Papers, 1850-1978 (inclusive), 1904-1978 (bulk).

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Papers, 1850-1978 (inclusive), 1904-1978 (bulk).

Collection contains mainly correspondence with family and friends, describing life in China, Smith College, etc. Also includes photos, line-a-day diaries, 1940-1969, notebooks, address books, guest books, and 3 reels of 16 mm. home movies from China.

4.25 linear ft.

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International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan)

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....

Thompson family.

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Thomson, James Claude, 1889-1974.

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Jinling da xue

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Smith College.

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Since 1900, Christmas at Smith College has involved the sending of cards, the singing of carols and the annual Vespers. Smith College's Christmas Vespers has allowed religious and non-religious students alike to come together and appreciate the music and spirit of the holiday season. At this annual candlelight ceremony, Smith College choral groups perform seasonal songs and religious readings. From the description of Records of Christmas at Smith College, 1900-[ongoing]. (Smith Colle...

Chin-ling ta hsüeh.

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Thomson, Margaret Cook, 1889-1975.

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Teacher and missionary for the United Presbyterian Church (Smith College A.B., 1911), Thomson lived in China (1917-1949) with her husband, James Claude Thomson, chairman of the Chemistry Dept. at the University of Nanking. In the 1950s he taught at the International Christian University in Tokyo and traveled in Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan for the World Health Organization. From the description of Papers, 1850-1978 (inclusive), 1904-1978 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id...