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{"value"=>"1928-1944", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1928/1944"}
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1928
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1944
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{"value"=>"Series IV. China Child Welfare."}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>China Child Welfare was founded in New York City in February of 1928 under the title Association for the Welfare of the Children of China, its principal officers being at the time J.S. Nagle, executive secretary, and A.J. Fisher, associate secretary. In 1930 the name of the organization was changed to China Child Welfare. Its purpose was to raise funds for the relief of children in China, especially orphans and those suffering from the effects of civil war and famine. Its goals developed gradually to include the promotion of a nation-wide program of child welfare in China. Its officers in the period 1939-42 included Mrs. Own Roberts, chairman, Julean Arnold, director, Florence Broseler, secretary, J.E. Swan and James A. Thomas, treasurers, and James A. Mackay, chairman of its finance committee in China.</p> <p>During the earlier period of its existence the main recipient of its aid appears to have been the National Child Welfare Association of China, a sister organization also founded in 1928 in Shanghai. With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War its resources were devoted to the care of refugee children in the war zones and in the free and occupied territories. In the 'thirties and 'forties China Child Welfare promoted the development, manufacture and distribution of soya bean milk and bean cakes for the children in the refugee camps in Shanghai and in occupied zones.</p> <p>With the death of its chairman, Mrs. Owen Roberts, in July of 1944 it was recommended that the organization be merged with the China Aid Council of United China Relief, but evidence of this merger is not contained in the records preserved here, nor is there any evidence that the organization continued to function beyond 1944.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The records of China Child Welfare include correspondence and minutes of meetings of the China Nutritional Aid Council at Shanghai and Chungking relating to the implementation of a program of soya bean nutrition through the manufacture and distribution of soya bean milk and cakes to needy children. This file includes correspondence of Mrs. Owens Roberts, James A. Mackay, Julean Arnold, and Dr. Arthur Young. Present also is correspondence and minutes of meetings of the National Child Welfare Association of China. This organization sought to expand welfare work from the traditional emphasis on relief of destitute children and support of orphanages to a program more comprehensive in nature including child health, guidance, recreation, and education. This file includes correspondence of J.S. Nagle and Garfield Huang.</p>"}
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1 box
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{"type"=>"local_mss", "value"=>"482537"}
- date_start
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1928
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1944
- keydate
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1928