[Records] 1881-1988.

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[Records] 1881-1988.

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The records of OSMA date from 1881 to 1988. Earlier records discuss missionary activities of the Oberlin China Band such as evangelism, teaching, medical work, and the operation of opium refuges in the Shansi province of northern China. The bulk of the records, however, concern the educational activities of OSMA. Administrative and financial records from 1908-49 document the founding and operation of primary and middle schools in Shansi. Records from 1950 to the present trace the secularization of OSMA and the increasing emphasis on two-way educational exchange of students and scholars.

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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