Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937

Abstract: This collection includes correspondence, writings, photographs, films, and other documentation of the life and work of John Gillespie Magee, his son John Gillespie Magee, Jr. and other family members. The Rev. John G. Magee (1884-1953), a graduate of Yale University, served as a missionary to China under the Episcopal Church for twenty-eight years. John G. Magee witnessed the Japanese invasion of Nanking (Nanjing) in December of 1937 and the subsequent Nanking Massacre. At great risk to his...

Abstract:

This collection contains materials relating to the Mills family during their lives as Presbyterian missionaries in China. The Mills family resided in China during the Nanjing Incident of 1927, the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, and World War II. The collection provides insight into China in the twentieth century containing narratives of conflict, experiences of imprisonment during the Korean War, and further descriptions of daily life as missionaries in China.