Earle and Thelma Ballou Papers, 1911-1997

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Earle and Thelma Ballou Papers, 1911-1997

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Substantive correspondence, photographs, and slidesdocument the Ballous' life and work in China. Earle and Thelma Ballou weremissionaries in Tientsin [now Tianjin], North China, serving under the AmericanBoard of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1916 to 1948.

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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...

Ballou, Earle H. (Earle Hoit), 1892-1987

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The Ballous were American missionaries in North China, serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Earle and Thelma Ballou papers, 1911-1948 (inclusive), 1916-1940 (bulk). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702163645 Earle Ballou was born in Saxton's River, Vermont on May 17, 1892. After graduation from Yale College in 1912 he served as Academic Secretary of Dwight Hall, the Yale YMCA for one year and then ...

Ballou, Thelma.

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