

10
Asian Studies: China
Economic Cooperation Administration’s
Relief Mission in Post-War China, 1946-1948
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1946-1948
Content
38,096 images
Product Number
16330539
Product Code
GDSC-234
This collection demonstrates how officials of the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA)
looked for economic and cultural opportunities to promote U.S.-China relations, despite
the prevailing Cold War suspicions of any and all communists in the early Cold War era.
Topics include ECA efforts to urge the U.S. State Department to pursue a friendly economic
policy toward Communist China and not to jeopardize U.S.-China economic relations; ECA
representation of the opinion of many American businessmen in the face of U.S. State
Department and White House opposition; the failure of the Marshall Mission to China to
politicize theU.S. economic policy toward China; the effectiveness of the ECA’s implementation
of aid to China; and information on the China Aid Act as part of Title IV of the Foreign Assistance
Act. Documents include records of Donald S. Gilpatric, foreign service officer; regional offices
correspondences; chronological files and cables; interofficememos; subject files of the office
of the director; among other records.
Evangelism in China: Correspondence of
the Board of Foreign Mission, 1837 to 1911
Source
Presbyterian Historical Society
Period
1837-1911
Content
94,554 images
Product Number
16330544
Product Code
GDSC-241
The records of the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) of the Presbyterian church provide
valuable information on social conditions in developing Third World nations and on efforts to
spread the gospel during the nineteenth century. Among the missions' responsibilities was
the establishment of indigenous churches, educational facilities, hospitals, orphanages, and
seminaries.
Original Microform Title: Board of Foreign Missions Correspondence and Reports: China 1837 to 1911