Archival Collection and Oberlin in China
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- Other Related Records:
- Shansi Memorial Association Records RG15
- Susan Rowena Birds Paper, 1843-1945 n.d
- Alice Moon and George L. Williams Papers, 1883-1959 Box 4 and Box 7
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- Shansi: Oberlin and Asia
An online digital collection that documents the activity of Oberlinians in Asia from the 1880s to the 1950s. It contains materials from the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association Records and personal paper collections, and it represents a small percentage of the total amount of materials in the College Archives that relate to the work of missionaries and Shansi Representatives in China and as well as other countries.
Reference Books related to Oberlin Shansi
Massacre in Shansi by Call Number: BV3420.S43B73 1994ISBN: 0815602820Publication Date: 1994-05-01This text tells the tragic story of the 18 missionaries from Oberlin College, Ohio, and the Chinese Christians, who were all killed during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Caught up in a clash of cultures, the missionaries were self-righteous and offensive symbols of Western imperialism.
The Origins of the Boxer Uprising by Call Number: DS771.E73 1987ISBN: 9780520064591Publication Date: 1988-08-18In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.- The Oberlin Band : the Christian mission in Shanxi, 1882-1900 byCall Number: BV3420.S6 C369 2001Publication Date: 2001
- The Boxer Rebellion : China, 1900 : the artists' perspective byCall Number: DS771.5 .S35 2000ISBN: 1853674095Publication Date: 2006-02-19High-quality, evocative, contemporary artwork depicting the Boxer uprising in China.
- China journal, 1889-1900 : an American missionary family during the Boxer Rebellion : with the letters and diaries of Eva Jane Price and her family byCall Number: DS771.P75 1989ISBN: 0684189518Publication Date: 1989-02-01
