East Asian Historical Resources

East Asian History Collections

• Presbytarian Missions in China
• Relief Work in China

Presbyterian Missions in China

• The Presbyterian Historical Socity maintains an extensive archive including many materials on the organization's missionary work in China which began in 1837. The collection includes personal papers of missionaries, organizational reports and records, family and official correspondence, files on individual missions and schools in China, and many newspapers and magazines published in China. For a more detailed description see:
  
  Christianity in China: A Scholars' Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States 1989
  H Magill Ref Room Z7757 C6 C46 1989
  
  Contact: Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard St., Philadelphia. 215-627-1852
  
  
• The two major missionary newspapers in China are important sources for historical research. The Chinese Recorder is at the Presbyterian Historical Society. Haverford has a subject index for the newspaper:
  
  The Chinese Recorder Index: A Guide to Christian Missions in Asia, 1867-1941. 2 volumes.
  H Magill Reference Room BV3410 C6 L63 1986
  
  The North China Herald is available on microfilm at:
  S McCabe 1850-65, 1870-71, 1898, 1900, 1911, 1927, 1931, 1937
  VanPelt Microfilm News 54 1850-1941

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Relief Work in China

• The American Friends Service Committee has files and personal papers detailing relief efforts in China beginning in the 1930s and stretching through the civil war period.
  
  Contact: American Friends Service Committee, Archives, 15th and Cherry Sts, Philadelphia. 215-241-7044

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