Hugh Hubbard Papers, 1943-1974

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Hugh Hubbard Papers, 1943-1974

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.137

Correspondence, writings, and collected materialdocument the life and work of Hubbard. Hugh W. Hubbard was an Americanmissionary serving in North China under the American Board of Commissioners forForeign Missions.

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...

Hubbard, Hugh W.

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Hugh Hubbard was born in Turkey of missionary parents. He was educated in Switzerland and received a B.A. from Amherst College, from which he also later received a D.D. In 1908 Hubbard accepted a short term appointment under the YMCA to Tientsin, China, where he served as a teacher and athletic coach. There he met Mabel Ellis, who was serving under the Women's Board of Missions. Returning to the U.S., Hugh attended Oberlin Seminary, married Mabel Ellis, and returned to China in 1913...