Items

• Fishing Junks on the Lower Yangtze River
  Several clusters of junks with the sails raised float on a clear still expanse of water.
• Sichuan Railroad Terminal at Yichang
  Double photograph creates a panorama of the railroad station, tracks and surrounding terrain. The terminal is a large Western-style brick building surrounded by an expanse of flat land with low hills in the background. The tracks in front of the building are laid in a ditch carved out of the flat land.
• Yichang Waterfront Scene
  Looking across the water at Yichang harbor, with many small watercraft in the foreground, many more parked at docks and the city in the background.
• Zōjō-ji Temple at Shiba Park, Tokyo
  A group of foreigners, two men and two women, stand on the steps to the temple, while a Japanese man stands on the street near a rickshaw. An electric streetcar is stopped on the road across from the temple entrance while power lines crisscross the intersection.
• Group of WMS Women with Fur Muffs
  Six women pose standing in a row wearing fall or winter coats, large hats, fur muffs and purses.
• Group of Unidentified Missionary Women
  Ten women in fall or winter coats, large hats and some with muffs or purses, standing in a group with other people in the background.
• Pacific Ocean from the Back of a Ship
  The photo shows water and waves extending entirely across the image into the horizon. A frothy trail in the foreground shows this was taken from the back end of a boat, the steamer SS Monteagle.
• E. Kyle Simpson aboard the SS Monteagle
  Dr. E. Kyle Simpson leans on the railing of the steamer, SS Monteagle, with one foot up on the railing and his hat in his hand. The ocean can be seen in the background.
• Chinese Storefront on a Paved Road
  A brick storefront with Chinese characters flanking the doorway and English and Chinese letters above the doorway. Two large windows display what appear to be shoes and boots. Two men dressed in Chinese workmen's clothes gaze into one of the windows with their backs to the camera. The sidewalk and street in front of the store are paved.
• RS6681 Jolliffe Album
  Scrapbook of Jolliffe family photographs and ephemera with captions.
• American Methodist Episcopal West China Missionary Attrition
  Bar charts representing the numbers of American Methodist Episcopal missionaries in Sichuan, in total and broken down by gender, as listed in the directories of Protestant missionaries in China for 1917, 1936 and 1940, as well as for West China in 1926.
• American Baptist West China Missionary Attrition
  These bar charts represent the numbers of American Baptist missionaries in West China at intervals from 1916 through 1948. The first chart shows the total numbers, while the second chart breaks down the numbers by gender. Figures are extracted from the annual reports of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Board, available online through the Yale Divinity Library.
• Canadian West China Missions’ Personnel Trends
  Two bar charts showing the total numbers of Canadian Methodist and United Church of Canada missionaries in China between 1917 and 1940, and the same numbers broken down by gender.
• West China Mission Personnel Trends, 1916/17 - 1940/41
  Bar charts comparing the total numbers of Canadian and American missionaries in Sichuan through the decades, one tracking the total numbers and the other comparing by gender.
• Percentage of Canadian versus American Missionaries in West China, 1916/17 - 1940/41
  Bar chart comparing the percentage of American Baptist and Methodist versus Canadian missionaries in West China through the decades.
• Analysis of West China Missions Personnel Trends, 1916-1941
  Dataset of bar charts tracking West China missions’ personnel trends with comparisons between American (Baptist and Methodist) and Canadian (Methodist and United Church), as well as by gender within each mission, over the decades.
• Displaying Wild Furs - 2
  A rare animal trapper has spread out his catch on the lawn of a missionary household on the WCUU campus (probably the Grahams'). Dryden Phelps (left) holds one side of a giant panda skin, while the trapper holds the other. Constance Walmsley and a young girl (possibly Enid Walmsley) hold up a leopard skin. There is a row of skins behind Dryden and a pile of skeletons in front of him.
• Displaying Wild Furs - 1
  A rare animal trapper has spread out his catch on the lawn of a missionary household on the WCUU campus (probably the Grahams'). Dryden Phelps (left) holds one side of a giant panda skin, while the trapper holds the other. Constance Walmsley holds a Tibetan antelope skin. A young girl (possibly Enid Walmsley) holds what looks like the skeleton of a young gharial. On the ground there are several rare takin skins with skulls. There are two bicycles at the porch in the background. Probably one of them is Dryden's since he has his pants strapped for bike riding.
• New Years Dragon Lamp with Villagers
  A man holds up a dragon head on a pole with a long streamer trailing behind to the right. In the center, a man with an elaborate cloth wrapped headdress holds a ceremonial umbrella. Villagers observe the scene, some looking straight at the camera. A stone building with a clay tile roof forms the backdrop.
• Chinese New Years Dragon Parade
  Three men performing the dragon parade on Chinese New Year. The Man with the mask teases and chases the dragon, which is animated by two men - one in the front and another at the back. The man crouching to the right has his face painted like a monkey, suggesting that this brings in the Year of the Monkey - in this case, 1932.
• Sellerys on Fourth of July - 2
  Morley and Gladys Sellery stand in front of a large American flag. Morley holds a small British flag, while Gladys holds a small American flag.
• Sellerys on Fourth of July - 1
  Morley and Gladys Sellery stand in front of a large American flag. Morley holds a small British flag, while Gladys holds a small American flag.
• Empire Day Salute
  School children stand in two long parallel rows, all holding their arms up high in a salute. In the foreground are two men, seen from behind. One of them has raised his pith helmet in salute.
• Empire Day Audience
  Men, women and children sit on bleachers or stand on the lawn watching the sports events. The Canadian School in West China can be seen in the background.
• Empire Day Track and Field Games
  Dozens of men, women and children stand on the sports field in front of "Canadian Row" watching some sort of game or race. Many of the adults wear pith helmets or straw boaters.