Millican Family Papers

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Correspondence, biographical materials, and photographs documenting the Millican family's missionary experiences in China, and to a lesser extent in the Philippines, emphasizing the difficulties of their work during the Sino-Japanese War of the late 1930s and during the post-World War II years. Edith Millican's correspondence documents medical work in China during and after World War II, giving insight into the training and experiences of, and opportunities for, American women doctors. Also included are photographs documenting Edith Millican's time serving the Board of National Missions as a physician in New Mexico. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire collection has been digitized. Featured image: Aimee and Frank Millican just before going to China, 1907.

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Title:
Card with Theme Song and photo of Chen River.
Description:
Greeting card from Edith Millican photo album.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Boone, Muriel, 1893-
Topics:
Missionaries--China--Chenzhou., Presbyterian Church--Missions--China.
Geographic subjects:
Chenzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136794
Title:
Broadcast Bulletin of the National Christian Council of China, August 4, 1941.
Description:
Issued frequently from 169 Yuen Ming Yuen Road, Shanghai, China. Series V. No. 47. Lois Anna Ely, Editor. August 4, 1941. Note: –The NCC Sunday Night Broadcast Hour is heard over station XMHA, Shanghai, 600 kilocycles or 500 meters; short wave, 11.8 megacycles, or 25.33 meters, at 9:45 p.m., Shanghai Daylight Saving Time.
Subject names:
National Christian Council of China.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136435
Title:
Annual Report of Frank Millican, General Workers Group Presbyterian Mission, Shanghai, China, August 2, 1935.
Creator:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author)
Subject names:
Christian Literature Society for China., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136119
Title:
Worship Trends in the Chinese Church.
Description:
Worship Trends in the Chinese Church by Aimee B. Millican. [From "The Chinese Recorder" September, 1936]
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Chinese recorder and missionary journal., Christian Literature Society for China.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136020
Title:
Card with Theme Song and photo of Chen River
Description:
Greeting card from Edith Millican photo album.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Boone, Muriel, 1893-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China--Chenzhou.
Geographic subjects:
Chenzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133759
Title:
Card with Theme Song and photo of Chen River
Description:
Greeting card from Edith Millican photo album. Photograph of Chenzhou River and "Theme Song."
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Boone, Muriel, 1893-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China--Chenzhou.
Geographic subjects:
Chenzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133750
Title:
Edith Millican missionary service certificate, March 1943.
Description:
Edith Millican certificate from the Board of Foreign Missions which appointed her to the PCUSA China Council mission on April 20, 1942.
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124400
Title:
Aimee Millican Foreigners' Resident Certificate, ca. 1948.
Subject names:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124374
Title:
Edith Millican birth certificate, China, 1914.
Description:
American Consulate General, Hankow, China. Certificate and Record of Birth of Edith Frances Millican, May 29, 1914.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Hankou (Wuhan, China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124130
Title:
Edith Millican United States passport, 1947.
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., United States. Consulate General (Guangzhou, China)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Guangzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124095
Title:
Two articles by Janette T. Harrington.
Description:
Women in White; Tell It On the Mountain. Two articles by Janette T. Harrington tell of vital work women are doing in two localities in the far-flung national missions field. Reprinted from Presbyterian Life, November 11, 1957.
Creator:
Harrington, Janette T. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians.
Geographic subjects:
Embudo (N.M.), San Cristóbal(Dominican Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124090
Title:
Edith Millican personal notebook, 1944 to 1948.
Description:
Edith Millican's personal notebook during her missionary service in China, 1944 to 1948. It includes journal entries, prayers and poetry.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Chenzhou (China), Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123908
Title:
Millican family clippings, 1941 to 1985.
Description:
Miscellaneous clippings about the Millican family, 1941 to 1985. It includes clippings about the family's missionary service, Embudo Presbyterian Hospital in New Mexico, Edith Millican's successful career as a physician, and memorial services after her death in February 1985.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123154
Title:
Aimee Millican United States passport, 1952.
Subject names:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Cebu (Philippines : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123139
Title:
Edith Millican chapel talks notes.
Description:
Edith Millican chapel talks in Chinese, mostly given in Chenchow Hospital, (English notes).
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Chenzhou (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123083
Title:
Edith Millican personal notebook, 1943 to 1946.
Description:
Edith Millican's personal notebook during her missionary service in China, 1943 to 1946. It includes date plans, meditations, study, chapel talks and miscellaneous notes regarding her trip to China.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122914
Title:
Edith Millican New Mexico Medical License, April 1942.
Description:
Edith Millican's medical license authorized by the New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners.
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
New Mexico.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122912
Title:
Board of Foreign Missions' Citation of Frank and Aimee Millican, 1953.
Description:
Board of Foreign Missions' Citation of Frank and Aimee Millican in recognition of their missionary service in China and the Philippines from 1916 to 1953.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122909
Title:
Aimee Millican United States passport, 1944.
Subject names:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., United States. Consulate General (Shanghai, China), Christian Literature Society for China.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122698
Title:
The World Day of Prayer Program, February 28, 1941.
Description:
The World Day of Prayer, First Friday in Lent, February 28, 1941. Prepared by World Day of Prayer Committee of Shanghai, China.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., National Committee of Church Women.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122681

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