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:
Edith Millican and Betty Isbister in Philadelphia, 1963.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Isbister, Betty A.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Returned missionaries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133522
Title:
Edith Millican in Philadelphia, 1963.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Returned missionaries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133505
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her mother, Aimee Millican, 1963.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her mother, Aimee Millican, 1963. It also includes a November 1963 letter addressed to Edith Millican from John Paul North, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director of the American College of Surgeons.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Womens Medical College of Philadelphia.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123583
Title:
Edith Millican Certificate of Church Membership, 1949.
Description:
Edith Millican certificate of church membership at First Presbyterian Church at Germantown, Phila., Pa., April 14, 1949.
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., First Presbyterian Church of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122729
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her mother, Aimee Millican, 1964.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her mother, Aimee Millican, during her transition to her private practice in Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1964. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from family friend, Betty.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Womens Medical College of Philadelphia.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Mora County (N.M.), Las Vegas (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122510
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, 1940 to 1942.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, during her time at Women's Medical College of Philadelphia and at Embudo Presbyterian Hospital in Embudo, New Mexico, 1940 to 1942.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Womens Medical College of Philadelphia., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:121736
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, 1961.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, during her time at the Board of National Missions' Mora Valley Medical Unit in Cleveland, New Mexico, 1961.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians.
Geographic subjects:
Mora County (N.M.), Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:120711
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, 1962.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, during her time at the Board of National Missions' Mora Valley Medical Unit in Cleveland, New Mexico, 1962.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Womens Medical College of Philadelphia.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians.
Geographic subjects:
Mora County (N.M.), Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:119569

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