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:
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:
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:
Chinese missionaries miscellaneous letters, 1949 to 1950.
Description:
Miscellaneous letters written by missionaries in China, 1949 to 1950. Correspondence relates only tangentially to the Millicans, but is informative about the situation in China during the post-World War II years.
Creator:
Newman, Frank W. (author), Wagner, Dorothy. (author), Bannan, E. J. (author), Smith, Mabelle C. (author)
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.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Communism--China.
Geographic subjects:
Ningbo Shi (China), Hunan Sheng (China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124454
Title:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1948 to 1950.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1948 to 1950. It documents the Board of Foreign Missions' approval of Edith Millican's extended furlough from her China Mission after her application for a Junior Residency in Obstetrics at the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia was accepted.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author), Dodd, Edward M. (Edward Mills), 1887-1967. (author), Ruland, Lloyd S. (author), Ruland, Dora. (author), Hess, Catherine B. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Womens Medical College of Philadelphia.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124416
Title:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from Embudo Presbyterian Hospital and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1950 to 1951.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence from Embudo Presbyterian Hospital and the Board of Foreign Missions, 1950 to 1951. It documents her resignation from her missionary service in China and her transfer from the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia to a residency at Embudo Presbyterian Hospital.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author), Gladfelter, Katharine E. (author), Ruland, Lloyd S. (author), Bowen, Sarah. (author), Goddard, Florence M. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., 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.), New York (N.Y.), Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124387
Title:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1949 to 1984.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1949 to 1984. Correspondence authored by Muriel Boone, Frank W. Newman, Archie R. Crouch, and other friends.
Creator:
Boone, Muriel, 1893- (author), Crouch, Archie R. (author), Newman, Frank W. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123207
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:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1939 to 1948.
Description:
Edith Millican incoming correspondence, 1939 to 1948. Correspondence authored by Margaret B. Duncan, Marcia Kerr, Herrick B. Young, Muriel Boone, Frank W. Newman and other friends.
Creator:
Young, Herrick B. (author), Duncan, Margaret B. (author), Kerr, Marcia (author), Boone, Muriel, 1893- (author), Newman, Frank W. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122740
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:
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

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