Lyman Hoover Papers, 1900-1977

Asia Foundation. Center for Asian Pacific Affairs

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Private American philanthropic organization for promotion of political, social and economic development in countries of Asia and the Pacific region. From the description of Asia Foundation records, 1951-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872364 Biographical/Historical Note Private American philanthropic organization for promotion of political, social and economic development in countries of Asia and the Pacific regio...

Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1867-1952

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Zwemer graduated from Hope College in 1887 and from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1890. He was licensed and ordained a minister by the Reformed Church in America in 1890. Zwemer served as a missionary to Arabia (1890-1913) and was professor of missions at Princeton Theological Seminary (1929-1940). From the description of Collection, 1883-1967. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30767690 Zwemer graduated from Hope College in 1887...

Hoover, Lyman, 1901-

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Lyman Hoover, born on August 5, 1901 in Minerva, Ohio, was educated at Butler University, Yale Divinity School and Yale University. He was a missionary in China under the auspices of the YMCA (1930-1949) and a consultant and representative of the Asia Foundation (formerly known as Committee for a Free Asia) in New York and Taiwan. From the description of Lyman Hoover papers, 1900-1977 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702165200 ...

Young Men's Christian Associations of China

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Fairbank, John King, 1907-1991

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John King Fairbank (1907-1991) was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John K. Fairbank, 1933-1991 (inclusive), 1947-1991 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973292 John King Fairbank (1907-1991) was a a leading scholar in modern and contemporary China studies. Fairbank was the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History at Harvard University and Director of its...

Wilder, Robert Parmelee, 1863-1938.

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Robert Parmelee Wilder was born in India of missionary parents in 1863. He earned the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Princeton University (1886, 1888) and the B.D. degree from Union Theological Seminary (1891). He was a founder of the Student Volunteer Movement (1886), missionary in India (1893-1902), traveling secretary for Student Christian Movements in Europe (1903-1916), secretary of Religious Work Department, YMCA (1916-1919), General Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement (1919-1927) and ...

Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968

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Kenneth Scott Latourette was born in Oregon City, Oregon on August 6, 1884. He was educated at Linfield College in Oregon and Yale University. Latourette was a professor of history at Reed College and Denison University and a professor of missions at Yale University. He held leadership positions in the following organizations: American Baptist Convention and Foreign Mission Society, American Historical Association, Far Eastern Association, International Committee of Y.M.C.A.'s, Japan Internation...

Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

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John Raleigh Mott was born on May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, New York to John Stitt and Elmira Dodge Mott. John R. was the third of four children, having two older and one younger sister. The family soon moved to Postville, Iowa, where the elder Mott prospered as a retail lumber and hardware merchant and became mayor. In this conservative, ethnically diverse environment, young Mott grew to mid-adolescence in a home warmed by Methodist "holiness," which faith he confessed...