William Winston Pettus papers, 1928-1945 (inclusive).

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William Winston Pettus papers, 1928-1945 (inclusive).

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Correspondence, diaries, writings, and memorabilia of William Winston Pettus, surgeon at the Hsiang-Ya Hospital of the Yale-China Association in Changsha, China. His letters to his parents, beginning in 1928, report on his undergraduate life at Yale and later on medical school. After 1940, when he returned to China, his letters discuss his day-to-day activities as a doctor in wartime at the hospital in Changsha. The writings include diaries and drafts of unpublished articles. Also in the papers is correspondence among family members after his death about a biography, a memorial fund, and related matters.

1 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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Pettus, John DeForest, 1909-

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Pettus, William Winston, 1912-1945.

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William Winston Pettus: appointed professor of surgery at Hsiang-Ya Hospital in Changsha, Hunan, 1940, where he remained until the Japanese occupation in 1942; returned to U.S. to continue studies in surgery; returned to China to work in the relocated Hsiang-Ya Hospital, 1944-1945. From the description of William Winston Pettus papers, 1928-1945 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168523 ...

Pettus, William B. (William Bacon), 1880-

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President, College of Chinese Studies, Peking, 1916-1945. From the description of William B. Pettus letters, 1939, to Robert Swain. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867770 Biographical/Historical Note President, College of Chinese Studies, Peking, 1916-1945. From the guide to the William B. Pettus letters to Robert Swain, 1939, (Hoover Institution Archives) William Winston Pettus: appoin...

Smith, Robert Ashton, 1914-

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Pettus, Maude Miller.

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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...

Pettus, Sarah.

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Yale University.

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