Phases of West China Missionary Life Digital Exhibit

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• Allen-Stinson Burma Road Trip, 1938
  In the spring of 1938, shortly after Japan invaded Shanghai, Dr. Stewart Allen and Rev. John Stinson were charged with escorting all the missionary baggage and supplies that had been stuck in Shanghai. They took the French Indochina route into Yunnan and then the Burma Road to Chongqing, with adventures along the way.
  TitleAllen-Stinson Burma Road Trip, 1938

  DescriptionIn the spring of 1938, shortly after Japan invaded Shanghai, Dr. Stewart Allen and Rev. John Stinson were charged with escorting all the missionary baggage and supplies that had been stuck in Shanghai. They took the French Indochina route into Yunnan and then the Burma Road to Chongqing, with adventures along the way.

  AbstractAccompanying tons of wooden boxes and steamer trunks, Allen and Stinson took a steamer to Hong Kong, then traveled the French Indochina railway from Hanoi to Kunming. From Kunming, they hired eight trucks and drivers to take the baggage to Chongqing, where they reunited with their wives and children. From Hong Kong, the trip took 31 days by ship, rail and truck, with customs stops and river crossings along the way. Allen’s daughter, Phyllis Allen Donaghy, and Stinson’s son, David Stinson, wrote up a narrative of their journey based on letters that the pair wrote at the time.

  Spatial CoverageHong Kong: April 7 – 24 Haiphong/Hanoi, Vietnam: April 30 – May 4 Indochina Railway: May 4 – 6 Kunming, Yunnan: May 6 – 14 Burma Road to Chongqing: May 14 – 28

  ProvenanceJohn Stinson