PAUL LEATON CORBIN (1875-1936)

PAPERS, 1886-1937

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INVENTORY

Note: An asterisk * denotes records.

Series I.  Correspondence, 1908-35  .2 l.f.
	Subseries 1.  Correspondence of Paul Corbin, 1911-18, 1926, 1929
Box 1
		Correspondence, 1911-18, 1926, 1929  (3f)
	Subseries 2.  Circular Letters Received by Paul Corbin, 1908-35
Box 1 (cont.)
		Circular letters (received), 1908-35  (5f)
Series II.  Annual Reports, 1904-30   .2 l.f.
	Subseries 1.  Annual Reports of the North China Mission of the
		American Board, 1901-15, 1923, 1930
Box 2
		Annual reports, N. China Mission, 1904, 1906, 1908-14  (2f)
			[includes the Standing Rules (1901, 1915, 1923, 1930)
			of the North China Mission]
	Subseries 2.  Annual Reports of the Shansi Mission of the 
		American Board, 1906-07, 1911-14
Box 2 (cont.)
		Annual reports, 1906-07, 1911-14
	Subseries 3.  Annual Reports of American Board Mission Stations,
		1913-15
Box 2 (cont.)
		Annual report of Shaowu station, Fukien Province, 1915
		Annual report of Taigu station, Shansi Province, 1913-14
Series III.  Minutes, 1908-35  .4 l.f.
	Subseries 1.  Minutes of the Meetings of the North China Mission,
		1910-35
Box 3
		Minutes, 1910, 1912-14, 1916, 1918-19, 1922-23, 1927, 1930-35  (2f)
		Minutes, Council of the North China Kung Li Hui, [North China Mission] 
			1924, 1926-27, 1931-32
	Subseries 2.  Minutes of District meetings of the North China 
		Mission, 1908-26
Box 3 (cont.)
		Minutes, Chihli District meetings, 1914, 1917
		Minutes, Shansi District meetings, 1908, 1915-19, 1926
	Subseries 3.  Minutes of Councils, Boards, and Committees, 
		1908-35
Box 3 (cont.)
		Minutes, China Continuation Committee, 1918-19
			(See also Series V for related materials)
		Minutes, North China Council, 1917-19, 1921-22, 1935
		Minutes, Promotional Board of the North China Kung Li Hui, 1930-31
		Minutes of various meetings, 1908, 1910, 1925
Series IV.  Miscellaneous Reports (loose) Relating to Mission Work in
	Shansi Province, 1907-31, n.d.  .2 l.f.
Box 4
		Anti-Plague Bureau reports, 1918, n.d.
		Inspection reports for Shansi schools, 1919
		Lecture notes and ms. reports of missionary teachers, n.d.
		Various reports, 1907-31, n.d.  (3f)
			(See folders for title listings)
Series V.  Publications Relating to Missionary Work in China, 
	1886-1935, n.d.  3 l.f.
	Subseries 1.  Annual Reports of Missionary Organizations Based 
		in China, 1904-27, n.d.  .8 l.f.
Box 5
		American Bible Society in China, 1907, 1914-15, 1923
		British and Foreign Bible Society, 1906-10, 1916-18  (2f)
		Central China Religious Tract Soc., 1905-09, 1913-15
		Chinese Tract Society, 1906-09, 1910-19  (2f)
Box 6
		International Anti-Opium Assoc., 1922, 1924
		North China Tract Society, 1904-06, 1908-15
		Religious Tract Society of North and Central China, 1916-20, 1922-27  (2f)
		Reports of various missions, schools, and hospitals,  
			American Presbyterian Mission, Chefoo--
			Y.M.C.A. of China, Korea, and Hong Kong, 1904-24, n.d. (2f)
	Subseries 2.  Proceedings of Various Conferences (Held in China),
		1905-26, n.d.  .4 l.f.
Box 7
		China Centenary Missionary Conference, 1907
		China Continuation Committee, 1916-21  (2f)
		Various conferences, 1905-26  (2f)
	Subseries 3.  Periodicals, 1892-1935  1.4 l.f.
Box 8
		The American Review of Reviews, 1925, n.d.  4 reprints
		Bulletin of the Intn'l. Opium Assoc., 1919-25  16 issues
		Bulletin of the National Christian Council, 1922-25  13 issues
		China: the Quarterly Record of the Christian Literature Society for China, 
			1909-13  11 issues
		China Continuation Committee Bulletin, 1918  11 issues
		China Inland Mission: List of Missionaries, 1907-27  23 issues
Box 9
		The Chinese Recorder, 1892, 1897, 1916, 1922  4 issues
		The Educational Review, 1909-11, 1914, 1919  11 issues
		Famine Commission Bulletin, 1926, 1927  2 issues
		The International Review of Missions, 1920-21, n.d.  5 reprints
		The Midnight Watch, 1933, 1934  2 issues
		The Mission Mirror, 1932-34  6 issues
		The Missionary Supplier, 1934, 1935  11 issues
		Monthly Bulletin of the Educational Assoc. of China, 1907  2 issues
		Record of Christian Work, 1913, 1915  2 issues
		The Shaowu Bulletin, 1922, 1923  2 issues
		The Taiku Reflector, 1932  (maiden issue; 2 copies)
Box 10
		Woman's Work in the Far East, 1907-17  8 bound volumes
Box 11
		Woman's Work in the Far East, 1917-18  2 bound volumes
		Woman's Work in the Far East, 1905, 1920-22  5 issues (unbound)
		Single issues of various periodicals, 1903-34  29 items
	Subseries 4.  Miscellany, 1886-1937, n.d.  .8 l.f.
Box 12
		Architectural drawings, Fenchow mission, 1919
		Biographical accounts of missionaries, 1904-32, n.d.
		Book dealer catalogs, 1919-21, 1931, 1933, 1934, n.d. (2f)
		Cards and souvenirs, 1907-31, n.d.
		Census reports, native and foreign populations of Shanghai, 1910, 1915
		Chinese language materials, 1920, n.d. 
			Chinese scroll presented to P. Corbin, 1920 
				(housed in Box 12A below)
			Loose papers in Chinese, n.d. 
				(housed in Box 14 below)
		Devotional tracts, 1899-1932
		Directories of Protestant missionaries, 1911, 1912
		Hymnals, 19022, 1907, 1918
		Newspaper clippings, 1937, n.d.  (some in Chinese)
Box 12A	(oversize)
		Chinese scroll presented to P. Corbin, 1920
Box 13
		Occasional publications, various missionary organizations
			American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
				Handbook for Missions and Missionaries, 1920, 1928
				Histories of the Board in China, 1900-35, n.d.
				Manuals for prospective foreign missionaries, 1886, 
					1889, 1897
				Pamphlets on foreign mission fields, 1896-1925
			China Inland Mission (devotional works), 1894, 1918-19, n.d.
			North China mission schools, 1911-25, n.d.
			Y.M.C.A. in China, 1910-32, n.d.  
		Writings of missionaries from the field (tracts), 1896-1934
Box 14
		Chinese language materials, n.d.
	Subseries 5.  Various articles on the Far East, 1893-1933, n.d.  .8 l.f.
Box 15
		Anti-opium, 1893, 1911, 1921-25
		China (general), 1909-15, 1919-33, n.d. (2f)
		Christian work in China, 1897-1919  (2f)
Box 16
		Christian work in China, 1921-25, 1930, n.d.  (2f)
		Famine relief, 1910-11, 1918
		Flood relief, n.d.
		Medical missions, 1909-34
		Missionary education, 1900-25
Series VI.  Publications Relating to Missionary Work (General), 
	1897-1934  2.2 l.f.
	Subseries 1.  Proceedings of Various Meetings and Conferences,
		1903-28  .6 l.f.
Box 17
		A.B.C.F.M. 
			Annual meeting programs, 1903, 1906, 1912, 1922, 1928
			Reports of the Prudential Committee for the Home Department, 
				1911-12, 1919-20
			Reports of the Treasurer, 1911-12, 1919-20
			Surveys of the Fields, 1911-12, 1919-21, 1928-29
		American Oriental Problems: conference report, 1916
		Board of Missionary Preparation annual mtgs., 1912, 1917, 1918
		Conference on Co-operation...in Foreign Missionary Work, 1914
		Foreign Mission Boards, annual conferences, 1905-06, 1908-13  (2f)
		Medical Missionary Conference, 1912
		National Council of Congregational Churches, 1910
Box 18
		Student Volunteer Convention, 1906, 1914
		World Conference on Faith and Order, 1913-15, 1919-21
		World's Seventh Sunday-School Convention, 1913
		World's Student Christian Confederation, 1907
	Subseries 2.  Periodicals, 1900-34  .6 l.f.
Box 19
		American Board Quarterly News Bulletin, 1907, 1912, 1920-21, 1934  
			7 issues
		American Board Yearbook of Missions, 1912, 1919, 1920  3 issues
		Chicago Theological Seminary Register, 1921-22  3 issues
		The Congressional Record (70th Congress, 1st Session), 
			Jan 19, Jan 31, 1928
		Journal of the American Asiatic Association, 1913, 1914  2 issues
		Missionary Ammunition, 1917, 1920
		The Outlook, 1911  11 issues  (3f)
		The Pilgrim, 1931  2 issues
		The Pilgrim Sermon Messenger, 1928, n.d.  5 issues
		Quarterly Record of the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1917, 1931  
			2 issues
		The Student Movement, 1903, 1904  5 issues
Box 20
		World Missionary Conference News Sheet, 1909  2 issues
		Single issues of various periodicals, 1900-31  (3f)
Series VI.  Publications Relating Missionary Work (General)  (cont.)
	Subseries 3.  Miscellany, 1897-1930  1 l.f.
Box 21
		Booklets on missionary service (general), 1897, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1921
		Bulletins of U.S. Congregational churches, 1908-30
		Devotional tracts, 1880-1928, n.d.  (3f)
Box 22
		Directories of various Congregational churches, 1916-30, n.d.
		Occasional publications
			Student Volunteer Movement, 1901, 1904-05, 1908, 1928
			Woman's Board of Missions, 1920
		Pamphlets on World War I, 1916-24
Box 23
		Various booklets, 1906-29, n.d.

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