Papers, 1926-1960.

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Papers, 1926-1960.

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This collection consists of outgoing and incoming correspondence of the Van Dycks, much of it from other missionaries and from a Chinese leader, Mr. Liu. There are also reports, official releases and publications of the Board of Foreign Missions. The turmoil and disturbances of the Japanese invasion before World War II, the civil war following it, and the impact of these upon the church are depicted.

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Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Van Dyck, David Bevier, 1923-

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Van Dyck family.

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David Bevier Van Dyck, Sr., (1892-1963) and his wife Anna Foster Richardson (b. 1895) were appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to Kiangan Mission in China in 1918; to Hwei Yuan, 1920-1933, and to Showchow, 1933-1940, doing evangelistic, educational and administrative work. In 1927, because of war conditions, they went to Korea for a brief period. The Van Dycks returned to the US at the beginning of World War II and after an extended furlough Van Dy...

Van Dyck, David Bevier, 1892-1963.

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Van Dyck, Anna Foster Richardson, 1895-

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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...

Liu, Henry H.

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