Papers, 1911-1971.

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Papers, 1911-1971.

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Collection includes letters written to Christian Palmer Althaus. The majority of correspondence is from former I-Chi students. The content of the letters focuses upon family news and reaction to China's communist regime. Numerous photographs of the Althaus family are in the collections, as well as photographs taken between 1911 and 1928 of China, the Hunan Mission, the Kuling School in the Lu Shan Mountains, and the John D. Wells School.

0.50 cubic ft.

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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SNAC Resource ID: 7595251

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Althaus, Christian Palmer, 1881-196-?)

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Christian Palmer Althaus (1881-196-?); Presbyterian missionary to Hunan Mission, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., with his wife Laura Wilson Althaus; appointed 1911 as a teacher at the John D. Wells School for boys (called I-Chi by those who attended) in Siangtan; later became the principal of the school from 1913 to 1927. During 1927, however, political upheaval and health conditions in China forced the Althauses to be furloughed, and they resigned from missionary service in March 1928. After...

Kuling American School

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Althaus family.

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John D. Wells School (Xiangtan, Hunan Sheng, China)

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hunan Mission

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