| Description | The papers of the Asia Christian Colleges Association which was founded in 1952 to give assistance to Christian Colleges of university grade. It took over the support work of the United Committee for Christian Universities of China [known from 1931-1945 as the China Christian Universities Association] and extended it to the Christian Medical Colleges and Hospitals at Vellore and Ludhiana in India.
O 1A Minutes 15 April 1931-6 October 1944
O 1B Executive Committee: minutes 1 December
1944-24 August 1953
O 2 Finance and Policy Committee: minutes
10 April 1945-16 June 1953 (1 vol.)
O 3 Council minutes
1 June 1945-16 June 1953 (1 vol.)
O 4 United Committee:
4A papers and correspondence 1931-33,1938-43
4B report and accounts, statistics and papers
including notes re local support centres
in Britain 1930-43
O 5 Committee papers:
5A Executive Committee 1945-48 and Annual
Meeting papers 1946-49
5B Planning Committee 1944-46
5C Finance and Policy Committee 1945-53
5D Liaison Committee (Vellore, India Colleges
Council and CCUA) re formation of Asia
Christian Colleges Association 1951
O 6 Annual reports 1947-50
O 7-12 Associated Boards for Christian Colleges
in China: New York: name changed 1948 to
United Boards for Christian Colleges in China
O 7 Associated Boards for Christian Colleges in
China: New York:
Executive Committee minutes 1937-47
O 8 United Board for Christian Colleges in China:
New York: summarised reports, extracts from
letters and papers re affairs in China:
duplicated 1949-53
O 9 Federation of the Christian Universities of
the Shanghai area: proposal for meeting of
U.S. Boards, New York March 1945
O 10 Printed papers including:-
Annual reports 1941,1944,1946,1948-53;
The China Colleges: magazine 1943,1945,
1948-52: Vol X no 4, Vol XIII no 2,
Vol XVI no 2, Vol XVII nos 3-4, Vol XVIII
Nos 3-4, Vol XIX nos 1-4, Vol XX no 1
O 11 China Christian Universities Association:
correspondence with Associated Boards for
Christian Colleges in China in New York
1944-1951
O 12 Associated Boards for Christian Colleges
in China: correspondence, some personal,
with Dr S H Dixon, Edinburgh House 1943-1953
O 13 China Christian Universities Association:
general correspondence 1945-1953
O 14 Universities’ China Committee in London:
papers, minutes and correspondence 1948-1953
O 15 Correspondence with other denominations:
Church of Scotland 1945-52, Friends Service
Council 1951-53, Presbyterian Church of
England 1944-53, Presbyterian Church of
Ireland 1950-54
O 16-30 Colleges correspondence and papers
O 16 Fukien Christian University 1938,1947-50
O 17 Ginling College, Nanking 1942,1950
O 18 Hangchow University: minutes and papers
1949-51
O 19 Hwa Nan College, Foochow: minutes and
Papers 1947,1949,1951
O 20 Huachung University
A general correspondence including with
Chairman and president 1939-51
B correspondence mainly re purchase of
Books, equipment etc 1946-50
C Newsletter 1947-50 [VERY FRAGILE]
10 Year Plan of School of Education 1936
circular letters from Mr and Mrs David
F Anderson 1944
O 21 Hweian University, Fukien 1949-1950
O 22 Lingnan University
A minutes, reports and papers 1943-49
B correspondence with chairman and president
1947-51
C correspondence re equipment 1945-51
D miscellaneous correspondence and papers
1942-51: including report of ICI Chair of
Physics January 1949-February 1951 (with
photographs)
O 23 Moukden Medical College: printed reports
and papers 1937-40,1947-48; correspondence
re equipment 1947-49
O 24 Nanking University: reports 1946-50;
correspondence and papers 1939-48
O 25 Peiping (Peking) Union Medical College:
A correspondence 1934-35
B Weekly Calendar December 1937-February 1939:
Vol.XXXIII nos 17-20; Vol.XXXIV nos 1-19,21-22;
Vol.XXXV nos 1-4,9-12; Vol.XXXVI nos 1-4
O 26 St. John’s University, Shanghai: correspondence
1947-48,1950; Annual Catalogue September 1936-
June 1937
O 27 Shantung Christian University [founded as
Protestant Union University 1904]
A/1 British Joint Board: minutes
28 June 1918-11 April 1922
[Baptist Missionary Society, London Missionary
Society, Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel, Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society]
A/2 26 May 1922-20 March 1925
A/3 1 May 1925-22 January 1943, 6 June 1945
British Section of the Board of Governors
[with unsigned copy of deed to transfer
property 1925]
B correspondence and paprs 1940-52
C accounts 1936-43
D papers re fire insurance 1937,1940,1942
E Cheeloo Notes 1925-31 and Bulletins 1940-41,
1946,1948-49
F printed paprs and brochures (some illustrated)
1920s
G blocks used in SCU literature (1 vol.) 1926
O 28 Soochow University: correspondence 1943-44, 1947-50
O 29 West China Union University
A correspondence, including with Chairman and
Vice-Chancellor 1946-50
B correspondence 1946-50 including correspondence with Professor C S Lo 1946-49
C correspondence re equipment and supplies 1947-51
D correspondence with USA 1950
E correspondence with Department of Pharmacy
(Dr Meuser) 1945-50
F Home Correspondence: Board of Governors
British Section 1937-39
G miscellaneous correspondence and duplicated
papers 1941-43,1946,1949-50
H Printed papers:
History of the West China Union University
1910-35 by Joseph Taylor: printed at Canadian
Mission Press, Chengtu, China
News Bulletin:
1946 October,November,December/January 1946/7
1947 February/March,April,May/June,November/December
1948 May/June,July/August,September/October, November/December
1949 January/March
O 30 Yenching University, Pekin: papers,
brochures and correspondence 1944,1949-51
O 31 Christian Universities of China Bulletin
Nos. 1-15 1931-1937
Nos. 16-30 1938-1943
Nos. 31-45 1944-1951
(3 vols.)
with duplicates:- 1932 (nos 2-3), 1937 (15,17),
1938 (18-19), 1939 (21-22), 1940 (23-24),
1941 (25-26), 1942 (27-28), 1943 (29),
1944 (32),1945-1950 (33-43)
O 32-48 Asia Christian Colleges Association
O 32 General Council:
minutes 18 December 1953-9 July 1963
(1 vol.)
O 33 Asia Christian Colleges Joint Committee:
minutes: 12 September 1951-29 May 1953;
General Council: minutes 15 September-
18 December 1953
(1 vol.)
O 34 East Asia Committee:
minutes: 30 October 1953-6 December 1957
(1 vol.)
O 35 Minutes, reports and papers 1952-1977
O 36 Constitution Committee: minutes,
correspondence and papers 1953
O 37 General correspondence 1974-1979
O 38 Correspondence with ACCA chairman
A Sir Frederick James 1951-56,1963-65
B Sir Kenneth Grubb 1957-65
O 39 Miscellaneous correspondence
A Rev Barry Till 1969,1971 including re
Dr D J Crozier 1965-68
B Vice-Presidents 1954-56,1960-62
O 40-47 Finance papers
O 40 Ledger 1954-70
(1 vol.)
O 41 Audited accounts
A ACCA 1952/3-1969/70
B CCUA 1953/4-1956/7
O 42 Expired covenants 1950s-1960s
O 43 Grants: miscellaneous correspondence 1974-79
O 44 Scholarships
A/1 correspondence re 1953 scheme 1952-1964 (1 file)
A/2 general correspondence 1955-1965 including with applicants for scholarships
B individual files 1950s-1960s
Ninan Abraham, Verghis Chandy, David Jayakar
Daniel, Dr. P I Ittyerah, C J John,
M C John, Fazal Masih, S K Mitra,
K Rajaratnam, J V Singh,Irene Srinivasan,
Akhtar Nasim Willliams
O 45 Correspondence with trusts
A Cadbury Trusts
Barrow and Geraldine S Cadbury Trust 1947-61
W A Cadbury Trust 1946-66
Edward Cadbury Trust 1953-60
B Carr Memorial Fund 1926-58
including Trust Deed 1926 [Shantung
Christian University]
C Freeland Barbour Trust [The McDowall Trust]
1954-72
D Gilchrist Educational Trust 1954-73
E Patons & Baldwins Ltd 1947-58
F Joseph Rank Trust 1947-61
G Shell Petroleum 1944-52
H Survey Application Trust (World Dominion
Press) 1966-67
O 46 Correspondence with supporting societies
and organisations
A Canadian societies 1947-56
B Church Missionary Society 1951-68
C Congregational Council for World Mission
(LMS) 1952-67
D Friends of Serampore 1967-69
E Oxfam 1953-64
F Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1948-67
G Student Christian Movement 1943-61
H United Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel 1950-62
O 47 Local branches of ACCA: accounts 1965-72
Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh 1966,
Glasgow 1965-71, Hampstead, Liverpool,
Manchester including minutes (mainly
1967-69), Northern Ireland (Belfast),
Oxford, Perth, Reigate, Ripon and Harrogate,
Sheffield, Serampore (Friends of),
Aberdeen and Birmingham (sent directly
abroad)
O 48 Asia Christian Colleges Association Bulletin
A Nos.1-55 published twice each year
1952-December 1976, January 1978 [no Bulletin
in 1977]
B working files for preparing Bulletin with
material for 1974,1976-79
(2 files)
O 49-56 Colleges
O 49-51 General files
O 49 Material and information requested by Asia
Christian Colleges Joint Committee from
Christian Colleges of India: answers to
questionnaire 1952: covers:-
material, academic standards, government
of college, outstanding contribution of
college, main subjects taught, religious
activities, financial support
(2 files)
O 50 Circular letters to principals of colleges
in India 1959-60,1963-68
O 51 ISS-FERES Project: study of the educational,
health and social activities of religious
bodies in the developing countries:
correspondence 1965 and miscellaneous papers
O 52-53 Individual college files 1950s-1970s
O 52 India and Pakistan
/1 Agra: St. John’s College
/2 Ahmednagar: Christian College
/3 Allahabad Agricultural Institute
/4 Alwaye Union Christian College
/5 Bangalore: St. John’s Junior College (including
plans)
/6 Bankura Christian College
/7 Barapani, Assam: Union Christian College
/8 Baring Christian College
/9 Berhampore Union Christian Training College
/10 Bombay: Wilson College
/11 Calcutta: St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College
/12 Calcutta: Women’s Christian College
/13 Delhi: St. Stephen’s College
/14 Gorakhpur: St. Andrew’s College
/15 Hazaribagh: St. Columba’s College
/16 Kanpur: Christ Church College
/17 Lahore: Forman Christian College
/18 Lahore: Kinnaird College
/19 Lucknow Christian College
/20 Lucknow: Isabella Thoburn College
/21 Madras: Meston Training College
/22 Madras: St. Christopher’s Training College
/23 Madras: Women’s Christian College
/24 Madurai: Lady Doak College
/25 Masulipatam: Noble Memorial College
/26 Nagercoil: Scott Christian College
/27 Nagpur: Hislop College
/28 Orissa: Stewart Science College
/29 Palayamkottai: St. John’s College
/30 Palayamkottai: Sarah Tucker College
/31 Rawalpindi: Gordon College
/32 Serampore College
/33 Sialkot: Murray College
/34 Tirunelveli: Sarah Tucker College
/35 Tiruvalla: Mar Thoma College
O 53 East Asia
/1 China: Chung Chi College: includes report
of the Fulton Commission 1963
/2 Formosa: Tainan Theological College
/3 Japan: Tokyo: International Christian University
/4 Singapore: Trinity Theological College
/5 Taiwan: Tunghai University
O 54 College magazines [mainly single numbers]
1960s-1970s
India and Pakistan:
Allahabad: William Holland University College
Allahabad: Ewing Christian College
Barapani: Union Christian College
Batala: Baring Union Christian College
Lahore: Kinnaird College
Madras: St Christopher’s Training College
Madurai: Lady Doak College
Nagercoil: Scott Christian College
Nagpur: Hislop College
Palayamkottai: Sarah Tucker College
Sialkot: Murray College
O 55 Books: Histories of individual colleges:
published by United Board for Christian
Universities of China, USA
Fukien Christian University 1954
Ginling College 1955
Hangchow University 1955
Hwa Nan College 1956
St. John’s University Shanghai 1955
Shantung Christian University (Cheloo) 1955
Soochow University 1956
Yenching University 1959
St. John’s University, Shanghai 1879-1929
O 56 Miscellaneous printed papers re colleges
Bangalore: United Theological College:-
Fifty Years of Service 1910-1960;
Annual Report 1972/73
Serampore College:- handbook 1960/62;
The Story of Serampore and its College
published 1961; brochure
Chung Chi College Hong Kong: Annual Report
1972-73; Chung Chi Journal May 1969
with article re Lingnan College; Chung
Chi Bulletin December 1973; brochures
Japan: International Christian University:
brochures
O 57 United Board for Christian Higher Education
in Asia: New York: appraisals of Christian
Higher Education 1968; annual reports
1953/54-1954/55, 1967/68-1968/69,1971/72;
New Horizons Fall 1971- Spring 1972
O 58 Miscellaneous papers including Secretary’s
Correspondence with Sir Kenneth Grubb and
Working papers 1976 [see also O 48B] 1970s
O 59-87 Photographs
O 59 China Christian Universities Association:
display: 3 boards: includes past, wartime
conditions and current 1950s
O 60 CCUA/ACCA: display: c.1960
Tunghai Christian University, Formosa
Ludhiana Christian Medical College and Hospital
International Christian University, Japan
Women’s Christian College, Madras
Murray College, Sialkot, Pakistan
Union Christian College, Barapani, Assam
Edwardes College, Peshawar
Serampore College
Scottish Church College, Calcutta
Alwaye Christian College, South India
Chung Chi College, Hong Kong
O 61 Slides
/1A-B Chung Chi College [B with list]
/2 Japan
/3 Singapore [with list]
/4 glass slides [Newton box] includes Chengtu,
Lingnan [only 5 captioned]
/5 roll of film
O 62 Photos: India and Pakistan: in named envelopes
/1 Agra: St. John’s College
/2 Ahmanagar Christian College
/3 Allahabad Agricultural College
/4 Allahabad: Ewing Christian College
/5 Alwaye College
/6 Assam: Barapani College
/7 Bombay: Wilson College
/8 Calcutta: St. Paul’s College
/9 Calcutta: Scottish Church College
/10 Delhi: St. Stephen’s College
/11 Hazaribagh: St. Columba’s College
/12 Kanpur: Christchurch College
/13 Kottayam College
/14 Lahore: Forman College
/15 Lahore: Kinnaird College
/16 Lucknow: Isabella Thoburn College
/17 Ludhiana Medical College
/18 Madras Christian College
/19 Madras Women’s Christian College
/20 Madras Women’s Christian College: opening
of Science buildings
/21 Madras Women’s Christian College and St.
Christopher’s Training College
/22 Madras Women’s Christian College and Meston Training College
/23 Madurai: Lady Doak College
/24 Nagercoil: Scott Christian College
/25 Palayamkottai: St. John’s College
/26 Peshawar: Edwardes College
/27 Rawalpindi: Gordon College
/28 Serampore College
/29 Sialkot: Murray College
/30 Vellore College
O 63 Formosa: Tunghai University
O 64 Japan: International Christian University
O 65 Malaya: Malaya Christian Council Students Hostel
O 66 Singapore: Trinity College
O 67/1-11 Hong Kong: Chung Chi College (11 packets)
O 68-79 China: individual universities
O 68/1-11 Cheeloo: /7-8 university staff; /9 staff residences; /11 Tsinan views
O 69/1-3 Chengtu
O 70/1-3 Ginling: /1 staff and ceremonies; /2 buildings; /3 miscellaneous
O 71 Hangchow
O 72 Lingnan
O 73 Mukden
O 74/1-2 Nankai
O 75 Shanghai
O 76/1-4 Shantung
O 77 Tientsin
O 78/1-9 West China University
O 79/1-6 Yenching
O 80 China’s contribution to the World War
O 81 General China views (2 packets)
O 82 Miscellaneous small photos including:-
local blown glassware; Feng Yung private
University (1 doc.); Fukien Christian
University Library 1937 and campus;
Soochow main administration building;
removal of Sun Yat Sen’s coffin to Nanking;
opening of Ching Ho hospital Peking;
The Temple of Heaven Peking; famine relief
Tsinan 1935-36
O 83 Photo album [with loose photos]: Lingnan,
Mukden
O 84 United China Relief photos
O 85 Miscellaneous small photos of members of
staff etc with names but no specified
university etc
O 86 CCUA staff
/1 Annual luncheon photo 1949
/2 Lord Luke [head and shoulders]
O 87 Oversize photos and rolls
Cheeloo Science Building; very old bell
at Yengching; ?architect’s? drawing by
J Baillie Noble 1938
Yengching University Peking: residence block,
Women’s college gymnasium; Berry library;
Sage Memorial Hall; President’s residence
Fukien Christian University general view;
Huachung campus, Hsichow;
Lingnan: Swasey Hall from north-east;
Shantung Christian University: Kumler
Memorial Chapel: exterior; university
Hospital, McCormick Administration Hall etc
8 rolls including:-
Chung Chi College Hong Kong June 1954
Shantung Christian University Campus looking
North from tower of Kumler chapel
O 88 Miscellaneous lists of photos |