mrl12: john franklin goucher papers

The Burke Library Archives, Columbia University Libraries, Union Theological Seminary, New York

Missionary Research Library Archives: Section 12

Finding Aid for

John Franklin Goucher Papers, [16??] – 1962

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The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York. Finding Aid prepared by: Brigette C. Kamsler, November 2011 Summary Information Creator: John Franklin Goucher, 1845 – 1922 Title: John Franklin Goucher Papers Inclusive dates: [16??] – 1962 Bulk dates: 1880 - 1922 Abstract: Methodist Episcopal minister, college president, missionary leader and

philanthropist; Correspondence, records and reports regarding missions and Christian Colleges throughout the world including China, India, Japan and Korea.

Size: 17 boxes and 5 oversize boxes, 14.00 linear feet Storage: Onsite storage Repository: The Burke Library Union Theological Seminary 3041 Broadway New York, NY 10027 Email: [email protected]

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Administrative Information Provenance: Following Goucher’s death in 1922, it is understood that his daughters

donated the papers to the Mission Research Library. The independent Missionary Research Library was established under the direction of Charles H. Fahs, research assistant to John R. Mott and curator of the Missionary Research Library from its foundation in 1914 until 1948.Originally part of the independent Missionary Research Library, these records were moved with the MRL to the Brown Memorial Tower of Union Theological Seminary in 1929. In 1976 the records were accessioned to the Burke Library archives with the closure of the MRL.

The final series of Goucher memorabilia were transferred to archives from the estate of J. F. Goucher on January 18th1944.

Access: Archival papers are available to registered readers for consultation by appointment only. Please contact archives staff by email to [email protected], or by postal mail to The Burke Library address on page 1, as far in advance as possible

Burke Library staff is available for inquiries or to request a consultation on archival or special collections research.

Access Restrictions: The majority of the collection is unrestricted to readers. Series 6 boxes 20 and 21 are Restricted pending the completion of identification and preservation work. Certain materials are in a fragile condition, and this may necessitate restriction in handling and copying.

Preferred Citation: Item description, MRL 12: John Franklin Goucher Papers, series #, box #, and folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

Biography John Franklin Goucher was born to Dr. John and Eleanor Townsend Goucher on June 7, 1845 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 1868 and a master’s degree in 1872; Goucher would later be awarded doctor of divinity in 1885 and doctor of laws in 1899 from Dickinson. He joined the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as a pastor in the Baltimore Conference beginning 1869, and was a missionary during this time. He was involved in various missionary boards, including the Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Goucher married Mary Cecilia Fisher in 1877. They had five children: Eleanor, born September 8, 1879 and died February 19, 1880; Janet, born October 31, 1880; Eleanor, born April 16, 1882; Elizabeth, born May 9, 1883; and Mary, born March 5, 1887 and died July 11, 1887. Dr. Goucher was an active missionary, establishing educational institutions throughout the world including China, Japan, Korea, India and the United States. He applied for passports in 1877; 1885; 1894; 1909; and 1913. He was described on his 1877 passport application as:

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Goucher’s last voyage occurred with the assistance of his daughter, Eleanor, who according to her 1919 passport application accompanied her father on educational business to China. They returned on the ship Korea Maru sailing for Yokohama, Japan March 5, 1920, and docking in San Francisco, California March 21, 1920. Dr. Goucher can be credited with helping to establish the Anglo-Japanese College Aoyama Gakuin in Tokyo, and a similar school in Foochow, China. The Goucher’s gave the first funds for the Korean mission and West China. They contributed over $100,000 to establish a number of primary schools in India. He also helped to establish Morgan College in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1883, Goucher was involved with the Methodist Episcopal Church in their quest to establish an educational venue to commemorate the church’s 100th anniversary. Dr. Goucher and his wife donated the land which would become the Woman’s College of Baltimore City, founded in 1885. Goucher was president of the institution from 1891 until 1908. In 1910, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name to Goucher College. John Franklin Goucher died in Pikesville, Maryland on July 19, 1922. Sources: “Dr. John Franklin Goucher – Minister, Educator, Missionary, Statesman, Philanthropist and

Churchman.” The Christian Advocate, July 27, 1922, Vol. XCVII No. 30, 939-940. “John Franklin Goucher.” Washington Christian Advocate, July 27, 1922, Vol. XLIV, No. 30, 1-

14. Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution application by John Goucher under Daniel

Townsend, application examined and approved April 13, 1894. North, Frank Mason. “Dr. Goucher’s Life-Long Service to Foreign Missions.” The Christian

Advocate, July 27, 1922, Vol. XCVII No. 30, 923-926. Passport Applications and Passenger Lists from the National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA), Washington, DC. Collection Scope and Content Note The collection, kept in near-original order from the MRL, is organized in seven series:



Series 1: China, 1880 – 1950 (8 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 5.00 lin. ft.) This series collects material related to the China mission field. Apart from the correspondence between Goucher and individual missionaries in box 1, there are also records relating to missionary educational institutions and major mission organizations active in China.

Box 2 covers mission schools in Fujian province, focusing on two Fuzhou 福州

institutions. The Anglo-Chinese College 鶴齡英華書院 was founded in 1881 by Rev.

Robert Samuel Maclay and local Chinese Christian leaders with the support of the Methodist Episcopal Mission. The school operated continuously until 1952 when the PRC government took over its administration. Fukien Christian University [Fukien

Union College] 福建協和大學校 was established in 1915 as a union school between four

mission groups. In 1937 the Japanese invasion forced the school to relocate inland, and was only able to return to its campus south of Fuzhou in 1946. It was ultimately put under PRC control in 1951.

Box 3 collects materials related to the University of Nanking 匯文書院; 金陵大學堂.

Formed in 1910 through the union of three colleges, this interdenominational school was chartered by the University of the State of New York. It was well-known for its agricultural and medical programs, and its faculty included the author Pearl S. Buck. In 1952 it was

merged with the non-mission Nanjing University 南京大學.

Box 4 covers Peking University [Yenching University] 燕京大學. Not to be confused with

the non-mission Peking University 北京大學, which had grown out of the Imperial

University of Peking 京師大學堂, this school was formed in 1919 through the union of

three mission colleges. In 1952, present-day Peking University was moved to the former mission university’s campus.

Boxes 5 and 6 contain documents related to West China Union University 華西學堂;

華西協和大學校. This university was established in Chengdu 成都 in 1910 as a union

between four Protestant denominational boards, and was well-known for its medical and dental programs, inaugurated in 1914 and 1920 respectively. During the war it hosted many Christian refugees who had fled to the west. In 1951 it was reorganized as Huaxi

University 華西大學, and in 1953 became Sichuan Medical College 四川醫學院.

Box 7 includes materials on various mission educational institutions in China. Canton

Christian College 嶺南學堂 was founded in 1888 as Christian College in China

格致書院, and was merged into Zhongshan University 中山大學 in 1952. Shantung

Christian University 廣文學堂, also known as Cheloo University 齊魯大學, was a union

university that operated in Jinan 濟南 from the early 1900s to 1952. Tainan Theological

College 台南神學院 was founded in 1876 in Tainan, Taiwan, and continues to operate

today. The William Nast College had been founded in 1888 by German Methodists and later renamed for the nineteenth-century founder of the German Methodist Church in the United States.



Box 8 covers mission organizations active in China, with a focus on their educational and publishing activities. The China Centenary Missionary Conference was held in Shanghai in 1907 to mark the first century of Protestant mission enterprise in China. The

China Sunday School Union 中國主日學合會, based in Shanghai, produced strategies,

guides and teaching materials for Sunday school education in China. The Christian

Literature Society for China 廣學會 emerged out of the Society for the Diffusion of

Christian and General Knowledge (SDCGK) among the Chinese. The China Continuation Committee was organized in 1913 to continue the work of the 1910 World

Missionary Conference. The Methodist Publishing House in Shanghai 華美書館 was

founded in 1902 as a union venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the MEC, south.

Series 2: India, 1879 – 1919 (2 boxes, 1.00 lin. ft.) This series contains the correspondence and reports between people in India and Dr. Goucher. Missionaries, educators, and missionary organizational representatives wrote to Goucher to ask for advice and keep him abreast of issues. Topics covered include religion and Christianity; education, and medicine. The individuals wrote from locations throughout India. The folders are arranged alphabetically by name of the individual correspondent.

Series 3: Japan, 1883 – 1937 (3 boxes, 1.50 lin. ft.) Within this series are correspondence, reports and other documents for the establishment of a Christian University for Japan. A copy of the original proposal from Albertus Pieters of Nagasaki is included, as is numerous correspondence imploring for the establishment of the school. Other materials of note in this collection are further correspondence from missionaries and other people stationed in Japan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Education and Christianity is the focus of these letters.

Series 4: Korea, 1895 – 1922 (1 box, 0.50 lin. ft.) The fourth series contains the records of missionary activities in Korea from 1895 until Goucher’s death in 1922. Existing in the collection is a number of correspondences from the Christian College in Chosen, Korea. Other individuals and missionaries not relating to the Christian College wrote to Goucher, which are also in this series.

Series 5: Missionary Work in Various Countries, 1875 – 1962 (3 boxes, 1.00 lin. ft.) This series contains information from missionaries from throughout the world, including Africa; Europe, including Russia, England and Germany; Java; Sumatra; Philippines; Indonesia; Malaysia; Latin America; Mexico; and Syria. Also within this series are materials from missionary organizations and Goucher’s personal correspondence from his family. The variety of organizations helps to illustrate how involved Goucher was with world Christian and educational affairs throughout his life, and how intertwined they were. Numerous photographs accompany this series.



Series 6: Texts (2 OS boxes, 3.00 lin. ft.) [SERIES RESTRICTED] Within this series are manuscripts and other texts, including many fragile palm leaf books. These materials originate in China and India and are of unidentified age. The materials vary in size and language. There are also Chinese printer’s woodblocks.

Series 7: Memorabilia donated to the Missionary Research Library from the Estate of Dr. John F Goucher, January 18, 1944, [16??] – 1848 (1 OS box, 1.50 lin. ft.) Within this series is the addition made to the Missionary Research Library from the estate of Dr. John Franklin Goucher in 1944. Included materials are from Japan; China; India; and Korea. This series also contains the oldest item in the collection, a seventeenth century Book of Ester written in Hebrew, which is on a decorated scroll.

Processing Metal clips and staples were removed from materials and folded items were flattened. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Acidic items were separated from one another by interleaving with acid-free paper as needed. Any items in an advanced state of deterioration were placed in Mylar envelopes.

Ruth Tonkiss Cameron created the original finding aid in 2007, based on a contents list from Mission Research Library. In July 2010, series 1 was processed by Gregory Adam Scott. In November 2011, the collection was fully processed by Brigette C. Kamsler. Original Goucher material had been moved by MRL into MRL12: Missionary Biographical Records. Acid-free photocopies were made and these copies were left in the Biographical Records. The originals have been placed in the Goucher Papers, Box 2 Folder 2. See Box 2 Folder 34 in MRL12: Missionary Biographical Records for “The Christian Advocate” and “Washington Christian Advocate,” two periodicals published July 27, 1922 which detail Goucher’s life and legacy. Further Sources Goucher College, formerly known as the Woman’s College of Baltimore, was founded in 1885 by John Franklin Goucher. It was renamed Goucher College in 1910 and is still located in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. A collection of Goucher archival materials can be found there: http://www.goucher.edu/documents/Library/John%20Franklin%20Goucher%20Papers.pdf. Other archival collections of note are the John Franklin Goucher Papers at the Lovely Lane Museum and Library, http://www.lovelylanemuseum.org/. There exist numerous publications by John Franklin Goucher, including “Growth of the Missionary Concept,” 1911; “Young People and World Evangelization,” 1905; and “Christianity and the United States,” 1908.

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Contents list Series 1: China, 1880 – 1950 Series Box Folder Contents Correspondence with Missionaries in China, 1880 - 1922 1 1 1 Various Missionaries, 1881 – 1920 [f.1] 1 1 2 Various Missionaries, 1897 – 1917 [f.1] 1 1 3 James W. Bashford, 1909 – 1914 [f.2] 1 1 4 Joseph Beech, 1907 – 1915 [f.3] 1 1 5 William N. Brewster, 1896, 1906, 1916 [f.4] 1 1 6 Arthur John Bowen, 1903 – 1912 [f.5] 1 1 7 Rev. & Mrs. Olin Cady, 1895 – 1905 [f.6] 1 1 8 Harry Russell Caldwell, 1908 – 1918 [f.7] 1 1 9 Benjamin Burgoyne Chapman, 1909 – 1922 [f.8] 1 1 10 Clara M. Cushman, 1880, 1909 [f.9] 1 1 11 Charles Henry Fowler, 1881 – 1888 [f.10] 1 1 12 Rev. & Mrs. Francis Dunlap Gamewell, 1890 – 1919 [f.11] 1 1 13 Perry O. Hanson and Ruth E. Hanson, 1914, 1915 [f.12] 1 1 14 Edgerton-Maskell Hart, M.D. and V.C. Hart, 1886 – 1908 [f.13] 1 1 15 Henry Theodore Hodgkin, 1908 – 1909 [f.14] 1 1 16 George Heber Jones, 1912, 1917 [f.15] 1 1 17 Hiram Harrison Lowry, 1880 [f.16] 1 1 18 Spencer Lewis, 1901, 1902 [f.17] 1 1 19 Wilson S. Lewis, 1908 – 1917 [f.18] 1 1 20 William Artyn Main, 1916 – 1917 [f.19] 1 1 21 Wilson E. Manly, 1911 – 1917 [f.20] 1 1 22 John H. McCartney, M.D., 1910, 1915 [f.21] 1 1 23 David Miller, 1914 [f.22] 1 1 24 Franklin Ohlinger, 1881 [f.22a] 1 1 25 Jacob Franklin Peat, 1913 – 1915 [f.23] 1 1 26 Matthew Sites, 1883 – 1886 [f.24] 1 1 27 J.R. Trindle, 1912 – 1913 [f.24a] 1 1 28 Ralph Ansel Ward, 1913 – 1922 [f.25] 1 1 29 Lucius Nathan Wheeler, 1882 – 1883 [f.26] 1 1 30 J.W. Wiley, 1881 – 1884 [f.27] 1 1 31 John Wycliffe, 1915 [f.28] 1 1 32 James Maxon Yard, 1914 – 1915 [f.29] 1 1 33 List of Methodist Episcopal missionaries in China (Names taken from

correspondence) [f.30]

Schools in Fujian Province 福建, 1880 – 1950

1 2 1 Anglo-Chinese College 鶴齡英華書院: General materials, Booklet, Printed

Images and Maps of Campus, 1888 – 1921 [f.31] 1 2 2 Anglo-Chinese College: Correspondence, 1880 – 1921 [f.32]

1 2 3 Fukien Christian University [Fukien Union College] 福建協和大學校:

Correspondence, 1911 – 1918 [f.33]



Series 1: China, 1880 – 1950 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents Schools in Fujian Province (Cont’d) 1 2 4 Fukien Christian University: Early organizing, Correspondence, Minutes,

1911 – 1917 [f.34] 1 2 5 Fukien Christian University, Board of Trustees: Minutes, Correspondence,

Reports, Printed Images of Campus, 1917 – 1922 [f.35] 1 2 6 Fukien Christian University: Correspondence, 1917 – 1922 [f.36] 1 2 7 Fukien Christian University: Constitution and by-laws, 1918 – 1921 [f.37] 1 2 8 Educational institutions in Fukien and Foochow: Minutes,

Correspondence, Reports, Maps, 1907 – 1950 [f.38] 1 2 9 Mission schools in Fukien Province: Statistics, Correspondence, Reports,

1915 [f.39]

University of Nanking 匯文書院; 金陵大學堂, 1906 – 1930

1 3 1 History, Correspondence, Printed Photographs, 1907 – 1927 [f.40] 1 3 2 Records, Correspondence, Constitution, 1906 – 1909 [f.41] 1 3 3 Records, Correspondence, 1910 – 1912 [f.42] 1 3 4 Records, Correspondence, 1913 – 1921 [f.43] 1 3 5 Correspondence: James W. Bashford to Goucher, re Nanking University,

1911 – 1912 [f.44] 1 3 6 Department of Agriculture, Joseph Bailie Famine Colonization Scheme:

Reports, Correspondence, 1912 – 1914 [f.45] 1 3 7 The University of Nanking Bulletin, Catalogue Number, 1912 – 1913 [f.46] East China Union Medical College, 1912 - 1913 Bulletin of Nanking School of Theology, 1913

University of Nanking Bulletin, Report of the President and the Treasurer, 1920 - 1921

University of Nanking Bulletin, Report of the College of Agriculture and Forestry, 1920 - 1921

1 3 8 The University of Nanking Bulletin, Catalogue Number, 1910 – 1911 [f.46] The University of Nanking Special Bulletin, 1913 – 1914 Prospectus, East China Union Medical College, [19??] Correspondence, 1911; Report, 1930 Nanking Theological Seminary, Catalogue and Announcement, 1917 -

1918 1 3 9 Maps and Architectural Drawings [Moved to OS] [f.47]

Peking University 燕京大學, 1895 – 1922

1 4 1 Guidebook, 1921; Faculty List, 1921 - 1922; Founding Documents, Reports, Peking News, General Plan, 1919 – 1924 [f.48]

1 4 2 Provisional Board of Organization for Union in Higher Education in Chihli Province, Union University in Chihli Province: Tentative Constitution, Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, 1912 – 1913 [f.49]

1 4 3 Board of Trustees: Meeting Minutes, 1916 – 1918 [f.50] 1 4 4 Board of Trustees: Meeting Minutes, 1919 – 1920 [f.51]



Series 1: China, 1880 – 1950 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents Peking University (Cont’d) 1 4 5 Board of Trustees: Meeting Minutes, 1921 – 1922 [f.52] 1 4 6 Board of Trustees, Executive Committee: Meeting Minutes, 1916 – 1922

[f.53] 1 4 7 Board of Managers: By-laws, Correspondence, Minutes, Budgets, 1917 –

1922 [f.54] 1 4 8 Correspondence, Reports, 1895 – 1921 [f.55] 1 4 9 H.H. Lowry, President: Correspondence, Annual Reports, Photograph,

1912, 1913, 1918 [f.56] 1 4 10 John Leighton Stuart, President: Correspondence, Annual Report, 1919 –

1922 [f.57] 1 4 11 J.W. Bashford: Correspondence to Frank Mason North Re "Problems of

Union", 1913 [f.58] 1 4 12 Medical Education in Beijing and North China: Notes, Report, 1908 –

1917 [f.59] 1 4 13 Notes, List of Special Schools and Colleges in Beijing, [19??] [f.60] 1 4 14 Duplicate Documents from Box 4 [f.61]

West China Union University華西學堂; 華西協和大學校, [1906?] – 1929

1 5 1 Chentu College: Notes, Correspondence, Minutes, 1907 – 1908 [f.62] 1 5 2 Temporary Board of Management: Minutes, 1907 – 1911 [f.63] 1 5 3 Notes, Prospectus, Correspondence, [1906?] - [1913?] [f.64] 1 5 4 Constitution: Preliminary draft, Meeting Minutes, Revised Version, 1908 –

1910 [f.65] 1 5 5 Board of Governors: Correspondence, 1912 – 1918 [f.66] 1 5 6 Board of Governors: Correspondence, Reports, 1911 – 1912 [f.67] 1 5 7 Board of Governors: Correspondence, Reports, Minutes, 1913 – 1920

[f.67] 1 5 8 Board of Governors, Executive Committee: Correspondence, Minutes,

1905 – 1912 [f.68] 1 5 9 Board of Governors, Executive Committee: Correspondence, Minutes,

1913 - 1917, 1922 [f.68] 1 5 10 University Senate: Minutes, 1911-1913 [f.69] 1 5 11 University Senate: Minutes, 1914-1915 [f.69] 1 5 12 University Senate: Minutes, 1915-1917 [f.70] 1 5 13 University Senate: Minutes, 1917-1922 [f.71] 1 5 14 University Senate: Correspondence, Reports, 1914 - 1918, 1929 [f.72] 1 6 1 J.L. Stuart, President: Correspondence, 1914 – 1920 [f.73] 1 6 2 Henry T. Hodgkin, Board Member: Correspondence, 1910 – 1913 [f.74] 1 6 3 George B. Huntington, American Baptist Missionary Union:

Correspondence, 1908 – 1909 [f.75] 1 6 4 Joint Commission of the WCUU: Minutes, Constitution, 1910 [f.76] 1 6 5 Informal Meeting of British Members of Board: Minutes, 1913 [f.77]



Series 1: China, 1880 – 1950 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents West China Union University (Cont’d) 1 6 6 Reports on Site and Architectural Plans, 1912; Photographs, [19??]

[Large Maps moved to OS] [f.78] 1 6 7 College of Medicine and Dentistry: Plans, Layout, Curriculum,

Correspondence, History, 1937 – 1954 [f.79] 1 6 8 West China Union Theological College: Reports, Board of Management

Minutes, 1943 – 1948 [f.80] 1 6 9 Union Middle School: Reports, Correspondence, 1913 – 1917 [f.81] 1 6 10 West China Christian Education Union: Minutes, Reports,

Correspondence, 1906 – 1916 [f.82] 1 6 11 Correspondence Re: West China, 1911 – 1922 [f.83] 1 6 12 Address [by Goucher? 1915?] [f.84] 1 6 13 Ten-year History of WCUU, 1919; Pamphlet, 1914; Letter of Support from

Yuan Shikai, 1914; Donation Certificate, 1917; Clippings, 1882 - [191?] [f.85]

1 6 14 Incomplete, Undated Materials [f.86] Educational Institutions, [189?] – 1964

1 7 1 Canton Christian College 嶺南學堂: Pamphlets, Correspondence, 1905 –

1921 [f.87]

1 7 2 Carolyn Johnson Memorial Institute, Fuzhou 福州: Correspondence, 1917

[f.88]

1 7 3 Chungking Union High School 重慶曾家岩求精學校: Map [Moved to OS],

Articles of Union, Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, 1914 – 1922 [f.89]

1 7 4 East China Union Medical College 金陵醫學, Nanjing 南京: Article,

Correspondence, Memorandum, 1910 -1922 [f.90]

1 7 5 Goucher Day Schools, Nanchang 南昌: Notes, Correspondence, 1910 –

1921 [f.91]

1 7 6 Goucher Primary School Unit, West China, Chengdu 成都:

Correspondence, Report, 1904 – 1917 [f.92]

1 7 7 University of Hankow 漢口: Typescript, Ms. Plans, 1909 [f.93]

1 7 8 Nanchang Academy: Correspondence, Financial Statement, 1918 [f.94] 1 7 9 North China Union Woman's College: Correspondence, Report, 1912

[f.95] 1 7 10 Shanghai Baptist College: Outline, [19??] [f.96] 1 7 11 Peking American School: Report, [1918?], Blueprints, [19??] [f.97] 1 7 12 Shansi Union College: Correspondence, 1913 [f.98]

1 7 13 Shantung Christian University 廣文學堂: Correspondence, Booklet, 1907

– 1909 [f.99]

1 7 14 Shantung Christian University 廣文學堂: Correspondence, Booklet, 1909 -

1914, 1930 [f.99] 1 7 15 South China Christian College for Women: Constitution, [19??] [f.100]



Series 1: China, 1880 – 1950 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents Educational Institutions, [189?] – 1964 (Cont’d) 1 7 16 Taianfu Middle School: Correspondence, 1917, Report, 1921 [f.101] 1 7 17 Tainan Theological College: Annual Report, 1963 – 1964 [f.102] 1 7 18 Union Women's College for Central China: Pamphlets, Correspondence,

1912 – 1922 [f.103] 1 7 19 Union College Committee, Union Christian Colleges for Women in the

Orient, [19??] [f.103] 1 7 20 Wiley Institute, Beijing: Pamphlet, [189?] [f.104] 1 7 21 William Nast College, Jiujiang: Correspondence, 1910 – 1918 [f.105] General Mission Organizations, 1880 – [192?] 1 8 1 Central China Christian Educational Union: Reports, Curriculum, 1911 –

1913 [f.106] 1 8 2 China Centenary Missionary Conference, Shanghai: Correspondence,

Notice, 1906; Donation Forms, [191?] [f.107] 1 8 3 China Institutional Union: Correspondence, Pamphlets, [1909?] [f.108]

1 8 4 China Sunday School Union 中國主日學合會, Shanghai:

Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, 1911 – 1915 [f.109] 1 8 5 Christian Literature Society: Pamphlet on Phonetic Script, [192?];

Reports, Meeting Minutes, 1905, 1915 [f.110] 1 8 6 Committee for a British University in China: Notes, Correspondence, 1913

[f.111] 1 8 7 Committee on Christian Education in China: Outline, 1909 [f.112] 1 8 8 China Continuation Committee: Correspondence, 1910– 1916 [f.113] 1 8 9 Education in China: Papers, [191?] - [192?] [f.114] 1 8 10 Goucher: Speech on China, [19??]; “Some Recent Developments of

Christian Education in China”, 1912 [f.115] 1 8 11 Language Study Commission: Report, [1915?] [f.116] 1 8 12 Lists (in Chinese) of Various Schools and Courses [Moved to OS];

English Exam Sheets, [19??] [f.117] 1 8 13 Maps of China [Moved to OS Box 10] [f.118] 1 8 14 Methodist Publishing House, Shanghai: Reports, Correspondence, 1901

– 1902 [f.119] 1 8 15 Methodist Publishing House, Shanghai: Reports, Correspondence, 1902

[f.119] 1 8 16 Methodist Publishing House, Shanghai: Reports, Correspondence, 1906 -

[1919?] [f.120] 1 8 17 Board of Sunday Schools, Methodist Episcopal Church: Reports,

Correspondence, 1914 – 1915 [f.121] 1 8 18 Personal Correspondence, 1880 – 1907 [f.122] 1 8 19 North China Methodist Mission: Correspondence, 1891 [f.123] 1 8 20 Open Door Emergency Commission: Outline, Plans, Meeting Minutes,

Correspondence, 1902 – 1903 [f.124] 1 8 21 Mission Schools in China: Statistical Reports, 1907 - [190?] f.125]



Series 1: China, 1880 – 1950 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents General Mission Organizations, 1880 – [192?] (Cont’d) 1 8 22 Survey of Higher Education in China: Correspondence, 1918 – 1919

[f.126] 1 8 23 Union School Movement: Notes, Meeting Minutes, 1911 - [1913?] [f.127] 1 8 24 West China Methodist Mission: Reports, Clippings, Correspondence,

1882 – 1919 [f.128] 1 8 25 West China Religious Tract Society: Correspondence, Report, 1910

[f.129] 1 OS 9 Oversized Materials – Rolled Box “Sketch of the Nantai Island Settlement”, [19??]; Map of American Board,

Fuzhou, [19??] [b.2 f.8]

Signature Scroll for Famine Colonization Association 華洋義振會, [19??],

[b.3 f.6] Map of Nanjing, 1907; “Map showing Schools sending students to the

University of Nanking”, 1919 [b.3 f.9] “Map of Chentu College Site”, [19??] [b.6 f.6] “Map of a part of Szechuan, West China”, [19??] [b.7 f.3] Charts on Schools in China, 1909, 1911 [b.8 f.12] Zhejiang Province: Map, Article, [1922?] [b.8 f.13] 1 OS 10 Oversized Materials – Flat Box Correspondence from Chinese Church Groups, 1888 [b.1 f. 26] Blueprint: “General Plan of Peking University”, [191?] [b.4 f.1] Maps of Nanjing, [19??]; University of Nanking: Maps, 1911, 1912;

“Railway Map of China”, [19??] [b.3 f.9]; “Map of the West China Union University”, [19??] [b.6 f.6]; General Account of Schools in Entire Province of Sze-chuan, 1909 [b.8

f.12] Curriculum, Central China Christian Educational Union [b.8 f.1] Maps of China [b.8 f.13] Accounts with Bank of Upper India, 1892 – 1893 [b.11 f.4] Hand-drawn Map by Rev. Edwin W. Parker for Boys Dormitory [b. 11 f.18] Attendance Returns for Goucher’s Schools, 1894 – 1896 [b.12 f.13] Map of Railway Routes in Japan; Boat Contract, 1909; and Chinese

Calendar Poster [b.14 f.9] General Materials on Korea: Chosen Railways (1914), Information for

Visitors, Maps [b.16 f.1]



Series 2: India, 1879 – 1919 Series Box Folder Contents Letters and Reports of Methodist Missionaries in India, B – P, 1879 –

1918 [Box 9] 2 11 1 Rev. B. H. and Mrs. Mary A. Bradley, Lucknow, 1881; 1886 – 1887; 1908

[f.130] 2 11 2 Rev. Charles L. Bare, Principal, Reid Christian College, Lucknow, 1897 –

1899 [f.131] 2 11 3 Rev. Philo Melvin Buck, Meerut, 1907 – 1908; 1912 – 1913 [f.132] 2 11 4 Rev. John C. Butcher, Naini Tal, 1892 – 1893; 1911 [f.133] 2 11 5 Rev. W. A. Carroll, Principal, Calcutta Boy’s School, Calcutta, 1886; 1888

[f.134] 2 11 6 Rev. W. Rockwell Clancy, Allahabad, 1897 [f.135] 2 11 7 Rev. Stephen S. Dease, Naini Tal, 1902 – 1908 [f.136] 2 11 8 Rev. Thomas S. Donohugh, Meerut, 1906 – 1911 [f.137] 2 11 9 Rev. Clyde Fisher and Effie Pyle Fisher, Igatpuri, 1906 – 1909 [f.138] 2 11 10 Rev. Edwin F. Frease, Bombay Conference, 1898 – 1899; 1907 [f.139] 2 11 11 Rev. George K. Gilder, Raipur, 1898 – 1899; 1903 – 1912; 1918 [f.140] 2 11 12 Rev. George C. Hewes, 1915 – 1916 [f.141] 2 11 13 Rev. William L. King, Hyderabad, 1899; 1906 – 1909 [f.142] 2 11 14 Rev. William A. Massell, Principal, Bareilly Theological Seminary, Bareilly,

1907 [f.143] 2 11 15 Bishop and Mrs. William F. Oldham (Dec. 15, 1854-March 27, 1937),

1906 [f.144] 2 11 16 Rev. Dennis Osborne, Mussoorie, 1884 – 1885; 1888; 1891 [f.145] 2 11 17 Rev. George W. Park, Nadiad, Gujarat, 1910 [f.146] 2 11 18 Rev. Edwin W. Parker (1833-1901), Moradabad, Bishop in 1900, 1879 –

1886 [f.147] 2 11 19 Rev. Edwin W. Parker (1833-1901), Moradabad, Bishop in 1900, 1887 –



1900 [f.148] Letters and Reports of Missionaries in India: R – W; and Other

Miscellaneous, 1879 – 1919 [Box 10] 2 12 1 Rev. John E. Robinson and Ruth E. Robinson, Calcutta, 1893 – 1900;

1908; 1913 [f.149] 2 12 2 Rev. Abraham W. Rudisell, Madras, 1884 – 1899 [f.150] 2 12 3 Rev. Abraham W. Rudisell, Madras, 1902 – 1906 [f.150] 2 12 4 Rev. J. H. Schively, Lucknow, 1887 – 1888 [f.151] 2 12 5 Miss Martha A. Sheldon, Bhot, 1898 – 1899 [f.152] 2 12 6 Miss Lillivath Singh, Teacher in Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, 1892;

1902; 1906 [f.153] 2 12 7 Rev. Julius Smith, Bengal-Burma, 1898 – 1903 [f.154]



Series 2: India, 1879 – 1919 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents 2 12 8 Miss Grace Stephens, Superintendent, Girls’ Orphanage, Vepery,

Madras, 1897 – 1919 [f.155] 2 12 9 Rev. David Lyle Thoburn, Lucknow, 1897 – 1902 [f.156] 2 12 10 Miss Isabella Thoburn (1849-1901), Founder and principal of Isabella

Thoburn College, Lucknow, 1891 – 1892 [f.157] 2 12 11 Bishop. James Mills Thoburn, Calcutta, 1895 - 1908 [f.158] 2 12 12 Rev. D. W. Thomas, Bareilly, 1883 - 1884 [f.159] 2 12 13 Rev. J. B. Thomas, Budaon, 1894 – 1896 [f.160] 2 12 14 Bishop Frank W. Warne, Lucknow, 1906 – 1909 [f.161] 2 12 15 Rev. James W. Waugh, Lucknow, 1883; 1885 [f.162] 2 12 16 Rev. John N. West, Bareilly, 1907 – 1908 [f.163] 2 12 17 Correspondence from Individual Missionaries, A – L, 1879 – 1915 [f.164] 2 12 18 Correspondence from Individual Missionaries, M – Z, 1881 – 1917 [f.165] 2 12 19 Miscellaneous Printed Materials on Christianity, Education and Medicine,

1897 – 1913 [f.166] 2 12 20 “The Arya Samaj, Its Teachings and an Estimate of It,” by Rev. Henry

Forman, Allahabad, 1887 [f.166-A] Series 3: Japan, 1883 – 1937 Establishment of a Christian University for Japan [Box 11] 3 13 1 Alburtus Pieters (Nagasaki) Correspondence and Original Proposal for

Establishment of a Christian University for Japan, 1897-1910 [f.167] 3 13 2 Correspondence, 1910 – 1915 [f.168] 3 13 3 Correspondence, 1916 – 1917 [f.169] 3 13 4 Correspondence, 1918 – 1919 [f.170] 3 13 5 Establishment Documents: Prospectus, Statement of Purpose; Promoting

Committee Minutes; Proposed Constitution, 1906 – 1917 [f.171] 3 13 6 Establishment Documents: Statement of Need, Educational Purpose in

Japan [f.173] 3 13 7 Pamphlets, 1908 – 1912 [f.172] 3 13 8 Printed Sources – Articles [f.172] 3 13 9 Statistics on Christian Schools in Japan, 1913 – 1916 [f.174] Educational Institutions in Japan 3 13 10 Correspondence, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo: Theological Department, 1907;

1914; 1916; 1918’ 3 13 11 Correspondence, Aoyama Gakuin College and Academy, Tokyo, 1884 –

1919 3 13 12 Correspondence, St. Paul’s College, Tokyo, 1911; 1920 Methodist Missions and Missionaries in Japan [Box 12] 3 14 1 Correspondence, Arthur D. Berry, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, Theological

Department, 1907 – 1915 [f.175]



Series 3: Japan, 1883 – 1937 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents 3 14 2 Correspondence, Arthur D. Berry, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, Theological

Department, 1916 – 1921 [f.175] 3 14 3 Correspondence, Milton S. Vail and Jennie Vail, 1880 – 1889 [f.176] 3 14 4 Correspondence, Milton S. Vail and Jennie Vail, 1890 – 1910 [f.176] 3 14 5 Correspondence and Educational Materials, Aoyoma Gakuin College,

Tokyo and Methodist Episcopal Church, 1882 – 1922 [f.177] 3 14 6 Correspondence and Educational Materials, Aoyoma Gakuin College,

Tokyo and Methodist Episcopal Church, 1882 – 1922 [f.177] 3 14 7 Correspondence, Methodist Publishing House in Tokyo, Japan, 1907;

1910; 1912 [f.178] 3 14 8 Methodist Missionary Activities in Japan: Correspondence, Pamphlets,

Programs, Articles, 1883 – 1919 [f.179] 3 14 9 General Materials [f.180] 3 14 10 Commission on Christian Education in Japan: Workbook, 1932 – 1937

[f.181] Correspondence with Various Individuals in Japan [Box 13] 3 15 1 Benjamin Chappell, 1901 – 1912 [f.182] 3 15 2 S. Chinda, 1883; 1885 [f.183] 3 15 3 M. C. Harris, 1905? 1915 [f.184] 3 15 4 Y. Honda, 1889; 1892; 1905; 1908; 1919 [f.185] 3 15 5 M. Ishizaka, 1897 – 1898; 1918 [f.186] 3 15 6 Amy Gifford Lewis, 1905 – 1908 [f.187] 3 15 7 Robert S. Maclay, 1879 – 1888 [f.188] 3 15 8 Y. Motora, 1887 – 1897 [f.189] 3 15 9 Shosuke Sato, 1884 – 1920 [f.190] 3 15 10 Julius Soper, 1880 – 1922 [f.191] 3 15 11 Julius Soper, 1880 – 1922 [f.191] 3 15 12 J. O. Spencer, 1885 – 1894 [f.192] 3 15 13 Mizutaro Takagi, 1914 – 1920 [f.193] 3 15 14 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1890 – 1908 [f.194] 3 15 15 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1910 – 1920 [f.195] Series 4: Korea, 1895 – 1922 Missionary Activities in Korea [Box 14] 4 16 1 General Materials on Korea: Chosen Railways (1914), Information for

Visitors, Maps [f.196] 4 16 2 Chosen Christian College: General Materials – History, Maps, Images

[f.197] 4 16 3 Chosen Christian College: Correspondence, 1908 – 1912 [f.198] 4 16 4 Chosen Christian College: Correspondence, 1913 [f.199] 4 16 5 Chosen Christian College: Correspondence, 1914 [f.200] 4 16 6 Chosen Christian College: Correspondence, 1915 [f.201]



Series 4: Korea, 1895 – 1922 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents 4 16 7 Chosen Christian College: Correspondence, 1916 [f.202] 4 16 8 Chosen Christian College: Correspondence, 1917 – 1919 [f.203] 4 16 9 Chosen Christian College: Correspondence, 1920 – 1922 [f.204] 4 16 10 Chosen Christian College: Incomplete Materials [f.209] 4 16 11 Correspondence: A. Appenzeller, 1895; 1915; 1920 – 1921 [f.208] 4 16 12 Correspondence with Individuals in Korea, 1908 – 1922 [f.205] 4 16 13 General Materials on Missionary Work in Korea, 1904 – 1920 [f.206] 4 16 14 Korean Conspiracy Case, 1911 – 1913 [f.207] 4 16 15 Incomplete Union Christian Schools Materials [f.209] Series 5: Missionary Work in Various Countries, 1875 – 1962 [Box 15] 5 17 1 Africa, Correspondence and Articles, 1875 – 1922 [f.210] 5 17 2 Europe, Including Russia and England, Correspondence, 1879 – 1900

[f.211] 5 17 3 Europe, Including Russia and England, Correspondence, Minutes and

Financial Statement, 1902 – 1929 [f.211] 5 17 4 Java, Sumatra, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Correspondence and

Pamphlets, 1889 – 1917 [f.212] 5 17 5 Latin America, Correspondence, Pamphlets, Minutes. 1915 – 1922 [f.213] 5 17 6 Mexico, Correspondence, Pamphlets, 1880 – 1918 [f.214] 5 17 7 Syria: Correspondence with F. E. Hoskins, 1899 – 1915 [f.215] 5 17 8 General Correspondence, 1885 – 1922 [f.216] Mission Agency Materials and Personal Correspondence [Box 16] 5 18 1 Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Church, 1906; 1915 – 1916;

1922 [f.217] 5 18 2 Continuation Committee of World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh

(1910), 1911 – 1919 [f.218] 5 18 3 Epworth League, 1901 [f.219] 5 18 4 Federal Council of Churches Report on Cooperation in Foreign Missions,

190? [f.220] 5 18 5 Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1918 – 1920 [f.221] 5 18 6 International Sunday School Association, 1906; 1914; 1919 [f.222] 5 18 7 Methodist Church Board of Education, 1914 – 1915 [f.223] 5 18 8 Miscellaneous Mission Materials, 1900s [f.224] 5 18 9 Missionary and Education Movement of the United States and Canada

(Formerly Young People's Missionary Movement), 1902 – 1911 [f.225]

5 18 10 Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, 1902 – 1919 [f.226] 5 18 11 Missionary Society of the Methodist Church: Proposed Division into Home

and Foreign Sections, 1891 [f.227] 5 18 12 Mission Rooms of the Methodist Church, 1880; 1889 [f.228] 5 18 13 Missionary Society (Methodist Church of Canada), 1908 [f.229]



Series 5: Missionary Work in Various Countries, 1875 – 1962 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents 5 18 14 National Council of Churches, Division of Foreign Missions, 1962 [f.230] 5 18 15 United and Federated Missionary Work, 1905 – 1917; 1957 [f.231] 5 18 16 YMCA Student Volunteer Movement, 1902; 1906 [f.232] 5 18 17 Goucher: Personal Correspondence and Papers, 1891; 1905; 1907; 1909

– 1916; 1937 [f.233] Photographs of Missions and Missionaries [Box 17] 5 19 1 Miscellaneous Photographs [f.234] 1. Girls’ Training Home, Friends’ Mission, Brumana 2. Portrait, Mojola Agbebi 3. Envelope, J. W. Thomas, Colwyn Bay, North Wales 4. Unidentified Church 5. The Farm, Industrial Home North Japan College 6. Unidentified group of children 7. Burmese School girl in Wesleyan Mission Training School,

Mandalay, Upper Burma 8. Group of Khau? Teachers, English Wesleyan Mission Girls

School, Mandalay, Upper Burma 9. First Temperance Society in Bishyma? High School, Bardenzay? 10. Football Players, Bishyma? High School, Bardenzay? 11. Plaque commemorating translation of bible into Arabic language 12. Unidentified Ceremony 13. Ningpo College and Unidentified Church 14. Two unidentified buildings 15. First meeting of Public Health Education Campaign, Temple of

Earth, Forbidden City, Peking, May 1915 16. Christ Church, Zanzibar 17. Map of Asiatic Mission Fields of the American Baptist Missionary

Union 18. Unidentified School Group 5 19 2 Miscellaneous Photographs [f.235] 1. Amritsar Medical Mission, Men’s Ward 2. Amritsar Medical Mission, building used for consulting room,

operating, dispensary and patients dressing room 3. Boys Home at Ambohipotsy, Amtanauarou 4. Postcard, Mayo Hall, Allahabad 5. Postcard, Thornhill Memorial Allahabad 6. Pettah Wesleyan Chapel, Colombo, Ceylon 7. Wesleyan Printing Office Staff, Colombo 8. Making straw hats 9. Postcard, Muir College, Allahabad 10. Mrs. Samuel Satthianadhau, Madras, India 11. Dr. Nundy



Series 5: Missionary Work in Various Countries, 1875 – 1962 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents 12. Convert in Great Pestilence of 1881, bible woman for several

years, still living and working well, named Phoebe 13. The Rauee of Sinqampatty? 14. “The Classis of Arcor,” taken at its session January 1898 5 19 2 Miscellaneous Photographs [f.235] (Cont’d) 15. The Farm Team 16. Industrial Farm 17. The Industrial Farm. Village of Meye wa Myeh? on left. 5 19 3 Miscellaneous Photographs [f.236] 1. Group of boys saved through the hospital. Many still delicate,

some blind. 2. Young Men’s Christian Associate Building, Madras, India 3. Medical Missionary’s Bungalow, F. C. Mission, Chakai 4. English Wesleyan Mission, Mandalay, Upper Burma, Girls

Training School Pupils 5. Weaving, English Wesleyan Mission, Mandalay, Upper Burma 6. English Wesleyan Mission, Mandalay, Upper Burma 7. Envelope for English Wesleyan Mission, Mandalay, Upper Burma

images 8. Pulpit of Harm church, made in Industrial School 9. Harm Church, built by Industrial School 10. Harm Industrial School 17-member Brass Band 11. Envelope for Karur Industrial School images 5 19 4 Miscellaneous Photographs [f.237] 1. French residency building, Antananaruid? 2. Anglican Cathedral, Antananaruid? And Band Stand 3. Group of teachers, Sidon Seminary 4. LMS Boys High School, Antanauaruo? 5. Mr. Takagi, 1918 6. Unidentified building 7. Children at country school, Graminatim 8. School Graminatim 9. Miss Reed 10. Malagasy Children’s Games 11. An example of a still healthy Malagasy 12. Hospital, Talas 13. Unidentified Building 5 19 5 Miscellaneous Photographs [f.238] 1. J. G. Paton of New Hebrides and Dr. Chamberlin of India 2. Day School and Sunday School at Ambohipolsy, Antananaruio? 3. CMS College 4. Group of Native Clergy, CMS 5. Mission School, F. C. Mission, Chakai 6. Envelope, CMS images



Series 5: Missionary Work in Various Countries, 1875 – 1962 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents 7. Yukon Lodge, Pasumalai College 8. Group of college students, Pasumalai College, 1896 5 19 5 Miscellaneous Photographs [f.238] (Cont’d) 9. Pasumalai Theology Class, 1896 10. Pasumalai, Madura South India 11. Envelope, Pasumalai images 12. A family of Hova Malagay Christians 13. One of the royal houses, called Manàmpisoà 14. Village church of Ilàfy, five miles north of Antanànaruso 15. Newspaper images 16. Apothecary 17. Unidentified hospital office 18. Unidentified building, possibly Dow Memorial Women’s Hospital? 19. Unidentified Church, possibly Dow Memorial Women’s Hospital? 20. Gates, The Dow Memorial Women’s Hospital, 1899 – Church of

Scotland 21. Bedroom, possibly in Dow Memorial Women’s Hospital? 22. Possibly Dow Memorial Women’s Hospital? 23. Postcard, “Polka Dots,” unidentified individuals, 1914 24. Kinkiang, China, June 6th 1915. Group of children in front of

building with sign that says, “The Ida Gracey Home for Cripples” 25. Knowles School Faculty, Kinkiang, China, June 7, 1915 Series 6: Texts [Series 6 RESTRICTED] [RESTRICTED]6 20 Goucher Treasures Box 1: 7 Buddhist Text/Sutras [RESTRICTED]6 21 Goucher Treasures Box 2: 14 Indian books, manuscripts,

typescripts, Chinese woodblocks Series 7: Memorabilia from the Estate of Dr. John F Goucher, [16??] – 1848 [Series 6 OS Box 1] 7 OS 22 1 Certificate of Religion for Gonsuke, his wife and baby, Torakichi, from the

Kosenji temple to the Priest of Saikakuji, in the fortified city of Hikone, Japan, June, 1842

7 OS 22 2 Report of the Five-Men-Band upon the inquisition against Christianity by special command of the Japanese government, Hikone, fortified town, the 14th year in the Era of Tempo, 1843, 5p.

7 OS 22 3 Brick from the Lucknow residency; Explanation by Rev. B. H. Badley of origin of the brick and intention to sell bricks to raise funds for centennial school building

7 OS 22 4 Photograph of Sin-Koe-Á, the Amoy “First Church”, erected in 1848; the first church built in China for Protestant worship.



Series 7: Memorabilia from the Estate of Dr. John F Goucher, [16??] – 1848 (Cont’d) Series Box Folder Contents 7 OS 22 5 Set of 5 small embroideries as produced for the robes of the Japanese

Imperial family 7 OS 22 6 See Box 23 7 OS 22 7 Palm leaf book, South India. 108 r epic poem, Malayalam [Pali?] 7 OS 22 8 Rituals for the Ordination of Shinto Priests 7 OS 22 9 First Korean Primer 7 OS 23 Book of Esther, Hebrew ms, decorated, [Italy, 16??], small scroll on

turned wooden support. Bookseller’s description in German