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Church of Scotland China (Manchuria) Collection
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 40
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of: some early material relating to the mission in Manchuria including letters from John Ross (1870) and a memoir by Ethel Omelvena (1957); Moukden Medical College annual statements (1911-1948); material relating to the mission after the Second World War including extracts from minutes and reports and circular letters from missionaries (1946-1968); reports on visits to China (1980s); photographs of Manchuria, the mission and church (c 1910-1940s); maps and plans; Chinese...
Dates:
1870-[ca. 1986]
Collection of Papers of Alexander Ramsay Mackenzie (1879-1929) and Eliza Jane Mackenzie (1879-1977)
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 19
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of: material relating to Chinese phonetics including "alphabet blocks" and the New Testament in Chinese phonetic script (c 1920s); some further items relating to the Mackenzies' time in Manchuria, these are mainly artefacts or printed reports and pamphlets (1920s-1951); a small amount of correspondence about and reports on the mission including correspondence with Chinese Christians from the 1960s; lecture and other notes by Ellie Mackenzie on theological and mission...
Dates:
[ca. 1906]-2001
Collection of Works of Rev. Thomas A. Pye
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-516
Scope and Contents
The works of the Rev. Thomas A. Pye consist of:The Jesus Christ of Greeceon Socrates,A comparison of Aristotelian and Christian ethics,The seal of Roman Law on early Christianity, andThe influence of Christianity on Roman Law.
Dates:
20th century
Copy of a (typed) manuscript memoir by George and Dorothy Barbour on their mission work in Peking (Beijing), China
Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 3
Identifier: CSWC 92
Dates:
Publication: 1972; Coverage: 1911-1934
Letter and portrait relating to William Chalmers Burns
Fonds
Identifier: MS BURN
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two different items: a letter (and its envelope) sent from Rong Lin to Sir William Chalmers Burns, and a photograph portraying a Chinese carpenter and Christian convert named Chu Ting Yü.1. The photograph is a portrait of Chu Ting Yü, carpenter and convert to Christianity. He knew Rev. William Chalmers Burns and allegedly made his coffin when Burns died in 1868. Photograph 13 x 9 cm. mounted on card 17 x 11 cm, and dated 18 September 1889.2. Letter from Rong...
Dates:
18 September 1889; c [1864-1868]
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Letter from Rev. John Ross to his daughter Peggy Ross about Chinese religion, 1914
Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 1
Identifier: CSWC 79
Scope and Contents
This letter was pasted into a copy of The origin of the Chinese people, by John Ross, published 1916
Dates:
1914
Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
Fonds
Identifier: Or Ms
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of over 700 manuscripts pertaining to the Islamicate world and South Asia, dating from the 10th to 19th centuries C.E. (the majority being post-1500). Chiefly bound paper codices, it includes sacred texts of importance to the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh faiths, Qur’anic commentaries, Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the Shi’i Imams, works treating Islamic law, world history, the history of India, medicine, mathematics,...
Dates:
10th-19th centuries C.E. (bulk: post-1500 C.E.)
Material relating to Bishop Kenneth Cragg, and to religious subjects
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1556
Identifier: Coll-1757
Content Description
The ms and ts/printed items are:
1 x copy ts sheet 'Islam in India' [1961 statistics], 1p
1 x ts paper, untitled, but concerned with 'talks about Islam', and referring to 'four fortnightly evening meetings, sponsored jointly by the Student Christian Movement and the Islamic Cultural Centre ... held at the Student Movement House in London' [1963], 7pp
1 x copy sheet...
Dates:
1961-2003
New College Cartoon: Blik's 7
Collection
Identifier: GD59
Scope and Contents
Series of five cartoon strips entitled 'Blik's 7' based on the artwork of Muir Donaldson and satirical and creative work of Bill Armstrong, Andrew MacLean and Bryan Low, who were all students at New College Edinburgh. At the time of their creation, the strips were intended to be anonymous. The cartoons satirise theologians and Christianity in general. The five cartoon strips are:
1. "Blik's 7. Genesis"
2. "Blick's 7. Exodus"
3. "Blyk's 7. Levitical Wars"
4. "Blyq's 7. The Numbers Game" and
5....
Dates:
1978 - 1979
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of Cecil Polhill (1860-1938) and Arthur Polhill (1863-1935)
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 10
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a copy of a draft manuscript Two Etonians in China 1885-1925 by Cecil and Arthur Polhill. The manuscript includes sections written by both brothers and a short, abridged section of Evangelisation of the World by Benjamin Broomhall. The manuscript covers the brothers' early life, conversion, and work in China and refers to the Cambridge Seven and others working in China at the...
Dates:
1903-1926
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