Papers of Anthony James Broomhall

Papers, 1776-1991 (including some copies), some undated, collected by Anthony James Broomhall for his work on the China Inland Mission, Hudson Taylor and China's Open Century, comprising manuscript, typescript and printed notes and sources, largely undated, on Chinese and missionary history, on Jame...

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Date(s) of creation: 1776-1991
Level: Series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Broomhall; Anthony James (1911-1994); physician, missionary and historian
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item_location Archive & Special Collections
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title Papers of Anthony James Broomhall
scb_date_creation 1776-1991
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author Broomhall; Anthony James (1911-1994); physician, missionary and historian
author_facet Broomhall; Anthony James (1911-1994); physician, missionary and historian
authorStr Broomhall; Anthony James (1911-1994); physician, missionary and historian
author_letter Broomhall; Anthony James (1911-1994); physician, missionary and historian
format Archive
scb_admin_history Born in Chefoo (Yantai), China, 1911; son of Benjamin Charles Broomhall and his wife Marion, of the Baptist Missionary Society, and grandson of the general secretary of the China Inland Mission, Benjamin Broomhall, who married Amelia, sister of its founder James Hudson Taylor; educated at the Chefoo School and at Monkton Combe, Bath, England; received his medical training at the London Hospital; joined the China Inland Mission (CIM) and sailed for China, 1938; married Theodora Janet Churchill, 1942; the couple began pioneering work among the Nosu tribe of south-west China, but were soon forced by the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) to flee to India; after the war they returned to the Nosu for four further years of medical and evangelical work; following several months of house arrest, they were expelled from China by the Communists with their four daughters, 1951; Broomhall's investigations as to whether the CIM could undertake medical work in Thailand led to three hospitals being founded there; also a pioneering missionary among the Mangyan people of the island of Mindoro in the Philippines for 11 years; re-visited Nosuland, 1988; historian of the China Inland Mission; died, 1994. Publications: Strong Tower (1947); Strong Man's Prey (1953); Fields for Reaping (1953); Time for Action (1965); Hudson Taylor and China's Open Century (7 volumes, 1981-1989).
description Papers, 1776-1991 (including some copies), some undated, collected by Anthony James Broomhall for his work on the China Inland Mission, Hudson Taylor and China's Open Century, comprising manuscript, typescript and printed notes and sources, largely undated, on Chinese and missionary history, on James Hudson Taylor, including his letters and personal papers, the chronology of his life, and his forebears, and on Frederick Howard Taylor; photocopies of drawings and photographs, including James Hudson Taylor and also Chinese buildings, cities, boats and rivers, and other scenes, copies of documents associated with Taylor, including his Bible and marriage certificate, and a photograph of his grave; maps of China and other parts of Asia, some including China Inland Mission stations; Broomhall's correspondence relating to his research, 1939-1991.
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scb_access_status Open
scb-callnumber-first Evangelism
Inland water transport
Missionaries
Missionary work
Protestantism
Protestants
Religious history
Travel abroad
topic Evangelism
Inland water transport
Missionaries
Missionary work
Protestantism
Protestants
Religious history
Travel abroad
topic_facet Evangelism
Inland water transport
Missionaries
Missionary work
Protestantism
Protestants
Religious history
Travel abroad
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