Yale Divinity Library Personal Papers Collection

Abbott, Edward (RG 8)

Collection of 57 photographs taken in China (1896-1900) primarily at American Church Mission stations and institutions. Also of interest: Imperial Examination cells at Nanking, Chinese Prayer Book Revision Committee. (.5 linear ft.)

Abbott, James (Film Ms.121)

Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in New Zealand (1892-1896). (1 reel)

Ableson, Bradford Edward (RG 222)

Prominent Yale Divinity School graduate, Captain in the Chaplain Corps of the U.S. Navy, and clergyman. (11 linear ft.)

Adams, Archibald (RG 8)

ABFMS missionary to China, stationed in Suifu (Yibin) and Kiating (Leshan), Sichuan prov. (1914-1926); correspondence, writings, photographs of Beijing, Western China, Buddhist funeral, people at work, etc. (1 linear ft.)

Adams, Marie (RG 8)

MEFB missionary in Beijing (1915-1950); memoir, photographs and watercolors in silk cases, incl. "Views in China," "Chart of Old Peking," "Chinese Temples," "China Flowers." (1 linear ft.)

Ady, Merrill Steele and Lucile Meloy (RG 138)

PN missionaries in Yeungkong (Yangjiang, Guangdong) (1924-1949); field agent in Secret Intelligence with U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services in China (1944-1945); Kwangtung International Relief Committee (1945-1949); Hong Kong, Church of Christ in China (1950-1960); correspondence, notes, reports, printed material. (1.5 linear ft.)

Aeschliman, Edward and Myrle (RG 8)

Methodist missionaries 1919-1950, stationed in Beijing and Tianjin. EA was Methodist pastor and district director, worked with students. (.5 linear ft.)

Ahlstrom, Sydney (RG 83)

Yale professor of American religious history (1954-1984); correspondence, writings, course-related material, biographical documentation. (20 linear ft.)

Aitken, R. Douglas, M.D. (Film Ms.37)

British medical missionary in Sibasa, South Africa for 37 years; research materials re. medical mission work in South Africa, compiled with George W. Gale, medical missionary in Natal (1928-1936). (2 reels)

Albert, MartinMICROFORM (RG 8)

PN missionary in China; writings, incl. "The Story of Hope Hospital, 1871-1952." (1 folder)

Allison, Walter and Grace (RG 30)

PN missionaries to North India (1920-1954) (.5 linear ft)

Alsup, Alice (RG 8)

MES missionary in Huchow (Huzhou, Zhejiang Sheng), Soochow (Suzhou, Jiangsu Sheng), and Shanghai (ca.1919-1940); correspondence, printed material. (8 folders)

Alter, James Payne (RG 84)

PN missionary in India (1945-1968), Director of Christian Retreat and Study Centre, Rajpur (Uttarakhand, India); correspondence, writings, research materials, biographical documentation. (15 linear ft.)

Alter, Martha Payne (RG 30)

PN missionary to India (1916-1951), serving under the United Presbyterian Church of North America; mother of James Payne Alter (1.5 linear ft.)

Anderson, Gerald H. (RG 166)

Collection documents Anderson's work as a Methodist missionary in the Philippines, his participation in ecumenical mission groups, his lectures and writings, including records related to the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (39.5 linear ft.)

Anderson, Sidney R. and Olive (RG 200)

Methodist missionaries in China and Hong Kong from 1915 to 1963. They were instrumental in the development of the Moore Memorial Church in Shanghai and spent twelve years in Hong Kong after 1951 working with refugees from mainland China and at the North Point Methodist Church. (6 linear ft.)

Archer, John Clark (RG 30)

Yale professor of Comparative Religion (1916-1950); correspondence, incl. with Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian diplomats, notes, writings, memorabilia. (.5 linear ft.)

Arnold, John Kissack (Film Ms.122)

Methodist missionary in the Dobu circuit of Papua (1923-1926)

Asbury, Francis, Bp. (Film Ms.8)

Methodist clergyman in England, missionary to America, first Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church (1874); letters (1768-1808). (1 reel)

Asher, Eva (RG 139)

Treasurer and administrative assistant at Fukien Christian University from 1923 to 1950; correspondence, diaries, photographs (3 linear ft.)

Atwood, Irrenius J.MICROFORM (RG 8)

ABCFM missionary in Shanxi (1882-1913); information re. Shansi Mission (outgrowth of Oberlin Theological Seminary "China Band"), excerpts of journal of Susan Rowena Bird (martyr during Boxer Rebellion), correspondence. (1 folder)

Austin, Ralph Vernon (RG 30)

Austin (1895-1962) was a 1924 YDS graduate who served Congregational churches in Connecticut, Indiana, and Wisconsin. (1 linear ft.)

Avery, David (Film Ms.35)

Presbyterian clergyman in New England; diaries, correspondence, writings, church records (1765-1818). (13 reels)

Backus, Isaac (RG 280)

Backus (1724-1806) was a clergyman in New England, active in the Separate Baptist struggle for religious freedom. (8 linear ft.) Collection originally held at Andover Newton Theological School

Backus, Simon (RG 30)

(1701-1745) Congregational minister in Wethersfield, Connecticut; chaplain to troops in Cape Breton; sermons, account records, biographical documentation. (5 folders)

Backus, Simon (RG 30)

(1737/38-1823) Congregational minister in Connecticut; sermons, account records, notes, correspondence. (1.5 linear ft.)

Bacon, Benjamin Wisner (RG 30)

Yale professor of New Testament (1897-1928); correspondence, writings, biographical documentation. (1 linear ft.)

Baer, Mary (Film Ms.361)

(1863-1942) Lutheran medical missionary in Guntur and Chirala (Andhra Pradesh, India), from 1895 to 1933. Correspondence, biographical documentation. Originals held at ELCA archives. (1 reel)

Bailey, Kenneth E. (RG 274)

(1930-2016) was a renowned Presbyterian missionary in the Middle East, innovator in New Testament contextual studies, seminary professor, author, and international lecturer (30 linear ft.)

Bainton, Roland Herbert (RG 75)

Yale professor of church history (1923-1962); correspondence, writings, course-related materials, notes, artwork, biographical documentation. (34 linear ft.)

Baker, John Gilbert HindleyMICROFORM (RG 8)

CMS missionary in Canton, Shanghai; typescript memoir incl. re. his wife, Martha Sherman Baker and her father Arthur Sherman. (.5 linear ft.)

Baldwin, Henry (RG 30)

City missionary in New York (?); detailed diary covering the years 1864-1866 (.25 linear ft.)

Balliet, Thomas Minard (RG 30)

Holograph notes from course on the Epistle to the Galatians, taken at Yale Divinity School (1877-1878). (.5 linear ft.)

Ballou, Earle H. and Thelma (RG 165)

ABCFM missionaries in Tianjin (China) (1916-1948); correspondence. (6 linear ft.)

Barbour, George B. and Dorothy Dickinson (RG 8)

LMS missionaries in Beijing, Yenching University (1920-1934); correspondence, photographs, writings, printed material. (3.5 linear ft.)

Barbour, Margaret Hart Bailey (RG 8)

ACM missionary in Shanghai, St. John's University (ca.1916-1923); correspondence, photographs, printed material. (6 folders)

Barnett, EugeneMICROFORM (RG 8)

YMCA Shanghai (1910-1936); report, "The Far East in the Summer of 1940", memoirs 1937-1968. (2 folders)

Bartlett, Robert M.MICROFORM (RG 8)

ABCFM missionary, Beijing, Yenching University (1924-1927); typescript manuscripts on Chinese revolutionaries and Jimmy Yen. (.5 linear ft.)

Bates, Miner Searle (RG 10)

UCMS faculty member at University of Nanking (1920-1950); chairman of the Nanking International Relief Committee (1937-1941); professor of missions, Union Theological Seminary, New York (1950-1965); correspondence, notes and drafts for his unfinished book "Christian Effort in Chinese Society", writings, collected material. (55 linear ft.)

Baxter, Richard (Film Ms.16)

17th century English clergyman, non-conformist; papers. (8 reels)

Beach, Frederick P. (RG 8)

ABCFM missionary, Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng), Fukien Christian University (1910-1937); correspondence. (1 folder)

Beach Family (RG 60)

David Nelson Beach: Congregational clergyman in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Colorado (1876-1902), president of Bangor Theol. Seminary (1903-1921), Harlan Page Beach: ABCFM missionary to North China (1883-1890), professor of missions at Yale (1905-1921); Librarian of the Day Missions Library; correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs. (6 linear ft.)

Beach, David Nelson, Jr. (RG 60 A)

Congregational clergyman in New England and Minnesota, including at Center Church, New Haven (1943-1960); served on the Connecticut Civil Rights Commission (1948-1960) (9 linear ft.)

Beard, Willard LivingstoneMICROFORM (RG 108)

ABCFM missionary in Fuzhou, Fujian Sheng (1894-1941); served YMCA in Fujian province (1905-1910); correspondence, diaries, writings, collected material, photographs. (2.5 linear ft.)

Beard, Gerald (RG 65)

Congregational clergyman in Norwalk, CT, Burlington, VT, and Bridgeport, CT (1892-1921); correspondence, sermons, notebooks, subject file. (10 linear ft.)

Beardslee, Alvord (RG 30)

Beardslee served on the Alumnal Board of YDS and was a Trustee of the Foundation for the Preservation of Sterling Divinity Quadrangle. (3 linear ft.)

Beck, Karl H.MICROFORM (RG 8)

RCUS, RCA missionary in Yueyang (Hunan Sheng) (1914-1952); memoir of the Hsian-Si Mission. (1 folder)

Beebe, David Lewis (RG 30)

Congregational clergyman in Woodbridge, Connecticut (1791-1800); sermons. (1.5 linear ft.)

Beebe, James (RG 30)

Congregational clergyman in Trumbull, Connecticut (1746-1778); chaplain in French and Indian War and Revolutionary War. (.5 linear ft.)

Belcher, Harold and Marian (RG 8)

ABCFM missionaries in Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng) (1914-1920); correspondence, printed material (1 linear ft.)

Bellamy, Joseph (RG 30)

Congregational clergyman in Bethlehem, Connecticut (1738-1790); notes, correspondence. (2 folders)

Bendtz, N. Arne (RG 202)

Theologian; ecumenist: YDS BD '49, Yale Ph.D. '53 (9 linear ft.)

Benson, John Leonard (Film Ms521)

Lutheran missionary to China and Hong Kong, 1914-1954 (1 reel)

Bentley, Edward Warner (RG 30)

Clergyman in New York (1854-1881); notes taken by Bentley on sermons delivered at Yale College and Hartford Seminary (1845-1853). (1 volume)

Bergmann, H. F. W. (RG 30)

German Lutheran missionary in New Guinea (1928-1968); typescript autobiography describing his work (1 linear ft.)

Berry-Hart, Alice (RG 8)

Daughter of British missionary James Ware (UCMS after 1892); writings based on her life in Shanghai. (.25 linear feet)

Binet, Vincent LeCornu (Film Ms.123)

Missionary of New Zealand Methodist Church in Solomon Islands (1917-1932)

Bingham, Abel and family (Film Ms.60)

Missionary to North American Indians in New York (1822-1827), Michigan (1828-1855); correspondence, writings, diaries, collected material. (20 reels)

Bird, Susan RowenaMICROFORM (RG 8)

Martyr during Boxer Rebellion; journal excerpts included in papers of Irrenius Atwood.

Bishop, Merlin (RG 8)

Went to China in 1935; served as administrator and taught trades at Christian Herald Orphanages; oversaw property of Fukien Christian University until forced to leave by Japanese occupation; 1944-1945 in Chungking, in charge of United Clearing Board; 1945-1948 YMCA industrial training secretary in Shanghai; left China 1948. Bishop was the husband of Eunice Smith Bishop; see also YDSL Record Group No. 5. (.5 linear feet)

Bissonette, Wesley S.MICROFORM (RG 8)

MEFB missionary in Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng) (1903-1943); journal, correspondence, report on siege and battle of Kutien. (1 linear foot)

Blair, J. Andrew (RG 30)

Blair was a printer who served under Dr. David Livingstone and the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, sailing from Britain in April 1861. (1 handwritten journal)

Bliss, Edward L. (RG 319)

Bliss (1865-1960) served as a medical missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Shaowu, China from 1893 to 1932. (2 linear ft.)

Blodget, Henry (RG 8)

ABCFM missionary in Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing (1854-1894) (1 linear foot)

Blossom, Thomas (RG 30)

Thomas Blossom (1777-1855) was a missionary artisan serving under the London Missionary Society in Eimeo (now Mo'orea) and Tahiti, Polynesia from 1821 to 1844 (1 memoir)

Bodein, Vernon Parker (RG 30)

Bodein (1905-1987) graduated from Yale Divinity School and received a Ph.D. in 1936. Following his retirement as Chaplain at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) was pastor of the Canton Baptist Church in Connecticut. (2 linear ft.)

Boer, Jan H. (RG 228)

Sources gathered by Boer for the writing of his eight-volume series Studies in Christian-Muslim Relations. The collection deals almost exclusively with the Nigerian situation, especially the entire history leading up to the sharia declaration and its aftermath. (5.5 linear ft)

Bollier, John (RG 30)

Librarian at YDS from 1973 to 1991; author of The Literature of Theology: a Guide for Students and Pastors (1979) (.5 linear ft.)

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (Film Ms.1)

German theologian; sermons, mss. (1925-1945). (1 reel)

Booth, Chauncey (RG 281)

Booth (1783-1851) was a Congregational clergyman in South Coventry, CT (5 linear ft.) Collection originally held at Andover Newton Theological School

Borden, William Whiting (RG 30)

Founder of Yale Hope Mission while student at Yale (1905-1909); Traveling Secretary for Student Volunteer Movement (1912); correspondence, writings. (.5 linear ft.)

Bowler, Henry Reginald (RG 30)

Bowler served as Secretary of the Laymen's Foreign Mission Inquiry Commission of Appraisal during its nine month journey around the world in 1931-1932. (.5 linear ft.)

Boyd, Lena Agnes (RG 30)

American Presbyterian missionary to India, 1912-1948. Worked with Punjab Mission in Saharanpur, Hoshiarpur, Kasur, Jagraon in educational and zenana work. Biographical writing by Amos Boyd. (1 folder)

Brack, Ruth A.MICROFORM (RG 8)

PN missionary in Weixian Internment Camp (Weifang, Shandong Sheng) (ca. 1919-1940); report on her internment by the Japanese (1942). (1 folder)

Brainerd, David (RG 30)

Missionary to North American Indians (1743-1746); one manuscript sermon. (1 folder)

Breman, Christina (RG 134)

Resource material related to Association of Evangelicals in Africa (10 linear ft.)

Brewster, Elizabeth Fisher (RG 8)

MEFB missionary in Hinghwa, Hankong (Fujian Sheng) (1884-1951); manuscript autobiography, collected material. (.5 linear ft.)

Bridgman, Elijah Coleman and Eliza Jane Gillett (RG 8)

ABCFM missionaries in Canton and Macao, Shanghai, Beijing (1829-1871); journal of ECB (1834-1838); writings of EJGB. (.25 linear ft.)

Bridgman, Henry and Laura (RG 30)

ABCFM missionaries to the Zulus in Infume and Umzumbe, in Natal, South Africa, 1860-1946; biographical documentation and transcripts of letters (1 folder)

Bright Family Papers (RG 130)

CBM J. Homer and Minnie Bright, their son J. Calvin Bright, and his wife Harriet Bright, were American missionaries in China from 1911 to 1951, serving under the Church of the Brethren mission. The elder Brights served in Shaoyang and Pingding (Shanxi Sheng) province. J. Calvin and Harriet Bright served in Chengdu (Sichuan Sheng) province. (8 linear ft.)

Bronson (Miles) Family (RG 282)

The Bronsons were American Baptist missionaries serving in Assam, India from 1836-1879. (4 linear ft.) Collection originally held at Andover Newton Theological School

Brosius, Charles Henry (Film Ms549)

Lutheran missionary serving at the Muhlenberg Mission in Liberia 1901 to 1922. Microfilmed from originals at ELCA Archives (1 reel)

Brown, Arthur JudsonMICROFORM (RG 2)

(1856-1963) Presbyterian clergyman and author, General Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, active in Foreign Missions Conference of North America, Life and Work Movement, and other ecumenical ventures; surveyed Presbyterian missions in Asia following the Boxer Rebellion; correspondence, writings, diaries. (8.5 linear ft.)

Brown, Charles Reynolds (RG 37)

Congregational clergyman in California (1896-1910), Dean of Yale Divinity School (1911-1928); correspondence, notebooks, writings, sermons. (9 linear ft.)

Brown, Fanny Pomeroy (RG 8)

YWCA worker in Shanghai, Beijing (ca.1928-1932); correspondence, incl. with Mayling Soong Chiang and Ch'ingling Soong Sun, material re. Chinese music, photographs. (.5 linear ft.)

Brown, George (Film Ms371)

British Methodist missionary (1835-1917) in Pacific Islands, original papers in State Library of New South Wales (22 reels)

Brown, Samuel Robbins (RG 30)

Brown (1810-1880) was an American missionary to China and Japan with the Dutch Reformed Church (1 folder)

Brown, Velva V. (RG 8)

ABFMS medical doctor in Shantou (Guangdong Sheng) (1932-1951); correspondence. (2 linear ft.)

Bruce, Elizabeth GordonMICROFORM (RG 8)

RCA missionary in Xiaoxi, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou (Fujian Sheng), Hong Kong; memoir. (1 folder)

Brunger, Harry A.MICROFORM (RG 8)

Typescript ms. documenting year spent in Communist China (1949-1950). (1 folder)

Brush, John Woolman (RG 283)

Andover Newton Theological Seminary graduate and professor, Baptist pastor in Maine and Connecticut. (20 linear ft.) Collection originally held at Andover Newton Theological School

Bucher, Henry Hale, Sr. and Louise Scott Bucher (RG 249)

Presbyterian missionaries in Hainan prov. (China) (1934-1949), evacuated to the Philippines during WWII and interned by Japanese; also served as fraternal workers in Thailand (1956-1972). (6.5 linear ft.)

Bucher, Henry Hale, Jr. (RG 250)

Presbyterian clergyman (1936-); collection focuses on his participation in ecumenical study abroad programs including the Frontier Internship in Mission, his work with the University Christian Movement and other organizations concerning Middle East and Jewish-Christian issues, and his draft resistance during the Vietnam war. (3 linear ft.)

Buck, Mina Van CleaveMICROFORM (RG 8)

FCMS missionary in Luchowfu (Anhui Sheng) (1914-1916); memoir. (1 folder)

Buell, Constance