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:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1953.
Description:
Aimee and Frank Millican's correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1953, during their retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Nancy Hu, October 17, 1953.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:136708
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1942.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith in 1942, during which Aimee Millican was in the United States on furlough.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.), Oakland (Calif.), Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135932
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1955.
Description:
Aimee and Frank Millican's correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1955, during their retirement from missionary service.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135707
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1956 to 1957.
Description:
Aimee and Frank Millican's correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1956 to 1957, during their retirement from missionary service.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135503
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1962.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1962, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Margaret A. Frame, September 29, 1962.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135340
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, June to December 1963.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, June to December 1963, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Edith Millican from Dr. J.B. Blough of Embudo Presbyterian Hospital, August 15, 1963.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:135119
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1954.
Description:
Aimee and Frank Millican's correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1954, during their retirement from missionary service.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134976
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1964 to 1965.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1964 to 1965, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Edith Millican from social activist, Muriel Lester, February 1964.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Returned missionaries., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134782
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, 1943 to 1944, during which Aimee Millican was in the United States on furlough.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--Leaves and furloughs., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.), Oakland (Calif.), Berkeley (Calif.), Spokane (Wash.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134493
Title:
Aimee and Frank Millican correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1958 to 1961.
Description:
Aimee and Frank Millican's correspondence to their daughter, Edith, 1958 to 1961, during their retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Bessie and Paul Abbott, September 6, 1961.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (author), Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961. (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--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134334
Title:
Aimee Millican correspondence to her daughter, Edith, January to June 1963.
Description:
Aimee Millican's correspondence to her daughter, Edith, January to June 1963, during her retirement from missionary service. It also includes a letter addressed to Aimee Millican from Mrs. William H. Boddy and a newspaper clipping announcing Mary Eve Millican's engagement.
Creator:
Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974. (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--China.
Geographic subjects:
Stanwood (Wash.), Duarte (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:134221
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 miscellaneous writings, 1943 to 1982.
Description:
Edith Millican miscellaneous writings, 1943 to 1982. It includes prayers, mission reports, lecture notes, and essays. Also found is a 1957 letter addressed to Edith from her mother, Aimee Millican.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author), Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974.
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Mora County (N.M.), Stanwood (Wash.), Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:124133
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican. Correspondence includes undated letters. Internal evidence was used to determine the approximate chronological order.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985., Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Embudo (N.M.), Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:123997
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:
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 general letters, 1943 to 1967.
Description:
Edith Millican's "Dear Friends" letters, 1943 to 1967. The correspondence traces her medical missionary service in China, her residency at the Board of National Missions' Mora Valley Medical Unit in Cleveland, New Mexico, and her private practice in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Creator:
Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
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., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Embudo (N.M.), Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China), Las Vegas (N.M.), Guizhou (Hubei Sheng, China), Hunan Sheng (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122415
Title:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican.
Description:
Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican. Correspondence includes undated letters. Internal evidence was used to determine the approximate chronological order.
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., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
China., Santa Fe (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:122202

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