Transcripts of oral histories, 1978-1985 (inclusive).

Thomson, Diana, 1920-

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Thomson family.

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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....

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...

Hersey, John, 1914-1993

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John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, the son of YMCA missionaries. Following his graduation from Yale in 1936, he became a prominent American journalist and novelist. From the description of John Hersey papers, ca. 1900-1985 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702160854 John Hersey was an author and journalist, best known for socially conscious novels such as A Bell for Adano and Hiroshima. Hersey was born in China to missionary parents, and graduated fro...

Rabb, Jane M. (Jane Marjorie), 1938-

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Jane M. Rabb, Radcliffe A.B. (1961), Harvard Ph.D. (1968), former Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe College, is a lecturer at the Radcliffe Seminars. From the description of Transcripts of oral histories, 1978-1985 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007881 ...

Waller, Anne Thomson.

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Thomson, James Claude, 1931-....

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James Claude Thomson (1931-2002), educator, was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State in 1961, and Special Assistant to the President's Special Representative for Africa, Asia, and Latin America from 1961 to 1963. He also served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs from 1963 to 1964, and was a member of the National Security Council staff from 1964 to 1966. From the description of Thomson, James C. (James Claude), 1931-2002 (U.S...