Document Collections and Bibliographies
Primary Sources List: Missionary Perspectives on China
Archives Unbound: Global Missions and Theology documents 19th-century American missionary activities among Native Americans and African Americans, both slaves and freed men, and in Africa, Fiji and the Sandwich Islands, India, China, Southeast Asia, Japan and Hawaii. Includes personal narratives, organizational records and biographies of leaders, missionaries and churches.
Anna V. Blough Missionary Letters and Diaries from China (Elizabethtown College)
Primary Sources: Missionary Perspectives on China
Nineteenth Century Collection Online Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange includes:
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1846-1912 (China, Japan, Korea)
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1912-1949 (China, Japan, Korea)
John J. Burns Library Rare Books and Special Collections at Boston College has a large Jesuitana collection
The Jesuit collection in the John J. Burns Library of Boston College. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College Libraries, 1986.
LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. Z7840.J5 J63 1986
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC BX3702.2.Z99 J64 x 1986
--The collection has more than doubled since 1986; check the online catalog. Lists of post-1986 acquisitions are available in the John J. Burns Library.
American China Missions: An Introductory Bibliography
Bibliotheca missionum. Münster i.W., Aachen, 1916- .
Location : Andover-Harv. Theol Harvard Depository Z7838.M6 S9
Location : Tozzer REF BL637.Z99 S8
Location : Widener C 10000.7
Summary of Contents in HOLLIS record
--Covers Catholic missions worldwide
About this rich but complex resource
"Bibliotheca missionum: a case of benign neglect", by David Henige. History in Africa 5 (1978): 337-344.
International mission bibliography, 1960-2000, ed. by Norman E. Thomas. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Location : Andover-Harv. Theol Ref. BV2061.3 .I58 2003
Location : Widener Harvard Depository BV2061.Z99
A one-volume work updating Bibliotheca missionum. Annotated listings of books in topical chapters
Handbook of Christianity in China, ed. by Nicolas Standaert. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2001-2010. 2 v.
HOLLIS record
--Includes articles on science in post-Western contact China with rich bibliographies.
Christianity in China: a scholars' guide to resources in the libraries and archives of the United States, ed. by Xiaoxin Wu. 2nd ed. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2009, 797 p.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Ref. | BR1285 .C574 2009
Harvard-Yenching | Ref (W) | BR1285 .C57 2009x
Harvard-Yenching | (W) | BV2010 .T54 2009
Encyclopedia of mission and missionaries, ed. by Jonathan J. Bonk. NY: Routledge, 2007, 473 p.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Ref. | BV2040 .E48 2007
Online Access
The missionary gazetteer: comprising a view of the inhabitants, and a geographical description of the countries and places, where Protestant missionaries have labored; alphabetically arranged, and so constructed as to give a particular and general history of missions throughout the world: with an appendix containing an alphabetical list of missionaries, their stations, the time of entering, removal, or decease, by Walter Chapin. Woodstock, VT: Printed by D. Watson, 1825. 420 p.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Harvard Depository Special Collection | 815 C467mi 1825 Houghton | C 10010.9*
--In Google Books
--Other editions available; consult HOLLIS
Reference guide to Christian missionary societies in China: from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, by R.G. Tiedemann. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2009, 338 p.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Ref. | BV2010 .T54 2009
Biographical dictionary of Christian missions, ed. by Gerald H. Anderson. NY: Macmillan Reference USA, 1998, 845 p.
Andover-Harv. Theol | Ref. | BV3700 .B56 1998 In-library use only
Widener | WID-LC | BV3700 .B56 1998 In-library use only
The missionary periodical The Chinese Recorder is a major source for biographical information on Christian missionaries in China. Vol. 1 is an index by name. Vol. 2 includes indexes of persons by affiliation and by location, together with lists of women, medical doctors, and women medical doctors. Vol. 2 also includes indexes of non-biographical material by subject and by missions and other organizations. There is a list of missions and other organizations by location.
--The Chinese Recorder, 1867-1941 is available as searchable full text in China: Trade, Politics and Culture.
--The Chinese biographical dictionary Jin dai lai Hua wai guo ren ming ci dian serves to connect names of missionaries in Chinese characters to the Western form of the name, whence it can be looked up in The Chinese Recorder index.
"The Chinese Recorder" index: a guide to Christian missions in Asia, 1867-1941, by Kathleen L. Lodwick. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1986. 2 v.
Widener | Ch2.3.13.7.
China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) quantifies and visualizes the place of Christianity in modern China (1550-1950}
Searchable Index of Necrologies for Missionaries and Congregational Clergy, (Congregational Library, Boston)
Religious Periodical Literature
China Medical Missionary Journal (1887-1907)
Internet Archive Full Text
ATLA Religion Database indexes journal articles, essays, and book reviews in the field of religion. Citations cover all religions and all theological points of view
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index covers about 200 Roman Catholic periodicals as well as papal documents, church promulgations, book reviews, and books about Catholicism, authored by Catholics or produced by Catholic publishers.
Christian Periodical Index provides access to English language articles and reviews from an evangelical Christian perspective. The index is representative of the major doctrinal positions within evangelical Christianity.
Religious and Theological Abstracts provides summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology.
Missionary Periodicals Database aims to record all periodicals on foreign missions published in Britain, between the eighteenth century and the 1960s, by missionary societies and commercial publishers
Nineteenth Century Collection Online Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange includes Missionary and Socio-Economic Journals
Microfilm
The Houghton Library here at Harvard holds the archives of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. An online guide for the paper records in Houghton is available, but researchers are asked to use the microfilm which contains over half of the records (in Government Documents/Microtext, Level B, Lamont Library) where possible. An online guide to the microfilm is available together with an index of missionaries, and collection information (in Collection List under Papers of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. There is a book in the Houghton Library Reading Room which lists the original paper records and is annotated to indicate which of these are available on the microfilm. The main collection of ABCFM papers consists of documents, minutes and letters sent by the missionaries to the Board, arranged geographically by location of mission, then chronologically, then alphabetically by name of the missionary.
There are substantial archival and pamphlet collections relating to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions at the Congregational Library in Boston
China inland mission, 1865-1951: from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. 2 pts. on 39 microfilm reels
Microforms (Lamont) | Film A 1357
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China missionaries oral history collection. Claremont Graduate School. 39 microfiches; fiche 1-3, biographical data and indexes
Microforms (Lamont) | Microfiche W 1372
Brief Description
China through western eyes: manuscript records of traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats, 1792-1942. 151 microfilm reels + guides (3 v.) Brief Description
Microforms (Lamont) | Film A 923
Microforms (Lamont) | INDEX Film A 923 = guide
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Church Missionary Society archive. 7 sections on 1477 microfilm reels + reel guides. Brief description
Harvard-Yenching | FW 1783
Microforms (Lamont) | Film A 958
Microforms (Lamont) | INDEX Film A 958 = guides
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Missionary files: Methodist Episcopal Church missionary correspondence, 1846-1912. [East Asia and Latin America]
Microforms (Lamont) | Film A 1354
--China, reels 1-10
More information
Missionary files: Methodist Church, 1912-1949. 149 microfilm reels + guide (56 p.) [East Asia] Fuller record
Microforms (Lamont) Film A 1355
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Presbyterian Church of England Foreign Missions Committee (1847-1950) Fuller record
Microforms (Lamont) Microfiche W 5921
Scottish missionary archives from the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World. 4 pts. on 39 microfilm reels. Brief description.
Microforms (Lamont) | Film A 1438
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Women missionaries. 2 pts. on 14 microfilm reels. Fuller record
Microforms (Lamont) Film A 1282
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Women's missionary archives from the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World. 34 microfilm reels. Fuller description Microforms (Lamont) | Film A 1437
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Center for Research Libraries, Chicago holds the following collections which can be obtained via Interlibrary Loan:
--The Archives of the Council for World Missions, 1775–1940
--Methodist Missionary Society Archives, 1791–1948
Additional information on mission-related material is available on their website.