Papers of Mae Chapin, 1913-1962 (inclusive).

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Papers of Mae Chapin, 1913-1962 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/421761599

Collection includes biographical and genealogical information; diaries and datebooks, 1924-1957; address books; correspondence, including letters from China; estate and financial records; photographs; class notes; clippings; printed material of organizations with which Chapin was affiliated, including Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Presbyterian Mission in Hainan.

10 linear ft. (9 cartons, 1 folio box, 1 oversize folder)

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Presbyterian church in the U.S.A.

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The Transylvania Presbytery was organized by appointment of the synods of New York and Philadelphia. The Synod of New York made part of the Presbytery of Abingdon into the Transylvania Presbytery, which encompassed the district of Kentucky and the settlements on the Cumberland River. The Reverend David Rice, Adam Rankin, Andrew McClure, and James Crawford met at the Danville, Kentucky courthouse to organize the presbytery. The synods of New York and Philadelphia appointed David Rice as moderator...

Chapin, Mae, 1885-1962.

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Presbyterian missionary Mae Chapin was born in Toledo, Illinois, the daughter of Edward B. and Lucy Margaret Pierce Chapin. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 1908 and served as a missionary in Hainan, China, for 20 years, beginning in 1913. Chapin also worked as a missionary in the Philippines, serving as principal of a high school, before her return to the United States in 1941. The first woman to serve as elder in the Presbyterian Church in Champaign, Illinois, Chapin was active...

Daughters of the American Revolution.

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D. A. R. chapters from Washington, DC and surrounding areas. From the description of Papers, 1948-1949. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36009706 ...

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions

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The first Presbyterian missionaries to Japan arrived in Yokohama in 1859. Despite hostility experienced by the missionaries throughout the closing decades of the 19th century, mission activities continued to expand. After 1906, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church transferred its work in Japan to the PCUSA Board of Foreign Missions. The mission's work was primarily educational and evangelistic. Because of the extensive system of Japanese hospitals and primary schools, the Board made no effort to c...