Archives of theUnited Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1882-1977

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Archives of theUnited Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1882-1977

The collection includes correspondence, minutes,reports, publications, financial records, and photographs which document theadministrative functions of the United Board and antecedent bodies and providesextensive detailed and substantive information about the Protestant collegesand universities in China which were the focus of the Board's activities priorto 1955. The correspondence and writings provide a valuable perspective on lifein China and particularly on the political turmoil which characterized thistime period. The United Board was established to support and coordinate theactivities of Protestant colleges and universities in China. Following theCommunist takeover of China, the United Board focused its efforts oneducational work in other Asian nations.

Totalarchival boxes 465; total linear footage 206'

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349948

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Fairbank, John King, 1907-1991

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Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967

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United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

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Detailed information about the work of the United Board for Christian Higher Education during the period represented by these archives is contained in Paul Lauby's book Sailing on Winds of Change: Two Decades in the Life of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1969-1990 . From the guide to the Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia - Addendum #2, 1938-1988, (Yale University Divinity School Library) From the guide to the Archiv...

Stuart, John Leighton, 1876-1962

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Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966

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Hume, Edward H. (Edward Hicks), 1876-1957

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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...

Huazhong da xue, Wuchang, China.

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Luce, Henry Winters, 1868-1941

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Henry Winters Luce was a missionary educator in China from 1897 to 1927. Following his return to the United States he was appointed to a professorship in the Chinese department of the Kennedy School of Missions of the Hartford Theological Foundation in Hartford, Conn., where he remained until retirement in 1935. Henry Winters Luce was the father of Henry R. Luce, founder of Time, Life, and Fortune magazines. From the description of Henry Winters Luce Papers, 1877-1951 (inclusive), 19...

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