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China Papers of Samuel Cochran

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Cochran, Samuel, 1871-1952.

Samuel Cochran (Princeton Class of 1893) served as a Presbyterian medical missionary in Hwaiyuan, Anhwei Province, China, during the years from 1898 to 1926.

The collection consists of notes, letters, photographs, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings of Cochran (Princeton Class of 1893) during the years (1898-1926) he served as a Presbyterian medical missionary in Hwaiyuan, Anhwei Province, China. Letters to his mother, Anne Carter Cochran, form the bulk of the material, but there are also journals and notes kept by Cochran, and photographs of him, Hope Hospital, and Chinese friends in Hwaiyuan.

This collection was the gift of Mrs. William A. Buell in 1976.

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Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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Collection Inventory

Writings, 1902-1910. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Story of Hope Hospital Transcript, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence I, 1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence II, 1900-1902. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence III, 1903-1904. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence IV, 1905-1909. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence V, 1910. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence VI, 1911. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence VII, 1912-1913. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence VIII, 1914-1916. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence IX, 1917-1918. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence X, 1919-1925. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence XI, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence Other Than by Samuel Cochran, 1900. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Printed Material, 1952-1954. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Memorabilia, 1917-1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Clippings, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs, 1866-1916. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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