Stanley Wilson papers, 1913-1918 (inclusive).

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Stanley Wilson papers, 1913-1918 (inclusive).

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The 127 lantern slides were taken by Stanley Wilson during his four years in China when he was supervisory architect for the firm of Murphy and Dana. The slides document the construction of the Yale-China Changsha campus in 1914. In addition to views of the construction site, there are also a number of slides showing scenes of everyday life in China.

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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...

Wilson, Stanley, 1879-1954.

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Stanley Wilson(1879-1954)was the Supervising Architect for Yale-China, 1914-1918. He supervised the construction of the new campus at Changsha, China, which included educational and medical buildings. From 1919 until his death, he was an architect in the firm Murphy and Dana of New York. Wilson died March 3, 1954. From the guide to the Stanley Wilson papers, 1913-1918, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...