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Preferred Citation:
Robert Nelson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift and purchase.
Administrative History:
Robert Nelson was a Protestant Episcopal minister from Virginia, who spent many years as a Protestant Episcopal Church Foreign Missionary in Shanghai, China.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, sermons, essays and accounts of Robert Nelson, Protestant Episcopal missionary to Shanghai, China. The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a "Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. There is one letter written to Nelson in which the writer has used Wade-Giles transliteration.
Arrangement of Materials:
Correspondence and Sermons are grouped together, but otherwise, no particular arrangement.
Related Material
Mss. 39.2 N33 James Poyntz Nelson Papers, 1866-1926; Mss. MsV Ad121-125 James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes; and Mss. MsV Co4 Olive Nelson Commonplace Book, all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.
The Nelson Family papers (1560 items) are at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.: Mss1 N3386 a.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Episcopal Church--Clergy
- Episcopal Church--History--19th century
- Essays
- Financial records
- Letter books
- Missionaries--United States--19th century
- Missions, American--China--19th century
- Missions--China--19th century
- Photographs
- Protestant churches--Missions--19th century
- Sermons
- Speeches
- Virginia--Religious history
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id297898
Correspondence1846-1877
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100943
William H. Kinckle to Nelson1846 September 3Scope and Contents
William H. Kinckle[?], at Staunton, [Virginia] to [Robert] Nelson, September 3, 1846.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100944
Printed form letter to the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church1865 September 29Scope and Contents
William Henry Brooks, at Plymouth, Mass. Printed form letter to the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100945
James Johnston to Nelson1868 February 27Scope and Contents
James Johnston, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100946
J. K. Wight to Robert Nelson1875 December 15Scope and Contents
J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to Robert Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100947
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church to Robert Nelson1876 January 3Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100948
George F. Seward to O.B. Bradford1876 March 3Scope and Contents
George F. Seward, at Hong Kong, to O. B. Bradford, U.S. Vice Consul General, at Shanghai. [Copy].
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100949
E. H. Thomson to Nelson1876 March 28Scope and Contents
E. H. Thomson, at West Gate, Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100950
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church to Robert Nelson1876 June 19Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100951
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society to Robert Nelson and E. H. Thomson1876 July 7Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, and E. H. Thomson, at [Shanghai, China].
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100952
J. K. Wight to R. Nelson1876 November 25Scope and Contents
J. K. Wight, at New Hamburgh, N.Y., to R[obert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100953
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.1877 December 18Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to the Standing Committee of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Shanghai.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id100943
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id297902
Correspondence1878-1882
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100955
Municipal Council to Nelson1878 April 12Scope and Contents
Municipal Council, by R. N. Morburn, Secretary, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson, at Hong Kew.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100956
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society to Robert Nelson1878 April 17Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Shanghai, China.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100958
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society to Robert Nelson1881 February 9Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at San Francisco, Cal.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100960
King [?] to Robert Nelson1881 May 31Scope and Contents
King [?], at St. John's [College, Shanghai, to Robert Nelson, at Staunton, Virgnia?].
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100961
Lih Cung Sia to Sang16 Tsoong kok [1882]Scope and Contents
Lih Cung Sia, at Long ho, [China] to [?] Sang. Note: The Chinese month, Tsoong kok, comes in April or May.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100963
H. N. Woo to Nelson1882 April 21Scope and Contents
H. N. Woo, at Shanghai, to [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100964
R. Nelson to his wife1882 April 28Scope and Contents
R. [Robert?] Nelson, at Rahway, J. J., to his wife.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100965
Hoong N. Woo to Nelson1882 July 24Scope and Contents
Hoong N. Woo, at Kong Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson, at [New York City].
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100966
H. N. Woo to Nelson1882 August 22Scope and Contents
H.N. Woo, at Kong-Wan, [China] to [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100967
E. W. Syle to Nelson1882 September 13Scope and Contents
E.W. Syle, at Philadelphia, to [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id102289
H. N. Woo and wife to Dr. and Mrs. Nelson1882 October 3Scope and Contents
H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. and Mrs. [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id102290
H. N. Woo to Dr. Nelson1882 November 3Scope and Contents
H.N. Woo, at Hong Kew, [China] to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id102291
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church to Robert Nelson1882 December 13Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Rahway, N.J.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id100955
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id297906
Correspondence1883-1907, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102292
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church to Robert Nelson1883 January 10Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York, to Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, N.Y. [Original letter and a copy.]
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102293
A. A. Hayes to Mrs. R. Nelson1883 March 3Scope and Contents
A. A. Hayes to Mrs. R[obert] Nelson, at Brooklyn, NY.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102294
R. Nelson to A. A. Hayes1883 March 20Scope and Contents
Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, [N.Y.] to A. A. Hayes. Enclosures: "The Ritualistic Character of the China Mission," an article by Robert Nelson, August, 1882. A Copy of a letter from Robert Nelson, at Brooklyn, to Joshua Kimber, Secretary of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, [at New York]. 13 Dec 1882.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102295
Printed circular letter.1884 January 21Scope and Contents
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, at New York. A printed circular letter.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102296
S. T. Abernathy to Dr. Nelson1884 December 13Scope and Contents
S. T. Abernathy, Corresponding Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102297
James Stoddard to Dr. Nelson1885 September 14Scope and Contents
James Stoddard, at Watertown, Connecticut, to Dr. [Robert] Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102298
John Mac Leod to Prof. J. P. Nelson1894 February 19Scope and Contents
John Mac Leod, at Louisville, to Prof. James P. Nelson, at Frankfort, Ky.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102299
The General Fireproofing Co. to James P. Nelson1907 July 8Scope and Contents
The General Fireproofing Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, to James P. Nelson, at Lexington, Ky. Enclosures: 3 blueprints.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102300
S. L. Clark to Rev. [?]June 4Scope and Contents
S. L. Clark, at Hartford, to Rev. [?].
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102301
Elliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank co.undatedScope and Contents
Elliott H. Thomson to Manager of Oriental Bank Co. undated.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id102292
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id102304
Sermons1845-1884Scope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id102305
Sermons1845-1884Scope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id102306
Sermons1845-1884Scope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id102307
Sermons1845-1884Scope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id102311
Sermons1845-1884Scope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id298454
Sermons1845-1884Scope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. Most are handbound with thread.On each sermon, he has noted the locations and dates when it was delivered. Locations include Lexington, Virginia; Buchanan, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; St. Johns in Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Green Mountain; Fork Church; Canton; Woodbury; Shanghai; and other locations in Asia and the United States.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id298462
SermonsundatedScope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id298466
SermonsundatedScope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id298470
SermonsundatedScope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id298474
SermonsundatedScope and Contents
Handwritten sermons written by Robert Nelson and used throughout his ministry career. The locations and dates delivered are not noted on most of these sermons, and most are loose sheets rather than handbound or written in notebooks. Some of these sermons may be drafts and incomplete manuscripts. 29 pieces.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id102308
Sermons - Funerals and Other Printed Sermons1857-1877Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Handritten sermon by Robert Nelson entitled "A Sermon Preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Juliet E. Fish, in the Chapel of the Am. Ep. Mission, Shanghai China" dated November 1, 1857 with the additional note that it was printed by request. Printed sermon entitled "Memorial Sermon of the Rev. John Tevis Points, Rector of St. John's, Richmond, Virginia who died June 10th, 1860" by Rev. Robert Nelson and printed by the Vestry. Printed sermon by Robert Nelson "preached in the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai on the Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Miers Corryell" dated June 16, 1872. Printed sermon "The Communion of Saints; in Memory of Four Beloved Children, Gone, as We Believe, to Paradise" by Rev. John Thos. Wheat, D.D., printed in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1875. Printed sermon "preached in the Church of OUr Saviour, Shanghai, October 15, 1871 and February 18 and 25, 1877" by Rev. R. Nelson, D.D., published by Presbyterian Mission Press.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id102312
Sermons - Notes and DraftsundatedScope and Contents
Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson. 382 pieces total.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id298478
Sermons - Notes and DraftsundatedScope and Contents
Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id298482
Sermons - Notes and DraftsundatedScope and Contents
Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id298486
Sermons - Notes and DraftsundatedScope and Contents
Loose handwritten sermon notes and drafts of Rev. Robert Nelson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id299393
Chit Book1880'sScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, "With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave," possibly Robert Louis Stevenson. Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text "CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188." Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text "CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id102481
Essays and Notes1872, 1877, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id299120
"Confucianism in relation to Christianity" - Essay1872Scope and Contents
Handwritten transcriptions of the positive comments that Rev. Robert Nelson received about his review of D. [James] Legge's essay on "Confucianism in relation to Christianity." Comments were received from Rev. T.P. Crawford, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.H. Thomson, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. Charles R. Mills, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. C.W. Mateer, at Tung Chow [China], Rev. E.W. Style, at Yed-o, Japan, Rev. Dr. Edkins, at Peking [China], Rev. Dr. Blodget, at Peking, Rev. Dr. Happer, at Canton, Rev. James Legge, at Oxford, Rev. R.H. Graves, at Canton, Rev. S.L. Baldwin, Foo-Chow, and Rev. D.Z. Sheffield, at Tung Cho. Includes clipping from The Christian Observer about Mr. Nelson's comments on "Confuscianism in Relation to Christianity," 1872.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id299132
Disraeli and Darwin Notes and EssayundatedScope and Contents
Essay and notes on Disraeli, undated. Notes on Darwinism written on four small pieces of paper, undated.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id299120
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id298502
Finances - Loose Accounts1868-1885Scope and Contents
Loose ledger accounts from various businesses and expense accounts for Robert Nelson while in Shanghai and St. Paul's Parish. 11 pieces.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id299840
Finances - Account Ledgers
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id299981
Cash Account Ledger1853-1855Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Account ledger of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in China. Includes an index with the following entries: Rt. Rev. W.J. Boone, Rev. Wong Kwong Chai, Miss Lydia Mary Fay, Miss Catharine E. Jones, Miss Emma G. Jones, Rev. Cleveland Keith, Rev. E.W. Pyle, Miss Caroline P. Tenney, Nang Doo-Dong, John T. Points, Ton Chu Kiung, Moneys Received, Miscellaneous, Bill Account, Missionary Society, Girls' Schools, General Repairs, Credits, and Quarterly Balance. 108 pages. 71/4" x 61/2".
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id299999
Account Book1867-1879Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Account book of Rev. Robert Nelson while a missionary in Shanghai, China. Personal and missionary related accounts. No index. 138 pages. 6 1/2" x 4". Purchased in 1938.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id299981
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id102314
Foreign Service Related
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id102542
Count of Missionaries and Staff in China1807-1874Scope and Contents
A table showing the number of missionaries in China, grouped by English, American, and German with religious denominations under each group. Tallies are in columns for clerical, medical, female, whether married or single beside each denomination. Dates are from 1807 to 1874.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id102496
Diary Entries While in Japan1872Scope and Contents
Itinerary and daily entries of Rev. Robert Nelson while visiting Japan, written on one sheet of paper. September 6 to November 18, 1872.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id102501
List of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky1879Scope and Contents
List of Chinese confirmed by Bishop Schereschewsky in the Church of Our Savior at Hong Kew [China], divided by male and female. The heading is written in English but the names are written in Chinese. January 12, 1879 and September 14, 1879.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id102513
Chinese Building Permit1879Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Building permit issued to Rev. Robert Nelson by David H. Bailey, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lui[?], His Majesty's Intendant of Circuit for the Department of Soo, Sung, and Tae. The document grants Rev. R. Nelson "the owner of certain land registered in the United States Consulate Geneal as No. 52" to build "any houses or tenements of whatsoever...for the occupation of Chines and for letting or permitting the same to be leased or let to Chinese." Written in English and Chinese with signatures and an embossed seal. Dated December 22, 1879.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id102516
Resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson from the Foreign Missionary Work[1881]Scope and Contents
Typed extract of a resolution in the minutes of the Foreign Committee of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America approving the resignation of Rev. Robert Nelson as a Foreign Missionary. Miss Mary C. Nelson resigned at the same time. February 8, [1881].
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id102542
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id102544
Missionary Conference at Shanghai1877Scope and Contents
3 copies of the Directory of the Members of the Conference held May 10 - 22, 1877. Booklet of hymns sung at the Missionary Conference printed by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai. 3 copies of the Programme of the Missionary Conference.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id300053
Photograph of Rev. Robert Nelsonundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id298542
Printed Material1873-1885
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299048
"A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence"1881Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Booklet entitled "A Plain Review of the Rev. Dr. Littledale's Tract on Real Presence" [By Benjamin J. Douglass?] New York. 1881.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299056
"Southern Churchman"1885Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Complete copy of the "Southern Churchman", Richmond, Virginia, March 5, 1885.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299062
"Buy Your Own Cherries"undatedScope and Contents
Booklet entitled "Buy Your Own Cherries," a Ballard printed by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, undated.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299068
Bismarck Cafe PostcardsundatedScope and Contents
2 postcards for the Bismarck Cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio, one with the picture of Bessie Barriscale and the other with the picture of Rita Jolivet. Undated.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299074
"Christmas Card"1876Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Brochure type card entitled "Christmas Card, a gift to the Members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church" with messages from many missionaries about the death of Richard B. Duane, D.D., the late Secretary and General Agent, 1876.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299084
Woman's Mission Auxiliary1873Scope and Contents
Pamphlet of the Trinity Church, Woman's Association of Christ Church in Rye, New Jersey, Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Includes their articles of organization, constitution and list of officers, circa 1873.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299090
Shanghai Temperance Society Concert Program1878Scope and Contents
Program for the Second Concert given by the Shanghai Temperance Society, March 23, 1878, with handwritten notes on "Principle?" on reverse.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299099
Dictionnaire GeographiqueundatedScope and Contents
Scope and Contents One page from the "Dictionnaire Geographique" with words beginning with "A," "B," and "Y." Undated.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id299048
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id298738
RecipesundatedScope and Contents
Handwritten recipes and a description of meal courses entitled "Lady Clark." 2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Volume: 1 id300143
Letterpress Copybook1876-1880Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China. Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects. The last page includes a "letterpress copy" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment. Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502. 11" x 9 1/4". Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Volume: 2 id300161
Chinese to English Lexicon ManuscriptundatedScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as "List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled "A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index" published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1832. The index is a list of religious vocabulary. The book has the signature of William J. Boone, Theological Seminary, Virginia, September 11, 1834. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. 227 pages. Binding fragile and appears to be hand bound.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Volume: 3 id300221
English to Chinese Lexicon ManuscriptundatedScope and Contents
Handwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. Loose binding. 437 pages.