Items

• Richard Curtis Willmott's Blue Brocade Album
  Blue brocade cover with blue paper pages inside, multiple photographs on most pages.
• Donald Earl Willmott Brown Photo Album
  Brown leather cover with embosed alligator texture, black paper pages held together with a black cotton shoestring. Multiple photographic prints on many pages; larger single prints on some pages.
• Richard Curtis Willmott Black Photo Album
  Black leather cover with string binding contains black paper pages with multiple black and white photographic prints on each page. Originally belonged to Dick Willmott, second son of Katharine and Earl Willmott.
• Stinsons on the Marine Lynx, 1946
  After World War II there were an unprecedented number of missionaries waiting to return to China. An estimated 1,100 missionaries traveled there on the SS Marine Lynx on two runs in the fall and winter of 1946. The Stinson family -John, Isabelle, Dora Ann and David - were among those aboard the second run between Dec. 15 and 31.
• Marine Lynx Christmas Menu
  The menu is printed in blue and black ink. In blue ink there is a graphic image of Southeast Asian dancers with the word "Menu" at the top and "American President Lines" at the bottom. In the middle the six course "Christmas Dinner" is printed in black ink headed by the name of the ship, "SS Marine Lynx," and its Master, "E.A. Cooper."
• Houseboats at the Shanghai Bund
  Chinese houseboats crowd the water in front of the Shanghai Bund. A bridge and tall Western style buildings can be seen in the background.
• Shanghai Shoreline with Houseboats
  Chinese houseboats line the banks of a narrow channel. On the right can be seen a row of Western style buildings one to three stories high. Tall powerline poles can be seen in the background.
• Crowd Meeting the Marine Lynx at Shanghai
  Taken from the Marine Lynx looking over a crowd that has gathered to meet it at the Shanghai harbor. The crowd is largely composed of foreigners. A group of nurses can be seen at right. There is a large warehouse in the background.
• Group Portrait of UCCM Missionaries Onboard the Marine Lynx
  A group of fourteen missionaries and two children pose for a group shot as the party arrives in Shanghai. John Stinson (taking the photo) is the fifteenth of the group who set out for Sichuan for the UCCM. Isabelle, Dora Ann and David Stinson are seated center front.
• Six UCCM Missionary Women Onboard the Marine Lynx
  Six missionary women pose with Dora Ann and David Stinson on the deck of the Marine Lynx.
• UCCM Missionaries Onboard the Marine Lynx
  A group of thirteen missionary men and women, along with children Dora Ann and David Stinson, mill about on the deck of the Marine Lynx while getting ready to pose for a group photograph. Dora Ann is seated at left with her back to the camera. Isabelle Stinson is seated center front with David in front of her.
• Eleven UCCM Women Onboard the Marine Lynx
  Eleven women and a man just barely in the frame at left, along with children Dora Ann and David Stinson, pose onboard the Marine Lynx as it arrives in Shanghai. Isabelle Stinson is seated at center front behind her children.
• Missionary Couple Onboard the Marine Lynx
  A middle aged couple pose on the deck of the Marine Lynx with arms linked. They are smiling and appear to be joking around. The man has a camera case strung over his shoulder. The woman may be holding a camera in her hand.
• Missionary Children Onboard the Marine Lynx
  Dora Ann Stinson with a friend on the deck of the Marine Lynx.
• Irene Moore with Stinson Children on the Marine Lynx
  Irene Moore helps Isabelle Stinson with her luggage while boarding the Marine Lynx at the San Francisco Pier 35 on their way to China after WWII. The Stinson children Dora and David are sitting in among the suitcases.
• Postcard of the SS Marine Lynx
  Postcard of the SS Marine Lynx from Isabelle Stinson to Ethelwyn Reid written on board the Lynx. The picture on the front shows the Lynx traveling in a narrow channel. The back is a hand-written letter. There are two US 1 cent stamps, and a red stamp saying "Save the Easy Way Buy US Bonds on Payroll Savings." Another stamp says "San Francisco, Jan. 22, 1947."
• Bow of SS Marine Lynx
  The bow of the Marine Lynx showing the name written on the side, and an American flag flying at the front. Wooden docks are in the foreground. The background looks across a harbor.
• Midsection of SS Marine Lynx
  Midsection of the SS Marine Lynx showing the lifeboats on deck and the mast standing high in the sky.
• SS Marine Lynx at San Francisco
  Looking down the length of the SS Marine Lynx across the wooden docks where it is moored at San Francisco before its departure to Shanghai.
• Looking Out the Window of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster
  The circular window of the Douglas C-54 Skymaster frames a shot of the wing while in flight.
• Don Willmott in Douglas C-54 Skymaster Enroute to Calcutta
  Don Willmott's face is blurred by the bright sunlight coming through the window of the Douglas C-54 Skymaster that is transporting him from Kunming to Calcutta.
• US Troops on Plane from Kunming at End of WWII
  US troops inside the Douglas C-54 Skymaster that took them over "The Hump" from Kunming to Calcutta. The plane has a large domed roof and benches along the sides on which the men are seated. Some of them appear to be reading letters.
• Don Willmott Awaiting Transport at Kunming Airbase
  Corporal Don Willmott waiting for the Douglas C-54 Skymaster to board for his flight to Calcutta with other US troops.
• Loading a Douglas C-47 Skytrain with Equipment
  A Douglas C-47 Skytrain sits on the runway at R2S getting cargo loaded into it. In the foreground are the ox carts that have carried the equipment from the base. The plane has the numbers "3" and "315907" written on the tail.
• Douglas C-54 Skymaster Landing at the R2S Drill Field
  A Douglas C-54 Skymaster arriving at the R2S Drill Field. An army vehicle is driving on the dirt road in the foreground. Some small buildings can be seen in the background.