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History 349 : West Meets East (HC)
H349: WEST MEETS EAST (HC)
Published Resources in the Quaker Collection:
Adcock, Cynthia. Revolutionary Faithfulness: The Quaker Search for a Peaceable Kingdom in China, 1939-1951.
Cadbury, William Warder and Mary Hoxie Jones. At the Point of a Lancet: One Hundred Years of the Canton Hospital, 1835-1935.
Cooley, James C. Jr. "The American Quaker Presence in Late Nineteenth Century China"
DeVol, Charles E. Fruit that remains: The story of the Friends Mission in China and Taiwan.
Friend (London, England)
This periodical runs from 1843 to the present and contains a significant number of articles and illustrations relating to Quaker work in China.
Hood, George A. Neither Bang Nor Whimper : The End of a Missionary Era in China.
Presbyterian Church in Singapore in association with the Friends of the Church in China.
BX 7796.7 .H77 N41 1991
Williams, Walter Rollin. These Fifty Years with Ohio Friends in China.
BX 7708 .C5 W73
Wood, Patrick. Time Will Make Things Clear : the Story of Stephen Yang, Chinese Quaker.
Quakers in Japan
Brownstein, Michael C. "Our Man in Mito: Yoshioka Kwansen and the First Quaker Missionaries in Japan"
Japan Christian Quarterly, Vol. 53 (Winter 1986), 33-41, and (Spring 1987), 83-91.
PG 5 - Society of Friends-Japan
Fifty Years of Quakerism in Japan. Seiju Hirakawa, ed.
Friends in the Delaware Valley: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1681-1981.
The chapter by Elizabeth Gray Vining, "The Yearly Meeting and Japan" relates directly to the Elizabeth Gray Vining papers.
BX 7659 .F91
History of Friends Girls School, 1887-1937. Toki Tomiyama, ed.
Text in Japanese and preface in English.
BX 7632 .T64 H6765
BX 7632 .T64 H6765
Kawahara, Tetsuko. Friends Mission in Japan 1885-1947.
A chronological history of the Friends mission in Japan. Useful bibliography.
975A
975A
Kinuhata, Hitomi. Hugh Borton : his role in American-Japanese relations.
Hugh Borton was Haverford College President, 1957-1967, and Haverford Class of 1926.
BX 7746 .B73 K51 2004
BX 7746 .B73 K51 2004
Nicholson, Herbert V. Comfort All Who Mourn: The Life Story of Herbert and Madeline Nicholson.
BX 7756 .N64 A3
Sharpless, Edith. Quakerism in Japan: A Brief Account of the Origins and Development of the Religious Society of Friends in Japan.
BX 7682.3 .J35 S5
Toda, Tetsuko. From Pastoral to Non-Pastoral : Quaker Experience in Japan.
BX 7708 .J36 T63 1999
Vining, Elizabeth Gray. Windows for the Crown Prince.
BX 7759 .V78 W7
Selected Non-Print Resources in the Quaker and Special Collections:
Manuscript Collections
Iwao Frederick Ayusawa Papers, 1918-1964.
Ca. 300 items.
Some restrictions on use.
Written by a graduate of Haverford College, the papers concern Ayusawa's work as Director of the National Labor Board of Japan, as professor at International Christian University, Tokyo, and as Japanese National Chairman of the Union for World Federated Government.
Hugh Borton Papers, 1954-1967
Papers include Haverford College president Hugh Borton's work with the Association for Asian Studies, the East Asian Institute, Japan International Christian University, China Policy Working Party, the East-West Center and related materials.
See especially: HCV R4, Og, Oh and Oi
See especially: HCV R4, Og, Oh and Oi
Bowles Family Papers, ca. 1900-1955.
13 linear ft. of materials. Some restrictions on use. Collection #1161
Finding aid available.
Papers of Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles detail over 60 years of missionary and educational activities in Japan in the first half of the 20th century. Papers deal also with A.F.S.C. work in Hawaii and Philadelphia and L.A.R.A. (Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia) activities in Korea, Japan, Okinawa, and the Philippines, as well as the peace movement in Japan, China, Korea and Hawaii.Also: In #975C, journal letters of Gilbert Bowles to friends concerning mission work in Japan and Bowles' work in Hawaii during World War II. ca. 125 items.
Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers, 1859-2005.
26 linear ft.Collection #1189
Finding aid available.
The papers include Anna Brinton's Japan diaries dating September-December 1952, 1953 & 1954, as well as her Korea diary, 1954 and travel back to the U.S. via Hawaii, January -February 1955. As well, there are photographs and slides of Japan taken in the 1950s.
William Warder Cadbury Papers, 1877-1951.
2 linear ft.
Collection #1160
Finding aid available.
The papers of William Warder Cadbury, a Quaker medical missionary who came to China in 1909 and stayed until the Communists wrested power in 1949.
William Warder Cadbury Papers, 1902-1970.
30 linear ft.Collection #1191
Partial finding aid available.
Very similar to the above, but a much larger collection, including Cadbury's diaries written in the 1940s, but beginning with his childhood, his student days at Haverford and his work in China and another set, 1893-1958; Cadburys' letters, 1902-1959, personal, professional and political; Cadbury's manuscripts. As well there is correspondence (1920-27; 1937) and diaries (1932-67) of his second wife, Catharine Jones Cadbury and letters of his first wife, Sarah Manatt Cadbury, 1909-1911. There is also a collection of Chinese political posters.
Dunn-Osborne-Battey Papers, 1744-1927
J. Passmore Elkinton Papers, 1936.
Collection #851
Three letters, written in 1936, tell of 50 years of Friends work in Japan.
Hartshorne Family Papers, 1797-1957
Collection #1030
Papers of father, Henry Hartshorne, and daughter, Anna C. Hartshorne, contain his letters, notes, etc. from Japan, 1893-94, and letters about her missionary work in Japan, 1882-97. See the Esther Biddle Rhoads collection for additional letters by Anna Hartshorne. Ca. 40 relevant items
Papers of father, Henry Hartshorne, and daughter, Anna C. Hartshorne, contain his letters, notes, etc. from Japan, 1893-94, and letters about her missionary work in Japan, 1882-97. See the Esther Biddle Rhoads collection for additional letters by Anna Hartshorne. Ca. 40 relevant items
Haverford College Archives.
Materials include records of the YMCA, active at Haverford from 1879 until 1928. It helped support a Haverford College missionary in China, Robert Simkin (1897-1958), class of 1903. Although we do not have Simkin’s papers, much can be gleaned through articles in the Haverford News and Margaret Simkin's oral history (see more on both below).(Articles) http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/documents/chinanews.html
(Simkin) Microforms Room
Esther Alsop Jones Papers, ca. 1890-1967.
1 linear ft.
Collection #851; Collection #1185
Finding aid for #1185 available.
Jones (ca. 1890-1967) was a Quaker missionary teaching Bible, English and sewing at Friends Girls School, Tokyo, and Press Superintendent of Japan Women’s Christian Temperance Union beginning in 1914. Her letters to the Mission Board in Philadelphia and others tell of her experiences in Japan, 1914-1917.
Rufus M. Jones Papers, 1875-1988
Ca. 75 relevant items.
Collection #1130.
Diary of his trip to China and India, 1926, including photographs.
Five letters of Bishop A.J. Appasamy of India as well as one or two from Gandhi
Correspondence of Robert Simkin, Harry Silcock and Henry Hodgkin from China. Early 20th century.Lewis Family Papers, 1853-1960.
Ca. 100 relevant items.
Collection #1010
Finding aid available.
Alice Lewis Pearson describes her years in Japan, including descriptions of the fight against prostitution in Japan (1916), the 1923 earthquake, and conditions during World War II. See the Esther Biddle Rhoads collection for additional letters by Alice Lewis Pearson.
Miscellaneous Materials Concerning Asian History
Collection #699Here are manuscript materials relating to Asian history,
including the Edward Green diary
Inazo Nitobé Papers, 1894-1933.
Ca. 20 relevant items.
Collection #950
Letters of Nitobé to Anna Hartshorne giving news of daily activities in Japan including the split in Tokyo Monthly Meeting over peace testimony, 1894.Papers from History 347: Quakers in Asia
Student papers from seminar course in 1989 are on file.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Japan Committee, 1882-1974
15 linear ft. of materials.
Collection #1250.
Esther Biddle Rhoads Papers, 1891-1979.
15 linear ft. of materials.
Collection #1153
Finding aid available.
Edward Wanton Smith Papers, ca.1681-1967.
ca. 200 relevant items.
Collection #955
Finding aid available.
Letters of Sarah A.G. Smith as a teacher at Friends Girls School, Tokyo, 1933-35 to family.
Elizabeth Gray Vining Papers, 1897-1989.
6 linear ft. of materials. Some restrictions on use.Collection #1141
Finding aid available.Includes letters from Japanese friends (1950s and later) and correspondence re former Emperor and Empress of Japan. Letters by or about the Crown Prince (now Emperor Akihito), 1946-present. Manuscripts relating to Japan. Some photographs.
Morris Wistar Wood Papers, 1716-1979
1 letterbook, 2 diaries The Morris Wistar Wood collection includes a letterbook of a few hundred typed pages written by Wood, with many photos pasted in, detailing his experiences in China and at Lingnan University from 1921-1923. The collection also includes diaries of Wood and his wife covering this period in China.
Graphics:
1. Set of 100 handcolored Japanese photographs dated latter part of the 19th century-early 20th century.
Collection #812 B-R
2. Photo album of views of Friends Mission, Tokyo. ca. 1900 items.
Collection #975B
3. Meetinghouse photos, Japan. 6 items.
Collection #988E
4. Photos of 19th& 20th century China. 6 items.
Collection #812 B-R
5. Frank Keller Collection
Collection #818
Includes ca. 100 photos of 20th-century China, specifically the Hunan Bible Institute, including identified and unidentified buildings, individuals (including Chiang Kai-Shek and Mme. Chiang), countryside and miscellaneous.
Collection #818
Includes ca. 100 photos of 20th-century China, specifically the Hunan Bible Institute, including identified and unidentified buildings, individuals (including Chiang Kai-Shek and Mme. Chiang), countryside and miscellaneous.
Oral Histories:
Cadbury, Emma Burton
SCAP no. 173Cadbury, the daughter of William Warder Cadbury discusses her childhood in China in the first half of the 20th century, Quakerism in China, the Japanese invasion of China and other topics.
Simkin, Margaret
Microforms Room
Simkin was a Quaker missionary, along with her husband, Robert Simkin (HC, class of 1903) at West China Union University, 1923-1940s. The original of this interview is at Claremont College in California.
Subject Headings:
Try these subject headings to find more information on your topic.
Society of Friends - China
Society of Friends - Japan
Society of Friends - Korea
Society of Friends - Missions
Society of Friends - Missions - China
Japan Church History
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Websites:
American Friends Service Committee, Archives
http://www.afsc.org/ht/d/sp/i/388/pid/388
This Philadelphia based organization, founded in 1917 for Quakers to provide non-sectarian world service, provided relief and reconstruction in post war China and Japan as well as assisted relocated Japanese-Americans in the 1940s.
British Friends' China mission
This is an online exhibit which provides information on the work of English Friends in China, including the Friends Ambulance Unit, from the 19th century to the present.
China in the Haverford News
There are over 400 articles relating to China and Haverford published in the Bi-College News since its inception in 1909 until the present. This website is an index to those articles. (Articles about Japan have not yet been indexed).
Connecting Cultures: Haverford and the China Experience
Opening remarks audio, oral history, Haverford students' blog and video blog and images from an exhibit on Haverford's relationship with China, including index to relevant Haverford News articles, 1909-2008(September – December 2008).
Friends World Committee for Consultation, Asia and South Pacific Section
This section of the FWCC serves the dispersed Quaker meetings if Asia, including Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. The newsletter for this group is available in the Quaker Collection.See also the Quaker Studies Subject Portal
http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/guides/Quaker_Studies/The Religious Society of Friends
An excellent place to begin and to find links to Quaker sites.
WorldCat Lists
Here are gathered primary and secondary source materials on Quakers in China and Japan located primarily beyond Haverford.