Yale-China Association papers and memorabilia, 1877-1997 (inclusive).

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Yale-China Association papers and memorabilia, 1877-1997 (inclusive).

The material consists of photographs and slides, correspondence, diaries, maps, banners, Chinese language documents, memoirs, scrolls, and ephemera documenting activities and experiences from the Yale-China program.

16 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8020962

Yale University Library

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Yale-China Association

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Plans for a Yale mission in China were first formulated in 1901. In 1902, the Yale Foreign Missionary Society was organized, and Lawrence Thurston travelled to China in order to contact missionary groups and investigate locations for a mission. In 1903, the First Conference of Protestant Missions of Hunan invited a Yale group to settle in Changsha. Brownell Gage, Warren Seabury, and Edward Hume formed the first group. A collegiate school, Yali Middle School, opened in 1906, and in 1914, the Coll...