J. Stuart Innerst Papers, 1916 - 1975

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J. Stuart Innerst Papers, 1916 - 1975

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Papers of J. Stuart Innerst (1894-1975), missionary, Quaker activist, editor, and critic of American foreign policy toward China. Innerst worked in China as a United Brethren in Christ missionary (1920-1927) and later returned as a guest of the People's Republic for five weeks in 1972. The bulk of the papers (1960-1975) relate to Innerst's lobbying and activist efforts to improve relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China and document that part of Innerst's career directly related to China.The materials are arranged into eight series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) ADVOCACY MATERIALS, 5) SUBJECT FILES, 6) PHOTOGRAPHS, 7) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, and 8) AUDIO RECORDINGS. Included in the correspondence are letters from Anna Louise Strong and letters written by Innerst as a missionary. Innerst edited the American Friends Service Committee's THE UNDERSTANDING CHINA NEWSLETTER (1965-1970) and the CHINA SPECTATOR PAPERS (1971-1973), which were posthumously published as CHINA GREY, CHINA GREEN (1983).

4.90 linear feet; (10 archives boxes, 1 card file box, 3 oversize folders)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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Innerst, J. Stuart, 1894-1975

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Sinologist who began his work with China and its people while serving as a missionary with the China Mission of United Brethen in Christ, located in Canton, China. Innerst left China with his wife in 1927, returning to a position as chaplain at Otterbein College in Ohio and minister of the Fairview Church in Dayton, Ohio. In 1943, Innerst became a Quaker and soon accepted a position as pastor of the First Friends Church in Pasadena, Calif. During the 1960s, Innerst worked enthusiastically to cha...