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Description
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This collection of slides and prints was created by Olin Stockwell of the Methodist Episcopal Foreign Mission Society. The purpose of the series of images was to illustrate lectures that missionaries gave at churches in America to promote their work in West China.
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Creator
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Francis Olin Stockwell (FOS)
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Date Created
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Between 1946-10-15 and 1950-11-26
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Provenance
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Olin Stockwell took many of these images with a camera and color film that he brought back to China from his furlough in the USA. He and his wife Esther were on the Marine Lynx in the fall of 1946 - the first steamer to return missionaries to China after WWII. Olin's wife Esther must have taken the negatives out of China because late in 1950 Olin was arrested and detained in a communist prison for almost two years (1951-1952). Therefore, the date range of the images can be calculated with a high degree of precision.
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Source
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Courtesy of Foster Stockwell
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References
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Esther Beck Stockwell. 1980. Asia's Call: My Life as a Missionary in China and Singapore. Stockwell Press.
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Asia's Call Online
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F. Olin Stockwell. 1953. With God in Red China. New York: Harper and Bros. Pub.
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Access Rights
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Christian Church in Chengdu Church operated at Sichengci Street, Chengdu, by the Canadian Methodist Mission with an all native Chinese congregation. One can see a blend of Christian and Chinese iconography. There are twelve male and female members of the choir in total, and they are all wearing brown robes.ProvenanceStockwell Family Archives