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 photo album, page 28.
Description:
[Top] Li Doh-Jiu, Pauline, and family, dated July 16, 1949. [Bottom right] Pastor leading a service.
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Families--China., Public worship--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133800
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:
Staff photo, Embudo Presbyterian Hospital, N.M.
Description:
"Guess you'll find some familiar faces in this."
Subject names:
Millican family--Archives., Embudo Presbyterian Hospital (Embudo, N.M.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--New Mexico., Home missions--New Mexico--Embudo., Missionaries, Medical--New Mexico--Embudo., Women physicians--New Mexico--Embudo., Women nurses--New Mexico--Embudo., Hospitals--Employees--New Mexico--Embudo.
Geographic subjects:
Embudo (N.M.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:133445
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:
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 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

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