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:
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:
Staff photo.
Description:
"I had the job of addressing some cards to local people and ruined this one with a blot. But it will show you what our staff looks like. Left: standing in a flowered dress, Betty; seated, Anita Irwin, leaving in March. Right: standing, Ann Siebrands; seated with dog Sulfa, Shirley Ginns. Taken in lobby of school house."
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Women missionaries--China., Missions--Educational work--China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133701
Title:
Group photo, Girls' School.
Description:
Jedjah Province?
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Girls' schools--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133404
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:
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
Title:
Chinese missionaries miscellaneous letters, Shanghai.
Description:
Miscellaneous letters written by missionaries in Shanghai, 1941-1949, 1972, 1982?, n.d. Also includes a 1972 letter addressed to Aimee Millican from the Woman's Missionary Union. Correspondence relates only tangentially to the Millicans, but is informative about the situation in China during the post-World War II years.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122640
Title:
Correspondence regarding Aimee and Frank Millican's East Cliff property in China, 1926 to 1934.
Description:
Correspondence regarding Aimee and Frank Millican's request for a deed of transfer of land from the East Cliff Land Company in China, 1926 to 1934.
Creator:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author), Davis, George L. (author), Atcheson, George, 1896-1947. (author), Ward, Robert S. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., United States. Consulate General (Tianjin, China)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Tianjin (China), Ningbo Shi (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:121861
Title:
Incoming correspondence addressed to Aimee and Frank Millican.
Description:
Incoming correspondence addressed to Aimee and Frank Millican from various authors, including Department of Missionary Personal Secretary Herrick B. Young and Western Area Secretary Archie R. Crouch. Correspondence is organized chronologically from 1929 to 1966, with undated materials found at the end.
Creator:
Young, Herrick B. (author), Crouch, Archie R. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Christian Literature Society for China.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Religious literature--Distribution--China--Shanghai., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Philippines., Missions--Educational work--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China), Stanwood (Wash.), Dumaguete (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:119923
Title:
Correspondence regarding Aimee and Frank Millican's transfer to the Board of Foreign Missions, 1916 to 1917.
Description:
Correspondence regarding Aimee and Frank Millican's transfer from the Free Methodist Church China Mission to PCUSA's China Mission, 1916 to 1917.
Creator:
Foster, William T. (author), Hogue, Wilson T. (author), Scott, George Tressler, 1881-1978. (author), Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Free Methodist Church of North America. General Missionary Board.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missions--Educational work--China., Evangelistic work--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Boston (Mass.), Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:119561

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