Scope and Contents
Collection comprises papers of American missionaries to China Jay C. and Lucile C. Oliver, including family and professional correspondence, personal and travel diaries, and official records of the Y.M.C.A and the Salt Inspectorate in China.
Dates
- 1905-1979
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Jay Charles Oliver (b. 1886) served as Y.M.C.A. secretary in Hangchow and Shanghai, China from 1917 to 1943, and as district inspector, Inspectorate of Salt Revenue in China, from 1934 to 1936. He was interned in Chapei Civil Assembly Center near Shanghai, repatriated on the Gripsholm, and returned to the U.S. with his wife Lucile Priscilla Cummings Oliver, in 1943.
Extent
21 linear feet (40 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection comprises papers of American missionaries to China Jay C. and Lucile C. Oliver, including family and professional correspondence, personal and travel diaries, and official records of the Y.M.C.A and the Salt Inspectorate in China.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into the following series: CorrespondenceDiaries/Account BooksY.M.C.A.Salt InspectorateChapei Civil Assembly CenterTrips/VacationsTravel BrochuresGuest Books, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1917-1966Jay C. Oliver, MiscellaneousLucile C. Oliver, MiscellaneousOscar A. Oliver (Materials on trip to China, 1920-1921)Miscellaneous filesVol. 1. Rolfe, William J., and Crockett, William D. A Satchel Guide to Europe.Photographs (PH231)
Existence and Location of Copies
Selected items are available online in the Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Jay C. and Lucile C. Oliver and YMCA China, 1905-1979 in Gale Primary Sources.
Processing Information
Collection processed by processing staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China. Inspectorate of Salt Revenue
- China. Inspectorate of Salt Revenue
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Missionaries Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Missionaries -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Missions, American -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oliver, Jay Charles, 1886-
- Oliver, Lucile C. (Lucile Cummings)
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Religion Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Women Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Young Men's Christian Associations of China
- Young Men's Christian Associations of China
- Title
- Guide to the Jay C. and Lucile C. Oliver Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by processing staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
