Highlights include:

"Quaker in Canton: Dr. William Warder Cadbury's Mission" by Gary M. Restaino, published in Spring 1994 Quaker History

"William W. Cadbury, M. D., Quaker Missionary and Orchidologist in China" by Howard Page Wood, M. D.

"William Warder Cadbury" from National Cyclopedia of American Biography

"Friends in South China" – includes list of Friends who visited WWC at his home in Canton

20 items

Highlights include:

Papers relating to Japanese invasion of China 1937-1939 and restrictions on Chinese residents

Papers relating to the Loh Fau Camp and miscellaneous drawings of other camps

Hand-drawn maps and blueprints of buildings at Lingnan University

Articles and brochures describing Cantonese culture and giving advice to American visitors to China

20 items

Highlights include:

Various calling cards and invitations 1917-1938

Misc. documents from an envelope marked "Social 1937-1938 – notices of Teas, Thursday Club, etc."

Documents relating to Lingnan churches

Documents relating to the Thursday Club (club in Canton with both Chinese and foreign members whose object was "the development of friendship, the exchange of ideas and the encouragement of community service"; WWC and CJC members)

Documents relating to Lingnan University staff teas

Programs from events attended by WWC and CJC

50 items

Highlights include:

Invitations and description of Friends' wedding ceremony

List of wedding gifts

Sketch of CJC's wedding dress

Wedding plans typed up by CJC

Copy of marriage contract signed by all the Cadburys' guests

10 items

Highlights include:

Will of Anna K. Cadbury (WWC's mother)

Misc. holiday cards

Account of Cadbury family reunion, New Years' Day 1936; gives history of American Cadburys, account of WWC's work in China and his sister Emma Cadbury's work in Vienna

5 items

Highlights include:

Poem by Emma Cadbury Sr.; December 1936

Painting of George Cadbury Jr.'s home

Remarks made by WWC at the funeral of Hannah Cadbury Pyle, 1952 3/19

Note from Lydia Cadbury to the Gilpins, describing WWC's experience as a Japanese prisoner

Letter from Henry J. Cadbury published in The Friend, 1948 8/20, regarding American conscientious objectors

Account of Sara Manatt Cadbury's funeral by WWC

Wedding announcements for WWC and Sara Manatt Cadbury published in various newspapers

Newspaper accounts of the adoption of Jimmy Cadbury

15 items

Highlights include:

[Bound Volume entitled "Lloyd Balderston: A History of His Life, Prepared by his children Anne Balderston and Lloyd Balderston, Jr." Lloyd Balderston is CJC's grandfather (her mother's, Jane C. Balderston's, father). Handwritten family trees and correspondences are included the back]

1 items

Recipients include:

Vincent Gilpin

Highlights include:

To Vincent Gilpin. Moorestown, NJ 1899 9/11. [Talks about Chautauqua, a summer school. Mentions that Theodore Roosevelt came as a guest lecturer]

This folder is a complete record.

Recipients include: Mother, Henry, Family, Jack Cadbury, Anna Cadbury, Sara Manatt

To Mother. [Vienna, Austria?], [ca. 1905?]. [WWC anticipates that his mother arrived in Moorestown the day before; WWC has had a very busy schedule]

To Henry. [En route to Europe], 1905 4/4. [WWC and parents are doing well on the high seas, although it has been very rocky]

To Family. [En route to Europe], 1905 4/15 [arrived in Europe, has been a long trip]

To Henry. [Milan, It?], 1905 5/4. [WWC is now taking German classes which he greatly enjoys. He visited Aunt Gibbons before she died. His Father has been sick, but seems to be doing better]

To Family. Milan, It, 1905 6/2. [WWC and Parents are currently in Milan. WWC wanted to visit Certosa of Pavia, but his mother did not want to take the trip. Visit Ospital Maggiore, which had quite good equipment, and the building, was a work of art. Is leaving for Venice the next day]

To Family. Milan, It, 1905 6/8. [WWC as visited a number of churches with his father, but his mother has not been able to make it to many of them likely because of her health. Wishes the people at home could see all of the plazas they have visited. Only a few people have spoken English, and therefore the family has had to rely on WWC's little knowledge of Italian]

To Family. [Paris, Fr?], 1905 6/21. [WWC is admiring the French statues. Arrangements are made for Emma to convert a room to rent, appreciates how much of a help she has been]

To Family. Paris, Fr, 1905 6/28. [Feeling a little lonely, being in Paris only with his parents. He has had quality time with his father and mother; however his father has not enjoyed the responsibility of traveling. Father has been stressing out about landing in New York, and WWC would like someone waiting for him in when he lands. He has been looking better, and has been more agreeable. Mother having more trouble walking. WWC has a good conversation with Mrs. Cole, and Mr. and Ms. Collins. WWC goes with William Morris to the Opera]

To mother and father. Paris, Fr. [1905 6/29] [visits the Eiffel Tower, lunches with William Morris, visits to St. Chappell to see stained glass windows]

To father. Vienna, Austria, 1905 7/1. [Wants Father to have his new address]

To father and mother. Vienna, Austria, 1905 7/2. [WWC describes the differences between Philadelphia and Vienna, including the numbers of illegitimate births, and the prices of goods and services. Goes out to the canal with new friends and sings university songs with them. WWC says how he needs to start preparing for his classes in the fall]

To father and mother. Vienna, Austria, 1905 7/3. [Mother has hurt her knee. Secretary Hays has just died]

To father and mother. [Vienna, Austria], [1905 7/6]. [Hopes mother's knee will get better. His roommate Thomas has just arrived, and seems like a nice man]

To family. Vienna, Austria, 1905 7/7. [Has group of friends, some from Pennsylvania, with whom he spends much time and has been able to discuss the Swarthmore-Haverford College situation. He wishes that he would be able to stay with this group longer than two months, as he enjoys their company so much]

To family. Vienna, Austria, 1905 7/12. [Spends an evening talking with Frans Welser and his daughters, speaking German; concerned with the unwholesomeness of Vienna, does not think people are truly happy here]

To family. Vienna, Austria, 1905 7/16. [Has been very busy with courses, studying and time spent in the hospital wards. Thomas and WWC go to a small village together, go to Beer Garden]

To father and mother. 1905 7/17. [Anticipates the excitement when the family returns to Moorestown. Concerned with the lack of purity in Vienna, especially the numbers of illegitimate children. On the whole, things have been very inexpensive]

To Jack. Vienna, Austria, 1905 7/19. [Describes statues; Mother and Father's condition has gotten better]

To family. [Vienna, Austria], [1905 7/22]. [Concerned about the lack of reports from home, has gotten much more proficient with his German. Notices differences between western and eastern students. Has gone up to the top of Eisernes Tor, which provided a beautiful view of the landscape. Is sorry that Harry is overworked. Gives a brief description of his schedule]

To family. [Vienna, Austria], [1905 7/26]. [Was able to cure a case of post-diphtheritic paralysis of the larynx; prepares for increased work next month]

To family. [Vienna, Austria], [1905 7/28]. [Goes out with his friends and a group of girls, who speak no English, attends musical performance with them]

To family. [Vienna, Austria], [1905 8/2]. [pleased that clerkship in yearly meeting is not out of family's hands; gives summary of his new schedule, as well as descriptions of each of his professors. WWC is enjoying his work more now that he works with patients]

To family. [Vienna, Austria], [1905 8/6]. [Describes works of Canova, quite impressed by the organs in Church. Visits various art galleries, appreciates frescos]

To family. [Vienna, Austria], [1905 8/9]. [Has had some free time and he and his friends have spent time going out with the girls. Expects to go to Budapest later in the month Surprised by an engagement of Paul Maier to Anna Morris Shinn. Is a little lonely, as there is no one to talk about exciting family news with. Wonders when Harry starts at Westtown]

To Anna Cadbury. Vienna, Austria, 1905 8/10. [Glad she is safe at home]

To Family. Vienna, Austria, 1905 8/13. [Goes to his first Catholic sermon, finds music beautiful. Goes to the zoo, amused by the elephants and monkeys. Pleased that the Viennese on the whole do not drink a lot]

To Family. Vienna, Austria, 1905 8/16. [Goes with his friends to Volks Garden to hear German orchestra. Expects to go to Budapest very soon, but doesn't think he will end up missing much work]

To Family. [Budapest, Hungary], [1905 8/17]. [Impressed by the jewels at the Castle of the Emperor. Goes to opera with Mr. Keener, but thought it was not as good as Paris Opera. Worries that with the number of marriages happening, there will be no one left for him]

To Family. Budapest, Hungary, 1905 8/21 [goes on first electrical underground. Attends celebration with lots of fireworks and beautiful women. The parliament buildings in Budapest are much grander than the ones in Vienna. It is a more beautiful city than he has ever seen, and believes the Hungarians are a progressive people]

To Family. Vienna, Austria, 1905 8/23 [Has returned from Budapest, is planning to go to Berlin or Dresden. Goes out to various art galleries, sees Monarchs sarcophagi. There has been a great deal of drinking, but very little drunkenness. Describes two photos that he sent home of Mödling and three of his friends]

To Family. Vienna, Austria, 1905 8/25 [is preparing to leave, and goes to various art exhibits and museums. Starts to say his goodbyes and gets his trunk ready]

To Family. Prague, Austria/Dresden, Ger./Berlin, Ger., 1905 8/26-28 [gives history of Prague. Joins American in his tour. Goes to Dresden, but thinks it is less spectacular than Vienna, Budapest, or Prague. In Berlin he encounters the most beautiful pottery he has ever encountered. Has been feeling lonely]

To Family Berlin. Germany, 1905 8/29 [Meets Albert Sautter, who will replace him in Vienna. Is impressed by Statue of William I. Goes with Albert and his daughters to Wannsee, a suburb surrounding a lake. Thankful that he did no study in Berlin, as there are no courses. Very thankful to Albert for taking the attention to make WWC have such a good time]

To Family. Hamburg, Ger, 1905 9/1 [Appreciates the way Roosevelt has dealt with the Japanese Russian conflict. Feels very fortunate for the friends he had in Vienna, and Albert. Had time to admire the beauty port city and its extensive canals, thinks as impressive as New York, Liverpool or London. The letters he receives from home make him feel blessed that he has such a devoted family. Is preparing for the trip home, has meet a few of the passengers, but not all of them]

To Sara Manatt. Philadelphia, Pa, 1905 12/16 [Wonders when she will come down to visit. Alludes to time she came and they skated home together. Mr. McCracken has left to establish a Chinese medical school. Has not had time to spend socially]

This folder is a complete record/

Recipients include: Joe, Ned Wood, Anna Cadbury, Family, Ben Cadbury, Anna Moore, Vincent Gilpin, Margaret Haines, Earnest Workers

To Joe. Philadelphia, Pa, 1909 2/4. [Will leave March 26, 1909. Preparing to leave, deciding whether to stop in Tokyo on the way. Gave a good talk to senior meds. Some people have been critical of his choice to go as a missionary. The family is receiving condolences on his leaving similar to if he had died]

To Ned Wood. Philadelphia, Pa, 1909 3/3. [Plans who will be invited to the tea meeting, needs to get the rest of his money from Ned so he does not exhaust his savings]

To Ned Wood. Philadelphia, Pa, 1909 3/6. [Received the check for $100, attempts to answer questions Ben has had on how to deal with his account]

To Mother. Richmond, VA, 1909 3/17. [Beginning his trip out west. Enjoying the food, jokes he has already gained thirty lbs]

To Family. 1909 3/18. [Mary Moore seems to be very active despite her age, Anne Moore gave a lecture at a college in February, now has museum of rare skeletons. Encounters interesting people on the train.

To Ben. [On Route to Kansas City], 1909 3/18. [Reports on Moore family; does not think Mary is quite well yet, Willard Moore sounds like he has recovered]

To Family. Flagstaff, AZ, 1909 3/20. [The land is very barren here. While the train is stopped, WWC becomes friends with a family named Unholtz and a man named Collier. Enjoys the Hopi blankets, finds songs weird. Was told that it was impossible to walk down the path to the canyon, but after talking to guide, finds out it can be done easily. Gets Goodrich, Unholtz family and Collier to come with him. Upon getting to the bottom, WWC notices that he has never encountered such heavy rapids. The next day WWC says goodbye to his new friends and goes to Los Angeles. Quite enjoys the people he has encountered out west, makes him feel that he is not so far from home. Thinks that family should send him more letters]

To Anna Moore. 1909 3/22. [Had a pleasant stay in her home in Earlham, and was able to see the Grand Canyon. Thinks that Anna is physically healthy, and her nausea will be cured by a change of environment]

To Family. 1909 3/23. [Takes train from Santa Fe to San Francisco, SF appears to be greatly rebuilt since the earthquake. Finds fellow Friends (qk.) in SF, discusses differences between western and eastern Friends. Meets Isaac Sharpless and speaks with him for an evening]

To Family. 1909 3/27. [Intrigued by Chinese help, finds them very helpful and punctual, but finds attire odd. Many of the people on the ship are deported Chinese from America. Has heard that Hawaiians quite like Americans, and that alcoholism is rampant. US has spent $20,000,000 to send Chinese students to American schools, meets Low Chian who was one of those students at Yale]

To Vincent Gilpin [Former Roommate]. [At Sea, near Hawaii], 1909 3/31. [One of his roommates plans to build a paper mill in Hankow, CN. WWC wishes he did not have to go to China alone. Everyone in his family was against the China idea, but Vincent supported him, and he is grateful. When he is settled in, it would be good to come and visit him with Mrs. Gilpin.

To Ben Cadbury. 1908 4/2. [Observes the Hawaiian children, notices the blending of races. Goes to Mr. Damon's house, mentions that Mr. Damon also knew Samuel Morris, Jonathan Rhoads, Dr. Syman Beeker, Rev. Charles Wood and Joel and Hannah Beam (Bean?). Takes a great interest to the different fruits he encounters on the island]

To Father and Mother. 1909 4/11. [Has not been receiving as many letters as he would like, talking with his parents always made him feel better. Realizes his parents still don't agree with the decision, but want them to know this is God's divine will]

To Family. Tokyo, Japan, 1909 4/13. [Gurney Binford takes him on a tour of Tokyo, sees shrine to God of Health, concerned that shrine is a causing germs to spread. Goes to hospital to observe patients, makes an address at the hospital. Goes to missionary church/hospital, meets Rev. Reischauer and his wife, who know Anna Moore well. Goes to an Episcopal hospital, which appears quite up to date and functional. Believes it will take a great deal of time before Canton will get this advanced. Befriends a Japanese man named Sawada, who takes him to university library, and to a Japanese feast. At the feast, Mr. Coleman and WWC sang a duet together]

To [Family]. Tokyo, Japan, 1909 4/17. [Goes out on the ocean with Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, meets up with their friends Mr. and Mrs. Binford, Miss Tabor, Rebecca Lewis and her two daughters. All of these people were Japanese Friends (qk.). Goes to meeting and is asked to give an address on the Holy Spirit. One of Mr. Coleman's children has sciatica, which WWC promises to treat, as he has been able to treat it in the past. Thinks the Japanese meeting is much different, but that he will be able to become adjusted to it]

To Margaret Haines. En Route to Yokohoma, 1909 4/22. [Mr. Coleman seems to be very focused in his work, and plans on building a new dormitory. Mrs. Coleman has been less enthusiastic as she has in the past. People have been upset with the current president, Mr. Kaifu, as he does not have outside influence, and enrollment has dropped. Many people believe there is no need for missionaries in Tokyo, which greatly upsets WWC]

To Earnest Workers. [En route to China], 1909 4/24. [Tells story of Mr. Nahamura, who became acquainted with Miss Harrison, and the two became engaged. Her parents did not let her since she had Tuberculosis and he was poor. Despite the setback, Mr. Nahamura proclaimed his love of Christ, and inspired hundreds of peasants to come to meeting. WWC states that there is a great need for Missionaries, and people should be inspired by this story of devotion]

To Family. [En route to China], 1909 4/27. [Has conversation about Tuberculosis, which accounts for 30-60% of the deaths in Japan. Getting ready to leave Japan, worries cities are being spoiled by modern architecture. Meets with Mr. Thornton, pastor of the Union College of Kobe, who says it is very hard for young men to avoid temptation. Goes on a walk with Miss Hocking, a friend of Mr. Coleman who is engaged to a Mr. Truman. Instead of leaving early for China, WWC decides to stay and have supper with her. At dinner he meets with other members of the college. Gets ship to Hong Kong]

This folder is a complete record.

Recipients include: Ned Wood, Family, Anna Cadbury, Harry, Ben Cadbury, Sara Manatt, MMFPWD

To Ned Wood. [Canton, CN], 1909 8/3. [His trip to Sheklung was a nice break from Canton]

To Family. [Canton, CN], 1909 8/8. [Excited to hear about Rufus Jones' new book. Pleased father has gotten better. Plans to go on a night boat to Hong Kong to visit Mr. McCracken to discuss hospital plans. Excited for Cousin Beatrice's arrival]

To Mother. Long Island, HK, 1909 8/22. [Has traveled out to Long Island, China Medical Missionary Association has conference there. Plans to start Union Medical College soon, but no date was suggested]

To Harry. Long Island, HK, 1909 8/31. [Improving his Chinese, describes strict rules of Christian Alliance. Has had many religious discussions, has made him much closer with people. Canton is a "heathen" city, uncivilized. It is hard to get people to come out and help because of the small salary]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1909 9/2. [Beatrice arrives and is getting along very well with Ms. McCracken, and does a lot of shopping]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1909 9/5. [Ben plans to be married to Anna in the fall. Hard for WWC to keep up with the events back home because of all of the difficulties in Canton. Charles, Helen and Beatrice showed a great interest in his work, and he had a good time on their visit; would like others to visit as well. Observes poverty of the country: Many children are working, but they seem happy while doing it; people sleep on piles of stones outside buildings. Does not think people think about caring for their bodies or their souls]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1909 9/10. [Helen plans to stop in Philadelphia before going back to London. Enjoys the ability to treat sick as opposed to just studying Chinese, especially now that he can speak a little with the patients. Buying land has been complicated and difficult]

To Father. Canton, CN, 1909 9/16. [Teaching a bible class to fourteen teenagers, also teaching biology class 2 or 3 times a week]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1909 9/18. [Students enjoy working in the laboratory, but the class is limited by the lack of equipment. Interested in result of students who were not raised with the New Testament]

To Sara Manatt, Canton, CN, 1909 9/26 [Enjoys the variety of food in China. Believes Sarah would be very good at the language because of her ability to sing. Wishes she would come out and visit him]

To Ned Wood. Canton, CN, 1909 9/29. [Just learned of Mrs. Hatfield's death. About to move into the new college dormitory, includes schedule for a day]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1909 9/29. [Interested in knowing when Ben and Anna's wedding is, believes the death of Elizabeth Allen will be a relief to many]

To Ben and Anna. Canton, CN, 1909 9/29. [Describes how he imagines their wedding. Very pleased that they are choosing to live next to father and mother. Their lives are very different, as all the people WWC interacts with are new people, while Ben and Anna are dealing with WWC old friends]

To Family. Canton, CN 1909 10/10. [Has enjoyed having letters to share with others]

To Family. Canton, CN 1909 10/14. [Discusses differences between Buddhist and Roman Catholic monasteries. Goes with Mr. Brownell to see French hospital in Canton, disappointed they will have to wait so long to build their own. Dr. McCracken and WWC go to the meeting of medical mission association of South China, interested in movement to unite all missionary hospitals]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1909 10/21. [Spends evening with Baptist missionary Mr. Anderson. Beatrice is coming to Hong Kong on the 10/29, and WWC hopes to see her]

To Father. Canton, CN, 1909 10/31. [Ester has just become engaged, WWC excited to hear the news that so many in the family are getting married. Might have a chance to meet Teddy Roosevelt. Goes to Union service in Canton, hears sermon on the Garden of Eden, who encouraged people not to place blame on Eve]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1909 11/16. [Goes to talk from Mr. Guile, the first man to travel the entire length of the great wall. Very interested in the descriptions of African "Pygmy" groups. There is a reception at Mr. McCracken house that was very successful]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1909 11/29. [University committee hopes to copy medical success in the North of China. Mr. Graybill describes the atrocities the Japanese are committing in Korea, killing those who they believe to be traitors]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1909 12/8. [There are now three trains in Canton, but only two are running. Miss Dean is coming to visit, but WWC has never met her. Mr. Anderson has asked WWC to be his best man, which surprised him since not many Baptists have a non-Baptist be in the ceremony. Miss Soles, who is a Baptist, will be the maid of honor]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1909 12/12. [Many of the missionaries believe that God cannot reach everyone, that some heathen would not be able to accept Christianity]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1909 12/15. [Realizes they need to be responsible about preaching Christianity, as many children become disowned when they convert. Mr. Anderson and Ms. Soles decide that they do not have enough time to plan a traditional wedding in a church, and they will do it in the consulate. This was unfortunate because Ms. Soles had already bought an expensive dress for the event]

To Sara Manatt. Canton, CN, 1909 12/18. [Some of the girls are much smarter than the boys. Gives description of Ben and Anna's wedding. Brother John and Rachel Reeve will soon get married. Wishes friends would write him more]

To mother. Canton, CN, 1909 12/23. [Imagines family's Christmas, excited for first Chinese New Year]

To [Family]. [Canton, CN], 1909 [12/26]. [Quite likes Mrs. Graybill. Goes to a party for the "single people" of Canton. Has fun playing games and singing songs there. Goes to the consulate on Christmas with Miss Soles for Ms. Green and Mr. Anderson's wedding. Has Christmas party with the Chinese students. Chinese students are given gifts, and some give speeches on the birth of Christ. Has Christmas dinner with Miss. Soles and the McCracken's. The McCracken's are going away, but WWC decided to stay in Canton and work on his language study, since he will have so much free time

Recipients include:

Father and Mother, Reverend Edgar Dewstoe, Sara Manatt Cadbury, Ned Wood, Edward Cope Wood, J. Livingston Taylor, Lin Shao Yang

Note: Contains medical notes and a letter from his meeting by Jonathan M. Steere and Asa S. Wing

To Father and Mother, 1911 1/8. [Announces his plans to marry Sara Manatt in August in Berkeley, California. Hopes they will have an opportunity to meet her and like her]

"Dear Home Ones", 1911, 2/28. [Unusually favorable attitude toward foreigners in Canton this year. WWC feels at home with the Chinese and rarely notices the racial difference. Talks about updates in the union with Canton Hospital. Contains photo of Sara Manatt]

To Mother, 1911, 3/30. [After 2 years of work on the Union, WWC says a basis was laid for the establishment of the "Union University Medical School."Plans to announce his engagement to Sara Manatt to his colleagues and students in Canton]

To Mother, Canton, CN, 1911 4/5. [Writes about Sara Manatt. Accepts that she isn't a Quaker and doesn't see the necessity of converting her to Quakerism, seeing as she is already an "earnest Christian."]

To Rev. Edgar Dewstoe, Canton, CN 1911 4/7. [Attaches a letter dated 1911 4/11 to the "Viceroy of the Provinces of Kwongtung and Kwongsai" praising him for his decision to ban gambling in his provinces]

To Mother, 1911 4/20. [Proposal for a union hospital was formally rejected. WWC plans to continue to push for a union school]

To Family, 1911 5/1. [Describes the Canton uprising and the immediate changes it affected in the city in terms of security and military presence. WWC says he does not have any fear of harm from the uprising or potential war. Instead, he thinks everything will be peaceful in a matter of days]

To Family, 1911 5/21. [Admits that it is questionable whether it is best to impose Christianity on the Chinese and replace their ancient faiths. Argues that since the Western world has already imposed so many evils on the East, i.e. alcohol and opium, it does well to expose them to one of the better aspects of Western civilization]

Recipients include:

Emma Cadbury, Father, Mother, George W. Pepper, Benjamin Cadbury, George W. Pepper

Highlights include:

To Family, Peking, CN, 1913 1/19. [WWC describes his visit to Peking (Beijing) including the Imperial City, the Temple of Heaven, and the Hall of Abstinence, the new summer palace, and the Tsing Wa College]

To Emma, Canton, CN, 1913 2/13. [Encourages union of Hicksite and Orthodox Friends. Sees a need for all working for "the regeneration of mankind" to work together.

Unaddressed, Canton, CN, 1913 3/10. [One of the nurses at the college has to drop out to get married. WWC says that many of the younger generation in Canton are opposed to the compulsory marriage regulations and are fighting against them]

To Father (Joel Cadbury), Canton, CN, 1913 5/1. [Describes in detail the four aspects of his work: executive, professional, literary, and religious duties]

To Mother, Canton, CN, 1913 5/4. [Expects Christianity to grow in China and spread to every community after a member of the President's Cabinet requests prayers for the nation. WWC says this is the most significant development for Christianity since Constantine converted]

To George W. Pepper, Canton, CN, 1913 7/1. [WWC and 3 others submit a letter announcing their planned resignation in 6 months from the University Medical School because they see little possibility for success since the current Board of Directors does not take their advice into account and has reworked the rules for the worse. Contains a response from G. W. Pepper, dated 1913 7/18. Pepper thinks the arrival of Dr. McCracken will change WWC's mind about resigning]

To Ben, Canton, CN, 1913` 7/4. [Tells Ben of his plan to resign from Canton Christian College. WWC says that McCracken has antagonized many members of the staff and there is little confidence in his abilities to head C. C. C]

To Father, Canton, CN, 1913 8/17. [WWC tells of the attempt of Canton to declare independence. Summarizes the fight that ensued over the city]

This folder is a complete record.

Recipients include: E. C. Wood, Unknown

Highlights include:

To E. C. Wood. Canton, CN. 1915 1/7 [Responses to several unanswered letters, regarding the opening of a men's medical school with the CCC and a possible union of that school with the women's medical school. Discusses the building of his house and some financial issues regarding the effort. Christianity is spreading in China]

To Unknown. February 1915[?] [Satisfied with his professional work, an American trained nurse has come to help, religious work has not been very satisfactory]

This folder is a complete record.

Recipients include: CJC, Anna Cadbury, Family, Joel Cadbury, Ben Cadbury, Aunt Rebecca, Dr. Edmunds, S. Morris Jones, Jane C. B. Jones, Dr. Woods, MMFPWD, Emma Cadbury, Henry and Lydia Cadbury, Leonard Rogers, Vincent Gilpin, Friends

To CJC. Canton, CN, [1917?]. [Misses her and looks forward to their life together]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 1/14. [Very busy as he is responsible for 200 vaccinations. Mr. Paison from Boston's St. Paul's Cathedral comes to visit the college, has good talk with WWC; is great admirer of Rufus Jones. Letters from family mean a lot to him]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 1/21-30. [Mr. McCracken comes down to stay with WWC. Medical conference previous week, interesting papers discussed. Believes this conference will help solve some of the college's problems. Because of the conference, there are many full days of meetings, meaning very little time to relax. Receives money from Cousin George Cadbury. He is engaged to CJC, planning to announce the decision officially in just a few days]

To father and mother. Canton, CN, 1917 1/27. [Had meet CJC for months ago, and will now be engaged to her. Catharine is very interested in WWC's college and missionary work. Ned Wood is trying to raise money for their wedding. His house will soon be ready to move into, but it will not be complete until CJC is living with him]

To S. Morris Jones and Jane C. B. Jones [Catharine's parents]. Canton, CN, 1917 1/28. [Loves Catharine and plans to become engaged, but will not ask her until he gets their approval. Stresses that they are both Quakers]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1917 2/4. [Announces their wedding, notes that unfortunately, there is not friends meeting in Canton]

To Ben Cadbury. Canton, CN, 1917 2/4. [Hopes to be married in a Quaker fashion. Would like the announcement to be read at meeting. Will likely be married in a private home. Does not have a definite date yet, discusses the possibilities]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 2/11. [Mr. Ambrose and Prof. Brashear come to stay with them. Prof. Brasher is a great astronomer, and both are devout Christians. Sorry to hear about the death of Amy Swain from Honolulu. Invited to a party for the various missionary couples who have just become engaged]

To Ben Cadbury. Canton, CN, 1917 2/13. [Will probably wait until Catharine's school finishes before having the wedding; Ben is performing the function of best man]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 2/18. [Describes athletic events at the college. Marriage to Catharine should make the families' mutual friends closer. Concerned over the German-American relations, there have been debates about whether or not to go to war. Has had a very happy last six months, wishes that Mother could share in his happiness]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 2/25. [Has just added Margaret Riggs to the staff, people enjoy her. Prof. and Mrs. Willoughby are with them for a few days; Prof. Willoughby is an official advisor to the President of China. Goes to a baseball themed dinner party with Miss. Patton; the function was a reunion of the Lienehow party. Cousin Joel's death is unexpected, hopes that Aunt Rebecca will be better. Very happy for Bertha's engagement, which too was a surprise. Delighted that William Comfort is the new president of Haverford College. The Bromells are living in the house with Catharine and WWC]

To Ben and Anna Cadbury. Canton, CN, 1917 3/4. [Spending time with Miss Riggs. Mr. and Mrs. Kimbell throw a party for Catharine and WWC, WWC had been Mr. Kimbell's best man. The current date for the wedding is June 29, which seems a long way away for WWC]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 3/11. [Students are getting into stamp collecting. The Governor is willing to raise the graves on campus, allowing the university to use the land. Spending time with Dr. Edmunds and his family, and get a chance to meet the Graybills' daughter]

To Aunt Rebecca. Canton, CN, 1917 3/11. [The college's ability to expand is based on the removal of scattered graves. Many have been removed, but some families refuse to]

To Mother, Canton, CN, 1917 3/25 [fears that the United States is about to go to war, WWC and Catharine appear to be against military action. Has been treating a lot of people with leprosy] To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 3/18. [Description of how he will decorate the house with furniture. The Brownell's plan to be married in the William Penn lodge, and WWC plans they will marry there as well]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 3/26. [Reports on the hospital patients. Clinic for people with leprosy is doing very well. One person with leprosy has moved to the Honglok cemetery to be closer to the hospital. WWC hopes that they will be able to build a sanitarium for the tuberculosis patients and possibly for people with leprosy too. Concerned over the plans for Honglok Hospital, as they do not have the resources to maintain it]

To Dr. Edmunds [writing as College Physician]. Canton, CN, 1917 3/27. [Lists sanitary issues that need attention. These include the kitchen, Swasey Hall, the dormitories 1,2,4; as well as several other areas]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 4/1. [Aunt Rebecca is very sick. The city magistrate is coming to inspect the process of the grave raisings]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 4/8. [Fragment] [Catharine has gone to Hong Kong to do some shopping. The clearing of the graves will provide about five acres, but will be required to plant trees to honor the ancestors]

To Catharine's parents. Canton, CN, 1917 4/14. [Having Margaret Riggs and Helen Tow will make the planning of the Quaker wedding easier]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 4/25. [Fragment] [Dr. and Mrs. Edmunds have left, meaning they have fewer friends in their community. Urge the students to share stories in service. One child told a story of how he had waited to tell his father about Christianity for fifteen years, and before he could tell his father, his father died. Aunt Rebecca has died]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 5/6. [Receives interesting letter from Bob Yarnall. A new and permanent board of directors is appointed at Lingnan, interesting how this will change the attitude of the college]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 5/6. [Goes over different patients concerns, reports how well the students have been doing. Concerned over Howard leaving. Hospital received a great deal of money from an Australian donor. Dr. Thompson is very ill, and may have tuberculosis]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 5/13. [Received wedding check for ten pounds from Cousin George Cadbury. It looks like the wedding will be given by Brownells]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 5/20. [Planning their honeymoon, thinking they will go to Macau for a few days. They are planning the bridesmaids, and ushers. They plan to have 40-50 people attend their wedding]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 5/27. [Hopes that the Friends Service Committee would appoint them as their representatives in China. The hospital has been very busy, lots of bubonic plague patients. Catharine and WWC attend the Union service with Mr. Hawkins. Because of their three servants, who they quite appreciate, they have had much more time to plan the wedding]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 6/3. [Preparing for the wedding, goes over the itinerary for the wedding. The number has now increased to 60 invites. Making plans for Loh Fau Camp, but worry that a revolution will disturb it. Current revolution has demanded the removal of the president. Situation in WWI seems to be getting continually worse. Worries that Russia desiring a separate peace will prolong the war indefinitely]

[To MMFPWD?]. Canton, CN, 1917 6/9. [Thinks about how he spends his time, notes he has been very busy. Spends his time between two things, the Canton Christian College where he supervises the care of the ill. In his other time he is in charge of all medical cases at Canton Hospital, which is in the city as oppose to the college. He goes to the hospital three times a week, one of those days he goes to the ward for people with leprosy. Goes over the various diseases he has encountered]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 6/10. [Received the 100 dollar gift from father, greatly appreciates it. Founders' day was the other day, which appears to be like graduation. In the morning they had address followed by an entertaining play, which was in the style of an old Chinese funeral, meant to represent the passing of the graduating class. Things have been more rushed at the hospital]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1917 6/17. [Receives furniture from friends at the college. Now expect 80-90 people to be in attendance. Have heard back from people in Macau, and plan to go June 30]

To Family. Macao, 1917 7/1. [Describes the wedding, mostly the flower and seating arrangements. Now in Macau, and has a beautiful view of the bay]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 7/8. [Living in their own home together. Had a wonderful honeymoon, spent time being shown around by WWC's former student, Sei Yuk Man]

To Henry and Lydia Cadbury. 1917 7/15. [Congratulates them on their new child; has been reading about Henry's connection to the peace movements at home. The other doctors and assistants have been very helpful at the hospital, making the experience much easier]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 7/15. [Sorry to hear of Henry Halls' wife's death, but is excited to hear about Bertha's wedding. Planning to go to Loh Fau around August]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 7/18. [Has questions on if and where the infirmary will be built. The problem with building an infirmary for the college is that it would be undermanned. Has greatly enjoyed working in the leprosy clinic, sees vast improvement in many cases. Canton hospital wants Dr. Woods to be the head of both neurology and dermatology.

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 7/22. [Thinks that appeal for $200,000 of the American Friends Service Committee will bring the Orthodox and Hicksite friends together]

To Leonard Rogers. Canton, CN, 1917 7/27. [Discusses methods of treating leprosy, worries that the government has too lax of regulations]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 7/29. [CJC has been working hard on raising money for a school. Liu Fung Kei, daughter of Miss. Liu has just been award the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Scholarship of $1000 to study at the Miss Baldwin's School. Will leave for Loh Fau on August 3rd]

To Family. Loh Fau Mountains, CN, 1917 8/4. [Walks ten miles to spend the night in Wa Shau Toi Monastery, have chance to do some climbing and swimming]

To Mother. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/12. [Finds "perfect pool" that he and Mr. Kimble found in 1909]

To Family. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/19. [Joined by Dr. and Mrs. Todd. Goes back to So Lui Koon, the monastery he had gone to in 1909 and 1910. The monastery has become a lot like a country club]

To Mother. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/26. [The hermit who he had run into in 1910 is no longer living at the monastery. Feel refreshed and ready to head back to work on the 31st]

To Vincent Gilpin. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/29. [War has really taken its toll on organized life. CJC's family lives near Vincent's. One of WWC's students has just received a scholarship to go to Bryn Mawr]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 9/2. [Arrived back home. One of CJC's cousin's has just moved to Canton, as her husband will teach at the university]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1917 9/4. [People who live in lands least affect by the War should help. Need to help show the existence of God, not through politics or armies, but sacrifice and helping individuals] From MMFPWD. Philadelphia, PA, 1917 10/31. [Pleased with WWC's work in China, will encourage people to help as well]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 9/9. [CJC has begun teaching five hours a day, as well as doing language study; some of the doctors have become ill]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 9/16. [Stress on the hospital as a bunch of the doctors have been on vacation or sick. Dr. Hoffman and his wife are staying with them; WWC and CJC are quite fond of them. Very pleased with the faculty this year]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 9/23. [Has been doing physical examinations of students; first high school, soon middle school; giving lectures on the importance of a healthy body. CJC left for Hong Kong to attend services and came back for the Pomeroy's reception for the entire faculty. Governor Chui has just been forced out of Canton, and has been replaced by an incompetent grafter. Believes that an efficient institution will be an inspiration to the sinking morals of people in Canton]

To Father and Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 9/23. [Has been busier since Dr. Woods is absent and Dr. Thomson has just had a mental breakdown. Worries about the trials of the war]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 10/7. [Hospital is filled with typhoid fever patients. Chinese students in the Y. M. C. A. have raised $2400, which was far above expectations]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 10/14. [The Brownells have just had a baby, who is doing very well. Have dinner with David Lee, who John knows. They throw a party for Helen Tows, one of the bridesmaids, and Margaret Riggs is in attendance. Provisional government is working out quite well, and there is little disturbance in the city. Their servant, A Foo, is one of the best students at the Y. M. C. A. Planning to write a newsletter that will be ready for Christmas]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 10/21. [First meeting of the Arts and Science club, Mr. Graybill gave interesting taking on modern methods of advertising. Has had another short article accepted by the Journal of the American Medical Association]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 10/28. [Wishes Father Happy 79th Birthday; appreciates the check that was sent. Mr. Kaan, the secretary from Y. M. C. A. will stay in their guest room as he is sick]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 11/4. [Mr. Kaan is doing much better. College is opening two branches in Singapore. Miss F. H. Liu has just become engage to Mr. Wong. She had been the head of the girl's school, and it might mean that it will close. The political situation is again complicated]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 11/11. [Invited to reunion of the Loh Fau campers by Mr. and Mrs. Neur. Dr. Edmunds humor help make a wonderful evening. Professor Howard and his wife Anne Townsend are due on the 15th]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 [11/13?]. [Attended a party thrown by Mr. Kaan's father, with Dr. Edmunds and Mr. Graybill. Very excited to see Professor Howard again]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 11/25. [Margaret Riggs invited them out for a dinner with the Lou Fau campers. On the 23rd, there was a reception for Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Pleased that his old friends have been dropping by]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 11/28. [Concerned over the possible employment of Dr. Rush. Mr. Howard has been a great addition to the parasitology and entomology departments. Mrs. Reynolds, wife of Dr. Reynolds appears to have a very malignant form of typhoid fever, and is being moved to Canton Hospital]

To Dr. Edmunds. Canton, CN, 1917 11/28. [Goes over reasons why the hospital would not be helped by the addition of ophthalmologist Dr. Rush, and how others disagree with him]

To Friends. Canton, CN, 1917 12/1. [Family newsletter, have built their house and filled the barren land that surrounds it with trees. Are living with Margaret Riggs, who is one of the teachers. Have done a great deal of building improvements on the boy's school, adding a fourth dormitory for the secondary school and a fourth cottage for the elementary school. Has been very busy with his physical examinations of all 600 students. In addition, he has been spending time at the hospital, where the main disease he sees is typhoid fever, beriberi, and leprosy. Controlling the spread of leprosy has been difficult as WWC believes the city does not adequately segregate "lepers". Feels very strongly for the people who are helping out the Red Cross, who is helping devastated Europe]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 12/2. [Wishes Henry a happy 34th birthday. Mrs. Reynolds appears to be recovering and will soon be able to leave the hospital. Has Thanksgiving dinner with the Pomeroys and the Edmunds. WWC and CJC invited Mr. and Mrs. Weeks over for the weekend, who Father should know. Worried hearing that Hugh Gibbons is in prison]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 12/9. [Have not had company over recently, but planning to have Mr. and Mrs. Chung over, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Lau. The infirmary for the students is progressing. Emma had just attended the five year meeting; sad to hear of Margaret Haines' death]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 12/16. [Go to the Hoffmans' second wedding anniversary with the Weeks. Has been going over to Dr. Reynolds' house to spend time with him and his wife, she is rapidly recovering. Mr. Liu Tiu Yen, a member of Brooklyn Friends' church, came to WWC to ask for help with marrying one of the nurses at the hospital]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 12/23. [Howards have very interesting stories from their six years in Africa. Have given new requirements at the college for receiving an M. A. There have been special services for the servants and the poor villagers; seemed to quite enjoy them]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 12/30. [Had Christmas dinner with the Howards and their three children. Have been trying to find a foreign nurse, but all of the ones from America are going to Europe. Instead, they will probably hire a Chinese graduate]

Recipients include: Father, Dr. Robert C. Beebe, C. K. Edmunds, Mother, Drs. Kirk and Thompson, Andrew H. Woods, Mr. Henry, Edward C. Wood, W. W. Keen, Mr. Baxter, William B. Harvey, Dr. J. Oscar Thompson, Ned Wood, MMFPWD, Vincent Gilpin, CJC, Mr. and Mrs. Chung, Emma Cadbury, Family

Highlights include:

To Ned Wood. Canton, CN, 1919 1/27. [Goes over the details of his compensation, totaling $4,108 HK; wants to know how much of his compensation comes from the Christian Association. Has inspired many of his interns to convert to Christianity. Catharine is now teaching five days a week as well as taking care of the house. One of their cook's children was very sick, but it appears he has completely recovered]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1919 2/15. [Worries that American companies are looking to make a three million dollar investment in breweries in China; worries him as there is already an out of control smoking problem and the ease with which opium is smuggled into the country. There needs to be reconstruction in Europe, but the reconstruction in China has to do with an elimination of ignorance, a teaching of the possibility for self-advancement]

To Vincent Gilpin. Canton, CN, 1919 2/26. [Happy with the passing of prohibition, believes they have defeated the world's greatest evil. Believes that money has been wasted on the production and consumption of alcohol, when it should go to bread in Europe. Encourages Vincent to come out and visit]

To CJC, Shanghai, CN, 1920, 2/17 [Plans to stop in Nanking and Tsinanfu to see their hospitals. Picked up by Dr. McCracken to go out to lunch. Needs to get up early the next day to head to Peking]

To CJC. [Beijing, CN?], 1920 2/20. [Dr. Thomson and he are staying with Dr. McChue will they are at the conference. Has tea with Mr. and Mrs. Neal who he meet on the Empress of Russia ship; Mrs. Neal knows CJC's Germantown aunts]

To CJC. [Beijing, CN?], 1920 2/24. [Very impressed by the Forbidden City; believes that he will have an answer on the Kung Ye and Lingnan project very soon]

To CJC. [Beijing, CN?], 1920 2/28. [Goes to formal reception held by President Hsui; conference as a whole was the best in the history of the association. Enjoy spending time with the Howards]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1920 5/31. [There is a great need for more physicians. Last year, the hospital almost had to close because of inadequate funds and lack of physicians. The future looks like it could be bright for the Cantonese people, but this is dependent on more funding and experienced doctors coming out. Four of the students of Lingnan will receive AB degrees granted by the College and endorsed by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. Several students in other schools have gone on strike in protest of Japanese infringement, but students at Lingnan have all continued going to class]

To Dr. Robert C. Beebe, 1920, 1/9. [Presents a resolution to be forwarded to the Executive Committee of the C. M. M. A. that declares that the C. M. M. A. be opposed to the use of alcohol for both medical and non-medical purposes]

To C. K. Edmunds, Canton, CN 1920 6/28. [WWC explains to the President of the Trustees of C. C. C. the needs for hospital personnel with Drs. Todd and Thomson soon to leave. Also urges that they pursue the mission of running a class-A medical school]

To Family, Cheung Chow, CN 1920 7/26. [WWC describes the different missionaries he has encountered in China]

To Mother, Canton, CN, 1920 8/15. [Includes 5 photos of Jane and Emma Cadbury]

To Father, Canton, CN, 1920 9/12. [WWC notices a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment in China. Progress is being made toward peace between the Northern and Southern governments]

To Family, Canton, CN, 1920 9/19. [Tells of a battle occurring within 20 miles of his residence. The hospital has been receiving many sick and wounded soldiers. Otherwise, school goes on as usual and WWC notices little uneasiness from the students]

To Family, Canton, CN, 1920 10/10. [WWC reports that there are currently two governors in Canton—the old one and a new one appointed by the people. WWC expects that this conflict could be resolved without fighting]

To Drs. Kirk and Thomson, Canton, CN, 1921 2/9. [Writes on behalf of many on the hospital staff to object to the reappointment of Mr. Banbury as a member of the staff. WWC says that he should be a Treasurer only as he is very difficult to work with in other areas]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1921 2/7. [A lot of unrest, but people do not seem to know what they want. Believes that the Cantonese Christians need to show loyalty to Christianity before showing loyalty to country. Will be heading to Philadelphia soon]

To Vincent Gilpin. West Grove, PA, 1921 7/14. [Believes the Chinese will be able to form a government around the Kwangtung province, believes that this will bring some order to the country. Looks forward to Vincent coming by]

To CJC. Moorestown, NJ, 1921 8/1. [Harold Lane is going to Sapporo University; everyone very excited about him going to Japan. Uncle John is deaf now, but does not seem to keep him from communicating]

To Mother. Ventnor, N. J., 1921 9/15. [Wanted to go to a wedding with his parents, but he did not want to leave CJC alone with Georgie. Looks forward to seeing parents in a few days]

To Vincent Gilpin. Moorestown, N. J., 1921 11/24. [Had a very nice visit to his house, and encourages Vincent to come to Canton to visit]

To Mr. and Mrs. Chung. Canton, CN, 1922 1/27. [Worries about their son's condition; does not seem like it is an organic disease. Gives advice on how to treat the child, but seems very concerned. There is a note that says later on, it turned out to be schizophrenia]

To Emma Cadbury. Canton, CN, 1922 2/4. [The students are on vacation and his work has been much lighter. Going to Shanghai the next week for a medical conference; has been elected the president of the local branch of their medical conference. The political situation is increasing chaotic. The Sun and Chan Kwing Meng are joining forces to try and expel the Kwong Si tyrants (Old Guangxi clique) who currently control the city. Unfortunately, the leader Ngai Pong Peng who was a strong supporter of education was assassinated]

To Family. [En route to San Francisco], 1922 8/5. [Planning their trip back to Canton. Relieved that they have such responsible people taking care of their finances. Plan to come back in 1927. Meets a Chinese man on the train from Canton, who says that the rumors that Sun was defeated were false. It appears that he is very much in power and has a lot of supporters]

To [MMFPWD?]. Canton, CN, 1922 11/1. [The Hospital has been trying to reach out to the rural areas, has received support from Students' Christian Association]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1922 12/19. [Profession brings WWC to all types of people, from high officials to peasants. Interested in the surprised reaction on the part of the Chinese on giving up old customs]

100 items

Recipients include: John and Rachel, Dr. Edmunds, MMFPWD, Henry and Lydia, Emma Cadbury, Benjamin Cadbury, Henry and Lydia, Mr. Baxter, E. E. Parkinson

Highlights include:

To [Friends and Family]. Canton, CN, 1923 5/21. [Describes some of the patients he has been treating. Last winter, he represented the Lingnan at the biennial conference of the China Medical Missionary Association, contributing two papers, and serving on the business committee. Have started a meeting group that meets at their house; this is in addition to the women's pray meeting that Catharine attends each week]

To John and Rachel. Canton, CN, 1923 5/23. [The staff has been in such fluctuation that it is hard to keep track of all of them. The political situation has made it so there is no public funding. WWC hopes that they can receive money from foreign nations to maintain a civil level of livelihood]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1923. 5/27. [Throwing a marriage shower for Miss. Riggs. Interested those two Hicksite Friends would ask two Orthodox friends to oversee their wedding]

To Dr. Edmunds. Canton, CN, 1923 6/7. [Wonders what the status of the new hospital is; believes that he should keep some connection with the cities hospitals]

To John and Rachel. Canton, CN, 1923 6/17. [Kung Yee Medical School has asked WWC to give half his time to work there and be the head of internal medicine]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1923 7/6. [Describes the Quaker wedding of William and Margaret Augur (Formerly Miss. Riggs)]

To Henry and Lydia. Canton, CN, 1923 7/10. [The monthly meetings at their house have been very successful, Mr. Holt gave a great ministry on the beauty of silent pauses. They have been very busy with their various social occasions. The political situation is growing even tenser]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1923 7/11. [Goes with Mr. Buswell to Koon Shaan in connection to his silk work. On the way they went to a Mission Station where they encountered Miss Hitchcock, a woman who CJC and WWC met last year; Mr. Buswell and he spend the night there. Koon Shaan is a great place of interest, has a flourishing silk industry. The people there work thirteen and a half hours a day, and only make thirty to forty cents. This is in fact an increase from the previous wages of twelve cents a day. The Governor promised the college $5000. Catharine is teething which is making her a little upset]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1923 7/11. [Having graduation, very proud of the thirteen students who graduated, all of which are now Christian. Many of those are going to teach at the college next year. Summer school is about to start; many of the students want to stay and not have to risk going home because of the unrest. Reports on how Szto Wai was rescued. He appears to be very healthy and in good spirits. Miss. Riggs and Mr. Augur are going to Yunnanfu (Kunming) for their honeymoon. Has decided to turn down Kung Ye's offer; it was not enough money, he would have to do less teaching, and he still has a dream of setting up a hospital at Lingnan. They have bought two ponies, one for WWC and CJC, and the other for Jane. The political system has gotten worst as the regime has fallen in Peking, meaning there is no central government to support any of the individual uprisings](From here on Miss Riggs will be referred to as Mrs. Augur)

To Family. Canton, CN, 1923 7/22. [Gives a lecture at the Summer Institution on Public Health. Worries that a typhoon will not interfere with their trip to their house in Cheung Chau. JCS and EC's new hobby is cutting out pictures out of magazines. The political situation is still getting worse. There have been a great deal of kidnappings. Sun's generals have begun betraying him, causing him to have a weaker position in the south]

To Emma. Hong Kong, CN, 1923 8/12. [First time they have gone down to their home in Hong Kong, finding a lot to do. The children are not afraid of the water, and JCS is learning how to float. Very interested in Emma's experiences in Poland. Has been a nice place to go to get away from the suffering of Canton, but realizes that it is his duty to help there]

To Ben. Hong Kong, CN, 1923 8/14. [Currently dealing with the high winds and heavy rains of a typhoon. Very sad to hear of Harding's death, believes that Coolidge is up to the task. Wonders how the Russia ordeal will have an effect on the revolutions going on in China]

To John and Rachel. Hong Kong, CN, 1923 8/26. [During the typhoon, the winds got up to 130 miles per hour and blew off their roof. The family was forced to hide in the safest room in the house with all the windows boarded up; the children were very well behaved during this time, seemed to understand the seriousness of the situation. Repairs will start tomorrow, and they will probably return to Canton at the end of the month]

To Henry and Lydia. Hong Kong, CN, 1923 9/2. [Currently roughing it at their house as the roof is not fixed. There had been a lot of rain, which was quite a problem; the situation had become so dire that they had the workers work on Sunday. They plan to leave on the fourth]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1923 9/9. [The family has arrived back in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Augur are planning on leaving Lingnan for Canton Hospital. CJC has been asked to teach Geography to the foreign children. Very concerned with the disaster in Japan, wonders how their friend Ester Jones is doing; they have only received very limited reports. Robert Yarnall has just said that all of the requested money for the budget was raised]

To John and Rachel. Canton, CN, 1923 9/16. [JCS has begun to ride on horseback. The Augurs are back from their honeymoon, and Mr. Augur is now working as the business manager at Canton Hospital. There has been a problem at the college with people playing Ma Jung, as it takes up all of their time and they have been gambling on it]

To [Friends?]. Canton, CN, 1923 10/27. [Has been able to use buffalo milk to cure leprosy, has helped very much in the villages. Being a missionary is mostly based on having a great deal of patience]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1923 10/7. [Reports on the children, JCS is doing very well with her horseback riding and is starting first grade. Emma is four, and spends most of the time at school singing songs and playing games]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1923 10/14. [50th birthday wishes]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1923 10/21. [300 delegates to the National YMCA convention came to Canton, and five of them are staying with the Cadburys. Dr. Sun gave a public reception that WWC attended, afterwards Dr. Sun talked with WWC and others about how China's only ally was Russia. He believed that two major enemies to the future of China were England and America, who both attempt to keep it divided]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1923 10/30. [The college has been promised $4000 (MEX) from one of the generals, and they are going to start building the hospital now. Unfortunately, the political situation has gotten worse]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1923 11/15. [They are having trouble getting money for buildings as all public funds have been locked up. The place they had hoped to get money was from Lei, but he might have to flee the area to protect his own life before he can contribute the money. Peking (Beijing) is in more disorder than Canton right now]

To Family. Macao, 1923 11/20. [Lei did not go back on his promise and gave the $5000. Had an interesting meeting with the South China Branch of the China Medical Missionary Association; set to investigate the poor care of the troops on the battlefield. Encounter a female officer under Sun. There is no organization with the Red Cross, causing there to be more untreated injuries. Went to Macao the night before, was dangerous because the waters were filled with pirates]

To Ben. Macao, 1923 11/25. [A little worried as on the way to Taii Kam the wind died down while sailing by Ko Lun, which is a pirate island. Does on a boat ride to Naam Shui, which has a chapel built by Mr. Galloway. Attends interesting Chinese Baptist Service]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1923 11/30. [Goes to American Association of South China Thanksgiving celebration, includes program in letter]

To Mr. Baxter. Canton, CN, 1923 12/6. [Makes recommendations on the structuring of the hospital. Among other details, WWC believes they need to hire a foreign nurse, open a dispensary, and make sure some of the doctors who do not already know Chinese be given ample time to study]

To Emma. En Route to Hong Kong, 1923 12/11. [Goes to a congratulatory gathering for Mrs. Kerr, who has spent the last fifty years in China. Her husband was a physician at the Canton Hospital for forty years and founded the psychiatric hospital, which was now holding 700 people. The trip to Hong Kong will be to inspect the repairs on their damaged house. The political status has quieted down for the time being, but Sun is threatening to seize the surplus customs revenue]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1923 12/23. [There is a lot of small pox in the city, has been spending a lot of time vaccinating people at the college. Their break is coming up, but much of that time the students will be asked to raise money for the college. The Fok, the sister of General Lei and her husband, have come to stay with them for the weekend. The country is about to institute a boycott of American and British goods, this effort is linked to the seizing of customs surplus. People have not been in support of this, and as a result, Dr. Sun has become quite unpopular. The Christmas celebration has begun. The students gave a performance of the nativity scene, and JCS and EC performed "O little town of Bethlehem." Dr. Sun came to speak the other day, predicted all-out war across the world in Ten years]

To E. E. Parkinson. Canton, CN, 1923 12/28. [Lei has agreed to raise $10,000 for the building of a hospital and a dispensary building connected with Lingnan. Before a small infirmary would have sufficed, but it was gotten to the point that they cannot serve everyone with their current infirmary. Letter includes a plan of a building and another document, both in Chinese]

To Henry and Lydia. Canton, CN, 1923 12/30. [Describes the Christmas Dinner, Sir Arnold Theiler, a bacteriologist from South Africa, came by. Thanks them for sending the gift day gift, "Jack's Religious Perplexities", as it helps him with his Christian Missionary teaching. JCS is really enjoying her pony. Wonders how much money they should contribute to the yearly meeting]

40 items

Recipients include: Meeting of Ministers and Elders of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Henry and Lydia Cadbury, Elizabeth Cadbury, Mr. Baxter, Dr. James Henry, JCS, EC, CCL, John and Rachel Cadbury, Benjamin Cadbury, Mr. Grant, Ned Wood

Highlights include:

To Henry and Lydia. Canton, CN, 1925 1/4. [Because of the current civil war, many doctors will not come out to China. It was very difficult dealing with the kidnapping of students and teachers, but it was very good to know Lei since he was such a help in getting the students back. The three children all have chicken pox]

To Dr. James Henry. Wong Sha Station, CN, 1925 1/5. [Deciding whether to split time by working at Kung Ye. Tries to figure out a that they can bring a group of specialists to Lingnan, get a Chinese speaking missionary doctor, a Dentist as there are no qualified ones in Canton, needs to budget for a foreign nurse. The big medical problems include Tuberculosis and Leprosy; Leprosy is not being treated effectively in Tungoon or Sheklung (Shilong). There needs to be space provided by Lingnan for those who cannot get treatment elsewhere]

To JCS. Hong Kong, 1925 1/24. [Has dinner with Sir Paul Chater. Goes to the Governor's house for dinner. Describes the excitement leading up to the Chinese New Year]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1925 2/4. [A number of people came to their house for tea, others stayed the night. Those included Dr. McCracken, Harold Morris, E. H. Hume, Dr. Goddard and Dr. Faust. Having the visiting nurse go to neighboring villages, this is a new concept, but many of the Chinese are confused by it]

To John and Rachel. Canton, CN, 1925 3/1. [Celebration for the soldiers who help retrieve the kidnapped students and teachers. Has finished the hookworm research and will probably assist a Doctor in Peking who is studying Chinese Liver Fluke]

To Dr. James Henry. Canton, CN, 1925 3/2. [Interested in hiring Philip Fulton. Robert Yarnall says that more money will be coming in soon]

To Henry and Lydia. Canton, CN, 1925 3/15. [Comments on nephew Warder. Describes improvement in conditions for women giving birth in poor villages. The children all have the whooping cough]

To Mr. Grant. Canton, CN, 1925 3/28. [They have one good male nurse and look forward to having a "Christian girl". Goes over the various tasks the nurse would need to do]

To Elizabeth. Canton, CN, 1925 4/26. [Describes opening ceremony for hospital and various visitors to William Penn Lodge]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1925 5/10. [Invested in a motorboat company so that the college would have a reliable launch service. The village people are growing to trust the hospital and it is getting busier]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1925 6/21. [Gives a description of the battle between the Yuannese army and the Cantonese army under Lei. Alludes to a previous event in which foreigners, most likely Japanese, British, and America killed students protesting the unequal treaties. All of the schools in Canton have been dismissed because of the danger. The government is thinking of imposing a boycott against Americans, British and Japanese as they feel aggression from these countries]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1925 6/24. [CCC graduation. Describes a parade meant to honor slain students at which gunmen opened fire and many people were killed]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1925 6/24. [After the massacre, Dr. Henry has ordered all foreign employees of CCC to leave. WWC plans on going to Manila by way of Macao]

To Emma. En Route to Macao, 1925 6/25. [WWC expects to be gone from Canton for three months. 50,000 Chinese have fled to Hong Kong]

To [Emma?]. Macao, 1925 6/26. [Martial law has been declared in Hong Kong. The French General at Shameen (Shamian) is demanding $100,000 in reparations for the death of the Frenchmen who was shot in Shanghai]

To Emma. [En Route Manila, PL?], 1925 6/29. [Discussion of political situation and accusations by other Americans of being a "Chinese sympathizer"]

To Family. Manila, PI, 1925 7/1. [The Chinese made an active attack on Shameen. WWC and CJC arrive in Manila]

To Ned Wood. Manila, PI, 1925 7/7. [They hope to return to Canton by the end of August. It has been very hard to be away from books and work. Unclear when they can go back]

To Family. Manila, PI, 1925 7/18. [Goes to the Baguio hospital, notes that it is very well run, and has done a good job of incorporating Filipinos onto their staff. Has been spending time with Mr. Hawkins and his family, who works for Standard Oil. WWC is planning to spend a few days visiting Culion, which is one of the most famous colonies of people with leprosy in the world]

To CJC. Manila, PI, 1925 8/2. [This morning WWC gave a talk on the USS Beaver. Mr. Baxter reports that things are relatively normal in Hong Kong. Lei and Hein Sung Chi are planning to join Chan Kwing Meng to take over the present government]

To Emma. Manila, PI, 1925 8/4. [Is suspicious of the Russian involvement in China. Has questions about the inheritance and whether there is any left to give to the cousins]

To Family. Manila, PI, 1925 8/4. [All communication with Canton has been cut off, quite worried about friends in Harbin. When hiking through LA Trinidad valley, climbs Mount Sante Thomas with other Canton missionaries. On 8/1 had left CJC and the children in a hotel in Beguio, and has been staying with Dr. Frank Lauback of the Congregational Mission]

To CJC. Manila, P. I, 1925 8/5. [Discusses interactions with other missionaries in Manila. Excited to get a letter from JCS]

To CJC. Manila, P. I, 1925 8/8. [Deciding whether it is safe enough to move back to their home in Hong Kong. Has a conversation with the head of the Bureau of Science, has a chance to meet the head of the department of health. Taken to observe many people with leprosy and other contagious disease patients. One patient had a case of Yaws Disease that WWC had never encountered before.]

To CJC. Manila, P. I., 1925 8/9. [Gets to speak again on the U. S. S. Beavor. It appears still too dangerous to go to Hong Kong]

To CJC. Manila, P. I, 1925 8/16. [The boat leaves tomorrow, so he will have to cancel some of the talks he was planning to give. Will stay for a day in Manila, and then go from there to Cuilon]

To Family. Manila, P. I, 1925 8/18. [Goes to speak with the forestry students, talks about the evils of war, and the power of love and friendship. Will be returning to Canton by the first week in September without CJC and the children]

To Emma. Manila, P. I., 1925 8/19. [Hopes to spend some time with CJC and the children before going back to Canton. The situation is still dangerous there, but Dr. Henry believes that they will be able to start teaching September 8th. The more WWC learns about the riots, the more it sounds as if the British were not entirely to blame]

To Family. Culion Leper Colony, P. I., 1925 8/29. [Observes the "primitive" behavior of the people with leprosy, notes how close to animals they appear to be. Very impressed with the Filipino doctors. Goes over the structure of the Colony]

35 items

Recipients include:

John and Rachel Cadbury, Ben, Henry T. Hodgkin, Emma Cadbury, EC, CCL, JCS, CJC, Mr. Lau Kwok Hing, Dr. Wisner

Highlights include:

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1926 1/17. [The conditions at Lingnan are better than any other institution in the City, but people are still threatening to go on strike because of the foreign involvement. Their future in Canton is very uncertain. James and CCL are becoming great friends]

To Dr. Hodgkin. 1926 1/21. [Written in reply to Dr. Hodgkin's response to WWC's description of the shootings at the parade, which were published in the Philadelphia Friend.]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1926 1/31. [The strike agitation has dissipated for the time being, and school will begin again on the fifth. They are planning James' birthday party. WWC will head down to Hong Kong to get provisions for their house there, believes that the boycott will end there soon]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 2/14. [Has Liu Fung Kei, a Bryn Mawr graduate, over for lunch; She has started a private school that has been quite successful. Negotiations on the new hospital are progressing, and it looks like it will cost about $30,000 to $40,000. Felix Morley, Christopher Morley's brother and future president of Haverford, spent two days with them last week. Mr. Cheung, a Haverford graduate from 1924 also stayed for a few days]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1926 2/24. [The girls are trying to raise $6000 toward a grand total of $250,000. One of the things this money will go to is the erection of a dormitory. WWC thinks it would a good idea to ask people from women's colleges in America for funds. Has just read an article by Dr. Howard talking about the hardships of his captivity; he was part of the fifty people who were kidnapped from the Pui Ying School. He plans to expand this article and make it into a novel.]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1926 3/12. [Had a birthday party for EC. The hospital is having trouble with the union laborers.]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 126 3/14. [Meets with General Lei, one of the Russian military advisors named Tolstoy, and then two other Russians; shows them around the campus]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1926 3/23. [Because of the strike, Canton hospital will be closed for the next six months. There is talk of a group that is coming together to overthrowing the extremist red government, but General Lei is not involved with the uprising. Worries that all of the Christians in Southern China might be expelled. They are hoping to have Rufus Jones come speak. Currently talking with the Government Labor Bureau about how to prevent future strikes.]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1926 4/4. [The Russians have been providing the Labor party with guns. Members have been attacking the Shameen and going into Churches and driving people out, and sometimes killing them. General Lei is concerned with the situation. WWC goes to a prison, finds out that most of the people detained have no charges that have been brought against them]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 4/11. [It looks as if Canton Hospital may not ever open again; The Augurs are leaving China soon.]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1926 4/26. [Excited to hear that Rufus and Elizabeth plan to visit]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 5/2. [Lets the servants off to go to the Labor Day parade. Every week, there are new extremist stories of the communist takeover]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1926 5/9. [General Lei is coming for the inspection of the new hospital. Large debate in the college about communism in China. Sun's son is gaining power as a right wing leader]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 5/18. [Worries that the psychiatric hospital will close down]

To Friends. Canton, CN, 1926 5/22. [Have had a lot of a crises starting with the Yuannese revolution. All of the revolutions have threatened the foreign community in China. The aggression toward foreigners has made many ask whether or not they are wanted in China. Most of WWC leisure time is spent gardening and entertaining visitors. The hospital is in great need of another Doctor, and a well-trained nurse]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 5/30. [JCS had a fever on her birthday. Many of the missionaries have lost their servants]

To John. Canton, CN, 1926 6/4. [Three of the four major officials in Canton have left. Very excited about Rufus and Elizabeth coming in the fall]

To Ben. Canton, CN, 1926 6/8. [Bandits have a lot of control in the area right now. The Hong Kong boycott continues, and the family will not be able to go to their house down their until the dispute ends]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1926 6/27. [Forced to change the name of the college to Ling Nan University in order to make it more Chinese. Recently had graduation. Because many of the hospitals were foreign run, the Bolshevist government felt no responsibility to protect them. Yung Ye Hospital was destroyed by the government's inability to effectively run the institution. If the government outlaws private institutions, then all of the hospitals will risk this fate. Was going to erect a new building that would hold 200 or 300 patients, and had planned it would cost $10,000. When it became clear that it would not be enough money, the plan was also given up; however, General Lei's friend Mr. Tse Kin Shing promises to raise money to help complete the project.]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 6/28. [A Chinese pastor asks for help retrieving his child who had been kidnapped by his wife's sister, who is related to bandits]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 7/12. [Attempting to get Dr. Todd and Dr. Wright from Kung Ye Hospital to join their hospital. Dr. Todd thinks there will be complications in him working with General Lei's hospital. WWC hopes to make it to Hong Kong and spent a month there at the beginning of August. Interested in Emma's trip to England]

To Family. Hong Kong, CN, 1926 8/11. [Arrives at their home in Hong Kong. Mail has been delayed because of the Canton postal worker strike. However, Hong Kong is less overrun with bandits. WWC is planning to go to the London School of Tropical Medicine for twenty weeks in 1928. After beginning forced out of Kung Ye Hospital, Dr. Todd has opened his own practice. Has not heard from Rufus and Elizabeth since they sent their last letter from the Empress of Russia Ship]

To Ben. Hong Kong, CN, 1926 8/16. [Signs form on releasing their parent's estate, discusses the financial details. Received a pay increase meaning that he can handle the raising prices. Expects to have 13 or 14 new staff members soon, and expects that things will begin to settle down.]

To Emma. Hong Kong, CN, 1926 8/23. [Believes a decisive civil war is about to be fought; believes that the Russians will support Chang Kai-shek. The anti-British feeling is as heated as ever in Canton. Looks forward to seeing her in 1928]

To John and Rachel. Hong Kong, CN, 1926 8/24. [Excited to hear about the rapprochement of the Orthodox and Hicksite Quakers. Worries about the safety of going home, since foreigners are fired on sometimes when sailing back. There are a great number of Missionaries who have been forced to stay on Cheung Chau; WWC feels fortunate that they can still go back to Canton]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1926 9/9. [The recent epidemic of cholera has caused the Bolshevists to reopen Canton Hospital and the Baptist Hospital. Upon returning from Cheung Chau, they went to one of the nurses' weddings. General Lei is very anxious to get work started on the new building; they are still having trouble with the erection of the science hall. The girl dormitories and two other buildings will begin soon as well]

To Mr. Lau Kwok Hing of Naam Fong Co. Canton, CN, 1926 9/22. [Will go inspect the facilities of the Naam Fong Dairy Company. Has tested some of the milk and has found it safe, having none of the contagious bacteria he tested for.]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 10/3. [Believes there is a chance the anti-British strike will end. The government university that was to be connected with Lingnan has collapsed, and will not be merging with them. There is talking of the Chinese moving the capital to Wu Chang in the Yangtze River Valley]

To John. Canton, CN, 1926 10/24. [The boycott of British goods has ended, and British steamers are again allowed into Hong Kong Harbor. Most of the time during Rufus and Elizabeth's visit was spent caring for a very ill child. While Rufus was in Canton, he gave fourteen addresses at the YMCA, theological seminary and at the college.]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1926 10/30. [Had a very nice visit from Rufus and Elizabeth, details are included in the letter from CJC. Life seems like it will be much calmer and more stable, as there is less unrest]

To Friends. Canton, CN, 1926 11/8. [Description of Rufus and Elizabeth Jones' visit. At their last Sunday Morning Service, Mayor Sun Foh, the son of Sun Yat-sen, gave a talk on how the KMT and the Christians are not diametrically opposed, and can come to a mutual understanding. They have worried that this will put their adopted son James in danger, and believes he might be safer with General Lei. These protests have nothing to do with the staff or students, but are instead a protest against the governments arresting of one of the workers. This incident has worried WWC that things are drifting back into chaos. November, 12 1926, which is Sun's birthday, is treated like a holiday, with parades and celebrations. ]

To John and Rachel. Canton, CN, 1926 11/22. [Has been very nice to have Grace Hutchins and Anna Rochester visiting]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1926 12/12. [Having trouble getting a passport for James, meaning they are not sure when they will take their furlough. JCS is turning into a young lady, but Emma is the prettiest and most feminine of the children. CCL is started to becoming an individual, eating on her own accord. James is growing slowly, and is starting to lose his Chinese.]

40 items

Recipients include: Meeting of Ministers and Elders of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Marion Matlack, CJC, JCS, EC, CCL, Ben Cadbury

To Meeting of Ministers and Elders of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Moorestown, NJ. 1928 2/16. [Expresses a concern to visit Friends Meetings in England, including London Yearly Meeting; attached are traveling minutes for WWC and CJC from PYM; a minute from LYM stating that WWC and CJC are present; a minute from Birmingham Quarterly Meeting stating that WWC and CJC are present; a report to PYM from WWC about his time in England]

To CJC. London, Eng. 1928 2/28. [Attended discussion on work of Friends Service Council. Describes a doctrinal disagreement among Friends and how it was dealt with.]

To Family. London, Eng, 1928 3/22. [Has been spending a lot of time with his lectures at School of Tropical Medicine. Visits with their relatives the Gibbins, and the girls acted very well around them. They stayed with Henry Cadbury, who is now working for the Daily News]

To Family. London, Eng, 1928 3/28. [Buys bikes for the girls; goes to a school picnic with them]

To CJC. London, Eng, 1928 4/18. [Meets with Alice Davis who is a Friend from Russia, gives a talk at the Penn Club. Was able to pick up presents for next Christmas]

To Family. London, Eng, 1928 4/24. [Emma is going to visit them in London. Looking for a Chinese Amah to bring back to Hong Kong with them]

To CJC. London, Eng, 1928 5/1. [Thinking of having Ms. Laird stay with them. Preparing to administer exams, students are very nervous]

To Family. London, Eng, 1928 5/15. [Goes to hear Albert Schweitzer speak at Friends House about his experiences as a physician in Africa. Notes how diverse and cosmopolitan London is. Worries about the state of northern China. The London papers have reported how inefficient the Nationalist Government is, suggest how the Japanese might help reorganize and unify the country]

To JCS. London, Eng, 1928 5/29. [Heard great things about her birthday party]

To Family. London, Eng, 1928 6/5. [Had a good time with the children and CJC at the Warwick castle. Hears lecture at Yearly Meeting by Edith Pye and Emily Balch. Has dinner at Edith Cotterill's with Lucy Struge and Henry Gibbins. Discussed the effects of the British boycott. Has finished his main research, the research on Protozoa, worms and insects. The rest of the time will be spent researching hygiene measures in the tropics.]

To JCS and EC. London, Eng, 1928 6/18. [Realizes this is the longest the two girls have been away from their parents. Notes the report of the first woman (Amelia Earheart) flying across the Atlantic.]

To CJC. London, Eng, 1928 6/19. [Expects to be home in a few weeks. Will be going to see a doctor to have James' eczema checked out.]

To Family. London, Eng, 1928 6/20. [Goes to dinner with George and Edith Cadbury, who had a dinner party with 80 of their friends and relatives. Goes to a lecture on emergent evolution at Kings.]

To Family. Indian Ocean, 1928 9/4. [Explores a mosque in Suez area. Found area very hot, and one member of the crew died. Will arrive in Hong Kong in less than three weeks. Have two very interesting travel companions and has a discussion with them about fascism and Mussolini.]

To Family. En Route to Hong Kong, 1928 9/15. [Describes their stop in Singapore]

To Family. Hong Kong, 1928 9/23. [James will stay with them until he gets used to his Amah. Has dinner with General Lei, James' mother, and twenty others]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1928 10/21. [Has a ceremony for the opening of the Science Hall, people from Japan, China and Java came to the reception]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1928 10/28. [Wonders if he is supporting Hoover because he is a Quaker; believes that the Republicans are being too corrupt. Does not believe in the liberal attitude on prohibition, but still might vote for Smith. JCS and EC are working very hard with their music.]

To Friends and Family. Canton, CN, 1928 11/5. [Describes changes to university and Chinese society since they have been away.]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1928 12/9. [Is treating a lot of malaria patients. The government is trying to occupy the hospital and turn it into a military hospital. Most of the Americans in China are supporting Smith for president]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1928 12/28. [Goes to see Ben-Hur with the children. Attends Christmas music service which included a performance by many of the children. Afterwards, one of WWC Chinese friends took WWC to midnight mass at the Catholic Church. Have invited a number of their Chinese friends over.]

40 items

Recipients include: CJC, Marian Matlack, Jane B. Cadbury

Highlights include:

To "Dearest Catharine. On board the SS Rio de Janeiro. 11/30 [Dr. Hoffmann died this morning]

Undated, "to put them into the bathtub" [Anti-Christian attitude presents more of a challenge than it has before with students protesting against required church attendance by reading Chinese books instead. WWC feels that best strategy is to strengthen the faith of those who already accept Christianity]

Undated, "next fall if it still" [Describes events of the Communist revolution in Canton. Mentions possibility of moving their site of work to a less volatile area of China]

To "Dear Friends"—a newsletter from Lingnan Hospital. Canton, China. 2/21 [25 years since Canton Christian College moved to Honglok; new Agricultural Hall opens; new Engineering Building started; Lingnan Hospital and University and Hackett Medical School for Women combine for co-ed courses in medicine; WWC describes the new staff; malaria is most prevalent and WWC is researching it; descriptions of several patients; CJC as Chairman of Religious Committee of staff ladies; CJC teaches English for Western School; government bans required religious instruction, and so college students meet in study groups to discuss problems in spiritual life; WWC and CJC host many guests passing through]

Diary letters. 11/28. [WWC on his way to the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, Eighth Congress, in Bangkok, at request of McKean, a Presbyterian medical missionary; boards a steamer that will travel toward Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore, etc., ending in Yokohama; WWC relates a legend of the start of Saigon's civilization and Angkor Wat, examining the ruins of kingdoms; visits temples; watches traditional Siamese dances and performances, superior to those of China; visits many health centers and attends conferences; goes to council meeting of congress, it is voted that Chinese government have next congress meeting in Nanking; congress is over, WWC going with 50 delegates to Chenginai in Northern Siam (Chiang Mai, Thailand) to see Presbyterian mission work; visits an "asylum" for people with leprosy; boards a train for Singapore; visits Chinese friends and gardens; boards train for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Federated Malay states; Hindus and Chinese live there; "asylum" for people with leprosy is completed, with 1000 patients]

13 items

Recipients include: Ben Cadbury, Emma Cadbury Sr., CJC, EC, CCL, "Bob," Mother

Highlights include:

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China.1/17 [WWC worries for Germany; Japan and France threaten to wreck Disarmament Conference; discusses finances; China boycotts Japanese goods]

To "Dear Home Ones" Canton, China.2/15 [The Jones family arrives in Hong Kong; British and American troops disarm 7,000 Japanese soldiers in Shanghai; WWC performs Quaker marriage in his home for Stanley Gregory and Dorothy Priestley]

To "My dear Emma" Canton, China. 4/3 [Plans to go to Cheung Chau house for a time in summer; postpones U. S. trip until 1934 for financial reasons; Cerebrospinal Meningitis epidemic; WWC gets rid of horse]

To "Dear Home Ones" Canton, China.4/10 [Many think world war is arriving, WWC has faith in people's common sense; kidnapping of Lindberg baby; Jane to go to American School at Shanghai in the fall]

To "Dear Emma" Canton, China.4/24 [A school in Macao is organized as branch school of Lingnan University; WWC is one of the Directors]

To "Dear Home Ones" Canton, China.5/15 [Hospital is hectic; Jimmy visits with his mother; WWC's cook accused of stealing and goes to jail for the night; his cook wants to convert to Christianity; meets with 2 French doctors; Mayor of Canton gives reception to American citizens; Canton officials are soon to flee because of anticipated civil war in Canton; dines with German consul; takes Jimmy to visit father, who no longer participates in military or political things; household filled with pets and children; Jane and Emma starting to have much schoolwork; Meningitis epidemic almost over, WWC trying to make an epidemiological study of it; peace between China and Japan at Shanghai, fighting continues in Manchuria]

To "My dear Ben" Canton, China. 5/16 [Asks about Ben's tonsil removal and eye trouble; Jane goes to American High School in Shanghai in the fall; watching presidential conventions, wishing for someone more qualified than Hoover]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China.6/5 [Typhoid and smallpox are prevalent; WWC's salary to be cut 14%; thinking about drawing $1000 for investment in Canton]

To "My dear Emma" Canton, China. 6/12 [Asiatic cholera epidemic traced to the city, students ill and dying; WWC can't sell property for the money needed for new hospital building due to anticipated revolution]

To "Lingnan University—Letter from William Penn Lodge"7/1 [Temptation to be pessimistic about financial depression, League of Nations and Disarmament Conference's failings, Sino-Japanese conflict, China strife, but WWC encourages hope and healing]

To" Dear Home Ones" Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, China. 7/24 [WWC at Cheung Chau; University is under medical council, WWC is chairman]

To" Dear Emma" Canton, China. 8/14 [Anna, Ben's wife, has died; WWC wishes Emma would stay with Ben in the fall; waiting for CJC and kids to return to Canton in a couple weeks]

To" Dear Ben"8/19 [Jane prepares to leave for Shanghai American School; WWC sympathizes with Hoover and is disgusted with Roosevelt]

To "Dear Family at Home" Canton, China.9/8 [WWC decides to attend Conference of Chinese Medical Association in Shanghai; Jimmy no longer with amah, must repeat 1st grade; CJC to teach in American school; University attendance is over 1000; Japan declares independence of Manchuria]

To "Dearest Catharine" ["Foreign YMCA," Shanghai] 10/1 [WWC at conference in Shanghai; visits Jane at school]

To "Dearest" Foreign YMCA, Shanghai 10/5 [Dr. Oldt is sick in Shanghai; WWC attends meetings for people with leprosy]

RMS Empress of Japan. 10/13 [Describes the Chinese practice of burying people with leprosy alive]

To" Dear Ones at Home" Canton, China. 12/27 [WWC is adviser to a private dairy company; part of the hospital is purchased, but his deeds are publicized as defective by someone trying to ruin his plans; construction begins on girls' dorm at Lingnan; old medical school property being turned over to WWC for hospital; celebrates Christmas; discussion/criticism of Laymen's Committee evaluation of missionary work; Americans in China prefer Hoover, but Roosevelt wins election]

40 items

Recipients include: Benjamin Cadbury, EC, Emma Cadbury Sr., Dr. Henry, Jane Cadbury, Dr. Chung, William Wistar Comfort, Mr. Skipton, Mother, Hannah Pyle, W. K. Chung, "Henry and Lydia," D. Robert Yarnall, Edward C. Wood

Highlights include:

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China. 2/16 [Gloomy financial situations; business at standstill; expects for Canton to be forced to obey central government; Jimmy fails all mid-year exams]

To "Dear Ben" Macao. 2/25 [Encloses tax return for Canton; collecting Chinese money for the completion of new hospital building; in Macao for meeting of Board of Directors]

To "My dear Emmy" Canton, China. 3/1 [Her birthday is coming; WWC explains his reason for sending her to school and his desire for her to know the world and humanity; she has 23 demerits on report card, WWC advises her about conforming to institutions and the meaning of anarchists]

To "Dear Folks at Home" Canton, China. 3/3 [WWC describes his botany; Jane is sick with mumps at Shanghai school; Nazi uprisings in Eastern Europe; better financial situation in Canton; better racial relations in Canton; 4 story block of Canton Hospital contract signed; WWC tries to collect $100,000 for hospital from Chinese contributors; roads and bridges are being built for easy access in Canton; WWC very encouraged by the country's changes, and expects peace. 25 years since WWC arrived in China]

To "Dear Emma" Canton, China. 3/11 [Open revolt in Eastern Europe; hopes Emma's Vienna Center will stay open]

To "Dearest Catharine" Macao 3/25 [WWC boards steamer for Macao; inspects schools, gives loans]

To "Dear Ben" Macao. 3/25 [Encloses tax return for Canton; collecting Chinese money for the completion of new hospital building; in Macao for meeting of Board of Directors]

To "My dear friends--W. W. Comfort, D. Robert Yarnall, and Edward C. Wood," 4/1 [WWC writes to bankers/supporters of his venture to China; hopes to open new hospital in '35, 100 years after opening of Canton hospital, the 1st western medicine institution opened in China; wants to be part of staff, not head of staff; wants to write history of the hospital, and spend more time teaching; Easter]

To "Dear Emma" Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. 4/8 [CJC returns from Shanghai after visiting the girls; spring vacation; all time occupied by financial campaign for new building]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China. 4/30 [Hospital building progresses rapidly; Cadburys plan to stay another year in China, WWC will stay until Chinese Medical Association has ended]

To "Dear Girls" Canton, China. 5/9 [WWC reminds Jane and Emma that they haven't written for a month; wishes they were not so negligent]

To "Dear Dr. Henry" [Canton, China]. 5/31 [WWC recounts Canton hospital's history, the organization of Canton Medical Missionary Society; 100th year anniversary of the hospital and of western medicine in China]

To "Dear Jane and Emma" Canton, China. 6/19 [WWC plans to leave for Tai Kaun ("Tai-Kam"?), where he will visit "Leper Island"]

To "Dear Home Ones" 6/24 [WWC at colony for people with leprosy; sees family in Hong Kong, before they leave for Cheung Chau]

To "Dear Ben" Loh Fau Camp, China. 7/17 [WWC encloses stamps and letter from Jane; family at Loh Fau; Jane thanks Ben for stamps]

To "Dear Family" Loh Fau Camp, China. 7/17 [Requests letter sent to different members; missing letters from 1917; at Loh Fau, road built from Canton to base of mountain; staying until mid-August; Canton and Nanking (Nanjing) approaching agreement, Europe feigns peace truce]

To "My Dear Hannah," Loh Fau Mountain Camp, China. 8/23 [reconnects with his cousin; describes vacation in Cheung Chau, his plan for staying in China until the anniversary, and his hobby of botany; his growing distaste for the U.S. in terms of greed, lust, and depravity; Shanghai American School improves American pupils]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China. 9/17 [Back in Canton, very busy; CJC and the girls leave for school in Shanghai; Jimmy fails his exams and goes back to primary school as a boarder; University opens with over 450 students, 13 of them foreign]

To "Dear Dr. Chung" [Canton, China] 10/13 [WWC asks for renewal of the Superintendent's and Treasurer's contracts]

To "Dear Home Ones" Canton, China. 10/15 [WWC's 57th birthday; getting his roof repaired from leaks, meanwhile staying on 3rd floor of the old University Medical School building; discusses hospital and staff, concerns in medicine]

To "My dear Henry and Lydia" Canton, China. 10/21 [Jimmy visits every Sunday, is very exemplary; encloses Emma Jr.'s letter, believing a letter says true nature of a person]

"Dear Emma" [Canton, China] 11/18 [Communists fighting troops of Nanking, Canton, and Kwangsi (Guangxi); Manchuko closes open door, U. S. is distrustful; Jimmy passes all exams]

To "Dear Emma."[Canton, China] 12/2 [Preparing for Christmas; danger of Communists on borders; Emma and Jane are to return from school; waiting for roof to finish]

To "My dear Sister." Canton, China. 12/9 [hectic work—new hospital, superintendent, supervisor of surgery and public health departments; finished paper on Malaria, published in Lingnan Science Journal; executive secretary of committee for 1935 medical conference; waiting to publish book on hospital centenary until end of conference; awaits Mary Hoxie Jones' arrival]

To "Dear Dr. Chung." Shanghai, China. 12/12 [WWC is glad Chung got funds for construction of new medical school]

To "Dear Home Ones and Friends" Canton, China. 12/30 [Discusses the progress of the hospital; President Chung's devotion to hospital and progress; National government makes grant to build medical school under Lingnan's control; appoints Building Committee; WWC and Dr. Ross Wong of Hackett are made engineers; celebrating Sun Yat-sen's plan to overthrow Manchu regime, 50 years before; WWC finds replacement for Superintendent of Hospital; Meningitis articles published in journals; wants his time occupied by spirituality and science, not material development; starting to plan furlough; Jane and Emma gone to Shanghai]

40 items

Recipients include: Dr. W. K. Chung, CJC, Emma, Ben, EC, CCL, Dr. Henry, Olin D. Wannamaker, Dr. J. O. Thompson, James M. Henry, Mother

Highlights include:

To "Dear Dr. Chung" Canton, China. 1/20 [WWC has a lot of busywork, needs secretary; Mary H. Jones (daughter of Rufus and Elizabeth) there to help with book on the 100 years of hospital work] [Note: this letter is attached to three others, from WWC, Dr. Chung, and Mary H. Jones, all concerning the writing of the book on the hospital]

To "Dear Emma" Canton, China. 2/10 [Wishes Emma happy birthday; Chinese Quaker, Mr. Tong, dies. Mentions Sherwood Eddy, a Protestant missionary and national secretary of the YMCA]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China. 2/22 [Plans for new hospital are drawn; Jane and Emma preparing to go to Westtown]

To "Dear Friends" Canton, China. 2/25 [A letter from William Penn lodge; WWC cures opium smokers; leprosy is prevalent in Kwangtung (Guangdong), goes to mayor who issues free dispensaries for treating people with leprosy; Lingnan University feeling the effects of the Great Depression; WWC expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of the New Deal]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China.3/5 [Expresses uncertainty about situation between Japan and China, worries war might ensue]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China. 4/15 [Hospital almost done; CJC and girls prepare to leave for Philadelphia; heading to Westtown]

To "My Dear Emma" Canton, China. 4/21 [Considers establishing a Lingnan Community church—to enter, one must confess faith in Jesus Christ; Mrs. Tong completely relies on CJC and WWC to deal with her husband's death; Europe as an "armed camp," waiting for the next war]

June 1935 [Announcements of the publication of At the Point of a Lancet, a history of the Canton Hospital, by WWC and Mary Hoxie Jones]

To "My Dear Emma" SS Fatshaan en route to Hong Kong. 6/7 [Dr. Wong Man accepts superintendent position at Canton Hospital; wants to go home by Siberia and asks Emma to join him; says it's good to keep busy with work; wonders about Roosevelt's political plans; Shanghai bank closes its doors; Kaline finishes school, Jane wins prize in hockey for her "athletic prowess," Emma is in orchestra playing the violin, Jimmy is not an intellectual but is very sweet]

To "Dear Home Ones" SS President Jackson. 6/22-7/27 [Diary letters: a record of Cadbury family trip to Japan; encounter various Friends and missionaries, visit various sites. Discussion of political and social situation]

To "Dear Dr. Henry" Canton, China. 9/12 [Statement of WWC's salary for the preceding eight years]

To "My Dear 'Little Women'" SS Taai Shaan 9/20 [Discusses the potential of flying home]

To "Dear Emma" (daughter) Canton, China. 10/10 [Describes celebrations of the "double tenth", Chinese Independence Day]

To "Dear Home Ones" Canton, China. 11/13-12/8 [Diary letters; WWC's plane trip from Canton to the US via India, Persia, Egypt, Athens, Vienna (visited sister Emma; much discussion of the political situation and Nazism)]

To "Dear Mr. Wannamaker" Moorestown, NJ. 12/22 [WWC has reached New Jersey; description of the medical conference held at Lingnan University 11/1-11/8]

50 items

Recipients include: James F. Walker, Benjamin Cadbury, Emma Cadbury, Dr. James L. Maxwell, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Vincent Gilpin, "Janie," J. Passmore Elkinton, "John and Rachel," James L. Maxwell, Rufus Jones and Elizabeth Cadbury Jones, Ted and Esther Jones

Highlights include:

Return to Canton. 1/7-2/27. [Pages missing] [Diary letter (to family?) detailing journey from Moorestown to Canton via California and Japan]

To Ben. Fort Wayne, IN. 1/9. [WWC spends two days at Earlham College, lecturing on China]

To Emma. S. S. Victoria, Shanghai, CN. 3/29. [Opinion on the industrial unrest in the US and American society in general]

To Family. S. S. Pres. Taft, CN. 4/12. [Description of WWC and CJC visit to Shanghai for a medical conference and a meeting of medical missionaries]

To Dr. James L. Maxwell. Canton, CN. 5/4. [Informs Dr. Maxwell of the slaughter of people with leprosy in Kwongtung by provincial soldiers]

To Emma. Cheung Chan, CN. 8/19. [A great deal of violence in Shanghai; CCL cannot return to school there; many are fleeing from Canton for fear of Japanese violence there; WWC future in China uncertain]

To John. Canton, CN. 9/4. [Front page of The Hongkong Telegraph attached] [Japanese have begun bombing Canton; expects CJC and CCL to leave the city soon]

To Family. Canton, CN. 9/19. [Describes the war that is going on around them]

To Family. Canton, CN. 9/21. [First real air raid; expresses frustration with the current neutralist anti-war movement which "practically makes America an ally of Japan"]

To US Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Canton, CN. 9/24. [Message from a group of American residents of Canton to the Secretary of State, expressing concern that the actions of the US government have served to aid Japan; reply dated 1/14/1938 is attached, stating that primary goal of US foreign policy is to avoid conflict]

To Family. Canton, CN. 9/28 [describes air raids on Canton; WWC part of a group of Americans who draft a telegram to the American press, denouncing the Neutrality Acts and recommending that the US government cut off trade with Japan]

To Family. Canton, CN. 10/30. [Tells of two family friends who were captured and imprisoned as Japanese spies]

To "All Men and Women of Good Will" 11/6. [Published in the Friends Intelligencer] [Incomplete; describes the atrocities committed against the Chinese; calls for Americans and British to support the Chinese]

To Vincent. Canton, CN. 12/18. [attached to an article written by WWC for The Friend, titled " Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People, Saith Your God"; meant to inform readers about the situation in China and what they can do to help, as well as WWC's work]

40 items

Recipients include: American Consul General, L. C. Hylbert, American Advisory Committee, Lam Yat Man, Lei Ying Lam, Friends, CCL, EC, JCS, William W. Comfort

Highlights include:

To Daughters. Canton, CN. 1/10. [Warns the girls about propaganda and the untrustworthiness of what is being reported; includes a paper called "Facts and Fancies" contrasting official Japanese reports with his own observations]

To Friends. Canton, CN. 2/7. [Summary of WWC's activities for a single day]

To American Consul General. Canton, CN. 2/14. [Series of letters between WWC and American Consul dealing with an incident where WWC and Dr. J. O. Thompson were stopped by Japanese soldiers and WWC was hit with a rifle butt]

To Friends. Canton, CN. 2/20. [WWC describes the above incident]

"Thirty Anniversary of Arrival in Canton." Canton, CN. 5/1 [Account of the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of WWC's arrival in Canton; summary of his time there]

To Haverford College President W. W. Comfort. Canton, CN. 6/18. [Describes how he has managed to keep the hospital open and fully staffed; CJC has started a school for the refugee children; thanks Pres. Comfort for his contributions to the hospital]

To L. C. Hylbert of the American Advisory Committee. Canton, CN. 7/24. [Gives statistics about refugee population in Canton and the missionary organizations that are working to help them]

To the American Advisory Committee. Canton, CN. 8/19. [Informs the committee that American Red Cross donation of 4000 bags of cracked wheat has arrived in China; discusses their use and requests 10000 more bags]

To Friends. Canton, CN. 10/15. [Newsletter describing state of affairs at the university, the hospital and the refugee camp; note to Emma Sr. on the back]

40 items

Recipients include: Ben, CJC, Olin D. Wannamaker, J. Oscar Thompson, James Henry, Emma Cadbury Sr., CCL, EC, Francis Wisner, Lei Ying Lam, Mother, Vincent Gilpin

Highlights include:

To Ben Cadbury. Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 1/7. [Discusses world affairs according to the Kerlinger Washington Agency and the Whaley Eaton Foreign Service. Enclosed is a letter from William Cadbury to Olin D. Wannamaker, 7 Jan 1940, offering sympathy for the death of Wannamaker's wife. Also discusses William Cadbury's upcoming furlough, Lingnan University President Lei Ying Lam's struggle with acute Bright's Disease, and global affairs]

To Catharine Jones Cadbury. Canton Hospital, Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 1/12. [Discusses electricity and water shortages on Lingnan's campus, radio and print news sources accessible in Canton, and martial law in Canton]

To "Whom it May Concern." Canton Hospital, Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 1/12. [Announcing his intention to travel to Fatshan (Foshan) to attend to an ill English woman there. Appears to be some kind of travel pass with various seals and signatures on it]

To "Dear Home Ones." Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 1/23. [Discusses plans to return to the United States, destruction caused by a stray mine at their Cheung Chau summer cottage, the use of sulphanilimid in treating various infections, the birth of conjoined twins in the Canton Hospital, and William Cadbury's resignation from his involvement with the International Red Cross]

To his daughters. Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 2/4. [Discusses the possible confiscation of certain personal items as " Contraband of war," gifts of silk embroidered scrolls and vases received prior to his departure, the treatment of Chinese refugees and orphans, William Cadbury's inclusion in the Who's Who of Physicians and Surgeons, and preparations for leaving Canton]

"To Whom it May Concern." Canton Hospital, Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 2/6. [Regarding the leasing of his car to Clinton N. Laird]

To Olin D. Wannamaker, Trustee of Lingnan University. 347 E. Second St., Moorestown, New Jersey, 1940 4/18. To Lingnan University President Lei Ying Lam. 347 E. Second St., Moorestown, New Jersey, 1940 4/22. [Discusses William Cadbury's attendance at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and includes his notes on lectures pertaining to the political situation in the Far East. Enclosed was his American Medical Association card for the year 1940]

To CJC. Lewisburg, Virginia, 1940 July 31. [A postcard]

To J. Oscar Thomson. Ventnor, Atlantic City, 1940 10/?. [Regarding Lingnan Hospital]

To James Henry.1940 10/28. [A cablegram regarding William Cadbury's travel plans]

To Emma Cadbury Sr. On board the President Cleveland - American President Lines, 1940 11/15. [Discusses the nationalities of various passengers, noting that everyone is suspiciousness of the Japanese "who takes photos of the passengers."]

To CJC and their daughters (Jane, Emma, and Catharine). Hotel Riviera, Macau, 1940 12/14. [Discusses his return to Canton from Hong Kong]

To CJC. Canton, 1940 12/16. [Written while in quarantine on the "SS Yun Yeung – Japanese Macau – Canton Steamer."Discusses his return to Canton from Hong Kong and martial law in Canton]

To CJC. Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 12/21. [Discusses martial law in Canton]

To "Kaline" (Catharine Cadbury Jr.). Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 12/23. [Discusses Catharine's plan to join the Pi Beta Phi sorority]

To CJC. Canton Hospital, Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1940 12/30. [Discusses the decrease in value of national Chinese currency]

50 items

Recipients include: Miss Lei Ping Man, Colonel Yamada, EC, CCL, Ben, Olin D. Wannamaker, Emma Cadbury Sr., Lam Yue Hang, Dr. Comfort, Dr. Leung Sik Kwong, Officers and Trustees of the Canton Missionary Society, Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, J. C. MacCracken, Dr. Wong Wai Tsing, Dr. Lau Shai Keung, Miss Alice Carpenter, J. Calvitt Clarke

Highlights include:

To Miss Lei Ping Man. Canton, China. 1/12 [WWC deposits money for Lei Wai Man in his account; he refers to the sealing up of banks since December]

To Col. Yamada of the Japanese Army. Canton, China. 2/20 [Mentions Yamada's visit to Canton Hospital and protests the subsequent closing of the hospital by Yamada's orders]

To "Dear Daughters." Canton, China. 3/28 [WWC and CJC are living at Lingnan without much of their belongings; CJC works at refugee school; he refers to February 9th when everyone had to evacuate Canton hospital; in isolation of world news]

To his family. Canton, China. 3/31 [Mail transportation is dangerous and difficult; he reviews the events of December 7th and 8th, the "Pacific crisis;" invasion of Japanese troops; the University becomes a military hospital]

To Ben. Canton, China. 5/3 [No word from the U. S. since November; the last boat leaves from Canton on May 10th, but WWC and CJC plan to stay on; WWC is waiting for promised help from the Swiss Consul; he encloses his diary of December 8th-late February, describing being driven out of Canton Hospital]

To Ben.7/16 Canton, China. [Everyone evacuated the hospital and is living in the "Synod Building;" 8 people currently working at Lingnan]

To His Daughters. Canton, China. 8/9 [It rains for 40 days and washes out most of the rice crops]

To Mr. Wannamaker 8/20 Canton, China. [Kwantung University moves onto campus; Japanese authorities confine all the doctors' houses with barbed wire; orphanage holds 22 children]

To Emma Sr. 8/21 Canton, China. [Wages are low, food prices are high, a great need for rice; WWC is happy that Emma Jr. postponed her wedding; he only learns of news via Hong Kong's English newspaper, which is full of propaganda]

To President Lam Yue Hang. Canton, China. 9/9 (of Kwantung University)[WWC is being called by the American government to return to the U. S. but he feels that he should stay in China where he is needed; he is allowed by Japanese authorities, but wants to talk it over with Lam Yue Hang]

Drs. Leung, Wong, and Lau. 10/26 Canton, China. [Third week of his confinement to Lingnan campus; Chinese police don't let letters in; WWC is visited by Mr. Hoffmeister and Mr. Hashimoto (Swiss and Japanese consuls), they brought the U. S. government allowance of $56.87; WWC can no longer attend Canton Hospital; rumors of making a Mission Compound into an internment camp]

To Dr. William Wistar Comfort. Canton, China. 10/28 [Rumors of the British and Americans going to internment camps; Japanese navy controls the Pacific and Indian oceans; WWC and CJC are applying for repatriation but feel it is too late]

To Family. Canton, China. 11/19 [WWC is repeatedly told to leave Canton Hospital property; Hospital work still going on; school is under a committee of Chinese ladies, CJC sometimes teaches]

To Mr. Wannamaker.11/20 [WWC's previous batch of letters had been stolen and lost; he has enough money for the orphanage for the next several months; October 4th he celebrated the 1st year anniversary of the orphanage]

To Dr. Leung. 11/28 [WWC considers changing Hong Kong currency into military yen, but decides it's wiser to hold onto it since it will probably return to its former value]

30 items

Recipients include: CJC, Olin D. Wannamaker, EC, CCL, Cordell Hull, Vincent Gilpin, Mrs. Henderson, Dr. Kenney, Mother, Y. L. Lee, Lockwood family, Albert E. Clattenburg Jr.

Highlights include:

"Back on the Gripsholm" by William W. Cadbury, New Year's Day [WWC and CJC have been cut off from the Western world for two years; he reviews recent news of his China activities, as affected by the declaration of war]

To Catharine. Frankford, PA. 1/3 [WWC is working at Friends Hospital; He and CJC plan to meet in Newark, taking a train from Philadelphia to get there]

To Mr. Wannamaker. Philadelphia, PA. 1/3 [WWC prepares newsletter for subscribers to Cadbury fund, looking for funding; uncertain if he will return to China, depending on the war's duration; looking for work in the U. S. until he knows]

To Emma. Philadelphia, PA. 1/3 [WWC and CJC have left Moorestown; planning to see Mr. Wannamaker in New York, speaking to a Friends group; encloses Jane's letter to Emma]

To Emma. Philadelphia, PA. 2/2 [He and CJC plan to go to Florida; considering working at Friends Hospital in Frankford; seems that Russia will dominate Europe]

To Mr. Wannamaker. 4/4 [Back from Florida, moved into an apartment; sufficient salary, requests Wannamaker's discontinuing of allowance and salary; planning to work 6 months and then go to China]

To Cordell Hull. Frankford, PA. 4/5 (U. S. Dept. of State)[Series of letters regarding payment for WWC and CJC's repatriation journey on the USS Gripsholm]

To President Lee. Frankford, PA. 4/21 [WWC and CJC live in an apartment in the psychiatric hospital; studying psychiatry of mental patients; elected for member of Philadelphia Committee of United China Relief]

To Vincent. Frankford, PA. 6/1 [Japan and Russia reach an understanding and gang up on China]

Mr. Wannamaker to William. New York. 6/5 [Japan and Russia's non-aggression pact; release of Manchurian troops as part of pact]

To Mrs. Henderson. Frankford, PA. 9/22 [Sends biographical information for the mailing list of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting]

"Dear Daughters." Philadelphia, PA. 11/30 [CJC plans to leave to visit daughters; WWC continuing to perform shock treatments]

"Dear Mother and Daughters." Frankford, PA. 12/3 [WWC attends Pennsylvania Botanical Society at University of Pennsylvania; CJC and he are elected corresponding members]

40 items

[Note: folder contains an incomplete index of WWC's 1946 letters which appears to have been prepared by CJC]

Recipients include: CCL, EC, Ben Cadbury, Dr. Paul Fung, Ben Herr, CJC, Y. L. Lee

Highlights include:

To Catharine. [San Francisco] 1/4[WWC's ship is delayed until the 7th at the earliest]

To "Dear Catharine." Hong Kong. 2/15 [WWC arrives in Hong Kong]

To "Dearest Catharine" Canton, China. 2/21 [WWC arrives in Canton; CJC to be there in March]

To "Dearest Catharine" Canton, China. 3/12 [WWC awaits CJC's arrival to Canton; moving into his house; Japanese soldiers are being evacuated from Canton]

To "Dear Daughters" Canton, China.4/28 [Inflated price of rice; Chinese dollar at the lowest]

To "Dear Family" Canton, China.5/11 [Train rides over land mine, could be from Communists]

To "Dear Home Folks" Canton, China. 5/19 [CJC arrives in Shanghai]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China.7/8 [Anna Brinton visits the Cadburys in Canton]

To "Dear Family" Canton, China.7/29 [Jimmy visits the Cadburys; WWC awaits arrival of his car]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China.8/22 -[WWC wants to sell car; senses civil war in China]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China.9/29 [Medical School opens, best in country; CJC began teaching]

To "Dear Friends and relatives" Canton, China.10/12 [WWC's house is broken into; plans to build second section of hospital buildings; Double Tenth holidays; spraying of hospital with DDT]

To Dr. Paul Fung of Direct China Relief. Canton, China. 10/26 [A report on WWC's relief efforts in Canton]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China. 10/28 [Delay in mail due to seamen's strike]

To "Dear Friends" Canton, China.11/15 [Clashing of Kuomintang and Communists; expansion of medical school; accusations of collaborating with enemies; WWC as agent for South China of Direct China Relief]

To "Dear Ben" Canton, China. 12/15 [Emma's engagement to Lindley Burton]

50 items

Recipients include: Vincent Gilpin, CCL and Bill Lambe, EC, John and Rachel Cadbury, Ben and Ann Cadbury, Peter G. Mar, "Chase"

Highlights include:

To "Dear Bill and Kaline." Hong Kong. 1/5 [Dean T. A. Li of medical school gets cancer; WWC meets with secretaries for leprosy society in Hong Kong; WWC expects revolution in China]

To "Dear Emma." Hong Kong. 1/7 [WWC on business trip in Hong Kong to meet representatives for people with leprosy and to negotiate Direct China Relief's supplies shipment]

To "Dear Vincent." En route from Hong Kong to Canton, China.1/8 [Tense military situation in China; Hong Kong's progress toward rehabilitation; WWC plans to stay in China one more year]

To "Dear Ben." Canton, China. 1/25 [Anti-British movements; Communism controls Manchuria and is spreading fast]

To "Dear Family." 2/11 [Trip to leprosy colony; Gandhi assassinated]

To "Dear John." Canton, China 3/28 [WWC wonders how U. S. will interact with China; end of the regime?]

Dr. Peter G. Mar. Canton, China. 4/11 [WWC as member of KIRC (international relief); receives supplies sent by Direct China Relief]

To "Dear Ben and Ann." Canton, China. 7/3 [Rufus Jones' death]

To "Dear Ben and Ann." Canton, China. 9/21 [John Cadbury's death]

To "Dear Emma." Canton, China. 10/8 [WWC plans to travel to New Zealand; Emma is pregnant; WWC plans to move back to Philadelphia in 1 year]

To "Dear Emma." Canton, China. 11/4 [Truman wins the election]

To "Dear Kaline." Canton, China. 12/1 [WWC appointed Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine]

To "Dear Ben." Canton, China. 12/5 [WWC plans to leave straight from New Zealand to Philadelphia]

"On passage boat."12/10-12/13 [Communism sweeps over China; Americans must evacuate within a year; inflation; WWC takes a trip to Teng Oo Mountain]

To "Dear Ben." Canton, China. 12/29 [WWC and CJC prepare to leave Canton]

To "Dear Ben and Ann." Canton, China. 12/28 [U. S. withdraws aid from China; Direct China Relief not helping]

35 items

Recipients include: CJC, EC, CCL, Clinton Laird

Highlights include:

To "Dear Emma [Jr]" Moorestown, NJ. 2/28 [Lingnan University buys his house in Chaung Chau]

To "Dearest Catharine" Friends Institute, Philadelphia, PA. 3/5 [CJC with Kaline and her new baby, Philip, in Cambridge; WWC attends Quarterly Meeting, meeting of ministers and elders; WWC will go to Westfield meeting to show slides and speak on China]

To "Dear Emma and Lin" Moorestown, NJ. 4/16[Jane is to be married to Bruce, WWC is waiting for her to finalize plans; discusses Emma's income tax payments; invites Emma and Lin for a family supper to welcome home Ben and Anna from California]

To "Dear Emma [Jr]" Moorestown, NJ. 4/26 [WWC wants to plan a party for CJC's birthday on the 20th]

To "Dear Emma" Ventnor, NJ. 7/27 [WWC is in Ventnor, N. J; Emma wants them to visit her; laments the effects of Communism]

To "Dear Emma" Moorestown, NJ. 8/4 [WWC takes CJC to Pennsylvania Hospital for problems with her womb; CJC to stay at hospital for 10 days; Kaline and Bill move to the Babcocks (?) where Kaline has nothing to do; WWC waiting for Jane to decide how she wants her silverware engraved; discusses "Stockholm Peace Bridge" invented by the Russians, and views it as a hoax to deceive the allied nations]

To "Dear Lin and Emma" Moorestown, NJ. 8/29 [WWC wonders about Korea's struggle and the U. S.'s position in it; he and CJC drive to Pocono Manor Inn; plans to go to Esther Jones Jr.'s wedding the following day]

To "Dear Catharine" Near Akron, OH on the B&O railroad. 11/27 [WWC in Cleveland for meetings; registered with Foreign Missions Conference]

To "Dearest Catharine" Cleveland, OH. 11/28 [Transportation in Cleveland is shut down; meetings about religion and politics; laments Korea's situation]

Recipients include: Ben and Ann Cadbury, EC, Lindley Burton, Marian Matlack

Highlights include:

To "Dear Lin and Emma" Toronto, Canada. 1/5 [WWC in Toronto for a Foreign Missions Conference]

To "Dear Emma" Moorestown, NJ. 3/8 [WWC reminds her of her upcoming birthday; WWC prepares a diary of events from 1877 to the present]

To "Dear Ben and Ann" Moorestown, NJ. 6/17 [WWC relates the itinerary for his trip to Europe; Emma and Lin are driving cross-country with children]

6/26, diary pages for trip to Europe [Visits to Stockholm, Sweden, meetings with Quakers, discusses government/way of life in Sweden, visits Oslo-Norway, Copenhagen, describes Denmark, attends Hampstead meeting for meeting of Pacific Areas Committee, visits friends in London; visits with Henry T. Cadbury and family clan; attends many discussions on world issues, hears lectures on the life and witness of Friends]

To "Dear Ben and Ann" Kendall, England. 8/14 [WWC and CJC are getting ready to return from a trip to Europe]

To "Dear Emma" Moorestown, NJ. 10/29 [Elizabeth Jones dies; WWC attends her funeral on the 28th]

Recipients include: EC, JCS, CCL

Highlights include:

To Cadbury sisters. Philadelphia, PA. 11/14 [Telegram; WWC is planning on a visit to his daughters]

Recipients include: Margaret Haines, Jane Jones, S. Morris Jones, Uncle Edward, John Jones, "Aunties," Ted Jones

Highlights include:

To her father. [1915]. [Crossing Ohio via train; lists travel companions]

To Uncle Edward. En route home to Portland, Oregon, [1915]. [CJC will leave for Japan on the ship "Nippon Maru"; describes scenery throughout the US]

To her mother. S. S. Nippon Maru, [1915]. [Written from ship to Japan; describes traveling companions, life on the ship, and a stop in Honolulu]

To Margaret Haines (copy). [1915]. [Re: plans to remain in Japan]

To her family. [Tokyo, Japan], [ca. 1915]. [A visit to the Yokohama Nursery Company; a meeting between Gilbert Bowles and the non-Christian son of a sake dealer; a visit to the Tokyo Charity Hospital]

To her mother. [Japan], [ca. 1915 or 1916]. [Excursions into the mountains; a W. C. J. U. convention]

To her mother and Father. [Japan], [1915]. [Debate over whether to stay in Japan or return home]

Japan, [ca. 1915]. [Fragment, explains distribution of missionaries throughout Japan; describes a tent meeting]

"Report of Catharine B. Jones." Japan, [ca. 1915]. [Describes CJC's daily life as a missionary in Japan]

To her mother. [ca. 1915]. [Attendance of the Peace Conference; describes a document sent to President Wilson asking for a neutral court; appearance by Jane Addams; lists the Philadelphia delegation]

Japan, [1915]. [Fragment, a visit to a Japanese fair with Madeleine Waterhouse and Miss Lewes; organization of the monthly meeting of Japanese Friends]

To her family. [Osaka Hospital, Japan], [1915]. [Christmas greetings; a visit to Okasaka Hospital, describes religion in the hospital, tea with Dr. Watson; discussion about new Monthly Meeting with Mr. Keifu; dinner with Mrs. Coleman, followed by a trip to see the Emperor's return, describes ceremony involving the Emperor in detail; a party with other Americans in Japan]

"Christmas in Japan." [ca. 1915]. [Letter home describing Christmastime in Japan]

To her family. [Takawa Japan], 1915 1/3-5. [CJC goes to Takawa, a mountain 30 miles from Tokyo, with Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Outerbridge, and Mr. Reischause (sp?); elaborate description of the landscape and a Buddhist temple]

To her father. 1915 1/9-1/15. [Meeting of the Confederated Mission of Japan; a visit to the Okusa (sp?) Temple in Tokyo; describes praying traditions and superstitions on the different Japanese islands; a visit to Mito and Minato; a reception at the Methodist Mission Compound and a musical evening at the Colemans'; a luncheon with six out of the fifteen Wellesley alumnae in Japan; a lecture on the relationship between government ceremonies and religion]

To her family. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 1/28. [New Year's celebration with performances by female Japanese students; describes makeup techniques and musical instruments. CJC discusses the idea of going to Canton for the first time to visit Margaret Jones. Discusses the upcoming Monthly Meeting of Japanese Friends]

To her mother. Fairmount, Indiana, 1915 8/3. [Jane and Catharine speak at a prayer service; account of travel with Tom and Orpha Jones to their farm; describes local farm life and a Friends' conference]

To her mother. Boise, Idaho, 1915 8/8. [CJC arrives in Boise at the home of her Aunt Stella ; describes the topography of the Boise area and her aunt's family, including her son William who is doing surveying work at Jackson Lake and will enter the engineering school at the University of Wisconsin in the fall]

To her sister. Aboard the Portland Express, 1915 8/15. [Describes Western landscape and hospitality of family and friends in the Boise area, including the Davidson family, the Northrup family, the Tukey family, Elizabeth and Walter Lindsay, and Warren Bruce]

To her mother. Colonial Annex Hotel, San Francisco, [1915 8/?]. [CJC visits Portland with Rachel Knight and then travels to San Francisco, describing the scenery along the way; visits with Mrs. Naylor, Peter Pyle, and Mr. Hannum; visits the World's Panama Exposition with Caroline Singleton, a friend from Wellesley]

To her mother. San Francisco, California, 1915 8/18. [Postcard from the Ferry Building at the World's Panama Exposition]

To her mother. San Francisco, California, 1915 8/19. [Postcard of the ferry boat "Solano"; describes visit to World's Panama Exposition with Caroline Singleton]

To her father. Moanalua, Hawaii, 1915 8/27. [Postcard from Moanalua, Hawaii, near Honolulu]

To her mother. Aboard the S. S. Nippon Maru, 1915 8/28, 9/3, 9/4, 9/7. [Describes a stopover in Honolulu and day to day life aboard the ship; crosses the International Date Line; describes ship schedule and route changes due to the war]

To Uncle John. Aboard the S. S. Nippon Maru, 1915 9/4. [CJC writes about race relations in Philadelphia; she describes the tensions felt in the missionary world between educating people to be exactly like Quakers and working with them to incorporate Quaker ideals into their own traditions. She writes that, according to Alice Lewis, the school she will be working at in Japan seeks "to train efficient Japanese women, not foreign women."]

To Aunties. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 9/8. [CJC describes her arrival in Japan, including ceremonial tea with Alice Lewis]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 9/?. [CJC goes to a teachers' party; describes a man she sees as a "true Japanese Christian gentleman"]

To her family. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 9/16. [CJC visits the Ginza district of Tokyo and Mitsukoshai's, a department store; she describes her work at the school thus far as well as the daily schedule at the school; CJC attends a committee meeting with all the missionaries from Tokyo and Mito]

To her family. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 9/21. [written on Japanese paper; describes everyday life in Japan: food, weather, views of Mount Fiji; commentary on President Wilson's defense program; work for Gilbert Bowles writing an article about the Central Organization for a Durable Peace]

To Friends and Neighbors. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 9/26. [Describes meeting and meetinghouse]

To Aunt Jennie. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 9/29. [CJC visits an outdoor Buddha in Kamakura and the Temple of Hachiman, the God of War. She describes the landscape in great detail]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 10/5. [CJC attends a meeting at Aoyama, a Methodist Mission compound, of representatives from various girls' schools, forming a Christian Girls Schools' Association; the school and meeting have a celebration to welcome new community members: the Colemans, Mr. Kumatsu, and CJC; writes about the various options for religious services available to the missionaries]

To Ted (Brother). Tokyo, Japan, 1915 10/7. [Missing pages 4-6. CJC relates a story of a young Buddhist priest who converted to Christianity and was disowned by his family and cast out of his Temple]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 10/12-13. [CJC watches a lantern and drum parade; she goes with Alice Lewis to a meeting of a women's club where she learns about the coronation ceremony and the harvest festival which are to take place in one month. Among the attendees at the meeting is writer Rider Haggard's sister, "Baroness somebody or other." CJC writes briefly about the current world politics]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 10/19. [CJC writes briefly about the difficulties women face in Japan and attends a Friends' Fellowship meeting]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 10/21. [Describes a visit to Keio University to see Miss Hansi, an English professor and the only female teacher there. She describes the organizational structure of the university. She writes about a Mr. Taylor who was active in several different charities and leadership roles]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 10/28. [discusses the "superb" manners of Japanese women; describes a cooking class offered by the missionaries ("food for the body and food for the soul"); a Christian Endeavor social meeting; the female students prepare for a reenactment of William Penn meeting the Lenni-Lenape]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 11/2-11/3. [CJC gets lost in Tokyo on her way to hear Dr. Speers' sermon at the Union Church. She describes the sermon, which spoke of the "inadequacy of any religion which does not know the son," as inspirational; she discusses preparations for entertainment by the girls in the school and the emperor's coronation; describes a student she finds to be most impressive]

To her family. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 11/7, 11/10, 11/11. [CJC goes to a traditional "gunobi" dinner with Miss Lewis and others and watches the emperor's procession to the coronation ceremony which she describes in great detail; discusses the patterns of steamer trips in the Pacific region]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 11/16. [Describes the Bungakkwai, or the school's public literary entertainment event]

To her mother. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 ca. 11/25. [Attends Friends' meeting for all the Friends in Tokyo where she hears a talk on the significance of a ceremony where the emperor dines with his ancestral spirits which is equated to the Christian sacrament. She also learns about the customs of the devout followers of the emperor. CJC and other missionaries attend a Thanksgiving reception at the American Embassy]

To her family. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 12/12. [Visits with friends including the Hales, the Schwabs, and the Colemans; anticipates Jane's arrival; attends a meeting of the American Peace Society of Japan led by Gilbert Bowles]

To her family. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 12/[7]-12/8. [Reviews recently received correspondence; dines at the home of Dr. Nitobé; discusses some facts about the Japanese government; dines at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ishii and Miss Kinney, another missionary; discusses marriage dynamics in a Japanese family; meets missionaries to Africa and discusses their experiences]

To her family. Tokyo, Japan, 1915 12/2 [?]. [Christmastime; a visit to Alice Gifford, who lived in Mito or Tsrechirero (sp?) in a home built by Edith Sharpless]

50 items

Recipients include: Henry and Lydia Cadbury, "Family," Jane Jones, S. Morris Jones, Aunt Mary Anna

Highlights include:

To Henry and Lydia. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 [Congratulating Henry and Lydia on birth of Elizabeth]

To her mother and father [Canton, China] 1917 [CJC tells parents of her engagement to WWC; CJC informs her parents that she will not be coming home; WWC will go home in 1921]

To the Cadbury parents. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 [Writes as a daughter-in-law to WWC's parents; describes home and invited Cadburys to visit; committee meeting to plan for Hato School; discusses standard schooling in China (no school for girls, classic schooling for boys)]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 1/14 [Discusses speed of various ships from Canton; major boats for transporting mail are "Empress of Russia," "Empress of Asia," "Empress of Japan," "Mongolia]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 1/21 [visit to Yamen, official residence, with other members of CCC staff including WWC; description of site; comments on tradition of serving wine while at party of the American vice consul; CJC describes her room]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 2/1 [Discusses when announcement of engagement should be made in America; sends letters announcing engagements to friends in America]

To New Garden Monthly Meeting of Friends in Westgrove, PA [Canton, China] 1917 2/4 [Letter requesting permission for WWC and CJC to be married in Quaker tradition despite lack of established meeting in Canton]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 2/4 [Due to German activity in Pacific no longer mailing lists in Hong Kong; arrangements and interactions with various monthly meetings in America concerning marriage]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 2/12 [Celebration at college commemorating union of North and South; arrangement for wedding]

To her parents [Canton, China] 1917 2/13 [Discussion of timing of wedding announcements; CJC suggests mother send out announcements]

To her family [Canton, China] 1917 3/4 [CJC decides on wedding date, June 29th; answers question of "why do missionaries have servants?"]

[Canton, China] 1917 3/7 [Letter with fabric samples]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 3/11 [Date for wedding approved; lists housekeeping items needed]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 3/12 [Discusses details of wedding attire; materials for wedding dress; requests items to be sent from USA]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 3/13 [List of household items owned by WWC]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 3/18 [Talks about plants in Canton; describes Japanese and Chinese food]

To her father. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 3/25 [Talks about agriculture in Canton; mentions calling of special congress in US to decide about war with Germany; talks about June bugs, garden pests, in Canton]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 4/5 [describes little school in Canton, people in the mess contribute monthly to sustain it; describes shopping in Hong Kong, different stores and products; describes ancestor worship done by Chinese at gravesites]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 4/9 [Asks if parents would like her to return home although she would rather not; wedding plans]

[To the Cadburys] Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 4/9 [Letter to Cadbury family in response to their letter to her]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 4/23 [Account of party held at CCC; includes description of three reel movies shown]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 5/6 [CCC ladies throw CJC a bridal shower; comments on war fever at home]

To Aunt Mary Anna. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 5/20 [Attached two pieces of green cloth; details about dresses and clothing CJC wears, including wedding dress]

To her parents. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 5/20 [Entertainment at girls' school (speeches, performances, etc.); details about salaries and payments for married couples]

To her mother [Canton, China] [1917 5/27] [Brownells organize party for subfreshmen and girls at girls' school, CJC describes coed activities as "innovation;" mentions that many CCC employees seem to be returning home to the US; six CCC students return from sports competition in Japan; impressions of Chinese students about Japan; CJC compares Chinese and Japanese cultures and manufacturing; visit and lecture from Mr. Hawkins, representing British Bible Society]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1917 6/6 [attached sheet detailing wedding plans; expresses desire to stay true to Quaker tradition while appealing to guests who like church weddings; includes periods of silence; singing of Whittier's hymns before start of meeting; Dr. and Mrs. Hofmann are best man and matron of honor; movement of bridesmaids and groomsmen]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China [1917] 6/6 [Plans on setting evening time for wedding; talks about interactions with other religious schools, mainly Pui Ching (Baptist) and Pui Ying (Presbyterian); describes conflict between progressive President and Parliament on one side and Premier and cabinet on other]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China [1917] 6/10 [CJC and other CCC ladies visit girls' school, CJC describes living conditions and school's plans to expand; describes weather]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China [1917] 6/24 [Describes different plants growing in the countryside; planning for wedding, seating and refreshments]

Macao, China. 1917 7/3 [Letter from Macao, missing first three pages; CJC writes from her honeymoon; describes sightseeing; visit grave of first protestant missionary in China; discusses religious history of Macao]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China. 1917 7/19 [Remarks on the talent and productivity of Chinese servants]

"Dear Homefolks" [Canton, China] 1917 7/24 [Describes farewell party for CCC workers; recounts story about robbers and interaction with missionaries]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 7/29 [End of year party for Hato School; Cadburys getting ready to go to Loh Fau]

To her family. En route to Wa Shau Toi 1917 8/1 [Trip to Wa Shau Toi, a monastery]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 9/10 [Uncle Lloyd and Aunt Mary going to Sapporo University in Japan; Esther and Tom plan to marry; answers that ladies donated cakes for her wedding; CJC teaching English and Bible study]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 9/19 [Describes robbing of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton; comments on political situation in Canton; resurgence of gambling and corruption; meeting of National Parliament]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 9/23 [account of bible reading CJC does with her servants; comments on her study of Chinese; comments on military training program at CCC, thinks that marching and drills are "good exercise" but weapons are bad; distrustful attitude towards Chinese government]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 10/1 [Describes various visitors to William Penn Lodge, including Mary Grace Knapp, a blind graduate of Wellesley who comes to teach at the blind school; upcoming marriage of Miss Liu]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 10/3 [Thanks mother for package; enclosed list of items received]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 10/17 [Independence Day at CCC; describes newsletter to be printed; account of Independence Day activities; describes progress in learning Chinese]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1917 10/28 [CJC announces that she is probably pregnant]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 10/29 [Describes hospital procedure for admitting patients]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 11/12 [Speech at meeting given by Mr. Bookman, from evangelistic committee; describes responses to Mr. Bookman's message; girls at girls' school give party for teachers]

To Will's mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 11/26 [Set due date for baby, around June 8th; CJC describes symptoms of pregnancy; preparations for baby's arrival]

"Dear Friends" Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 12/1 [Newsletter to members of CCC community; account of events since CJC's arrival]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 12/10 [Account of preparations for Christmas, parties at CCC and YMCA; trying to raise money among Chinese for college expenses]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1917 12/23 [Account of Christmas preparations and celebration; list presents from various family members]

70 items

Recipients include: Jane Jones, Aunt Jennie, Aunt Mary Anna, S. Morris Jones, WWC

Highlights include:

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China [ca. 1920s] 2/24 [Describes track meet and runners at school; account of Women's Conference meeting and prayer; prayer at meeting urging women not to pray for own strength, but for devotion to Christ; talks about religion in China, superstitions and Taoism, meeting with an advisor to the President of China, Prof. Westel Willoughby of Johns Hopkins later known as one of the fathers of Political Science as an academic discipline]

To WWC. Canton Christian College, Canton, China [ca. 1920-1922] [Letter to WWC in Hong Kong; notes about Jane and Emma]

To a cousin. Canton Christian College, Canton, China [ca. 1920s] [Mentions having a cousin, Jane C. Balderston, working with the English Friends in China]

To a cousin [George] [Canton, China] [ca. 1920s] [Seems to be written to a Cadbury cousin; mentions story told by him about observing silent worship in chocolate factory in honor of Armistice Day]

To her father [Canton, China] [ca. 1920s] [Arrangements for apartment, presumably in Moorestown for furlough year]

Recipients include: Family, Jane C. B. Jones, Aunt Mary Anna

Highlights include:

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 1/1 [Asks about New Year's Eve family gathering; describes Christmas activities; New Years' wishes]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 2/9 [Trip to Kung Yee; guests at house: Archdeacon and Mrs. Barnett from Church Missionary Society and Mr. Rogers; Cadburys sharing house with the Rushes]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1919 2/11 [WWC leaves for Shanghai; one of Cadbury's guests talks about living in Austria, which is dangerous during the war]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 3/10 [Trip to White Cloud Mountain]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 3/17 [Cadbury relatives visit, Dr. and Mrs. Bardley]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1919 4/7 [Lots of American visitors, many missionaries; describes an ancestor worshipping ritual in China]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1919 4/20 [written on Easter; hoped one girl in her First Day class would convert, but could not due to family troubles; cases of arsenic poisoning at the hospital]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 5/5 [Describes WWC's First Day students, two of which will attend college in the US; baptizing of Cadbury's servant boy A Foo; addition of Miss Dixon to staff, put in charge of infirmary]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 5/26 [Continuing classes at Girls' School; CJC's birthday celebration]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 6/8 [Jane's first birthday celebration]

To her mother. Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, China 1919 6/26 [Attached two photographs of Jane with Rush children; Cadburys vacationing at Hong Kong]

To her mother. Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, China 1919 7/7 [Attached three photographs from Cheung Chau; details Jane's progress]

[Canton, China] [1919 7/17] [incomplete letter; describes signals for typhoon, red meaning typhoon within 300 miles, black meaning typhoon at hand; comments on situation in Russia, stating that allies should let Russians choose their own government, even if they want Bolsheviks in power]

To her mother [Cheung Chau, China] 1919 7/20 [mentions that they like to send A Pan, the cook, and A Saam, the amah, to church; people demand that Wu Ling Fang be appointed governor, but government refuses; CJC complains about Chinese government]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 8/3 [Return to Canton from Cheung Chau; describes heat in Canton; recounts vacation at Cheung Chau]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 8/11 [Sending photographs from Cheung Chau; A Saam returns to her village for a visit; A Mooi is temporary amah from Mrs. Pomeroy]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 8/17 [Long passage describing Jane's progress; arrival of two new teachers for the school for foreign children, Miss Reest and Miss Wyman]

To Aunt Mary Anna. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 8/22 [Visit from a Chinese Quaker, adopted by Friends, who is a friend of Joseph Elkinton]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 9/7 [Cadburys host many guests, the Brownells, the Vincents, the Lairds; two new men, Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Brandon; discusses medical school in Peking and plans to build another medical school in Shanghai; Chinese directors of Canton hospital give dinner in honor of Mr. Vincent; CJC seems happy with the new amah A Saam brought back]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 9/14 [New dormitory to be built at school for foreign children; addition of Mr. Henry from Presbyterian mission to staff]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1919 10/5 [Lecture on war by Mr. Frazier at prayer meeting; Mr. Frazier is a former British army chaplain]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 10/26 [Attends Dr. Edmunds' lecture on Korea; hosts tea after lecture]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1919 11/2 [WWC returns from trip to Fei Loi with college boys; WWC goes up to Sai Kwaan to give lecture on temperance at Sunday School of American Board Church; Henrys over to dinner, comments on Mr. Henry's wonderful command of Chinese language]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 11/9 [many babies sick in Canton; WWC's cough is worse, may be rheumatism; Mr. and Mrs. Hui, from a Chinese church in New York, as guests; describes passing and funeral of Howry, a child; end of Smiths' visit, Mr. William Roy Smith head of Bryn Mawr's history department, Mrs. Marion Parris Smith heads economics]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 12/10 [Comments on number of foreign children at the school]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1919 12/24 [Visit from Jones family, Methodist missionaries bound for India; describes plans for Christmas]

20 items

Recipients include: S. Morris Jones, Jane C. B. Jones, Emma Cadbury, Friends

Highlights include:

To Her Father. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1921 1/11 [Written on father's birthday. Talks about living arrangements for CJC and WWC's year in Moorestown. Family has taken in a new border, Miss McCormick, from the Interchurch World Movement. CJC talks about inspecting the territory where a new village school is to be built]

To Her Mother Canton, China. 1921 1/23. [Written on "Hotel Asia: West Bund Canton" stationary. CJC and WWC at the hotel waiting for steamer carrying Uncle Lloyd and Aunt Mary]

To Her Mother. Canton, China. 1921 1/31-2/4? From CCC [CJC describes Lloyd and Mary's visit. Letter written on train to Hong Kong to see off Lloyd and Mary on their way to India. Recounts activities on their visit]

To Her Mother. Canton, China. 1921 2/14. [Unexpected visitors from New Chinese Consortium. Visit to Chinese family involved with teaching and the college]

To Her Mother. Canton, China.1921 2/27. [Acknowledgement of a letter sent to her from mother, written on her (Jane Jones') birthday. Mentions receiving news about death of Anna Canby, a cousin. CJC recounts visitors over past week, including Dr. Maxwell and wife from Formosa]

To Her Mother. Canton, China. 1921 3/20 [Written at hospital as WWC visits patient. Describes seeing home of Chinese Christian friend. Also describes visit to prison on seventh day, arranged by YWCA. Have meeting in prison for incarcerated women]

"Dear Friends." Canton, China. 1921 3/25. [Letter to home meeting anticipating Cadbury family's return to USA. Recounts events of past year: public unrest and political struggle, beginning of new government, foreign relations with reform government. While approving of city reforms, CJC mentions that the betterment of Canton deducts from the Christian mission. Movement to improve Canton hospital]

To Her Mother. Canton, China.1921 3/28. [A few things about Easter celebration and activities]

To Her Mother. Canton, China. 1921 5/1-5/2 [Discussion of Hixon Mission of Healing. Mr. Hixon heals by laying on hands. Seems approving of his strong spirituality. College is acquiring money to buy more land from neighboring villagers. Conflicts over selling the land arises among locals]

To Her Mother. Canton, China. 1921 5/8. [Sun Yat-sen elected president of China. Many of college employees invited to inauguration reception. Describes celebration lunch and activities. CJC describes earnest look of Sun Yat-sen at the reception. Details of route for trip to USA follow]

To Her Mother. En route to Victoria, Canada. 1921 5/28- 6/10. [Written on "The Canadian Pacific Ocean Service, Limited: RMS Empress of Asia stationary. Written onboard the ship, traveling to USA. CJC describes farewell activities in China and the travel itself]

21 items

Recipients include: Family, Jane C. B. Jones, Emma, Sister (unclear which)

Highlights include:

To her family. [Canton, China] [1923] [Welcomes Esther and baby Charles into family; also amusing story about Jane and Emma]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 1/7 [WWC off to medical conference in Shanghai; mention of Father's illness]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 1/7 [CJC comments on God and religion; Sherwood Eddy speaks at London Mission Church in city and converts people]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 1/16 [Sun Yat-sen back in power in Canton; 120 new Christians at college; general account of college community events (lectures, dinners, etc.)]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 1/29 [News of Will's parents' deaths; political unrest in Canton; Sun Yat-sen loses power; Kwongsai (Guangxi) group back in power; Mr. and Mrs. Reese, prominent English Friends, visit]

"Dear Emma" Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 2/9 [Condolences about Cadburys' death; visitor from Rockefeller board to investigate pre-medical schools]

To her mother. [Canton, China] 1923 2/12 [Describes state of Canton during political unrest; city is dirty and refuse is not collected; extremely displeased with current Kwongsai government; gambling flourishing again under Kwongsai]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1023 2/19 [Interesting insight on mail frequency: WWC has been at medical conference in Shanghai for ten days]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China. 1923 4/6 [CJC visits village and dispensary; feels sorry for villagers; many villagers have family members working at college]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1923 4/16 [Visit from Jane Addams; political unrest in Canton; Kwongsai leader accepts position as civil governor of province, causes war to break out with Yunnan troops]

To her mother [Canton, China] 1923 5/14 [Kung Yee Hospital full of soldiers, currently housing about 500 men, usually houses 150; students from Holy Trinity School help with patients]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 5/28 [Cadburys chosen to oversee wedding of Miss Riggs and Mr. Augur; interesting note that Mr. Augur is Hicksite while Cadburys are Orthodox]

To "Dear Emma" [Canton, China] 1923 5/29 [One of Sun Yat-sen's generals goes over to Chan Kwing Ming; CJC wishes they could work together]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 6/3 [Account of Jane's birthday celebration and Miss Riggs' wedding shower]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 6/17 [describes Chinese wedding feast, food and customs; visit to Tsap Shan school, school organized by Liu sisters, one of whom graduated from Bryn Mawr College; school has Chinese board of trustees and government subsidy]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 6/30 [Account of Miss Riggs' wedding]

To her family. Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, China 1923 8/5 [Vacationing in Cheung Chau]

Unaddressed. Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, China 1923 8/22 [Long account of weather preceding typhoon and family actions as typhoon continues]

To her family. Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, China 1923 8/22 [Overlaps with last letter; also describes typhoon with slightly differing details]

To her mother. Canton, China 1923 9/5 [Aftermath of typhoon; Cadburys return to Canton]

Circular letter. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 10/15 [letter from CJC to friends and family at home; addresses civil conflicts (war between Sun Yat-sen and Chan Kwing Ming), prevalence of robber gangs, kidnapping of Szto Wai, primary school principal; praises Student Christian Association for providing opportunities to help others; compliments growth of village schools that help spread Christianity]

To her sister. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 11/11 [Birth of CJC's nephew Charles; describes Cantonese government as "on the verge of another upheaval;" martial law declared; CJC predicts Sun Yat-sen will lose power]

To her mother. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 11/27 [describes "flying machines" coming up due to military conflict; fighting continues between Sun Yat-sen and Chan Kwing Ming; Cadburys appalled by lack of medical care for wounded soldiers; also appalled by treatment of locals by soldiers, mentions pillaging, rapes, and torture]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1923 12/30 [Account of Christmas celebration at College; CJC and other ladies visit Chinese prison; plans for New Year]

35 items

Recipients include: Emma Cadbury, Family, S. Morris Jones, WWC, Sister (unclear which), Ted and Esther Jones, Aunties

Highlights include:

To Emma. Canton Christian College, China, 1925. [Reports the Lei Fuk Lam has offered to give one of his sons into the Cadburys' care; WWC is inclined to accept; CJC seems a little more hesitant]

To Family. Canton Christian College, China, 1925 2/24 [Will preached at the college, using references to flowers to illustrate God's beauty]

To Family. Canton Christian College, China, 1925 3/14 [Catharine's children have all come down with a cough and fever. They do not know what this is a symptom of, although all of the children on campus are being inoculated for typhoid fever]

To Family. Canton Christian College, China, 1925 4/2 [Formal opening of the Lingnan Hospital]

To Family. Canton Christian College, China, 1925 4/26. [Students and workers march on the city to complain about the expulsion of three students for agitation]

To Family. Canton Christian College, China, 1925 5/18. [Cadburys hosted a dinner for the graduating class; CJC regrets that they were not able to instill an earnest belief in Christianity into all of the graduating students]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1925 6/15 [temporary end of fighting; Yunnanese driven out of Canton; remaining Yunnanese soldiers executed by Kwangtung troops; several patients at hospital wounded from fighting]

"Dearest ones all" En route for Manila 1925 6/28 [Cadburys forced to leave Lignam due to agitation against foreigners; strike of foreigners' servants in Hong Kong]

To her father. Baguio, the Philippines 1925 7/10 [Two postcards of Baguio]

To her family. Baguio, the Philippines 1925 7/29 [Activities in Baguio; description of landscape and weather]

"Dearest ones at home" [En route to Hong Kong] 1925 10/4 [Cadbury family allowed to return to Canton]

To her family. [Canton, China] 1925 11/8 [Arrival of James, the Cadbury's foster/godson; CJC and WWC receive gifts from General Lei Fuk Lam]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1925 12/3 [Jimmy injures himself by falling on a tin box, WWC stitches him up]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1925 12/28 [Account of Christmas celebration and children's presents; Cadburys distribute gifts to neighbors; greetings on New Year's; Jones family seems to have reunion for every New Year]

20 items

Recipients include: Family, Sister (unclear which), Friends, Aunties, Rufus Jones, Elizabeth Jones, WWC, Marion Matlack, Wellesley Classmates, Lydia Cadbury, Emma Cadbury

Highlights include:

To her family. [Canton, China] 1926 1/13 [visit from Uncle Lloyd; Lloyd gives talk on Christ as fulfiller of Confucian verses, connects Christianity to Chinese culture; servants at CCC form union; CJC disapproves, stating that union only wants to "put the college in a hole" by striking; interesting anecdote about Catharine growing up bilingual, using Chinese-like grammar in English]

To her class reunion [at Wellesley College] [Canton, China] 1926 3/8 [letter wins award as most thrilling letter written to class reunion; recounts fighting in Canton, anti-foreign demonstrations, order to evacuate, time in Philippines, adoption of Jimmy]

To her family. [Canton, China] 1926 3/15 [visit from Dr. Genahr, German missionary and expert in Chinese; negotiations with striking workers; fear of robbers putting bombs in river; CJC and other church ladies attend funeral of Chinese Christian woman]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1926 3/28 [Strikers demand, and are given, Sunday off; tells about Chamber's family cook finding a robber in the house; CJC describes CCC as "in the grip of the union"]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1926 4/13 [Students at CCC band together to expel trouble-making students; more demands from workers of college]

"Dear Friends" Canton, China 1926 5/15 [Long account of Jimmy's growth and progress]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1926 6/13 [Alumni day at CCC; arrival of new CCC Chinese president]

To her sister. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1926 7/23 [Cadburys prepare to take vacation; debate bringing servants to Cheung Chau due to strike in Hong Kong]

To her family. Cheung Chau, China 1926 8/11 [Details trip to Cheung Chau]

"Dearest Aunties" Cheung Chau, China 1926 8/23 [Vacation cut short due to dismissal of one of WWC's male nurses]

To Rufus and Elizabeth Jones. Canton, China 1926 9/2 [CJC tries to convince Rufus and Elizabeth to spend more time in Canton on their upcoming visit]

To her family. Canton, China 1926 9/23 [Cadburys receive pet monkey from dairy company that wants WWC to be their inspector; CJC describes teaching schedule for upcoming term; Canton at tail end of a typhoon, CJC describes weather]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1926 10/26 [Joneses depart Hong Kong; Rufus speaks at CCC; account of activities while entertaining the Joneses]

To her family. Canton Christian College, Canton, China 1926 11/6 [Strike at Canton, CJC calls it "a silly affair;" strikes ends on Friday]

To her family. Lingnan University, Canton, China 1926 11/22 [excursion to Fei Loi with Misses Woodman, Tolle, Mann, and Williamson and single men Messere, Westlund, Crowe, Tascher, Wall, and Wheeler]

To her family. [Canton, China] 1926 12/18 [Beginning of Christmas preparations; special Christmas church activities (singing, plays, etc.); CJC prepares presents for other families]

To her family. Lingnan University, Canton, China 1926 12/29 [Christmas celebration at LU]

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(A note about Catharine J. Cadbury's 1928 letters: In 1928 the Cadburys visited England where they met many members of the English branch of the Cadbury family. Many of the letters revolve around such interactions.)

Recipients include: Family, Jane Cadbury, Marian Matlack, Sister (unclear which), WWC, Aunties, Ted Jones

Highlights include:

To her family. [Birmingham, England] [1928] [Describes English tradition of garden parties; meeting various English Cadburys; Emma (sister) reports to London Meeting from Russia]

To Jane Cadbury. London, England [1928 2/3] [Letter from CJC at London Yearly Meeting; discusses temperance]

To her family. On board S. S. Celtic 1928 2/28 [Cadburys traveling from England; details about various cruise leisure activities]

To "Dear Ones at home" [England] 1928 3/? [Meeting more Cadbury relatives; CJC attends social at George Road Meeting]

To Marian. On board the S. S. Celtic 1928 3/3 [Attached letters from Jane and Emma Cadbury]

To her family. Birmingham, England 1928 4/10 [Visiting friends in Birmingham; excursion to the countryside]

To her family. Birmingham, England 1928 4/17 [Family trip to London; description of London weather and attractions]

To her sister. [Birmingham, England] 1928 5/10 [Food prices and quality in England as compared to Moorestown; CJC taking courses at Woodbrooke; expresses hope to attend London Yearly Meeting]

To Jane Cadbury. London, England [1928 5/24?] [Letter from CJC at London Yearly Meeting; discuss temperance]

To her family. [Birmingham, England] 1928 6/2 [Cadburys back from London Yearly Meeting; describes organization of Yearly Meeting; reading of epistles from other meetings; CJC impressed by scholarly quality of addresses]

To WWC. Birmingham, England 1928 6/10 [Series of letters to WWC in London]

To Marian Matlack [Birmingham, England] 1928 6/17 [Visit to Cousin Christabel Cadbury]

"Dear Ones" [Birmingham, England] 1928 6/26 [CJC discusses "Outlawry of War and the Kellogg Proposals with her Disarmament Study Circle]

To Marian. En route to Hong Kong 1928 9/3 [Cadburys on their way back to China]

To her family. En route to Hong Kong 1928 9/16 [Cadburys depart Singapore; account of time spent in Singapore; description of landscape and animals]

To her family. Lingnan University, Canton, China 1928 9/30 [Cadburys back in Canton; Jane and Emma continue with school; issues around Jimmy's language skills, his good knowledge of English but lack of knowledge in Chinese]

To her family. Lingnan University, Canton, China 1928 10/22-10/28 [Visit and lecture from Dr. Shellsheare; visit and lecture from Maud Royden]

To her family. Lingnan University, Canton, China 1928 11/24 [CJC worried because new hospital building donated by General Lei taken over by government; CJC particularly displeased with presence of soldiers in hospital]

"Dearest Aunties" Lingnan University, Canton, China 1928 12/7 [Account of Thanksgiving celebration; thanking aunts for sending money for Christmas gifts; description of Christmas preparation]

To her family. Lingnan University, Canton, China 1928 12/25 [Description of Christmas celebration and events in LU community]

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[Note: many letters are incomplete]

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Recipients include: Family, Marian Matlack, WWC, S. Morris Jones

Highlights include:

To her family. Canton, China. 1931 7/12. [Gives account of the family's visit to northern China, including the Forbidden City of Peking]

To her family. Canton, China. 1931 11/25 [Describes political activities in Canton; expresses desire for the governments of Central China and Nanking to present a united front against the Japanese; looking forward to another meeting with Sherwood Eddy]

To her family. Canton, China. 1931 11/29 [Describes Thanksgiving meeting with Sherwood Eddy in which he discussed the problems of increased Japanese militarism]

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Recipients include: Family

Highlights include:

To Family. Canton, China. 1933 4/20. [Speaks of the current political situation in China as a great opportunity for spreading Christianity]

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[note: in July of 1935 CJC and daughters spent some time in Japan and then in August went to the US, visiting Hawaii and various spots on the West Coast; WWC stayed in China until late November, when he flew home via Vienna, reaching Moorestown in December. CJC remained at Pendle Hill until at least 12/6; letters sent from there continue to describe events, speakers, guests, etc]

Recipients include: WWC, JCS, EC, CCL, Elizabeth Cadbury

Highlights include:

To WWC. 1935 9/9. [Daughters begin school at Westtown]

To WWC. 1935 9/13. [Describes various visits to family and friends; Quarterly Meeting; discusses Dick Bacon's work with prisoners and the methods of prisoner rehabilitation being used in Pennsylvania]

To her daughters. 1935 9/29. [Describes a peace meeting in Moorestown at which the president of the League of Nations spoke; in letter, CJC discusses benefits of US joining LON]

To WWC. 1935 10/6. [CJC is spending time at Pendle Hill; describes the other people living there, courses being taught, speakers (including Rufus Jones), additions to the campus, work she is doing there]

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Recipients include: JCS, EC, CCL

Highlights include:

To her daughters. [Note: CJC dated letter 1935 1/27, but it was most likely actually written in 1936, because it describes Cadburys' activities in the US]

[Describes a Friends' meeting in Washington, D. C.; Rufus Jones gives an address; Cadburys are invited to represent China at the 1937 Friends World Conference]

To her daughters. 1936 10/5. [CJC and WWC attend a peace meeting focused on organizing to convince Congressional representatives to oppose military legislation]

To daughter Emma. 1936 10/7. [Contains details about Emma's acceptance to Swarthmore College; attached is a letter from the Swarthmore Dean of Women about applying for a scholarship]

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Recipients include: Editor of "The Christian Century", Family

Highlights include: To the Editor of "The Christian Century." Canton, China. 1938 2/14. [Note: letter is not signed, but phrasing and content indicates that the author is probably CJC]

[Response to a letter published in "The Christian Century"; expresses frustration over American selling of military supplies to the Japanese; holds America morally responsible for the violence in China; urges Americans to refuse to cooperate with the Japanese and to aid the victims of Japanese aggression]

To her family. Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. 1938 5/31. [Rufus and Elizabeth Jones visit Hongkong and Shanghai; Cadburys are housing two Cantonese refugees]

To her family. Canton, China. 1938 10/19. [The Japanese invade Canton; all college classes temporarily suspended; WWC appointed superintendent of Canton Hospital when former head Dr. Wong left to establish a base hospital at Shiu Kwan]

To her family. Canton, China. 1938 10/29. [Lingnan University housing many refugees from Canton]

To her family. Canton, China. 1938 12/28. [Describes Christmas celebrations among Americans and refugees]

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[Note: CJC and WWC arrived in the US in March or early April of 1940; they spent the time in Moorestown, NJ, as well as traveling throughout the country. In November of the same year, WWC returned to Canton, but due to restrictions on women traveling in the Far East because of the war, CJC could not go back with him; she was allowed to return to China in late 1941]

Recipients include: WWC

Highlights include:

To WWC. Richmond, IN. 1940 10/16. [CJC travels with Rufus and Elizabeth Jones to Richmond, IN, for Five Years' Meeting; she first receives word that women and children are not allowed to travel to China]

To WWC. Germantown, PA. 1940 11/3. [Expresses frustration at not being allowed to return to China]

To WWC. Bennington, VT. 1940 11/4. [Following the results of the presidential election]

To WWC. Radnor, PA 1940 11/23. [Attends a speech about conscientious objection by the man in charge of US government C. O. camps]

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Recipients include: Family, WWC, EC, JCS, CCL, Ones All in China and U. S. A.

Highlights include:

To Family, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, 1941 2/19. [In a letter to WWC attached to a family letter, CJC notes how Catherine's grades in school are not very good. CJC wonders if Catherine should attend summer school]

To WWC, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, 1941 4/20. [CJC goes to Germantown Friends School to speak to the 3rd grade there about China. Attached are meeting minutes, dated 1941 4/2, discussing the meaning of the meeting and who the meeting should be open to]

To Family, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, 1941 4/25. [CJC and Emma attend the laying of the cornerstone for the new wing of the Haverford library]

To "Ones All in China and U. S. A.", Germantown, PA, 1941, 5/4. [CJC is having difficulty getting permission to return to China because she is seeking to return as a housewife and not a professional]

"De Quincey's 'Literature of Power'" 1941 5/15. [A paper written by CJC for her literary criticism course at the University of Pennsylvania]

25 items

Recipients include: JCS, EC, CCL

Highlights include:

To Daughters, Canton, CN, 1942 5/2. [CJC describes her and WWC's experience trying to travel in China while martial law is in effect]

To Daughters, Canton, CN, 1942 10/27. [CJC reports on rumors and the possibility of her and WWC being placed in internment camps by the Japanese]

6 items

Recipients include: WWC, JCS, EC, CCL

Highlights include:

To Daughters, Frankford, PA, 1944 4/9. [Mr. Wannamaker tells CJC and WWC that they could probably secure permission to return to China. CJC notes that this news gives everything they are doing in the States a temporary feel. CJC says that the doctors in PA want them to stay]

25 items

Recipients include: EC, CCL, JCS, WWC

Highlights include:

To Emma and Catherine. Philadelphia, PA. 1945 2/19. [All the Americans at the University in China escaped before the Japanese invaded. CJC has been giving talks on China in schools and in Lansdowne]

To Emma. Frankford, PA. 1945 6/12 [CJC says that Jane needs to try to make a living on her own; advises Emma to talk to a psychologist about her]

20 items

Recipients include: JCS, EC, CCL, WWC

Highlights include:

To WWC. 1946 1/6. [Attends Pendle Hill Midwinter Institute; Henry J. Cadbury leads a discussion on the Friends' Peace Testimony; discussion of starvation experiments on conscientious objectors; tells about guests and upcoming events]

To her daughters. 1946 1/8. [Attached is a schedule of CJC's time at Pendle Hill]

To her daughters. 1946 1/15. [CJC begins applying for a passport; describes meeting of the AFSC which she attended, details plans of members to go abroad to help with relief efforts]

30 items

Recipients include: WWC, Family, Friends [presumably donors]

Highlights include:

To WWC. 1946 5/13. [CJC is in Shanghai on the Marine Star; describes activities in the city; attached are several papers detailing WWC's and CJC's salaries and CJC's accounts for early 1946]

To her family. 1946 6/12 [CJC has reached Lingnan University]

To her family. 1946 7/9. [Anna Brinton visits the Cadburys unexpectedly at Lingnan]

To Friends [presumably donors]. 1946 8/30. [Describes distribution of donated clothing; requests that more be sent if possible]

To her family. 1946 9/26. [Description of day-to-day activities; expresses discontent with Truman foreign policy in regard to China; upheavals in Chinese politics]

To her family. 1946 12/1. [Responding to news of Emma Jr.'s engagement]

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Recipients include: Family, Lindley Burton, EC

Highlights include:

To her family. 1948 1/1. [Cadburys celebrate New Years'; describes Christmas celebrations at Lingnan, donations made to orphans; meet a Quaker YWCA employee, discusses Chinese civil war, persecutions of Christians by Communists]

To Lin and Emma Jr. 1948 9/23. [Discusses financial problems of families living under Communist rule in China; WWC on a trip to Hong Kong to exchange money in accordance with a new law that, after a certain date, no foreign money will be allowed in China]

To Lin and Emma Jr. 1948 11/10. [Truman wins presidential election; comments on the growing influence of Communism, especially in Northern China]

To her family. 1949 2/18. [WWC and CJC are in Borneo, having begun their trip to Australia and New Zealand]

To her family. 1949 3/8. [Cadburys are in Brisbane; CJC describes meeting various Australian Friends; travels to Sydney, Melbourne]

To her family. 1949 3/25. [In Tasmania; visit Friends' School and meetinghouses] [note: folder contains a letter from CJC to sister-in-law Rachel dated Lingnan University 1949 11/14; this date is most likely incorrect, given that CJC and WWC had returned to the US by November 1949; letter discusses housing plans for the Cadburys in Moorestown, NJ]

20 items

Recipients include: Lindley Burton, EC, Henry J. Cadbury, WWC, CCL

Highlights include:

To Lin and Emma, Moorestown, NJ, 1950 5/1. [Includes pictures of Catherine, Bill and their son Philip]

25 items

Recipients include: EC, CCL, JCS, Lindley J. Burton,

Highlights include:

To Emma, 1958 9/4. [CJC reports on complications Jane had during her pregnancy that led to her taking an ambulance to the University Hospital from Ship Bottom. WWC is growing increasingly feeble]

5 items

Recipients include: Lindley Burton, Friends, Family, EC, JCS, CCL,

Highlights include:

To Lin and Emma Jr. 1960 1/9. [CJC attends a meeting of the American Friends Service Committee; discussion of Algerian relief, Jane Addams' connection with Friends, schools abroad; having to let various correspondents know of WWC's death]

To friends. 1960 1/15. [News letter sent to family and friends announcing WWC's death, memorial services, etc]

To her family. 1960 4/3. [Describes attending Yearly Meeting; Japan Committee events]

To her family. 1960 4/26. [Discusses upcoming family visits; attends a talk by Steve Cary on "A Pacifist Looks at Russia"]

To her family. 1960 6/12. [Discusses Japan Committee business; Ester Rhodes presents on the Japanese protest against American occupation troops]

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Recipients include: Family, Emma, Anna Cadbury, Friends, CCL

Highlights include:

To Family. 1961 4/30 [Describes a retreat at Pendle Hill; asks for thoughts on the US invasion of Cuba and the problem of justifying the US' actions to the rest of the world]

To Emma Cadbury Sr. 1961 9/8. [CJC is teaching at Friends' Girls School in Tokyo; describes experiences of Japanese Friends the Yamanouchis at the hands of the communists in China]

To Anna Cadbury [Benjamin Cadbury's wife]. 1961 9/30. [CJC has arrived in Tokyo and describes her journey and visits to friends in Japan; wishes Anna a happy birthday]

To Emma Cadbury Sr. 1961 10/15 [CJC visits adopted son Jimmy in Taipei and Hong Kong; describes Chinese Independence Day celebrations; meets Friends the DeVols]

To Emma Cadbury Sr. 1961 11/3. [Describes rest of visit to Hong Kong; meeting with old students and friends; describes poverty and starvation in mainland China as well as other effects of communism; discovers that after they had left China in 1949, CJC and WWC were given a trial and their friends forced to testify against them]

To Friends. 1961 12/20. [News letter describing CJC's trip to Japan, Korea, and China]

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Recipients include: JCS, EC, CCL, Family, Ward Cotton Burton, Jimmy Burton, Lindley Burton

Highlights include:

To her daughters. 1963 1/29. [Rufus Jones' birthday celebrated at Haverford Meeting and with lectures and meetings in Philadelphia]

To her daughters. 1963 7/26. [CJC has traveled to Poland; describes journeys to Czechoslovakia, attends lectures on religious history of countries she has visited; discusses impact of communism on religion]

To Emma and family. 1963 11/24. [Comments on the assassination of President Kennedy; discusses Thanksgiving plans; annual meeting of AFSC]

To her family. 1963 12/1. [Henry J. Cadbury's 80th birthday celebrations are held at Haverford Friends Meeting; describes meeting of the National Council of Churches]

20 items

Recipients include: Ben Cadbury, Emma Cadbury, Friends and Family, EC, CCL, JCS

Highlights include:

To [?]. CCC. Canton, CN. ca. 1920. [Attached picture of WWC, CJC, Jane, and baby Emma]

To Family. Manila, I. 1925 7/2. [Describes living situation in the Philippines]

To [?] Lingnan University. Canton, CN. ca. 1930s. [Christmas or New Years' card; contains photographs of the new medical building at LU and one labeled "John Chauffeur"]

To Ben. Lingnan University, Canton, CN. 1932 11/24. [Thanksgiving letter; discusses news from USA; Lytton Report, Evaluation Commission Report, presidential election, League of Nations]

To Friends. Lingnan University, Canton, CN. 1939 1/31. [Describes Japanese air raids and the fall of Canton]

13 items

Recipients include: EC, CCL, JCS, Emma Cadbury Sr.

Highlights include:

1945 [letters mostly to daughters; discuss WWC's work at the Friends' Hospital in Frankford, PA, daily life]

To "Dear Friends." Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1946 8/13.[Discusses goods supplied by Direct China Relief, goods supplied by CNRRA on the Pan-American Victory; distribution of these goods, and life at Lingnan]

To "Dear Friends." William Penn Lodge, Lingnan University, Canton, China, 1946 11/15.[Discusses civil strife between Kuomintang and Communist factions, inflation, the growth of the staff and student body at Lingnan University, the aftermath of World War II in China, Direct China Relief, Kwangtung International Relief Committee, updating the medical library at Lingnan University, Catharine's return to China on 1 June 1946, George Weidman Groff's arrival as an agricultural expert/horticulturalist, shipping their car from Philadelphia to Hong Kong, and the necessity of spiritual aid in "the rebuilding of war torn China."]

To Emma Cadbury Sr. Lingnan University, 1946 12/7.[Discusses family affairs, the disrepair of the River Bridge in Canton which was bombed by the Japanese in 1938, etc]

20 items

Recipients include: CCL, EC, Bill Lambe, JCS, Family, Friends

Highlights include:

To Bill and Catharine (Cadbury Jr.) Lambe. 274 West Main Street, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1950 12/17.[Discusses Christmas gifts for Bill and Catharine's son Philip (purchased at Wannamaker's department store), the possibility of Bill's manuscript being published, and their Christmas holiday plans]

To daughters. Moorestown, NJ. 1953 4/28. [WWC and CJC hear Frank Price speak on his experiences as an American in China who was forced to leave due to pressure from the Communist regime]

To Family and Friends. Moorestown, NJ. 1955 10. [draft of a circular letter; latest news from Canton; meeting of the Japan Committee at Pendle Hill with Hiroshima maidens; working toward understanding between different branches of Quakerism]

To daughters. Moorestown, NJ. 1956 5/19. [Describes party at Pendle Hill in honor of WWC; letter incomplete]

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Letter writers include: American College of Physicians, William G. Allen, Wynn C. Fairfield, L. C. Hybert for the American Advisory Committee, Mrs. H. O. Peebles for the American Bureau of Medical Aid to China, E. R. Loveland for the American College of Physicians, Samuel J. Fletcher for the American Consular Service, Irving N. Linnell as the American Consulate General, M. S. Myers as the American Consul General, Charles S. Millett for the American Consular Service, N. J. Perrin for the American Express Company, George T. Little for AFSC, Margarett Fawcett for AFSC, Clarence E. Pickett for AFSC, Bruce Shafer for American President Lines, S. V. Constant for the Army Service Forces, Jesse Arnup, Oliver Caldwell, Bill Augur, Australia General Meeting, Mr. Keith Ashby for The Australian Broadcasting Commission

Highlights include:

The American College of Physicians, 1929 10/31. [WWC was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians]

American Consulate General, 1941 2/14. [Circular advising Americans to withdraw from Canton to the U. S. A. while transportation facilities are available through the Department of State]

Army Service Forces, 1945, 5/2. [Letter thanking WWC for providing intelligence information to the war department in an interview with a Louis B. French]

Army Service Forces, 1945, 7/2 [Questionnaire asking him about treatment by the Japanese during his time in internment]

Bill Augur, 1948 8/26. [Says that credit for Indian Independence from Britain should not be given to Gandhi. Augur says that Gandhi's non-violence could not have worked if he wasn't dealing with the "high type, fair-playing" British]

Australia General Meeting, 1948 11/8. [Provides statistics on membership and attendance for the monthly meetings in Australia]

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Letter writers include: Clarence M. Case, John Cadmalader, R. J. Cairns, Harry L. Caaldwell, Mary G. Cambell, Sz To Wai on behalf of the Canton Boy Scouts, K. C. Griggs on behalf of Canton Christian College, Canton Hospital staff, Canton Committee for Justice to China, R. L. Lancaster for the Canton International Red Cross, Richard Carlis, Margerite Carlson, Clarence M. Case, Cecil E. Haworth on behalf of Central Friends Meeting, Central Penn National Bank, T. H. Chan, Chan Yoon Hoi, H. J. Chan, Alice Chang, Chase Bank, C. H. Chen, H. T. Chen, E. Chevigny, Y. T. Chiu, Frank Kai-Ming Su on behalf of the China Aid Council, Chung Chen Ho, Maisie Chin, Chin Yan Sze, Cheung Cheuk Kwan, Chinese Legation, Stephen Cheu on behalf of the Chinese Medical Association, S. P. Chen for the Chinese Medical Association, Henry Lin for the Chinese Medical Association, Szeming Sze for the Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Methodist Church, Carol L. Lane for the China Union Universities Central Office, Hewey R. Christian, Dr. Edward Hume for the Christian Medical Council for Overseas Work, Y. K. Chu, W. K. Chung, Mrs. Finting Chung, Arnold Vaught for the Church Committee for China Relief, Church of Christ in China, Herbert Coe, D. D. Coffin, Thomas R. Neilson on behalf of the College of Physicians for Philadelphia, William Wistar Comfort, Marguerite Steiner for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, Poldi Corrh, P. B. Corsland, E. W. Cowdry, A. Reynolds Crane, Criswell, Marion J. Criswell, W. Harris Crook, Dr. Harvey Cushing

Highlights include:

Clarence M. Case, 1907 3/17. [Discusses the role of a pastor in leading a congregation. Says the pastoral system in place is not Quakerly; rather, he says, it is adopted from Methodism]

From Cheung Cheuk Kwan. 1946 5/23. [Reading the Bible on WWC's instruction; sends a list of questions about the Bible for WWC to answer]

Chinese Medical Association, Washington, D. C., 1945 2/3. [A list of all the hospitals in Kwangtung composed by WWC is attached]

From Unknown, 1946 8/?. [Discusses the work of Friends in Shanghai. Describes the role of the Friends' Centre and the Friends Service Unit]

Y. T. Chiu. Wantai, Hong Kong. 1952, 2/14 [General Lei dies in Hong Kong, status of friends in Hong Kong]

Dr, Harvey Cushing. New Haven, Conn. 1935, 12/14 [Dr. Cushing is the father of brain surgery, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, and one of the medical greats of the early 20th century. This letter thanks WWC for his book on the Canton Hospital and talks about a meeting attended by one of Peter Parker's relative and the Chinese Consul-General of New York.]

75 items

Letter writers include:

George, Henry Joel, Jane, Joel, John Warder, Joseph, Lydia, Nathan, Rachel, Sara Manatt, Sarah T., Warder, William, William A., Cadbury-Jones Family

Highlights include:

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Buster Farm. Woodsville, N. H. 1909 7/22 [Is interested in his travels and his work. Hopes that he will be well, and feels that WWC has an "Excellent constitution," that should allow him to deal well with conditions. Is glad to hear the Dr. MacCracken is in China, too. Shares her idea of the value of friendship. Asked how his Japan trip was. Birth of John Irving Bacon. Recently visited childhood friends in Lincoln, Nebraska. Describes recent related travels. Her sister Helen is getting married. Inquires about his learning Chinese and wants him to write a few lines and send them to her. Gives him her address in Rhode Island].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Charles Field Street Providence, Rhode Island. 1909 10/31. 59 [Jokes about his pompous title. Tells him about her visit to her sister Helen's school (location unknown), and describes the grounds and the students. Describes her interactions there with a Christian Chinese girl. Met with the secretary of the Y. W. C. A., who showed her a number of items from China. Describes her experiences with other Chinese Americans, including a man who wants to buy an American girl. Says that she doesn't believe in marriage between a foreigner and an American. Describes her experiences in the West. Teases WWC about his unquakerly use of scarlet calling cards, etc., and tells him that his style of hat is popular in "feminine circles." Asks him to send more pictures. Mentions a trip to the hospital with WWC. John Irving Bacon, a Quaker, visited recently and became upset when the rest of the party played music. Asks about WWC's brother's fiancé and tells WWC that Frank Bacon is engaged to Rachel Haines. Mentions violin/fiddle often. Asks when he will come home again. Hopes that he hasn't forgotten about her].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury).1910 2/16. [Just returned from NYC. Had visited Browns. Mrs. Brown once painted scenes of Chinese life in San Francisco. Doesn't like New York's "worldliness" and "materialism" and feels herself a bit of a Quaker at heart. Has sent a photo of herself tuning a violin in Switzerland. Has strong desire to know when he will return again. Mrs. Wood likes WWC's letters. Talked to Hannah Cadbury about WWC. Doesn't know who Esther Cadbury's fiancé is. Talks about sister Helen's wedding plans. SMC says that if she were to become famous, it would be from playing violin. Took out books on China from library. Has changed her mind about sending the photo].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Providence, RI. 1910 2/27. [Has been playing at many events or organizations for free. Is going to go to the Portuguese Mission to play violin. Minister often drops his sermon so that she can play, but she believes that the "often barbarous" Portuguese need sermons. Sister Faith is in Germantown visiting. Wishes WWC could come to Helen's wedding. Talks about her violin student, Jack Hess. Busy preparing for the upcoming wedding. Admires WWC's character].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Providence, R. I. 1910 3/18. [Has enclosed a clipping from the New York Tribune. [Says that a Philadelphia Quaker is going to India for the Y. W. C. A. Believes that the woman is related to WWC (still does not give name). Spring is coming. Mentions a number of people who are engaged, uses the word "engaged" often, and also mentions that Jack Hess was mistaken in thinking that she was engaged. Ex-president Andrews and his wife are travelling around the world].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Providence, R. I. 1910 4/18. [Has sent WWC her father's address because WWC "seemed enthusiastic in Greek." Reminisces about times spent together. (Writing very hard to read). Herbert's family is going to California, probably Berkeley. Faith may go with them. Elizabeth Wistar is going to India in the Fall. Helen's wedding dress is made of Cantonese silk. Brings up the Chinese language, as well as her love for languages, especially Italian. Is worried about him living among the Chinese. Asks about life in Canton and brings up loneliness. Hopes that he hasn't forgotten her].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Providence, R. I. 1910 5/15. [Natalie Kimber's grandmother died, so she will not be a bridesmaid at Helen's wedding. WWC's cousin, Elizabeth Wistar will be at the wedding. Will play music at the wedding. Has had a number of visitors. Critical of assistant minister of church. Mr. Eddy told her that the Yale mission in China was not entirely destroyed, and that missionaries had gone back to work. Wants to know more about WWC and China. Is frustrated that he does not write more often. Update 5/21: Admits that she almost did not send the letter that she wrote a week ago because she hadn't heard from him in so long and had given up. Later received two letters from him and felt ashamed and selfish. Wants to know why he went to China. Helen's wedding. Hopes he feels better and tells him to stay away from people with leprosy].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Sailing from Squirrel Island to Maine. 1910 6/2. [Elizabeth Wistar took some photos during the wedding and might send some to WWC (one half of a photograph appears at the top of the page, the other half had been cut off at some point. The remaining half shows a boy with water in the background). Is sending an account of the wedding from a paper. More about the wedding. Wants to go camping in Vermont. Caught Helen's bouquet at the wedding, says that she will be the next bride. Elizabeth Wistar does not seem enthusiastic about going to India. Wishes he could come home sooner. Asks him about his use of "thou," and is concerned about the boil on his face].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Providence, R. I. 1910 6/17. [Decided to send the photograph described in the 2/10 letter, after all. Also sends four additional photos of herself. Comments on photographs that has sent in a previous letters. Tells him to stay away from people with leprosy. Her father has been entertaining a missionary who works in Japan. Have also entertained Bullers. Father has been teasing her about WWC. Describes photos sent. Apologizes for thinking that his middle name is Wood. Her mother has left for the White Mts. to visit friends. Tells of cousin who went to India to marry a missionary and goes on to describe them.

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Camp Aloha Fairlee, Vermont. 1910 7/31. [Is camping in Vermont. Wishes he could be there. Reminisces about time spent together. Asks about pictures sent with Ned Wood. Credits Woods with introducing her to WWC. Tells how they wanted her to stay with them for a while. Describes camp. Tells of a Christmas party she traveled to and how Ned chose her to be his date. She ended up staying with the Woods through winter, and that's how she met WWC. Tells stories that suggest that Ned was interested in her, but she preferred WWC. Ned later told SMC that Dr. Cadbury was getting married, and she believed that it was WWC until she found out that it was William Edward C. Tells him about a girl she befriended at camp. Is attaching a poem written by one of the wedding ushers].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Camp Aloha, Vermont. 1910 8/7. [Has visited village church. Played his favorite hymn song in church on her violin. Mentions a man in church who she believes "admires" her, but she says that she only cares about "The Man in Moon," (WWC). Describes camp activities. Might go to stay with Winifred in California in the fall. Dangerous activities of little John Bacon. Is upset that she still has not received a letter. Is threatening to write less often].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Camp Aloha, Vermont. 1910 8/21. [Camp activities. Mountain climbing. Had to leave early as a favor to sister Faith].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Montclair, N. J. 1910 9/8. [Says that she will write more often now that he has suggested it, says that girls don't like to initiate such things. Barbara Bacon spent the holidays with her family. Went and nursed the Bacon family through Grippe. Has been ill herself. Hannah Cadbury and "Esther" are both engaged. A male friend from New York recently visited her and asked to escort her to the "Metropolis." Said that she wasn't interested in what he had to say, but her mind instead wandered to China. Talks about Montclair and how her sister Helen and Mr. Bissell are building their house there. Is also there visiting sister Faith, who teaches kindergarten. Recently attended a Bible Class taught by a woman who used to live in China, and who told her class about the country and how the people their saw Americans. Will send him photos].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Providence, R. I. 1910 9/24. [Talks about camping and her bad luck at matchmaking. Describes a friend's wedding that she attended. Update 9/25: Describes recently orchestral performance that she had participated in, where she was the only woman. Has decided to go to CA, and has given him her new address]. Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 9/30. [Fall is coming. Mentions some articles that she is reading. Also mentions a French aviator who dies trying to fly over the (?) Pass. Herbert Bacon misses his family very much and is sending his wife multiple love letters a day. Glad to hear that he is acclimated to the climate. Asks about Chinese grammar. Has received invitations to wedding of Rachel Reeve and John Cadbury].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 10/30. [Has arrived in Berkeley. Loves it so far. Opinion of Japanese and Chinese people as servants. Her experience in CA so far. Caspar Wistar is engaged to a Spanish girl. Rachel Reeve got married. Has sent him two newspaper clippings. Was bothered by missionary story that WWC told her. Still is upset that he wants to work with people with leprosy. Teasing him for not complimenting her more often. Suggests that he take time off and spend it in CA. Answers his question of whether or not she will be in CA. next summer].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley CA. 1910 10/30. [(postcard). [Has arrived in Berkeley, loves it there].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 11/15. [Enjoys being with the children. Had an intense dream about WWC. Will be playing violin at the Alumni Meeting of the Snell Seminary. Criticizes his grammar. Asks him how he gets by when he's so busy and asks him if having help if frustrating. Met a Chinese man who came to CA to see a baseball game. Addresses his statement that he feels that he has no one to open up to. Doubts whether or not he remembers what she looks like].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 11/22. [Describes musical activities in CA. Has befriended Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser. Tells of other individuals she has met through her musical endeavors].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 Thanksgiving Day. [Comforts him about career choice. Weather. Describes the day's outing and dinner. Herbert is leaving town and Winifred is ill. Addresses his description of a wedding and comments on his complimenting the bride and her dress. Mentions a book she has read and a story involving the author and an engagement. "Afterthoughts,": Asks about Canton climate and talks about weather. Has sent him something made of leather. Asks about people he mentioned in his last letter. Asks if he knows Reed Carey. Update 11/29: Has put the children to bed. Has stayed up late for church service. Has been meeting many nice people, but tries not to go out too much. Wishes him a merry Christmas].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. [Responds to a comment he made in a previous letter about frequency of letters. Recent social activities. Mentions a number of interesting young men that she has met. Doesn't remember a Dr. Howard].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley CA. 12/2. [Can't concentrate on her work, can't stop thinking about him. Sara Manatt (Cadbury). (Circa December 1910). Berkeley, CA. [Is writing on paper that she bought in San Francisco's China town. Has gone there to do Christmas shopping. Describes trip. Is sending snapshots (not attached).].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 12/16. [Is frustrated because he has asked for the answer to his question posed in a certain letter, but she has not received this letter. Is quite anxious to get the letter now. Tells him that she loves him and will consider being his wife. Will write her response soon. Wants to know the details of his feelings for her. Thanks him for the lace].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 12/18. [Is happy that he has told her he loves her and wants her to be his wife. Says that she is not going to China for the country or the missionary work, just for him. Also realizes that she is not as religiously inclined as him, but glad the he likes "pleasure," too. Is looking forward to going to China and being his wife. Hasn't told anyone that she is engaged, yet].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1910 12/25. [Describes Christmas activities. Wishes WWC were there. Suggests strategies for announcing the engagement. Would prefer to get married in the U. S. Tells him how Helen Bissell and Winifred Bacon both surprised her with their engagements. Knows that her father will miss her. Reminisces about when they met each other and times that they spent together. Corrects his writing mistakes from previous letters. Wants to know if she has to learn Chinese. Never wanted to be a teacher. Wants him to express how much he loves her].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Circa 1910 or 1911. [Went to the spot where they once looked for birds and reminisced about their time spent together there. Wishes she knew at that time that he was thinking about going to China. Has given up childhood dreams of wanting to be a concert violinist and now just wants to be a homemaker, some of her friends are unhappy about this. Describes some of her past performances. Likes her Bible school teacher besides the fact that she is the President of the Women's Suffrage Union. SMC feels that the woman's place is at home. Has been made a student advisor to the Women's College at Brown University. Has placed WWC's picture in the back of her watch. Is sending newspaper clippings. Asks about the winters in China].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 1/1. [Misses him. Can't stop thinking about him. Is grateful for him. Wants to know what clothes to bring to China. Asks him about his relation to the Bacons and to the Cadbury chocolate company. Hopes he is healthy. Brings up memories of spending time with WWC in U. of Pennsylvania hospital, where she first fell for him. Told the Bacons, who offered to have the wedding at her house. Hopes some of her family will be able to come. Hopes his family can come.

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Location unknown. Circa 1911. [Telegram: "Yes summer-wedding announce,"].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. Circa 1911. [Thinks that she loves him. Is asking about engagement ring. Has been shopping for the engagement party decorations. Mentions that the World's Fair will be held in San Francisco in 1915. Describes a friend's Chinese servant. Wants to have a honeymoon in CA before they sail to China].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). 1911 2/24. Berkeley, CA. [Is thankful for letters and photos received from WWC's family. Tells him that he is free to announce the engagement to anyone he wants. Has sent out many letters herself. Winifred Bacon threw her a party. Dr. MacCracken has mentioned the Trustees of Lingnan and their wishes. Has included photos (not attached)].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 3/2. [Writes out extract from Ned Wood's letter. Is very angry at Ned for his suggested wedding and travel plans. Continues to discuss wedding and travel plans].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 3/2. [Thanks the family for their letters and welcome into the family. Goes into detailed account of possible wedding plans, travel plans, and the suggestions of WWC, Ned Wood, and the Trustees of Lingnan. Conflicting opinions as to how wedding should take place. Hopes that much of each family will be able to make it. Sorry to hear the WWC's mother is ill, her mother is ill, too. Wants what is best for the two families].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 3/19. [Has enclosed a letter from her father to Herbert Bacon (attached—happy about engagement, but unhappy with the financial controversy). Is extremely upset by Ned Wood's suggestions of financial responsibility in his last letter. Tells WWC to tell Ned that he will pay for SMC's travel expenses. Upset about other points of Ned's letter and her family is very upset with him. Wants WWC to make a decision about the place and time of the wedding. Continues to emphasize how angry she is. WWC has sent money for her to get an engagement ring, and she will begin looking for one].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 3/21. [Is sending a photo as well as a letter from her cousin Joseph Ames (not attached). Reminds WWC to send thank you to the Bacon's. Wedding and travel plans. WWC's mother offers to let them stay at her house while they are in Philadelphia].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 3/27. [Upset by letter from Ned Woods to her father. Will not get married in the East if that meant that her father would have to pay anything. Tells WWC to stand up to Ned, questions WWC's masculinity. Wants wedding plans settled].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). 1911 3/29. [Worries that her last letter was "unsatisfactory and incoherent." Says her parents had nothing to do with the letter written by Herbert Bacon in SMC's and WWC's defense. Ned went ahead and sent his proposal to the Trustees of Lingnan before she sent him her response. More about financial controversy. Relates confidential family information to explain why the family is so upset about Ned's proposal. Considers other ways to pay for travelling expenses. Went to see Teddy Roosevelt speak yesterday. Played a concert in San Francisco last Saturday].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 4/4. [Apologizes for heaviness of last letter. Says Trustees might pay her traveling expenses, after all. Trustees decided on September wedding, but WWC and SMC get to choose the location. Continues to consider wedding plans. Has heard that (Andrew?) Carnegie has donated money for a school in China. Went to a concert. Still hasn't found her engagement ring].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 4/11. [I friend prepared a Chinese luncheon for her. Has received a letter from Emma Cadbury. Had tea with Mrs. Kaiser. CA flowers. Friend from Hong Kong left for Seattle].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 4/11. [Gives her input in his buying a dress suit. Is sending a picture that Winifred Bacon took. Talks about the Bacon children].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 4/15. [Wedding to be in Providence in September. Bacons were upset. Sad that WWC's mother won't be able to make it. Her parents want her home as soon as possible. Discusses travel arrangements and wonders about his travel plans. Thinking about her role as a housewife. Wedding plans. Reminds him that she wants no part in the missionary work].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. (Circa 1911). [Went with Herbert Bacon to get her engagement ring. Wedding plans. Wishes WWC hadn't told her about the story of the missionary with "bestial" habits].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Spring 1911. Berkeley, CA. [Interested in housing setup and house plans. Wants him to send a list of people to invite and/or sent announcements to. Would like small wedding and large reception. Thinks about who to invite. Wants her sister Faith to be her maid of honor. Saw that a steamer from Asia had a "catastrophe," hopes her dress wasn't on it. Bought a small diamond engagement ring. Trustees of Lingnan will pay their traveling expenses for the trip to China. Surprised by the way arrangements have been handled by Board of Trustees and Ned].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 5/1. [Has received many gifts from the Bacon family. Has received a letter from Mrs. Graybill. Excited to see her wedding dress. Is going to ask Emma and Henry Cadbury and Dr. Rhoads to attend the wedding. Discusses wedding party and what to give to the ushers. Pleased to hear of his wedding announcement party. Talks about Miss Bellville who is going to China as a missionary and her cousin who lived in China. Hopes to settle in Berkeley someday. Describes recent social activities. Excited about having the wedding at home. Looks forward to him meeting her parents so he can assuage their fears. Update: Talks about name of school and is asking what their lifestyle will be in China].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 5/9. [SMC's sister Faith has announced her engagement Mr. H. J Eno. Will be going to Europe on their honeymoon. Is a bit afraid to live in China, friends have been scaring her with China stories. Her father is postponing his Greece trip until next Spring or Summer. Went to see the Russian Symphony Orchestra with the Bacons. Will be playing music at the Day's. Went to dentist. Received letter from Dr. John Bacon. Writes about photographs exchanged, and tells another story suggesting that Ned Wood had feelings for SMC. Received a letter from Emma Cadbury. Considers who to visit].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 5/15. [Mr. Groff came to her home to tell her about China and show her some of his photographs. Loves her wedding dress. Expresses her feelings for him].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 5/23. [Expresses her feelings for him. Knows she won't have to worry about his moral character. Wedding plans. Thinks that her family might go to Squirrel Island for the summer. Asks about honeymoon location. Brings up dress suit again. Asks him if he can bring home Christmas gifts. Outlines her immediate family. Asks about Chinese fashion. Describes the diamond ring that she bought].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). 1911 5/30. Berkeley, CA. [Went to see Shakespeare play. Played for the "Blind Asylum." Is somewhat sad to leave the Bacons and her friends in CA. Has shown a number of these friends her wedding dress. Plans to leave for Providence next week. Wants to be home for June for various reasons. Talks about manners and breeding. Travel plans].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. (Circa May or June 1911). [Winifred Bacon is throwing her a surprise party. Her mother's sister, Aunt Harriet is coming to Providence, R. I. to help SMC prepare for the wedding. Has had the piece of jade that he sent her set in a ring. Discusses further wedding arrangements that need to be made. Inquires about what they should bring on their travels and how much they can take to China]

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. June 1911. Top of letter is damaged. [Travel plans. Asks if he has heard of Infant Paralysis].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Berkeley, CA. 1911 June. [Is leaving for Providence, R. I. the coming Thursday. Describes travel route. May meet Emma Cadbury in R. I. in June. Brings up that WWC will set sail in August. Her father decided not to get a cottage on Squirrel Island. Reiterates the idea of a small wedding and large wedding reception].

Sara Manatt (Cadbury). Providence, RI. June (1911). [Describes fruit trees. I having wedding dress tailored. Expects to see Emma and Henry Cadbury at the wedding. Is unhappy about having to have a medical exam before going to China, but accepts the inevitable. Can't wait to see WWC and can't believe that Ned Wood planned for WWC to go to Philadelphia alone directly after their wedding. Wedding plans and travel experiences. Now in Providence, R. I.].

100 items

Senders include: Robert H. Dann; William Danner [general secretary of The American Mission to Lepers]; J. Werle Davis, Josephine Davis, Jane Deane, A. M. DeLange, J. E. Dilley U. S. Dept. of State; Direct China Relief, Luther A. Gotwald for the Division of Foreign Missions of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S. A., Helen C. A. Davis, W. Dobson, Lucy C. Douglas, Mary Drury, Daniel and Jane Dye

Highlights include:

From Robert H. Dann. Corvallis, OR. 1948 4/4. [Advises WWC on travel to Australia and New Zealand; interactions with Friends there]

From U. S. Dept. of State. New York, NY. 1937 9/22. [Press release giving news of U. S. Ambassador to China Nelson T. Johnson's activities in Nanking since the beginning of the Japanese invasion of that city]

From Direct China Relief. San Francisco, CA. 1946 3/5-5/16. [Concerning aid shipments to China which are being supervised and distributed by WWC]

30 items

Senders include: Albert E. Fairbrother [of the Pukong Orphanage, Kukong]; John R. Rose for Fatshaan Methodist Hospital, Francis Ashley Faught, Ed Muste for the Fellowship of Reconciliation; A. J. Fisher, Minnie Fong, Fong Tan So, Dr. L. E. Volodarsky for Fong Pin Hospital, John Earl Baker for the Foreign Economic Administration Bureau of Areas; Margaret Haines for the Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia; Foreign Missions Conference of North America, Foreign Missions Conference of North America, Henry S. Frank, Helen C. McDevitt for The Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives and White Haven Sanatorium Association, Dr. Theo L Dehne for Friends Hospital, Children from Friend's Select School, Spencer Coxe from Friends Service Unit: China, Eugene C. Korbeck for Friends' Social Union, Thomas W. Fulton

Highlights include:

From Albert E. Fairbrother. Kukong, China. 1944 2/2. [Radiogram notifying WWC of the safe arrival in Pukong of 20 children from the Canton orphanage; attached is WWC's reply expressing gratitude]

From the Fellowship of Reconciliation. New York, NY. 1945 6/27. [letter from Fellowship co-secretary A. J. Muste relating to a statement by 70 religious leaders including WWC, Henry J. Cadbury, Rufus M. Jones, A. J. Muste, and Clarence Pickett; attached is the statement calling for US government to end "the campaign of organized hatred" against Japan and treat the Japanese people humanely]

From the Foreign Economic Administration Bureau of Areas. Washington, D. C. 1945 2/19. [From Bureau consultant John Earl Baker; requests WWC's help with a US government-sponsored medical relief program in China; attached is a table laying out requirements for clinics in China as well as several further letters from Baker]

From the Foreign Missionary Association of Friends of Philadelphia. Cheltenham, PA. 1909 3/13. [From secretary Margaret Haines regarding WWC's plans to travel to China for missionary work]

From the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. New York, NY. 1940 10/14. [Memo to missionaries traveling to South Asia on wartime passport regulations for missionaries; especially restricting travel for female missionaries]

Theo L. Dehne. Frankford, Philadelphia, PA. 1943, 11/29 [Offers WWC a job at Friends Hospital in the psychiatry section because of a lack of staff due to war. Cadbury later accepts this position.]

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Senders include: Margaret Haines; Mary Haines; Sara W. Haines; Edith W. Hall; E. H. Bull; Thomas Handrus; Pamela Harrah; John S. C. Harvey III [of the Alumni News Staff at Penn Charter]; Walter Haviland; G. A. Hayes; James M. Henry, A. Akins Higgins; Hollis W. Hering; S. S. Hoilene; W. T. Hilles, K. Uhrman; Mrs. Daisy Law Hoh; Woo Chan Hong; Harold B. Hoskins [American diplomat]; Willis R. Hotchkiss [of Nandi Industrial Mission]; Y. Y. Huang [dean of Lingnan University]; Holy Trinity Church; Ronaw Honchone; Harold B. Hoskins; Willis R. Hotchkiss; Hotel Angleterre, Y. P. Hsieh, Eddie Hsu, George D. Hubbard, O. Hueck, R. Hughe, Edward H. Hume, John E. Hume, A. Irene Hutchinson

Highlights include:

From John S. C. Harvey III. Radnor, PA. 1948 10/15. [Requests information about WWC's work as part of an article being written on him as an outstanding Alumnus; attached is WWC's reply giving a detailed biography of himself]

From Harold B. Hoskins. 1940 10/28. [Written to James M. Henry; recommends on behalf of the US State Dept. that all Americans leave China; outlines plans for removal if Canton becomes too dangerous]

From Willis R. Hotchkiss. Lumbwa, British East Africa [present-day Kenya]. 1906 7/1. [Describes missionary journey in East Africa]

From Y. Y. Huang. Canton, China. 1946 4/17. [Attached to a Chinese certificate and partial translation in recognition of WWC's 25 years of service to Lingnan University]

50 items

Senders include: James M. Anders Pre-medical Society at Ursinus College, Walter Janney [WWC's Haverford class representative]; E. G. Jansen, J. B. Lippincott Company, A. E. Jenkins, Arthur J. Johnston Virginia Johnson, Mary Hoxie Jones, Hannah Jones, Mrs. Lloyd B. Jones, Paul Jones, Richard Jones, Japanese Consulate General in Canton; Jones-Cadbury Family

Highlights include:

From Walter Janney. Philadelphia, PA. 1933 12/15. [Contains details about the Haverford centenary celebration and WWC's class of 1898 dinner; list of WWC's Haverford classmates and their occupations]

From Japanese Consulate General. Canton, China. 1939 10/2. [Informing WWC about the Japanese inspection of vehicles and requirements for driving in Canton]

From Jones-Cadbury Family. 1910 12/26. [Letter describing Christmas celebrations; signed by WWC's parents and siblings]

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Senders include: Betty Lai; C. N. Laird; Catharine Cadbury Lambe; Philip Lambe; Bertha B. Lambert; Lansdowne Monthly Meeting; Josephine Lawney; J. B. Leah; Robert J. Leach; Jimmy Lei [Lei Ip Nung]; Yip Tin Lei [Jimmy's brother]; Y. L. Lee [president of Lingnan University]; Lingnan Students' Association of Honolulu; S. Y. Leung; Yung-Lu Li; S. H. Liljestrand; Lingnan News Bulletin; Lingnan Board of Trustees, Liu Fung Kei

Highlights include:

From Josephine Lawney. [New York, NY]. No date [Attached to article co-authored by Lawney entitled "Nutritional Disorders in Japanese Internment Camps"; mentions those repatriated on the M. S. Gripsholm]

From S. Y. Leung. Hong Kong. 1941 11/6. [Requests submissions to the Sun Yat Sen Medical Society Gazette; attached is WWC's contribution, an article entitled "The Newer Sulphonamide Compounds"]

From Lingnan News Bulletin. New York, NY. 1950 12/28. [Day-to-day news bulletins about life at Lingnan University beginning 1950 11/3 to 1951 1/22]

From Lingnan Board of Trustees. New York, NY. 1943 5/4. [bulletin sent to trustees and relatives of interned Canton employees; contains information about internees (including WWC and CJC) picked up from Japanese radio broadcasts; and letter from Rev. Stewart Kunkle reporting on wartime experiences in China]

From Lingnan Board of Trustees. New York, NY. No date [General guide to the Trustees of Lingnan University Archives]

50 items

Senders include: National Christian Council of China; National Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations of China; C. N. Nedachin; National Council of the Churches of Christ; Near East College Association; Florence L. Newkirk; New Zealand Presbyterian Mission; William Nimeh; Nobel Committee for Physiology and Medicine

Highlights:

From Nobel Committee for Physiology and Medicine. Stockholm, Sweden. 1934 September. [Invitation to WWC to nominate a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine 1935 [nominated Wu Lien-Te – see folder "Letters to WWC Last Names W"]

20 items

Senders include: Pacific Area Committee [of the Friends World Committee]; H. P. Ng; Fanny Stuart Parker; Mary Bacon Parker; Peking Union Medical College; Pennsylvania Hospital; Pennsylvania State College; Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Bertram and Irene Pickard; Clarence Pickett; Provident Trust Company; Robert W. E. Pudney

Highlights:

From the Pacific Area Committee. 1944 October. [Sent by J. Passmore Elkinton; contains documents relating to the committee's work; committee members are William Eves III, WWC, Gilbert Bowles, Esther Rhoads, Floyd Schmoe]

From Fanny Stuart Parker. Framingham, Mass. 1936 2/5. [Attached is a copy of the medical diploma of Peter Parker, one of the founders of Canton Christian College, which WWC had apparently requested]

From Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. 1916 7/16. [Minute confirming WWC as a Friend gifted in the ministry of the Gospel]

From Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. 1936 10/31. [Minute expressing appreciation for WWC and CJC's work in China]

20 items

Senders include: Toyotara Takemura [clerk of Hijirizaka Monthly Meeting, Japan]; James Taylor [of the Plague Hospital in Manchuria]; J. Oscar Thomson; George Thompson; Trustees of Lingnan University; Louis S. Twyeffort

Highlights:

From Toyotara Takemura. [Tokyo, Japan] 1945 12/18. [Open letter to American Friends (distributed by J. Passmore Elkinton); describes postwar conditions and hardships in Japan; news of Tokyo Meeting and how its members fared in the war]

From Trustees of Lingnan University. New York, NY. 1916-1954. [Various bulletins on the college including WWC and CJC accounts and job appointments, news of labor strike, impact of WWII on college, etc]

30 items

From Lewis Van Dusen. Philadelphia, PA. 1925, 1/5 [WWC's class of 1894 president at Penn Charter School]

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Senders include: Yale University School of Medicine; Tayeko Yamanouchi; Anna Yarnall; D. Robert Yarnall [member of the Foreign Service Section of the AFSC]; Dorothea Young; Wong Kai Yuen

Highlights:

From D. Robert Yarnall. [Philadelphia, PA] 1925. 11/2. [Minutes from a 1925 10/7 meeting of the Foreign Service Section of the American Friends Service Committee; forwarded to WWC because of long discussion of Canton Christian College and Canton Hospital; report on history and income of hospital; lack of need for AFSC to send out an appeal for funds; decision to send a representative of AFSC to China to report on conditions and assist where needed]

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Note: Many personal letters, including impending marriage of Catharine and William Cadbury and mutual acquaintances

Letter writers include: Doris Abraham, Anna Addams, Edith Adlam, Suzanne Adlam, Madeline Allen, American Friends Service Committee, American President Lines, Jessie Angell, Mary Arthur, H. G. B., K. B., Marsha B., Lucy Bacon, ?Bailey, E. A. C. Ballantine, Isabel Barlow, Florence Barnes, Anna Beattie, Grace Bell, Helen Benson, Elizabeth Binford, Ann Blond, Beatrice Boeke, Gilbert Bowles, Minnie Bowles, Grace Boyle, Margaret Brewer, Anna Brinton, Edith Brittle, Ann Burton

Highlights include:

Adlam, Edith. Not dated [newsletter – report, presumably from Shanghai, of mission activities]

B., Marsha W. 1936 4/6. [Mission work seems to be divided along geographic lines and time periods]

Barrow, Florence.1929-1931. 2 items. [Death of Emma Cadbury; Emma in Vienna and Horsnaills should go to Warsaw; distress in coalfields of England; trying to understand dispute between Japan and China in Manchuria and that Japan has little power over its own army. Many feel the future of the League of Nations will depend on how they manage this situation]

Blond, Ann. New Zealand, no date "Matters on which I think New Zealand could do with help" and a list of books that form beginning of library for Friends in N. S.

Bowles, Minnie. Mita, 1916-1920. 3 items [news from Japan, including her operation]

Boyle, Grace. Hong Kong, 1940 7/6. [Preparing to evacuate; mine explosions]

45 items

Letter writers include: M. A. C., Mrs. Camp, Charles Canby, Uncle Canby, Canton Christian College (H. B. Graybill), Nancy Carpenter, John Carpenter, S. H. Chapman, Chan Lei Wai Hing, Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Chan, T. Y. Chan, W. K. Chan, Lingnan Chang, Chen family, Cheong Taan, Woon Chi, Chin Yan Tsz, Y. T. Chiu, Ho Foo Ching, Christina Chiu, Inez Chow, Christian Children's Fund, Tsing Chu, A. Fung Chung, Roger Clark, Jane Clement, Robert Clement, Florence Cobb, F. Elizabeth Coleman, College of Physicians, Margarete Coe, Marianna Coles, Catharine Cox, Charles Corbett, Helen Crookes, Mary Culin

Highlights include:

Corbett, Charles. Stow, Ohio, 1960 2/15. [Redraft of his final chapters on the history of Lingnan]

Canton Christian College (H. B. Graybill). Canton, 1916 6/28. [Invites Catharine Cadbury to teach beginning Sept. 1916 for a year; in a letter of 6/7/1916, the invitation is retracted due to another teacher having been added

35 items

Note: Family events, and all the people met, with a good deal from Ben Cadbury about a new car. Most of Emma Cadbury Jr. letters report on events at her school

Letter writers include: Benjamin Cadbury, Elizabeth Cadbury (Jones),Emma Cadbury (sister-in-law), Emma Cadbury Jr., George Cadbury, Geraldine Cadbury

Highlights include:

Elizabeth Cadbury Jones. 1932 3/10. [Conditions favorable for visit of Commissioners (Laymen's Foreign Missionary Association) to come to Shanghai]

Emma Cadbury. Mt. Washington, MD, 1920 11/6. [Mentions her work in France in 1916 to help with Reconstruction where she taught Belgian children physical training and sports and other work] fragment.

Emma Cadbury. Moorestown, NJ, 1961 10/24. [Has heard of her visit to Taipei where she was met by Jimmy (Lei?) and of a visit with Jimmy's family in Hong Kong]

George. Birmingham Cadbury. England, 1920-21. 2 items. [Sees China as the hope of the world, Europe in decadent condition and godless, and military spirit prevails]

60 items

Note: Letters refer to family members, Quaker friends and acquaintances, attending Meeting

Letter writers include: Henry Joel Cadbury, Jane Cadbury (2: one the daughter), John W. Cadbury, Jr., Lydia C. Cadbury, M. Ch. Cadbury, Rachel Cadbury, Warder Cadbury, Winifred [Cadbury]

Highlights include:

Jane [Cadbury?]. Chengdu, China, 1922 10/1. [She and husband Dan have heavy teaching loads; encloses pictures]

Jane Cadbury. 1932-1970, ca. 15 items. [Tells of her experiences at the Shanghai American School, as well as daily activities in Canton, later from camp in Maine and finally, as a grown woman (married to Bruce Symonds) with children

Letter writers include: Grace Darling, Lyman Darling, Anna Darwell, Helen Darnell, Charles and Leora De Vol, Ruby Douselt, Mary Drury, Marion Dudley, Antoinette Duncan, Jane Dye, Mildred Eckert, Katherine Edmunds, Anna Elfreth, Beulah Fenimore, Elizabeth Fletcher, Eliza Foulke, Martha Frank, S. Margery Fry, Fung Rei, Leah Furtmuller, Miln Gillespie, Charlotte Gowin, H. B. Graybill, Dorothy Gregory, Richard B. Gregg, Katharine C. Griggs, Rebecca Griggs, Eva Groff, Weigman Groff, Richard Gurley

Highlights include:

Charles and Leora De Vol. Taiwan, 1962 2/24. [Building of their new church in Ta Ping Ling with Taiwanese doing the work and some of their activities]

Marion Dudley. Macao, 1939 4/13. [Starting a branch of the Canton YWCA in Macao]

Jane Dye. Chengtu, W. China, 1923-68. 16 items. [Chengtu was closed for 8 days and some ships were fired upon and trip to Chungkingand Peking, then Tokyo; (5/8/1923); model village being prepared, as well as a bridge; activities at Nanking University; changes due to political events (3/22/1938); Friends Center in Chungking report for 1940 with much detail, including destruction and monetary cost changes; various people in the field]

Eliza Foulke. Tokyo, Japan, 1963 6/17. Report from Friends Center

Rei Fung. 1937 11/7. [Is angry about Japanese and is ready to fight, but is attending school in Macao; is also angry with Pearl Buck's article about war in China]

Mr. Grant. Trustees of CCC. New York. 1916, 4/14 [CCC in need of a woman teacher, description of duties in this position]

H. B. Graybill. CCC, Canton, China. 1916, 6/28. [Position at CCC open at last minute because one teacher "forced to be absent" next year. Formal offer letter for a position in the English department. CCC will pay for steamer from Tokyo to Canton, furnished room, physician's care and $500 per year]

Richard B. Gregg [Gregg requests on behalf of the committee that CJC not return to Pendle Hill because "the questions and problems of a considerably older person are so different from those of the people with shorter experience that the different levels of converse often do not mix well"]

Katharine C Griggs. Trustees of CCC. New York. 1916. 6/7 [Rejection letter for job at CCC]

Note: Hoffman is the wife of Allen Hoffman, and as she states, the "Board" wants him to see the hospital buildings "up there" before building their own new hospital. She writes from Hackett Medical College (Canton, China), later True Light Middle School (Canton, China) and tells of her family and visits and activities. After 1940, she traveled extensively in the U. S. A snapshot of Hoffman is attached to the letter of Apr. 2, 1948 and another to Jan. 7, 1952 and July 12, 1966

Highlights include:

Wooster, Ohio, 1932 2/29. [Sherwood Eddy speaks of the seriousness of "Japan's imperialistic defiant attitude" which he said directly to Japanese liberal leaders; the desperate poverty of some in America; Ann Lindbergh's work in flood relief work in China]

Hackett Medical College, 1936 5/19. [A camp being organized in Loh Fau, and attendees would be international, including Germans, missionaries and others]

Canton, China, 1937 8/16. [Japanese bombing of Shanghai and reference to Japanese establishment of military headquarters in Shanghai; "it is difficult to dislike the Japs in their own country"]

Hong Kong, China. Nov. 13, 1937 (attached to letter of Dec. 23). [Christmas letter with information about the year past]

Hong Kong, China, 1938 2/11. [reference to Lei Fuk Lam as savior of Canton]

New York, 1940 2/19. [Has been let go from True Light Middle School]

Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1940 7/23. [Round robin letter reporting on her trip]

90 items

Note: Esther Jones was married to Edward (Ted) Morris Jones and her letters are often from both of them or just from him. The letters relate family events, including the death of Catharine's mother

Letter writers include: Anna Jones, Bertha Jones Clement, Catharine (Kaline) Cadbury Jr., J. Barclay Jones, Enid Jones, Esther Jones, Jones family

Highlights include:

Esther Jones. La Paz, Bolivia, no date [Oregon Yearly Meeting has established 11 monthly and four quarterly meetings in Bolivia]

Jones family. no date. Notes taken at the funeral of Morris Jones.

50 items

Note: Jennie S. Jones is Catharine's aunt. It is clear they had a very close relationship, and matters relating to family are conveyed in rich detail, as well as a picture of middle-class American life and compliments the picture Catharine offers in her letters by reflecting back on them.

Highlights include:

Germantown, PA. 1924 1/12 [Details relating to death of Catharine's mother]

Germantown, PA. 1927 6/21 [refers to leaving Jimmie behind as they begin trip to Japan and U. S]

35 items

Note: Luella Jones was the wife of Lloyd Jones. Her letters speak of family events, including the health of Catharine and Lloyd's father

Highlights include:

Cumberland Co, PA, 1924 2/?. [Didn't realize that W. W. Cadbury was no longer affiliated with Canton Hospital and started his own dispensary]

35 items

Note: By far, the greatest number is from Mary Anna Jones. Letters relay family information, with occasional remarks on politics

Letter writers include:

Mary Anna (aunt), Mary B. (aunt), Mary Hoxie (niece)

45 items

Note: Peggy Jones is daughter of Lloyd (Catharine's brother) and Luella. S. Morris Jones is Catharine's father. Some of the latter's letters refer to business or politics; many to his daily life. Letters in general refer to family matters.

Letter writers include: Peggy Jones French, Rachel, S. Morris Jones, Ted (Theodore?) Jones

Highlights include:

Jones, S. Morris. 1933 1/8. Winter Garden, Florida. [Apologizes for taking so long to respond properly. Leads busy life, very involved in garden, goes to Orlando on Sundays. The weather has been unusually warm and nice, and he writes about how it affects the tourists. Recent cold weather and farm business updates. May make enough money to pay mortgage which Edward has on the place. Mentions the Depression and F. D. R's New Deal. Is skeptical that it will be successful. Shocked by Ex-President Coolidge's death. Also feels that loss of Dwight Morrow is a blow to the Republican party. Feels that these events, along with Civil War and first World War are signs that God is angry at the U. S. Hopes to attend next Jones reunion]

Letter writers include: Minnie L., Mazie Laird, F. P. Lam, Lane Family, Christine Larder, Alice Wu Lau, Jimmy Lee, Lee Chin Pin, Lei Ham Poh, Myrtle Lever, Annette Lerrigo, Muriel Lester, Alice Lewis (later Pearson), Lingnan Girls Assoc., K. H. Ling, Little Circle, Muriel Lockwood, W. D. Lewis, Fung Kei Lui, Chi Lung

Highlights include:

Muriel. From Hunan province, No date [cost of food goods]

Mazie Laird. Canton and elsewhere, China, 1938 -1941 and not dated. 11 items. [City being bombed and effects; asks if Catharine would like to start a school at the Old Folks home (which apparently she does)]

James Cadbury Lee. [China], 1961 6/27. [On a waiting list to immigrate to U. S]

Lee Chin Pin. Canton, China, 1938 7/14. [Expresses gratitude for what Catharine and William Cadbury have done for him and for Chinese people during the war, guiding many Chinese into the religious path]

45 items

Note: A considerable number from Mabel MacDonald. Letter writer Mishima is not the author

Letter writers include: Henry Ma, Mabel MacDonald, W. E. MacDonald, A. H. MacKenzie, Sarah Marquis, Anna Morse, Beatrice Marshall, Martha, Masa Maebara, Macmillan Co., Ruth McClure, Margaret Masters, Charles Matlack, Edward Matlack, Edward Matlack Jr., Ruth McCleere Eva McKenzie, Edna Miller, Mishima, Anna Moffet, Evelyn Miller, Molly Moon, Polly Moor, Edna Morris, Ann Morton, Alice Moy, Eliza Musgrave

Highlights include:

Martha. Lingnan University, 1950 2/8. [Shortly HK currency is supposed to go out of circulation; income at Canton Hospital is down because a good many people who can pay for hospital care have left town

45 items

Letter writers include: Herbert Nicholson, Ora Olds, Harry Ore, Jimmie Osbourne, Mary Osbourne, Herman Owen, Alma Page, Ida Parker, Alis Lewis Pearson, A. H. Phillips, Elma Phillippe, Cay Pidcock, Margaret Pierce, Who Ping, Mary Palme, Jessie Pinney, Anne Price, Elizabeth Pudney, Edna Putzsch, Hannah Pyle

Highlights include:

Herbert Nicholson. Japan, 1916-1920. [Peace committee studies the subject of peace and hope that people can be converted to the method of love]

25 items

Note: Some photos are included

Letter writers include: Mary Sand, Elli Sauer, Mitsuko Saito, E. K. Saunders, Esther Schell, Senior Naval Officer, William Sewell, Kathryn Shoop, H. T. Silcock, Robert Simkin, Doris Smith, Dorothy Smith, Margaret Smith, Marion Smith, Mary Smith, Nellie Spivey, Ben Stetson, Beatrice Stevenson, Bunny Stevenson, Karl Stolz, Students of Fifth Year, Mrs. Sun, Bill Symonds, Taketsugu Suzuki

Highlights include:

E. K. Saunders. Canton, 1934 1/2. [Sorry she has resigned from the Door of Hope Committee]

Senior Naval Officer. 1939 8/. [Cadbury's application received for passage on one of H. M. Gunboats, but passages suspended owing to closure of the Pearl River]

Marion Parris Smith. London, 1920 8/22. [Heard Rufus Jones speak (The Nature and Authority of Conscience") at Friends Conference, and it was one of the finest she ever heard; political comments]

Nellie Spivey. New York, 1941 2/26. [Refers to Catharine Cadbury's consideration of working toward her M. A.]

25 items

Note: Olin Wanamaker in a separate section of this folder.

Letter writers include: Wah Nam Co., Egbert and Jean Walker, Olin Wanamaker, Nancy Wang, Caroline Warren, Davina Watkins, Marianne Wary, Annette Way, Phillis Waup, Tad Weekes, Henry Wells, Dorothy Werner, Ann Williams, Laurie Williams, Sarah Wilson, Woh Ping, C. H. Woo, K. F. Woo, Wisner, Isabella Wrenn, Alice Wu, Chiu Yan Tze, Yuen Yau, Harry Young, Mildred Young, Betty Yu

Highlights include:

Wah Nam Co. (Florence Cobb). Kyoto, Japan, 1935 6/24. [Relating to plans by the Cadburys to come to Japan]

Olin Wanamaker. Trustees of Lingnan University. NY, 1941-1946. [Problems, such as passport and visa preventing Catharine Cadbury (and other women) from returning to China]

Dorothy Werner. Cheung Chau, 1937 10/27. [Reports that a major theft had occurred in the Cadbury house]

Laurie Williams. Shanghai, 1946 10/20. [Their personal library in Shanghai has suffered two Japanese lootings]

45 items

Senders include: Andrew and Mary Cheung, Gong and Alice Lee, Bob and Eileen Lesher, Harry and Olga Mason, Mary and Charles Bellman, Alma Shimer, Gladys Willis, Alice K. Williams, Irene C. Bohlen, Mary Louise Rogers, Fred and Muriel Jones, Alfred and Martha Evans, Mathilde Evans, Delphine Capwell, Ella G. Barnes, Marion F. Ballinger, Keruiva Barch, Saburo and Michigo Inoye, John and Rosetta Logan, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Chang, Nora and Shao Chang Lee, Elaine L. Y. Hui Loo, Shiu Keoup Lee, Mary Osbourn, Charles and Margaret Coe, Miriam E. Jones, Kit and Howard Rhoads, Peter Kathryn, David Maryette, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Symond, Bob and Mary J. Hauer, Ward and Ella Burton, J. Leeds and Barrie Brown, Eliza Fouke, Mr. and Mrs. James Ernest Reid

Senders include: G. Laurence Blauvelt (Friends Select School), Walter M. Yater (The American College of Physicians), Ethel Morgan Rhome, D. G. Huttleson (The American Fern Society), Frances W. Snyder, Vincent and Margaret Gilpin, John Gummere, Vincent Gilpin, Davis P. Wood (The Woman's Club of Moorestown), J. C. MacCracken, Dr. Harvey E. Schock

Senders include: Trustees of Lingnan University, Martha and Henry Frank, Catherine Laird and Lewis A. Klingler, Mrs. C. W. (Anne) Howard, Mrs. Mabel T. Metcalf, Susan Graybill Carter, Gilbert Bowles, Al Holt, the Bradshaws, Jean MacDonald, Lois and Donald Stevenson, Frank Oldt, Rebecca Griggs, Helen T. Galnog (?), Allen Lau Shaupan Lai, Harvey V. Stokely, Alice L. Pearson, Eva B. Groff, Mrs. J. A. Hoffman, Bernard L. Hormann, Mary Smith, Mary McFarland, Mrs. J. M. Henry, Clara Heywood Scott, Margaret T. Simkin, Gus Borgeest, Yorke Allen, Bill and Riggie, William T. Foley, Janet W. Rees, Evelyn Wood, Dorothy M. Chalgren, G. F. Sauer, Mrs. J. L. Gressitt [Margaret Kriete Gressitt?], Margaret Larson, Viola and Peter Wong, Esther S. Frankel, Betty and Paul Gee, Mary E. Lampe, Amy Chen, William Powell, Mitzie Mackenzie, Calvin and Dora Lee, Barbara Hsu, Shao Chang Lee, Teng Kiat Chiu, Chiu Yan Tze, Alice Wang, Hoi Poh Montgomery, Yan Tong and Kah Tak, Helen Markley, Religion in Life Group, Hsu Pao Sheng, Dr. K. L. Hsu, I. Pan Wau, Pearl Lee, Katharine and Louis Wolferz

Note: Christmas and New Year's cards.

Senders include: Marian and Nelson Fuson, Earl and Elizabeth Warner, Friends from Hiroshima, Japan, Chiu an Wang, Woh Cing, Mrs. James Lowe, Reverend Lincoln B. Justice, Mrs. Robert B. Haines [Mary Troth Haines?], Mildred J. Lam, Jane and Clara Coan, "Bertha and Ruth," Pauline Li, Ruth B. Lippincott, Reverend and Mrs. Teng Kiat Chiu, Rebecca-Christine Haines Cox, C. H. White, Richard and Nancy Wood, Nancy Wong, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Woo, Kowloon True Light Middle School, Earl Warner, Edwin and Helen White, Mrs. Jean Lee, Christopher Li, Willy and Jane Moe, Bill and Riggie Augur

Note: Get well cards to CJC at Rivercrest Nursing Home in Massachusetts, or sent to daughter CCL. Chinese New Year's cards.

Senders include: Venette Hartman, Gladys D. Rawlins, Margaret Hoffman, Jeanette Haines, Katherine H. Karsner, Ella Lindley Burton, Muriel, Jane Symonds, Betty Yu, Frank H. Stroup, Henry C. B. [Brownell?], Christine Metcalf, Jane B. Dye, Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, Mitzie Mackenzie, Mary Hoxie Jones, H. C. Brownell, Mrs. V. M. Balderston, Peggy Brownell, Margaret B. Pritchard, Mary and Henry Leiby, Scott Larry, Mary Lambe, Ann Symonds, Virginia, John Barrow, A. K. Williams, Ka-tak Yan Tong, John Ka-tak, Emma, Jim, Wand, Mrs. E. S. Sharpless, Laura Poikonen, J. and M. Ling, George T. Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Howe, Jr., Aletha B. Moore, Committee of Overseers of the Meeting, Jane Benson

Note: Easter cards.

Senders include: A. K. Williams, Oshown Bradford, Edith Sharp, Walter and Lawrence Scott, Pearl Lee, Grace Chang, Lydia Cadbury, Mrs. Arthur Symonds, Y. T. Hoh, Ruth M. S., Mary E. Lambe, Mitzie Mackinzie, Ann Symonds, Mary Osbourne, Mary Hoxie Jones, Barbara Clark, Dorothy E. Johnson, JCS, Helen H. Darnell, Henry J. Cadbury

Senders include: W. M. Lambe, Jane Burton, EC, Mabel S. Kanton, Margaret Hoffman, Mrs. Herman Pritchard [Margaret Broomell Gatchell Pritchard?], Aida Lippincott, Shirley, Rebecca Timbres Clark, Alice Wang, Ruth M. S., JCS, Mrs. L. Burton, and Margaret B. Pritchard

Note: Get well cards and letters.

Note: Get well cards, invitation to Ann Fisk Symonds' (granddaughter) high school graduation.

Senders include: Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Frances W. Brown, Ethel Hilbert, Lawrence and Violet Scott, EC, Barbare Wiler Clark, Mitzie Mickenzie, JCS, Margaret Hoffman, Sarah L. Yarnall, Mary Lambe, Ann Fisk Symonds, Grandson Bobby, Ward and Jim, John and Mary Leng, Margaret Britchard, Mary M. Brooks, Viola and Lawrence Scott, Mrs. Eloise Holmes, Chinese Christian Church, Trustees for Lingnan University, Alice Lee, James and Beatrice Howe

Letter writers include: American Consulate General, Suzanne Adlam, Lois Armentraut, Kate Arthur, Keith Ashby, Allison Ashby

Highlights include: Suzanne Adlam. Somerset, Engl., 1961 1/16. [Hoping to go to China via Siberia] American Consulate General. Canton, China, 1939 4/2. [Circular issued by Japanese Consul regarding travel in Canton]

6 items

Note: Letters are written to her parents from China (the envelopes are postmarked Canton, Hong Kong) and these report on school activities, primarily extracurricular; Westtown, PA when she attended Westtown School and, along with school and activities reports on visiting with family members; other letters relate work and life experiences with mentions of relatives, including Rufus and Elizabeth Jones, Henry and Lydia Cadbury, etc.;

Highlights include:

1937 8/22.13 photographs are attached

1941 9-11. 3 items. [Describes her work at the Hartford Retreat]

1947 1/7. [Announcement of engagement to Lindley J. Burton]

75 items

Letter writers include: Dorothy Cadbury, Bertha Campbell, John Carter, Marguerite Carlson, D. M. Chalgren, Christine Chambers, Chau Sek-Hong, Alice Chang, Evelyn Chen, Y. T. and Connie Chiu, Chinese Christian Church, Chou Au Hung, Chou Ki Kit, Choy Jun Ke, C. T. Chu, Tsing and Y. K Chu, Edith Cotterell, James and Esther Course, Catharine Cox, Venetia Cox

Highlights include:

Chau Sek-Hong. Evanston, IL, 1950 1/22. [Tells of current conditions in Lingnan, China]

20 items

Note: The bulk of letters is from John Cadbury who primarily offers family news

Senders include: Hannah (Cadbury?), Henry J. Cadbury, Henry J. Cadbury family, H. W. Cadbury, John Cadbury, Cadbury family, Jane Cadbury

Highlights include:

Hannah Cadbury. Philadelphia, 1928 8/1. [family information; no excitement re presidential election, but Al Smith losing ground, the Democratic women are rallying around Hoover "and the owners of large industrial concerns are not favorable to a wet president]

Hannah Cadbury. Philadelphia, 1932 2/17. [Aunt M. A. attended an interracial meeting with a "Colored man as presiding officer and a Chinese the main speaker" who said that Japan had been preparing for conflict with China for 30 years]

Henry Cadbury. Cambridge, MA, 1931-48. [Along with family news, states that AFSC gives him work relating to China, India and Pakistan (1948)

55 items

Letter writers include: Robert H. Dann, Margaret T. Davies, Helen J. Davis, Roberta Dehne, Helen Deutsch, Ed and Esther Dixon, W.H. Dobson, Albert Dorland, Mary Drury, Antoinette Duncan, Dan Dye, Jane Dye (4), Canton City Government, Passmore and Anne Elkinton (3)

Letter writers include: Ruth A.R. Hammonds, John and Emily Harvey, Alice Hayes, Ernest Hayes, R. Henry, June Hergert, C.Y. Aui, "Lucky" Ho, Henry T. Hodgkin, Edward Morris, Margaret Hoffman, Helen Hostetter, Florence M. Raetz and Elizabeth A. Howard, Elizabeth Howe, Huang Yen-Yu, Lydia C. Cadbury, A. G. Jacob

This folder contains mostly letters from WWC and CJC's daughter to them about life while working at Liberty Mutual and about attending studying occupational therapy at BU. Comments on going to USO functions, dating, and movies.

Letter writers include: Tso Fai Ting, Lee Shin Keung, Boutros I. Khoury, John and Marjorie Knecht, Lui Chung Kwai, La Shaupan, Clinton and Mary Laird, YWCA, Rose Hum Lee, Jimmy Lei, Walter Estell Lee, Annette Lemgo, Lawrence Yung-Lu Li, Y. L. Lei, Lois W. Li, Ethel Liliestrand, Jimmy and Pauline Lu, Tin Yinn Lin, Anna B. Love, J. Usang Ly

Letter writers include: Ted, Esther, "Billy Darrow," Christopher, Barclay Moon, Hannah, Edward, and Elizabeth Cadbury Jones (wife of Rufus)

Highlights include:

Jones, Ted. Philadelphia, PA.1933, 3/5 [Discusses election of FDR and Ted's belief that he will turn the U. S. into a "Constitutional dictatorship." Believes Hoover was a victim of the faults of his own party. Discusses President Geraldo Machado of Cuba and calls it unconstitutional and despotic. References assassinations in Havana. Talks about inviting Cuban dissidents to dinner to meet friends.]

Jones, Ted. Philadelphia, PA.1937, 11/7 [Discusses situation in China with reference to Dr. Cadbury's letter to him and the President's inability to " Clarify things."Reference to President's speech in Chicago. Rufus Jones and others disapprove of deployment of sanctions against Japan because they lead to an escalation of tensions. Continuing economic troubles and Roosevelt's attempts to stem the tide and prevent another panic. Ted is hopeful. Esther to attend a national peace conference at which Sir. Robert Cecil, one of the architects of The League of Nations and a Nobel Prize winner, will meet with them.]

Jones, Ted and Esther. En route to NYC.1938, 1/17 [Discusses meeting of the National Peace Conference and the push for neutrality, U. S. rearmament efforts, Esther talked to more than thirty congressmen and found them united on the danger of domination of the white race by the "Yellow race" under the Japanese; mentions work of AFSC, the Red Cross, and the League of Nations; and mentions Rufus and Elizabeth's upcoming journey to South Africa.]

Jones, Ted. Philadelphia, 1939, 1/5 [Esther involved in peace work full time; believes that war scare was created by Chamberlain as political theater—believes Chamberlain is a fascist at heart; believes that 80% of German people do not support the fascist state; Pres. Roosevelt makes strong message against aggressor states; many in the U. S. sympathetic with a Nazi point of view]

Jones, Ted and Esther, Philadelphia, 1946, 11/4 [Notes on General Meeting of Friends, AFSC, and FCNL]

Jones, Elizabeth Cadbury. South China, Maine. 1937, 11/20 [Committee from their monthly meeting considering raising funds for Red Cross efforts, Rufus goes to NY, Harry Silcock may be sent out from London to China, Rufus in Washington]

Jones, Elizabeth Cadbury. Haverford, PA. 1948, 11/17 [Death of Rufus Jones]

Highlights include:

Jones, Lloyd.1946, 6/2 [Discussion of treatment of China at Yalta, article in NY Tribune says Communists can only be confronted by arms, account of Susan Balderston's wedding, automobile being sent for Cadbury's use in China]

Jones, Lloyd and Luella.1946, 3/16 [Addresses Communist threat in China, Gen. Marshall's struggle in Russia, Russian meddling, food shortages, and Chiang Kai Shek's insistence on eliminating Reds]

Jones, Luella.1937, 6/3 [News of Aunt Hannah's death, Luella and Lloyd to move to Altoona]

Jones, Luella.1938, 1/12 [Expresses shock at Japanese atrocities in China, Japanese deserve a "trouncing," depression is very serious "many, many, young men unemployed," fascism in Spain]

Jones, Luella.1938, 2/20 [Situation in Europe, Italian Fascism, Invasion of Austria by Hitler ("but which one of us wants to interfere!")]

Letter writers include: Rufus, M. A., Mary Hoxie, and S. Morris Jones

Highlights include:

Jones, Mary Hoxie. Haverford, PA. 1937, 11/7; [Discusses Japanese air raids, Cadbury's article in The New York Times, friends in Shanghai, boycott of Japan, Quakers in Japan including the Bowles and Hurakawa families, family reactions to war in Japan, writing history of the AH(?)C

Jones, Mary Hoxie. Haverford, PA. 1938, 3/20; [Notes on AFSC business and world affairs]

Jones, Rufus. Haverford, PA. 1924, 1/11; [Discusses death of Catherine's mother]

Letter Writers Include: Madeline W. and Herbert V. Nicholson, Daniel and Emily Oliver, Clive and Joan Parker, Alice L. Pearson, Joseph B. Vander Veer, Hal Perry, Whitall Perry

Highlights include:

Herbert V. Nicholson. Tokiwa Mura, Mito, Japan. 1932, 3/15 [Christian pacifist missionary apologist argument for Japan even during the political assassinations and attacks against China]

Herbert V. Nicholson. Shiga Ken, Japan. 1954, 2/22 [Account of post-war missionary work in Japan]

Daniel and Emily Oliver. Hamman, Beyrouth, Lebanese Republic. 1947, 11/27 [Account of and the accounts of Quaker orphanage work in what is today Lebanon]

Robert and Hannah Pyle. Moorestown, NJ. 1943, 11/8 and 11/10 [Progress of the SS Gripsholm returning to New York from occupied China; Chiang Kai Shek sends fifty military officers from a Chinese naval academy to Swarthmore to learn English; Pyle suggests that Cadbury would be welcome there]

Letters discuss news from home, brief notes on current events, school, and personal topics.

Letter writers include: Annette Way, Dr. E. J. Weekes-Hollanbeck, Albert G. Weidler, Sarah Wilson, Wong In Yule, Wong Wai-Tsing, Bill and Betty Woo, Jean Worcester, A. Sydney Wright, Saburo and Tayeko Yamanouchi, Elizabeth B. Yarnall, Leroy K. Young, Walter Zummerman

Highlights include:

Olin D. Wannmaker.1943, 8/24 [Express welcome to group of returning internees, sadness for people still interned]

Dr. Chiu-an Weng. Hackett Medical College, Canton, China. 1949, 5/9 [Plans to flee to Hong Kong, Canton Hospital commercialized, Communists rapidly advancing]

This is a complete record.

This folder is organized differently than others in this box. It draws from across the range of this box, but it has been documented completely.

Letter writers include: Anne Balderston, Katherine Balderston, Earle H. Ballou, F. Brauweiler, Margaret Brewer, William Jennings Bryan, Ben Cadbury, Elizabeth Cadbury, Emma Cadbury, EC

Letter Recipients include: CJC, Jane Balderston Jones, Dr. Thomson, Sara I. Manatt, Elizabeth Cadbury, CCL, EC, Clancy Brownell

Highlights include:

Letter from William Jennings Bryan to Sara Imbree Manatt

Letter Summaries:

Anne Balderston. To her sister. Minneapolis, MN. 1915 10/30 [Acknowledgement of previous letter from her sister. Reports that "Anne B. J. H." has a four-day-old boy, and Aunt Elma is lodging nearby. She (Anne Balderston) has had breakfast with C. W. Howard and her four-year-old Leland, and will see Everett Moon later. Recounts ride across Wisconsin from New Lisbon and having stopped to meet "the mother and the Dalys." Asks if her letter can "go the round" to Aunt Mary]

Katherine Balderston. To Aunt Jane (Balderston Jones). Wellesley. 1914 12/5 [Sorry to hear about your house fire. Hope to see you at Christmas, and perhaps KB will spend time with Aunt Sarah around that time]

Earle H. Ballou, Secretary of Yenching University. To Friends of Yenching. New York, NY. 1945 3/20 [Reports to friends on the health of Dr. J. Leighton Stuart, during his internment by the Japanese].

F. Brauweiler. To Dr. Thomson. Canton, China. 1939 1/30 [Stationery: Deutfches Generalkonfulat. Cover letter stating that Mr. Brauweiler is returning the will of the recently deceased Dr. Arnold Baumgarten to Dr. Thomson. There are about 18 attachments to this letter, possibly added to the letter at a later time. They are: the handwritten (in German) 2-page will of Dr. Baumgarten (supposedly written shortly before he committed suicide), an account of Dr. Baumgarten's funeral including a tribute to him given by Dr. Thomson, a stenographer's copy of a ceremonial giving of Austrian state decorations of merit to Dr. Baumgarten, about 12 letters/certificates of previous medical service from the Lord Mayor of Vienna and medical school, and a list (in German) of the doctor's publications]

Margaret Brewer, Assistant Treasurer, Trustees of Lingnan University. To American President Lines, Ltd. 1941 6/9 [Re: Exchange Order for CJC's ticket from San Francisco to Hong Kong]

William Jennings Bryan. To Miss Sara I. Manatt. Lincoln, NE. 1908 3/10 Note: William Jennings Bryan was an important figure in democratic politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to representing the creationist side in the infamous The State of Tennessee v. Scopes case Bryan also served as the Secretary of State to Woodrow Wilson, penned the famous " Cross of gold" speech, and ran for president several times. [Stationery: The Commoner, Editorial Rooms and Business Office. Response to a request for information about ranches. The author gives Sara a list of Ex-Governors and Ex-Senators to contact, so that she can in touch with "those who might need (Sara's) services"]

Ben Cadbury. To Elizabeth. 1927 8/14 [An account of WWC and Family's visit to Moorestown, NJ (the same visit discussed in Lydia Cadbury's letter of 1927 8/15). Ben recounts the travel arrangements and clarifies that everyone went to Wm Matlock's house for supper. Much family news is repeated from Lydia's letter. George Cadbury, a "delightful Englishman," visited Ben on sixth day evening and enjoyed his stay. WWC was "his same old self" and the kids were nice]

Elizabeth (Cadbury). To Catharine (CCL). 1970 7/11 [Letter of condolence to CCL upon CJC's death. Talks about an upcoming camp, which the author's children and EC's children will attend. Also includes news about Tony, Ward, and Dorothea]

Emma. To EC. Haverford, PA. 1928 3/29 [Emma is preparing to write the concluding minute for the Yearly Meeting since the usual clerk, Anna, has been unwell with a cough. Emma says that John Carter steers the meetings. Mentions Westtown and 15th and Race St. issues, and upcoming Quaker anniversaries and conferences as proposed by Passmore Elkinton. Also reports good news from the Indian Mission Board. Ben and John got there for part of the session, Anna and Rachel too. Rufus has been there for all 4 sessions. Hannah Pyle has shingles. Wm Elkinton and John Way couldn't come, nor could Susie Kites. Also mentions: Thomas Balley, Brays Law, Frederick Sainty, George Warner, Joseph Stokes, Alfred Lowry, Edith Newlier, and Rufus's talk on the AFSC]

Emma. To EC. Vienna, Austria. 1929 2/9 [Happy birthday to EC. Weather is very cold in Austria with lots of snow, and people ski all the time. Emma is sending EC piano music from Vienna since she (EC) is now taking lessons]

Emma. To EC. Moorestown, NJ. 1933 2/5 [Happy birthday to EC. Emma is sending a check for EC to use on whatever she wishes. Emma also offers to send EC any music she wants that she cannot get in Canton]

Emma. To EC. Unknown date[Postcard with German print at bottom, says "For my dear Namesake Emma with lots of love"]

EC. To Aunt Emma. Unknown date, ca. 1927 [Thank you for the Nursery Story book and the writing paper. EC had a small party and received a doll on her birthday]

EC. To "President Lmre" (sp?). Unknown date, ca. 1928 [On Lingnan University stationery. Most likely an early childhood letter from EC to a friend about their club. EC asks friend to let her know whenever anything happens. Signed "your loving chum"]

EC. To Clancy Brownell. LU, Canton, China. 1928 5/1 [EC professes her love to her sweetheart]

EC, JCS, and CCL. "Dear Friends." Lake Forest, IL. Summer 1970 [Letter stating the death of CJC of 1970 6/28, reflecting on last months/weeks/days of her life with friends and family, and on her life briefly. Memorial service to be held in September, following the suggestion of Henry J. Cadbury]

Letter writers include: Benjamin Cadbury, Olin D. Wannamaker, Margaret Brewer, and CCL

Highlights include:

Large packet of correspondence regarding WWC's financial matters between Benjamin Cadbury, Olin D. Wanamaker, Margaret Brewer, and others.

Letter writers include: Henry Cadbury, John Cadbury, Lucille Cadbury, Lydia Cadbury, W. E. Cadbury

Recipients include: Mary Hoxie Jones, Emma Cadbury, Elizabeth Cadbury, Lindley Burton

Highlights include:

Henry Cadbury; Birmingham, England. 1941, 1/27 [Surveys damage to a meetinghouse, meets with English Friends and expresses their views on the war, Friends Ambulance Unit mentioned along with the role of a "Paul" in maintaining it]

Henry Cadbury; Birmingham, England. 1941, 2/3[Friends Ambulance Unit in Britain's mission is detailed with mention of the construction of shelters, hospital work, and food provision; Cousin Geraldine's funeral]

Senders include: JCS, John Warder Cadbury, Lydia C. Cadbury, Jane C. B. Jones, Sarah Manatt Cadbury, Anna Cadbury, Y. K. Chu, W. K. Chung, William Wistar Comfort, W. W. Cort, Dwight W. Day, Jane Balderston Dye, Direct China Relief

Recipients include: EC, Libby, Lloyd Balderston Jones, Sara's father, Anna and Benjamin Cadbury, Faith, Win, O. D. Wannamaker, President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Vincent Gilpin, Edward Wood, Jane C. B. Jones

Highlights include:

Direct China Relief. To Friends of China and of Lingnan University. 1946 6/17 [Includes clipping of a newspaper article about Cadbury's work with Direct China Relief, and a list of different organizations and the allotted number of supplies for each]

Jane B. Dye. To Aunt Jane. 1919 8/18 In the mountains, two days from Chengtu. [Did not say much to the home folk about new table linens because of the present expense. Excited to have something new to use when they have guests. Received a letter from CJC with a picture of little Jane, laments that she and Catharine cannot manage to see each other even though they are both in China. Wants Aunt Jane to come visit them. Having a happy time in the mountains with Dan. Includes photo of "the arch."]

Recipients include: Emma Cadbury, EC, Jane C. B. Jones, Edward, Jimmy and Catharine, Benjamin Cadbury, Lydia C. Cadbury

Highlights include:

Jane Cadbury. To Aunt Emma. Location and date unknown. [Child's drawing and note: "I love you so much I want to make you a picture"]

Jane Cadbury. To Aunties. Canton, China. 1929 7/12 [Fourth of July festivities. Talks about their pet monkey, "Bim"]

Jane Cadbury. To Emma. Nantucket, Mass. 1937 8/10 [Went to an astrologer who read the horoscopes of Hitler and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson) and said that "Hitler is going to have a downfall" and "the marriage of the Windsors isn't going to last."]

Jane Cadbury. To Emma. Norumbega, Wellesley, Mass. 1937 11/14 [Canton in the news, hazing freshmen at Wellesley, talks about a Spanish professor whose relatives are on both sides of the Spanish Civil War, celebrated Armistice Day]

Senders include: Rebecca Griggs, James M. Henry, Mrs. C. W. Howard, Edward H. Hume, Louisa M. Jacob, Yoshio Saito

Recipients include: EC, CCL, Family, W. H. Grant, Relatives and Friends of Staff Members at Lingnan University, Dr. Edmunds, Mr. Duncan, Harold B. Hoskins,

Letters discuss family life, internment by the Japanese, the affairs of the Canton Hospital, and Chinese politics generally.

Highlights include:

Rebecca Griggs. To Emma, Catharine, and Family. 1933 5/31 [Thank you for the red lacquer set]

James M. Henry. To W. H. Grant. Canton, China. 1920 11/6 [CCC Header on1. Commentary on political situation in China. Mentions success of Kwangtung (Guangdong) troops, Gen. Chen Kwing Ming, Gen. Lei Fuk Lam and Gen. Ngai Pong P'ing. States a connection between Gen. Chen and a Mr. Chung of CCC. Also states a connection of this movement with a Constitutionalist movement headed by Sun Yats-en and Wu Tingfang. Students at CCC are supportive of the movement and CCC will hold a grand parade in two weeks to celebrate Kwing Ming's success]

James M. Henry. To Relatives and Friends of Staff Members at Lingnan University. New York, NY. 1950 3/20 [Confirms bombing of Canton from Formosa, but reports that LU and its staff are safe according to a letter the trustees just received from a Dr. Frank]

Mrs. C. W. Howard. To Dr. Edmunds. Wheaton, IL. 1928 3/9 [Acknowledgment of previous note from Dr. Edmunds talking about LU staff and family. States that Walter wished he could be in China, and said so at a dinner he hosted recently at home for China missionaries. The rest of the letter reflects on Walter's recent "accident" crossing a treacherous stretch of railroad tracks near their home in Wheaton – he was killed trying to hurry on foot across the tracks to work one morning. Mrs. Howard asks for the letter to be forwarded to friends and LU staff]

C. W. Howard. To Mr. Duncan. 1918 November [Mr. Howard laments the lack of materials for biological teaching at the Chinese school. He sees an opportunity to document the vast species of plants and animal life in China and suggests getting into a partnership scheme with a larger institution from the US to gain the resources for such documentation, while having students do the field work. He specifically mentions the following institutions as possibilities: American Museum of Natural History, NY, National Museum, DC, Phila. Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila., Field Museum, Chicago, and Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge]

Edward H. Hume, M. D. To Harold B. Hoskins. New York, NY. 1941 5/26 [Title: Report regarding LU Medical College. Header: Christian Medical Council for Overseas Work, New York, NY. Mr. Hume responds to a letter sent to Mr. Wannamaker from Dr. Y. K. Chu, Dean of LU, dated 1940 10/28. He answers two questions regarding the recognition (by leading medical schools in America) of Bachelor of Medicine degrees conferred by LU. Mr. Hume basically notes the incongruities in American schools compared to LU, and suggests advance communication for transfer students]

Louisa M. Jacob. To EC. Moorestown, NJ. 1928 2/22 [Likely from EC's teacher at Moorestown Friends School. Miss Jacob apologizes for not being able to give EC a personal farewell from her last day at Moorestown before EC goes abroad, and suggests that she write often]

Louisa M. Jacob. To EC. Moorestown, NJ. 1928 11/30 [Acknowledgement of EC's card, sent from Argentiers, France. Miss Jacobs says they talked about EC in 4th grade Geography class, and Jean Burns spoke of having met EC in Paris. Miss Jacob mentions having read "thy father's letter in 'The Friend'" and then gives updates on Elementary School happenings. Also discusses her class having created care packages for Chinese children]

Senders include: S. Morris Jones, Lloyd Jones, Luella Jones, Mary Anna Jones, Mary Hoxie Jones

Recipients include: Marian Matlack, Jane C. B. Jones, Samuel Morris Jones, A. E. Davenport, Mary Anna Jones, Edward M. Jones, Lindley Burton, EC, Benjamin Cadbury, Emma Cadbury Sr.

Highlights include:

S. Morris Jones ("Thy Father"). To Marian Matlack. Orlando, FL. 1931 3/27 [SMJ Recently left the hospital. Uncle E. wrote about SMJ's decision to try the Avalon job again – SMJ will leave for Avalon tomorrow. The wound from the cutting has not healed fully yet, but Dr. Christ is optimistic. Speaks of having met a Lady by the name of Smith who has relatives in Moorestown who married into the family of Dr. Stacthouse. Weather is good. Heard from Mary Esther Stokes recently about his grandchildren]

Senders include: Mei Kit, Catherine Laird, Dr. Li Lai-Young, Li Yuanhong (President of China), Y. L. Lee, F. O. Leiser, Frederick J. Libby, S. M. Ling, Henry and Pearl Ma, W. E. Macdonald, David MacGhee, Jose Manatt, L. C. Manatt, Arthur W. March, Marian Matlack, J. C. McCracken, R. Montgomery

Recipients include: EC, O. D. Wannamaker, Dr. J. M. Henry, Dr. Lennig Sweet, H. B. Graybill, Leon T. Stern, Our Lingnan colleagues now in America and their families, Anna Cadbury, Jane Balderston Jones, Joel Cadbury

Highlights include:

Mei Kit. To EC. Tung Chung, HK. 1930 8/14 [A "picture letter" from Mei Kit, with drawings instead of words every now and then. Mei and Jean are having a good time at camp. The weather is good and their father recently came to visit]

Catherine Laird. To EC. Unknown date [Christmas card with a print of the three wise men mounted on red cardboard]

Dr. Li Lai-Young. To O. D. Wannamaker. Bandoeng, Java. 1945 9/27 [Says congratulations for United Nations' victories. Dr. Lai-Young was on a ship sunk by the Japanese in the Indian Ocean on March 9, 1944 and taken prisoner at Batavia, Java for 17 months. He wishes to share his experiences with American friends of LU, through Mr. Wannamaker]

President Li Yuan Hung (Li Yuanhong). To Dr. C. K. Edmunds. 1916 10/18 [Stationery: Office of the President, Republic of China. Letter of appreciation for educational service provided to Chinese men during reconstruction period in China - from Li Yuan Hung, then President of the Republic of China, to Dr. Edmunds, then President of CCC]

Y. L. Lee. To Dr. J. M. Henry. Kukong, Kwangtung, China. 1944 4/13 [Acknowledgement of Dr. Henry's letter of 1/21. Discusses Dr. Henry's potential return to China and other news from Lingnan]

Y. L. Lee, LU President. To Dr. Lennig Sweet, United China Relief. Meihsien, China. 1945 3/1. [President of LU is writing to Dr. Sweet asking for continued support from United China Relief because LU staff and some students who chose to not go home have been compelled to evacuate into the hills (undisclosed location) to carry on there. Lee and five other staff members are in Meihsien (Meixian) appealing to various organizations for relief funds, and planning for the future of LU and its staff retention by assessing different possible scenarios]

F. O. Leiser. To H. B. Graybill, Esq. Canton, China. 1914 1/24 [F. O. Leiser, General Secretary of the Canton YMCA, regards the CCC YMCA as the best in China due to its policy of not forcing religion on students, but leading by Christian example. Looks to the college to continue to furnish leadership for the Christian Church]

Frederick J. Libby. To Mr. Leon T. Stern. Washington, DC. 1954 3/17 [Letter of sympathy regarding the death of Mr. Stern's wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Gertrude Stern. Attachment: an obituary article for Mrs. Stern from the Philadelphia Inquirer 1954 1/10, detailing her literary achievements]

S. M. Ling, Chung Heung Koy, +27 other signers. To "Our Lingnan Colleagues now in America and their families." Kukong, Kwangtung (Shaoguan, Guangdong), China. 1943 8/27 [Letter of greetings sent to those whom have been forced to temporarily separate from the college due to war, etc. Sent from members of staff and administration at LU (at Tai Tsuen Middle School) on the occasion of the birthday of Confusius, also designated as Teachers' Day throughout China]

Henry and Pearl Ma. To EC. 1971 7/24 ["Happy Easter" card]

W. E. MacDonald, Secretary, LU. To Mr. O. D. Wannamaker. Canton, China. 1941 5/24. [Stationery Header: LU Association School, LU, Canton, China. Mr. MacDonald reports that CJC organized a school of nearly 1000 refugee children in 1938, and that the school has continued to serve about 500 children while CJC was on furlough. Mr. MacDonald is urgently requesting her immediate return from furlough]

David MacGhee (sp?). To EC. Moorestown, NJ. 1928 2/28 [Letter, most likely from a classmate at Moorestown Friends School, asking about EC's trip on a steamer]

Jose (Manatt?). To Sara Manatt. Boston, MA. 1911 3/7 [Congratulations on the happiness Sara has found, regarding her upcoming wedding to WWC. Jose also gives some updates on his personal life in Boston. Signed "Your cousin, Jose"]

L. C. Manatt. To Mrs. Cadbury (possibly Anna Cadbury). Providence, RI. (Unknown year, ~1912) 3/11 [Mrs. Manatt writes to Mrs. Cadbury (likely Anna, WWC's mother) about WWC and Sara in Honglok, and says all they can do is pray that they are safe during the fighting. Also mentions: Mr. Sanborn, Emma and Henry, Mr. Jones' book, and Arthur Bissell. Attachment: Newspaper article about revolt and persons killed in serious fighting in Canton]

L. C. Manatt. To Mrs. Cadbury (possibly Anna Cadbury). London, England. 1912 10/6 [Mrs. Manatt writes about her trip to Oxford and her current stay in London. She asks if Henry is in Europe so that they might visit him. Mrs. Manatt enjoys the independence of taking the motorbuses around London, and has recently attended a Quaker meeting for worship, which she describes in detail. Talks about Quaker friends: the Macys and the Snells. Says she received many letters from WWC and Sara, and recommends they have their wedding gifts valued so that they can get them insured. Talks about the weather (foggy), and plans to travel through Paris to Greece. Comments on political instability in regions of Greece due to problems with the Turks. Concludes with concern over a cable received saying that Sara was VERY ILL – Mrs. Manatt suspects (correctly) that it is a maternity-related problem, and reflects on suffering and prayer in such a sad time]

Arthur W. March. To Dr. James M. Henry. Kukong, Kwangtung (Shaoguan, Guangdong), China. 1944 2/28 [Letter describing a visit with the Kunkles at LU's temporary learning facilities in the woods. Mr. March describes what the buildings are made of (bamboo, etc.), and the status of learning materials and classes in such conditions. He remarks on the enthusiasm and morale of the students and faculty, but expresses concern about balancing the budget]

Marian Matlack. To "Mother" (Jane Balderston Jones). Moorestown, NJ. 1923 1/14 [Speaks of CJC's and WWC's letters detailing the birth of "little C. (Catherine)." Mentions that coal situation in Moorestown is graver than before. Marian Matlack has had a nice visit at Holmes. Also talks about: Esther, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, Anna Griscom, Aunt Anne, and stormy weather. Second half of the letter discusses the possibility of getting a girl from a shelter to help JBJ with housekeeping, etc. Happy birthday wishes to JBJ and "father." Jane has had a daughter, Anne Elizabeth, born on the seventh]

Marian Matlack. To "Mother" (Jane Balderston Jones). Moorestown, NJ. 1923 1/23 [Marian Matlack talks about 1st day, having met Paul Furnass and his fiancée Betty Waltus (sp?), and having invited them over for an early dinner. Ed and Batty came to call later. She met Miss Ruth Paxson, Chinese Missionary, of relation to Mary Sharpless Bertha, at Harvey Borton's Bible Class. Talks about: Bill, Clement Allen, Lloyd, Margaret, a musical trio playing at Ramblers, Betty, Aunt Anne, and the death of James H. Moon]

Marian Matlack. To "Mother" (Jane Balderston Jones). Moorestown, NJ. Unknown date [Talks about: Ted and Esther (Hicksite), Aunt Rebecca, living arrangements and houses, Dr. Thomas, Aunt Anne in Florida, Anna Cadbury, and JBJ's recent "scare"]

J. C. McCracken. To Mr. Joel Cadbury. Canton, China. 1911 1/27 [Letter requesting plumbing fixtures for the new Hospital at Canton Medical School. Also mentions WWC's success in the study of Chinese and his upcoming second-year examination in Hong Kong]

R. P. Montgomery. To unknown. 1953 9/1 [2-page typed document, entitled "A Statement by R. P. Montgomery." Montgomery talks about his experiences as a missionary who spent 40 years in China (in Kwang-tung). He is old and cannot find funding to return to China, but has set the date of October, 1954 for himself and his wife to return to China. The second page is an attached letter from a Linchow (Lianzhou) boy, and Montgomery's former student, telling of the improving political and social situation among his friends and family in Canton. The letter is interpolated with bracketed statements by Montgomery]

This folder is a complete record.

This folder is organized differently than others. It draws from across the range of this box, but it has been documented completely.

Unknown Sender. To Rev. R. R. Booth, D. D. New York, NY. 1896 11/7 [The Sender says "At your suggestion I have written out the following resolution for you to present to the Board of Foreign Missions at the next meeting." (Asks for mutual agreement between staff and Board of Trustees for all decisions relating to the hiring of doctors and the erection of Prep. Boarding School buildings in Canton, effective starting in May, 1897)]

Bundles:

To EC, from Moorestown Friends School Classmates: Bundle of ~9 letters, all saying similar things (well wishes for your trip) in 1928. Most of the names are unknown or illegible (children's writing), but the legible ones have been recorded in the Not to or from WWC or CJC file by last name of sender.

To Members of the Board of Trustees, from O. D. Wannamaker: ~45 Letters, mostly bringing news directly (in the form of forwarded letters and cables) from missionaries in Canton to members of the Board of Trustees and Friends in the US. Spans 1940 to 1947, with one unknown date and two newsletters prior to the 1940s. Includes some invaluable primary accounts of wartime conditions and relocations/occupations of hospitals during these years.

Letter writers include: Hannah L. Walker, Rebecca Eyre Walton, Olin D. Wannamaker, Paul T. Warner, Frances M. White, O. F. Wisner

Recipients include: Morris and Jane Jones, D. Robert Yarnall, W. W. Comfort, WWC, M. Wistar Wood, Benjamin Cadbury, Relatives of Hongkong American Staff, Benjamin Cadbury, Harold B. Hoskins, Rufus Jones, EC, Henry Brownell. E. R. Richie, Mrs. MacDonald, Arietta Clark Manatt (Mrs. J. Irving Manatt), Edward C. Wood, Sara I. Manatt, Joseph M. Fox, Joel Cadbury, John M. Swan, W. Henry Grant

Highlights include:

Hannah Walker. To Morris and Jane Jones. [Toledo, OH]. 1914, 11/26 [Expresses sympathy for a fire that destroyed Morris and Jane Jones' house and the challenge that this calamity poses to "gather the broken threads of life and begin anew where such calamities overtake us" at an advanced age]

Rebecca Eyre Walton. To EC. 1928 2/23 [From EC's 3rd grade arithmetic teacher – she will miss EC while she is abroad]

Olin D. Wannamaker to Relatives of Hong Kong American Staff. 1942, 1/30 [Wannamaker forwards news from a cablegram from the American consulate in Hong Kong that Americans under occupation are not being subjected to harsh treatment. President Lee and other Chinese staff and students have escaped to Pingshek]

Olin D. Wannamaker to Mr. Benjamin Cadbury. New York City. 1942, 11/13 [Problems of sending money to the Cadburys, Dr. and Mrs. Cadbury's only Americans not seeking repatriation, order sent out by American embassy to accept repatriation, voyage of S. S. Gripsholm, death of Mrs. Laird]

Olin D. Wannamaker to Rufus Jones. New York. 1943, 2/24 [Details fate of Christian colleges in China with special attention to CCC, CCC moved to Hong Kong and then after Japanese invasion to a location in Guangdong province]

Olin D. Wannamaker. To Dr. E. R. Richie. 1937 12/28 [Thank you for Dr. Richie's financial support of Lingnan University. Update on University operations in the midst of war and WWC's ongoing work and need for more funds]

Flora Wilson. To Mrs. MacDonald. Canton, China. September 1945 [Title: Extracts from a letter from Flora Wilson, written from Canton in September 1945 after liberation from the CAC. The letter includes reflections on dwindling food rations in Canton, Kongtsuen Hospital under Japanese military presence, Chinese movements to take their temples back from the Japanese, and missionary staff and family life within Canton during occupation]

Correspondence: Edward C. Wood. To Prof. J. Irving Manatt and Arietta Clark Manatt. Unknown date. [Edward Wood is writing as the liaison between WWC and Sara's family regarding where their wedding will take place, and the transportation of family members from East to West Coast and vice versa. The rest of the letters in this series go into more detail]

J. Irving Manatt. To Edward C. Wood. Providence, RI. 1911 2/26 [Prof. Manatt wishes for his daughter Sara to be married at home (California), and says he will provide for her return home. Mentions that the Bacons volunteered to host the wedding, and that they should be kept in the loop of communication]

Edward C. Wood. To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Bacon. Unknown date [Acknowledgement of letter received from Prof. Manatt 1911 2/28, of which Mr. Bacon was sent a copy. Trustees will meet this week to discuss changes in the plan. The wedding will unfortunately be taken away from the Bacons' home]

Edward C. Wood. To J. Irving Manatt and Arietta Clark Manatt ("Prof. and Mrs. Manatt"). Unknown date. [Trustees are about to meet on Thursday. Edward Wood will propose to have WWC and Sara come home to have a September wedding and remain there for the latter part of the year before returning to Canton]

Edward C. Wood. To J. Irving Manatt and Arietta Clark Manatt ("Prof. and Mrs. Manatt"). 1911 3/3 [The proposal passed at the meeting. Prof. Manatt will be responsible for Sara's transportation across the country while WWC's family will be responsible for his]

Edward C. Wood. To Ms. Sara I. Manatt. 1911 2/23 [Edward Wood asks Sara to talk over his proposed plan with the Bacons, so that they can settle on something and get in touch with WWC soon]

Edward C. Wood. To My dear Sara. 1911 3/3 [Explains plans approved by the Board of Trustees, including WWC's leave from August to November, and asks if she will fall in with those plans]

Edward C. Wood. To Prof. J. Irving Manatt and Arietta Clark Manatt. 1911 3/20 [Reports that Sara is glad to fall in line with the plans for a home wedding in Providence, and states gratitude that the wedding has been made possible by Prof. and Mrs. Manatt's generosity in providing for Sara's transportation from California and return. A note in handwriting, with an arrow pointing to the underlined word "return," says that this was not made clear enough]

Edward C. Wood. Dear Friend. 1911 3/3 [Stationery: The University Medical School in Canton, China – Christian Association of UPenn, Howard Houston Hall, West Philadelphia, PA. Letter calling attention to WWC's work (and the work of other missionaries) in Canton. A written note at the top addressed to WWC informs him that the letter was sent to the Monthly Meeting of the Friends of Philadelphia, Western District]

Edward C. Wood. To Joseph M. Fox. 1912 1/12 [Stationery: The University Medical School in Canton, China – Christian Association of UPenn, Howard Houston Hall, West Philadelphia, PA. Letter asking for contributions from WWC's Philadelphia Meeting to raise the necessary $6,000 to provide a home for WWC in Canton]

Edward C. Wood. To Joel Cadbury. 1912 10/22 [Stationery: The University Medical School in Canton, China – Christian Association of UPenn, Howard Houston Hall, West Philadelphia, PA. Letter thanking Joel Cadbury for his donations toward the erection of WWC's Canton house. Also discusses possible locations for the house, and the question of whether or not Purnell and Paget will be drawing up the plans for the house]

M. Wistar Wood, W. W. Comfort, and D. Robert Yarnall. Philadelphia, PA. 1937 4/9 [Stationery: The Friends of Lingnan, Chapter Two, the Cadbury Group, Philadelphia and Vicinity. Wood, Comfort, and Yarnall give friends an update on the return of WWC and CJC to Canton, and make an appeal for donations to support their work]

M. Wistar Wood. Philadelphia, PA. 1937 6/25 [Stationery: The Friends of Lingnan, Chapter Two, the Cadbury Group, Philadelphia and Vicinity. Follow-up to the 1937 4/9 letter from Wood, Comfort, and Yarnall. Wood reports that less than half of the needed funds have been received, and once again reminds friends of the "soundness" of WWC and CJC's work at the hospital and LU]

A. H. Woods, M. D. To Dr. John M. Swan, Chief Surgeon Canton Hospital. Peak Hotel, Hongkong. 1904 8/17 [Dr. Woods is suggesting that his and Dr. Swan's Medical Schools not become rivals, but rather unite forces to create one great Medical School in Canton. Includes several pages of personal reflections on the matter, not yet brought to the attention of the Board of Trustees]

A. H. Woods, M. D. To Edward Cope Wood, Esq. Canton, China. 1916 3/16 [Letter urging Edward "Ned" Wood to join the staff at CCC and Hospital. Mentions how much WWC enjoys working there, and suggests that he be made Director, with the possibility of Chinese leadership in the near future. More focus on the unification of many different missionary efforts within the Hospital and College]

A. H. Woods, M. D. To Mr. W. Henry Grant, Secretary, Trustees, CCC. Canton, China. 1916 6/13 [Graybill and Dr. Woods have recently attended the Managing Committee Meetings for Canton Hospital and are "impressed with the inadequacy of the Committee." Dr. Woods goes into great detail (3 pages) about progress over the past four years, and his feelings of anxiety at the current board's mismanagement of that progress. Mentions WWC, Ned Wood, Howard, and Donald Sinclair as friends in his own vision of how the Hospital can best serve the patients of Canton. Attached: a letter from Wallace Buttrick of the Rockefeller Foundation, China Medical Board (NY) addressed to Mr. Grant, saying they do not currently find the ideas of Dr. Woods to be practicable]

Begins in the USA, but most of year spent in China. Writes nearly daily, cash accounts, social activities, includes newspaper and other clippings many of which are about current events (beginning of Sino-Japanese War). Notable dates include: 1937 1/1 – 1/2 (Family Reunion at Haverford), 1937 1/7 (departs from Philadelphia), 1937 2/21 (arrives in Canton, China), 1937 3/29 – 4/10 (in Shanghai), 1937 9/12 (first mention of air raids).

Residence during the year at Lingnan University Canton, China. Daily entries about both personal, professional, and political matters, newspaper and other clippings. Notable date: 1939 2/14 – 2/17 (altercation at a sentry-post).

At Lingnan University Canton, China. Daily entries about both personal, professional, and political matters, newspaper and other clippings. Notable dates: 1941 12/8 – end of diary (long entries and many clippings about Pearl Harbor, the entry of US into the war, and the consequences for Americans in Canton).

The diary is comprehensively indexed. Written in Canton, China, work at hospital. Notable dates: 1946 1/3 (en route to China, "This will be my 7th westward Pacific voyage: 1909, -12, -16, -22, -37, -40, and -46"), 1946 2/20 (arrive in Canton). Papers laid in: Obituary of Alice Peet from The Friend-1950, newspaper clippings, stamps, Yearly Meeting program.

The diary is comprehensively indexed. Written in Canton, China. Medical and professional notes, social activities, political notes. Notable dates: 1948 9/10 (death of John W. Cadbury). Papers laid in: stamps, newspaper, clippings, invitation to July 4th reception at American consulate, envelope with "Signatories on silk scroll at Dinner of old Kung Ye graduates, 1948 10/21 in the SaiYuan," letter from Henry J. Cadbury 1948 11/24, letters from 1954 regarding the official recognition of the Lingnan University Medical School.

Written in Moorestown, NJ. The diary is comprehensively indexed. Social activities, political notes. Papers laid in: newspaper clippings, stamps, list of medical graduates at Lingnan University, Agenda for the Sixth Annual Meeting United Board for Christian Colleges in China 1951 5/1.

Written in Moorestown, NJ. The diary is comprehensively indexed. Social activities, meetings attended, political notes. Notable dates: 1951 2/10 (receives Alumni Association Award of Merit from William Penn Charter School). Papers laid in: newspaper clippings, stamps, Philadelphia General Meeting Program, Yearly Meeting Program.

The diary is comprehensively indexed. Papers laid in: Haverford College Alumni Association card, newspaper clippings (many obituaries).

The diary is comprehensively indexed. 1955 6/24 (brother Ben dies). Papers laid in: newspaper clippings (many obituaries), stamps.

The diary is comprehensively indexed. Papers laid in: newspaper clippings (many obituaries), dried flowers, letters.

Handwriting determined to be WWC's.

From 1932-1935, majority of the time spent in Canton, China; 1936 in USA. Social activities, work at hospital.

Social activities, family and friends, travel.

Life in Canton in midst of escalating war. Notable dates include: 1943 2/1 (moved to internment camp), 1943 8/25 (learn that repatriation boat will leave on Sept 24).

Social activities, family and friends. Papers laid in: Letter from Samuel Brown 1952 4/10, Japanese American Fellowship Picnic 1952 5/3.

Addresses.

Business and articles related to WWC's death. Newspaper clippings of obituaries in various papers.

Travels to Honolulu, Japan.

Social activities and travels. Papers laid in: Program Japan Yearly Meeting, 1961 11/11-12.

Appointment/address book, social activities, political notes, activities with Peace Committee.

Social activities.

Social activities.

"Return to Canton," 1937 Various dates in 1940s, including report dated Nov. 9, 1943 written on board Motorship Gripsholm Trip to Oxford, 1952 The Ascent of Mt. Omei (Sichuan), 1947, along with complete map of Great Omei mountain, 1947

Three notebooks, one with grades, one with list of names, one marked "Refugee Schools" & "Mrs. Lam" and containing financial accounts.

Note: At least some of these notes were taken as a medical student and at Lingnan University. Titles, where given include: "Electro-shock therapy," "Diseases Recorded in the Four Gospels."

Record of WWC, 1877-1958. Significant events in the life of WWC by year. This journal is kept by years, recording important events of the year. Sometimes month and day are given. Also contains record or family biographical information. Papers laid in: Obituary of WWC from The Philadelphia Bulletin, obituary of Anna Elizabeth Fox (Mrs. Robert Eastburn Fox), addresses of Bishop Geoffrey Allen and John Barrow, Chronological list of important events for WWC, list of birthdays, short biography of CJC, telegram and response announcing death of John (Cadbury?), lined paper with biographical information about WWC's children.

1 volumes

2 volumes

Includes:

Misc. Sermons by Dr. Cadbury and articles on missionary work

Article on "The Little Girls of China" about quack medicine and the traffic of Chinese girls.

Misc. articles about doing medical work in China

"A Modern Chinese Wedding" on new westernized wedding rituals

Address to a graduating class of physicians

List of articles written by WWC

Article on the weakness of Chinese medicine by WWC in The North American of December 3, 1911

"Dr. Sun Yat Sen Visits the University Medical School" about Dr. Sun's accomplishments and his relation to the school.

"Some Account of the Funeral of Sara Manatt Cadbury"

"A Medical Journal in Chinese" re: the formation of the medical journal Chung Wa Ye Pe

Accounts of trip to Japan

"Medicine as Practiced by the Chinese"