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:
The Millican family in Shandong, China.
Description:
Enjoying a summer afternoon in Pei-tai-ho by the sea (Shantung).
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China--Shandong Sheng., Women missionaries--China--Shandong Sheng., Children of missionaries--China--Shandong Sheng.
Geographic subjects:
Shandong Sheng (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133541
Title:
Edith Millican.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133540
Title:
Group photo on steps.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--New Mexico., Home missions--New Mexico--Embudo., Missions, Medical--New Mexico--Embudo., Women--New Mexico--Embudo.
Geographic subjects:
Truchas (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133539
Title:
Frank Millican and Chinese friends.
Description:
"Friends with a Taoist-Scholar Priest?"
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Taoist priests--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133538
Title:
Portrait of Frank Millican.
Description:
"Frank Millican or Daddy."
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133537
Title:
Edith Millican graduating from the College of Wooster.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Wooster (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133536
Title:
Edith Millican and friend, 1949.
Description:
Edith Millican and Pearl "Drack." Tuckahoe 1949. On furlo' from China.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--United States., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Returned missionaries--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133535
Title:
Edith Millican and another doctor examining an x-ray.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.), Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--New Mexico., Home missions--New Mexico., Missionaries, Medical--New Mexico., Women physicians--New Mexico--Embudo., Hospitals--New Mexico--Embudo., X-rays.
Geographic subjects:
Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133534
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Women missionaries--China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133532
Title:
Frank and Aimee Millican on a boat with friends.
Description:
Arrow points to Aimee Millican.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Women missionaries--China., Boats and boating--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133531
Title:
Edith Millican working at her desk.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--United States., Returned missionaries--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133530
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican with friends.
Description:
"The boys didn't sit in the right place. Sit up, mother, ear lobe over shoulders! Edith you better me up."
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133529
Title:
Aimee Millican with friends.
Description:
Bess, Maymie, Aimee. Dec. 66.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--United States., Returned missionaries--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133528
Title:
Edith Millican with a male patient.
Creator:
Dingee, Tyler. (photographer)
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--New Mexico., Home missions--New Mexico--Cleveland., Missionaries, Medical--New Mexico--Cleveland., Women physicians--New Mexico--Cleveland., Hospital patients--New Mexico--Cleveland., Hospitals--New Mexico--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects:
Mora (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133527
Title:
Aimee Millican.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133526
Title:
Edith and her father, Frank Millican, Camano Island, Washington, ca. 1960.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Women missionaries--China., Returned missionaries--Washington--Camano Island.
Geographic subjects:
Camano Island (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133525
Title:
Baby Edith Millican with Chinese woman, 1915.
Description:
Edith with North China Amah. (Note bound feet)
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Children of missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133524
Title:
Edith Millican at Camano Island, Washington, 1961.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--Washington--Camano Island., Returned missionaries--Washington--Camano Island.
Geographic subjects:
Camano Island (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133523
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 at Cass Lake, Minnesota, 1951.
Description:
Recreation - Edith Millican with Boones at Cass Lake, Minnesota. Summer 1951. Edith loved to swim.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries--Minnesota--Cass Lake., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--Minnesota--Cass Lake.
Geographic subjects:
Cass Lake (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133521

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