Missions China
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Henderson Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 101
Abstract
Arthur Henderson Smith, Beloit College class of 1867, was a Civil War veteran and prominent missionary to China, along with his wife Emma, best friend and classmate Henry Porter, and Porter's wife, Elizabeth Chapin Porter, and sister, Mary Porter. Smith wrote many volumes on China for Western audiences, including Chinese Characteristics, Village Life in China, and The Uplift of China. He was in Shandong during the Boxer Rebellion and was instrumental in the United States returning China's...
Dates:
1852-1932, 1964, 1989-1992
Porter Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 87
Abstract
This collection contains papers from a number of different Porter family members, but primarily includes the papers of Professor William Porter and Lucius Chapin Porter (Beloit College class of 1901). There is also a small collection of Henry Dwight Porter (class of 1867) papers. Among William Porter's papers is a vast collection of correspondence between various Porter family members.
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