions
Missions
Student exchange programs
Teacher exchange programs
Women missionaries
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1908

Active 1980

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