Personal account of author’s childhood and youth, ca. 1910 - 1924 as a "missionary kid" in China, including experiences at American School Kikungshan. Author later served as a missionary in China and Hong Kong.

Narrator: Adelia Anderson, AUG missionary to China, 1936-1949.

Narrator: Stella Bly, NLC/ELC missionary to China, 1926-1942, 1946-1949.

Narrator: Bernice Boyum, ELC missionary to China, 1946-1949.

General history of Christian mission, both Protestant and Catholic, and the church in China. No references to Lutherans. Author is Presbyterian.

Location: Luther Seminary

Biographical stories of Dr. C. W. Landahl and his work in China which began in 1896, with account focused on 1919-1937.

Biography of Chinese pastor Peng Fu, who served as pastor of congregation in Junan, president of the Honan-Hupeh Synod of the Lutheran Church of China, and beginning in 1937, president of the Lutheran Church of China.

History of the Lutheran Theological Seminary from its beginnings in China through its move to Hong Kong.

Commemorates the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Augustana Foreign Mission Society. Account of revival movement in China from 1927 to 1935.

History of the involvement of the Augustana Synod in China, 1905 - 1937. First missionaries: Rev. & Mrs. Edwins.

Description, history, stories, photos.

The story of Christian missions to Tibet and three personal accounts of missionary experiences in Tibet.

Reports of a survey made under the auspices of the Nanking Theological Seminary and the National Christian Council of China.

Immense, detailed atlas of China and location and number of "Christian forces."

Story of German pastor Werner Wedel who was exiled to China in 1939, lived in China for 14 years and served as a pastor to other refugees and to Chinese people in China.

Organized by states, Alabama to Wyoming. Subject index lists "Lutheran" topics. Location: Luther Seminary

General survey and history of Christian missions and churches in China, including Catholic and Protestant. Very little specific about Lutherans. Author was Presbyterian missionary in China 1925-1950.

Accounts of mission work in China, "written by the missionaries in the field."

Experiences and observations of travel by author in rural China. Includes description of mission work and call for more missionaries.

Fourteen stories of Christian communities in the People’s Republic of China, told by Chinese people. Few references to denominations.

Narrator: Judith Hyland, NLC/ELC missionary to China, 1940-1948.

Abstracts of 112 oral history transcripts produced by the Midwest China Center. Includes missionaries as well as many other vocations.

Dramatic stories of the author’s experience in China, beginning with caring for victims of a Japanese invasion.

Survey of Lutheran missions in China from Europe and North America during the latter part of World War II, leading up to Communist revolution, and effects of Communist takeover, including evacuation of missionaries, some of whom went to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

History of Lutheran Brethren mission work in Honan Province. Photographs of missionaries and their families.

Author’s experiences as a missionary in China along with his wife, family and colleagues. Author is Hungarian.

First-person account of missionary pastor, husband and father who was captured by Chinese bandits on October 13, 1922 and released on December 11, 1922. Written as a testimony to supporters as he and his family prepared to return to China for another seven-year term.

Narrator: Margaret Miller, AUG missionary to China, 1940-1945.

Biography of Bert N. Nelson, missionary in China, captured by Communists and martyred in 1932. The author and Bert Nelson were sons of pioneer China missionary Daniel Nelson, Sr. Published by The Board of Foreign Missions of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America.

Location: Luther Seminary

Narrator: Evelyn Nelson, AUG missionary to China, 1944-1949.

Biography of pioneer missionary to China, 1890-1926, written by his daughter.

Summary and directory of missionaries and mission work.

Some chapters are in Swedish and some in English. Pioneer missionaries, Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Edwins.

Accounts of mission work and various institutions, written by missionaries.

H. N. Ronning (born 1862) spent 1891-1899 and 1901-1908 in China

Theodor Hanberg, 1819-1854, missionary in Hakka Territory, China 1847 - 1854. Swedish language; short summary in English pp. 258-262.

History from a vision in 1911, founding in 1919, through postwar 1945-1951.

Personal narrative of author and his wife Evodia regarding their missionary service in China, 1913 - 1957.

Narrator: Minnie Tack, AUG missionary to China, 1921-1949.

Translated from Norwegian by Mrs. Mina Hellestad. Written by missionary in China.

Author's experiences as an American-born missionary with the Danish Lutheran Mission in China and later Liberia. Location: ELCA Archives, Chicago - uncatalogued item

History of the Lutheran United Mission, Norwegian American missions in China, evangelistic work, educational work, medical work, the Lutheran Church of China, Chinese co-workers, Glimpses of the Work (stories), missionary biographies.

Description of the Lutheran mission work in the Shantung province, which was assumed by the United Lutheran Church in America from the Berlin Missionary Society in 1923.

Location: Luther Seminary

Location: Luther Seminary

Location: Luther Seminary

Location: Luther Seminary

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