WillardLivingstone Beard Family Papers, 1892-1964

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WillardLivingstone Beard Family Papers, 1892-1964

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Correspondence, diaries, writings, and collectedmaterial provide valuable documentation of the work of Willard LivingstoneBeard and his family. Beard was a missionary in China from 1894 to 1941,serving in Fukien Province under the American Board of Commissioners forForeign Missions and the YMCA.

Totalarchival boxes 13; total linear footage 6'

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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Organized 1810; incorporated 1812; consists of members of National Council of Congregational Churches in the U.S., and 150 additional members elected by the board in biennial meetings; the foreign missionary arm of Congregational Christian Churches of the U.S.; headquartered in Boston, Mass.; also known as ABCFM. From the description of Records, 1804-1964 (bulk 1900-1960). (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70927016 Organized 1810; incorporated in 181...

Beard, Willard Livingstone, 1865-1945.

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Willard Livingstone Beard was born in Shelton, Connecticut in 1865, son of Oliver Gould Beard and Nancy Maria Nichols Beard. Following his marriage to Ellen Kinney in 1894, he served the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' Foochow mission for over forty years (1894-1941). The Beards had six children: Phebe (1895-1925), Myron Gould (1896-1974), Geraldine (1898-1993), Dorothy (1901-1991), Marjorie (1906-1995), and Kathleen (1908-2004). During the period 1905-1910, Be...