Identity elements
Reference Number
MP-02-R0136
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Archief
Titel
Overseas Department. China Mission Records
Datum(s)
- 1845-1951 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
2 cu.ft. (4 boxes)
Naam van de archiefvormer
Naam van de archiefvormer
(1834-1950)
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
These records include photographs, minutes, letter press books, and diaries that were produced by or are about the China Mission.
Ordening
Arranged chronologically
Conditions of access and use elements
Access conditions
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
Technical access
Rights and permissions
The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
Languages of the material
Engels
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Aanvullingen
Related materials elements
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related records and archives
Notes element
Specialized notes
- Abstract: In 1834, the Board of Directors of the DFMS passed a resolution to establish a mission in China, with its first missionary, Rev. Henry Lockwood, being appointed the following year. It wasn’t until 1844, however, that Rev. William J. Boone was appointed the first Bishop of China. He quickly established several schools, with evangelical work and plans for medical institutions being the secondary focus. The next several decades would see great expansion for the mission in both territory and effort, but also serious challenges in the form of national political upheaval and damage to the mission's properties. Soon after the end of the Boxer Rebellion in 1901, the General Convention restructured the Mission by defining the coastal Province of Kiangsu as the Missionary District of Shanghai, while the rest of the original missionary territory became the Missionary District of Hankow. Growth dictated yet another division in 1910, and the Missionary District of Wuhu (later renamed Anking) was created, comprising the Province of Anwhei and the northern portion of Kiangsi. In 1949, after the People’s Republic of China gained control, atheist policies and anti-American sentiment prompted the foreign Episcopal missionaries to gradually vacate their stations. The National Council formally recalled all its workers in China in December 1950 at the same time that the United States made it illegal to send money to China, rendering it impossible for the General Convention to fund the China missions.
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Graves, Frederick R. (Onderwerp)
- Boone, Jr., William J. (Onderwerp)