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Helen Maclean Missionary Diaries China 1920s
A huge and rare collection of notated photo diaries kept by Helen BK Maclean a Scottish Missionary during the 1920s and 30s in at times Japanese occupied China.
The diaries are mainly of the Kun Kuang Girls Christian School in Moukden and show life at that time.
There is enough material for a book or film.
Helen B. K. Maclean (known as Nell), (United Free) Church of Scotland missionary in China, was born
in a village in the highlands of Scotland. Her father was a schoolmaster and elder in the village
kirk and she graduated from Edinburgh University (MA) in 1916. She was accepted for China by the by
the mission in 1921 and spent her first six months in Peking learning the language. Further language
training and an introduction to evangelising followed in Kaiyuan in Manchuria where she first met
Fragrant Tree (Wang Su Fen) who was to become her lifelong friend. In 1923 she moved to Shenyang to
teach in the mission's girls school, became the school's principal missionary in 1925 and was also
involved in developing youth work in the area. She remained at the school for the rest of her time
in China, appointing a Chinese principal, encouraging the Church to take more responsibility from
the mission and seeing the school through a difficult period when the Japanese occupied Manchuria.
She returned to Scotland on furlough three times 1926-28, 1933-34 when she took Fragrant Tree with
her, and 1939 part of which she spent in Japan. After Pearl Harbour in December 1941 Maclean was put
under house arrest for six months and the school was closed. With other colleagues she was sent to
Japan for internment but was returned home as an exchange prisoner before the end of 1942. The
Church of Scotland sent her to work in Ghana from 1944 until 1946 when she was able to return to
Manchuria and the school. When the communists entered Shenyang in November 1948 her position became
more difficult, she suffered from bouts of dysentery and after the school was closed in 1949 she was
ordered home. From 1951 until 1954 she worked in Jamaica then returned to Inverness in Scotland. She
kept in touch with Fragrant Tree who secured permission to leave China in 1963 and joined Maclean in
Scotland. Fragrant Tree looked after Maclean during her final illness and after Maclean's death
moved to an old people's home where she died.
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The diaries are mainly of the Kun Kuang Girls Christian School in Moukden and show life at that time.
There is enough material for a book or film.
Helen B. K. Maclean (known as Nell), (United Free) Church of Scotland missionary in China, was born
in a village in the highlands of Scotland. Her father was a schoolmaster and elder in the village
kirk and she graduated from Edinburgh University (MA) in 1916. She was accepted for China by the by
the mission in 1921 and spent her first six months in Peking learning the language. Further language
training and an introduction to evangelising followed in Kaiyuan in Manchuria where she first met
Fragrant Tree (Wang Su Fen) who was to become her lifelong friend. In 1923 she moved to Shenyang to
teach in the mission's girls school, became the school's principal missionary in 1925 and was also
involved in developing youth work in the area. She remained at the school for the rest of her time
in China, appointing a Chinese principal, encouraging the Church to take more responsibility from
the mission and seeing the school through a difficult period when the Japanese occupied Manchuria.
She returned to Scotland on furlough three times 1926-28, 1933-34 when she took Fragrant Tree with
her, and 1939 part of which she spent in Japan. After Pearl Harbour in December 1941 Maclean was put
under house arrest for six months and the school was closed. With other colleagues she was sent to
Japan for internment but was returned home as an exchange prisoner before the end of 1942. The
Church of Scotland sent her to work in Ghana from 1944 until 1946 when she was able to return to
Manchuria and the school. When the communists entered Shenyang in November 1948 her position became
more difficult, she suffered from bouts of dysentery and after the school was closed in 1949 she was
ordered home. From 1951 until 1954 she worked in Jamaica then returned to Inverness in Scotland. She
kept in touch with Fragrant Tree who secured permission to leave China in 1963 and joined Maclean in
Scotland. Fragrant Tree looked after Maclean during her final illness and after Maclean's death
moved to an old people's home where she died.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
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Category Antique Photography and Photographica
Date c1920s-30s
1920s Antiques Material Paper
Origin Chinese
Condition very good for the age
Item code as329a056
Status Sold
£3500.00 
$4464.95 
€4223.10 
$
€
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