GB 0102 CIM/PP 158-479 - Broomhall, Anthony James

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GB 0102 CIM/PP 158-479

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Broomhall, Anthony James

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  • 1776-1991 (Creation)

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7 boxes

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Biographical 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).

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The papers form part of the series of personal and private papers of individual missionaries among the records of the China Inland Mission.
GB 0102 CIM/PP 158-479 1776-1991 Collection (fonds) 7 boxes Broomhall , Anthony James , 1911-1994 , physician, missionary and historian
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).

The papers form part of the series of personal and private papers of individual missionaries among the records of the China Inland Mission.

Donated with the records of the China Inland Mission from 1991.

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.

Unrestricted. Readers should order the documents as CIM boxes 17-23 in SOAS Special Collections Reading Room.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
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Unpublished handlist.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the China Inland Mission (Ref: CIM), including various papers of other members of the Broomhall family.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, ed Gerald H Anderson (1998). Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Ancient religions Asian cultures Bibles Broomhall , Anthony James , 1911-1994 , physician, missionary and historian China China Inland Mission Christianity Christians Drawings East Asia Evangelistic missionaries Evangelistic missionary work Inland water transport Maps Missionaries Missionary work National cultures Photographs Protestantism Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious doctrines Religious groups Religious history Religious institutions Religious movements Religious texts Rivers Surface water Taylor , family , missionaries Taylor , Frederick Howard , 1862-1946 , medical missionary Taylor , James Hudson , 1832-1905 , founder of the China Inland Mission and the Chefoo Schools x Taylor , Hudson Theology Transport Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Water resources Illustrations

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Donated with the records of the China Inland Mission from 1991.

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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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Unrestricted. Readers should order the documents as CIM boxes 17-23 in SOAS Special Collections Reading Room.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the China Inland Mission (Ref: CIM), including various papers of other members of the Broomhall family.

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Unpublished handlist.

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School of Oriental and African Studies

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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