McCartee Family Papers

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Dr. Divie Bethune McCartee (1820-1900) and his wife Juana M. Knight McCartee (d. 1906) served as missionaries in China and Japan for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions from 1844 until their retirement in 1900. Dr. McCartee served as a physician and also performed consular services. This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Divie Bethune McCartee and his wife, Juana Knight McCartee, 1854-1906. The correspondence is mostly outgoing and includes letters to the Board of Foreign Missions, to Henry William Rankin, the McCartee's nephew, and to Franklin Knight, Juan McCartee's father. Also included is correspondence relating to Dr. McCartee's consular service. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized. Featured image: Portrait of Divie Bethune McCartee, 1843.

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Title:
Correspondence to the Board of Foreign Missions from Divie Bethune McCartee.
Description:
Bound collection of letters, clippings, and articles, including portraits of Divie Bethune McCartee. Primarily letters to the Board of Foreign Missions from Dr. Divie Bethune McCartee, but also includes a letter to Juana Knight McCartee from A.R. Kepler, 1905; letters to Dr. McCartee from T. Sasaoka, 1897; a letter to Robert E. Speer from Juana, 1899; a typed letter to Henry W. Grant, Esq., 1900 (handwritten draft version, see folder 9); a letter from Juana notifying Speer of Dr. McCartee's death, 1900; an obituary and bibliography for Dr. McCartee; and clippings relating to Dr. McCartee and East Asian missions.
Creator:
McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author), McCartee, Juana Knight, -1920 (author), Sasaoka, T. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission., Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Gillespie, John, 1830?-1899., Grant, Henry W.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), New York (N.Y.), San Francisco (Calif.), Taipei (Taiwan), Ningbo Shi (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144017
Title:
Address delivered by Divie Bethune McCartee, 1894.
Description:
For celebration of the Jubilee year of his residence in the Far East. Property of Henry William Rankin.
Creator:
McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--China., Missionaries--Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144004
Title:
Letters pertaining to Divie Bethune McCartee's involvement with the United States Consulate General, 1861-1877.
Description:
Letters discuss his work as an interpreter and his resignation in 1877.
Creator:
McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author), Stribling, C.K. (author), Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870. (author), Bradford, O.B. (author), Yates, M. T. (Matthew Tyson), 1819-1888. (author), Wells, G. Wiley (Guilford Wiley), 1840-1909. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872., Campell, John A.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Diplomatic and consular service--China.
Geographic subjects:
Shanghai (China), Nanjing Shi (China), Beijing (China), Yantai (Shandong Sheng, China), Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143978
Title:
"The Way of Life."
Description:
Possibly written by Divie Bethune McCartee.
Creator:
McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives.
Topics:
Creation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143954
Title:
Letter to Divie Bethune McCartee from Henry W. Rankin, 1868.
Description:
Correspondence from Henry W. Rankin to his uncle Divie Bethune McCartee in response to McCartee's letter from Ningpo, dated Dec. 11, 1868. Written from Madison, N.J.
Creator:
Rankin, Henry William, 1851-1937. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Madison (N.J.), Ningbo Shi (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143945
Title:
Correspondence to Henry William Rankin from Divie Bethune McCartee, ca. 1866 to 1900.
Description:
Includes a letter to Prof. S. Wells Williams of Yale University, dated October 13, 1883.
Creator:
McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., Rankin, Henry William, 1851-1937., Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--China., Missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), United States., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143766
Title:
Correspondence to Henry William Rankin from Juana Knight McCartee, 1862 to 1906.
Description:
Includes family timeline written by Juana in a letter dated January 20, 1885, and a draft of a letter to Henry W. Grant, Esq., dated January 25, 1900. (A typed version of the draft letter is bound in the book in folder 6.)
Creator:
McCartee, Juana Knight, -1919 (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., Rankin, Henry William, 1851-1937., Grant, Henry W.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--China., Missionaries--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), United States., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143615
Title:
Letter to Divie Bethune McCartee from O.B. Bradford, 1873.
Description:
Includes draft of letter.
Creator:
Bradford, O.B. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Diplomatic and consular service--China.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143611
Title:
Correspondence to Franklin Knight from Divie Bethune McCartee, 1854 to 1860.
Description:
Correspondence from Divie Bethune McCartee to his father-in-law Franklin Knight in New York, 1854 to 1860. Written from Ningpo, China.
Creator:
McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., Knight, Franklin.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Ningbo Shi (China), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143586
Title:
Partial letter to Divie Bethune McCartee from Tanaka Fujimaro, 1877.
Description:
Discusses McCartee's departure from Japan in 1877.
Creator:
Fujimaro, Tanaka. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143583
Title:
Correspondence to Franklin Knight from Juana Knight McCartee, 1854 to 1860.
Description:
Letter dated January 3, 1856, includes a section written by Divie Bethune McCartee.
Creator:
McCartee, Juana Knight, -1920 (author), McCartee, Divie Bethune, 1820-1900. (author)
Subject names:
McCartee family--Archives., Knight, Franklin.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Ningbo Shi (China), New York (N.Y.), Shanghai (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143457

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