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"R. G. Agnew with Dr. Rosemary Huang discussing problem in oral Pathology. School of Dentistry. West China Union Univ." Both wearing white smocks and looking at a slide; Dr. Huang has her hand on the microscope.

"This is our Theological College group of students and teachers. The teachers are in the second row. It is taken in front of our new building. Nov 1940"; "A picture of the students and teachers of the Theological College. West China. The teachers are in the second row. It is taken at the door of our new building. Nov/40"; Group portrait of the faculty and student body at the Theological College of West China Union University, standing on and around the porch of their building.

"Students in front of Administration Bldg. WCUU" About 10 students, male and female, most in Chinese dress, standing on the path and the steps in front of the administration building. Shrubs at right and left.

"Campus - looking from East wing of College of Medicine and Dentistry - hospital compound on left. West China Union University." A view of the buildings from a side walkway. A student is walking along the path in front of the camera, and more students can be seeing at the other end of the path.

"West China Union University Library." A wood paneled room with large windows to the right. There are several tables visible and many of them have people sitting at them, reading.

"Glimpses of the tribes of Sikang from whence most of our 'border students' come." "A woman of a well-to-do family in Sikang." The woman wears traditional dress, including an elaborate headdress and jewelry, and poses in front of a backdrop.

"Small boats passing narrow rapids with supplies for China" Small wooden boats with sails set, being pushed through the water by their crews.

"Spinning - Professor Li Min-liang (Prof. Biology) beside the spinning wheel and the primitive stove used for heating the water." "Hart College W. China Union Univ." Professor Li stands at left by the spinning wheel. Another man heats water in the background. Both are wearing Chinese dress.

"Eastern part of Friends' College Bldg., W.C.U.U." A partial view of the building, which has several evergreen trees in front of it. At the center of the photo is a bare tree with a bicycle resting against it. Two people are sitting on the grass and a third is doing yard work.

"X-Ray Diagnosis, Univ. Dental Clinic, Dr. Kalman Kohn and Dr. (Mrs.) Dsan Shu-ngi (?) both of Dental Staff, WCUU." Patient and X-ray equipment also in picture; Dr. Kohn (in lab coat) and his assistant (in white smock) both wear white masks, while the patient (in Chinese dress) mimes (?) panic at the sight of the machine.

"Museum of Pathology and Parasitology of College of Medicine, WCUU." Desks, chairs and display cases; Chinese man in Chinese dress standing partly behind one display case.

"Patient at Eye Clinic." A Chinese man wearing a turban, trousers and a ragged shirt, holding a walking stick and straw hat, sitting on the ground next to a brick wall.

"One end of the freshman-sophomore dormitory, showing the new addition." Dormitory at West China Union University, built in a Western architectural style.

[on negative envelope] "Laboratory in WCUU College of Medicine. Joint class of WCUU and Cheeloo Univ. students using microscopes in study of slides." Chinese students, men and at least one woman, wearing mostly Western dress, at work at lab counters with microscopes.

"Administration bldg. West China Union U." Exterior view; hedges, path, lawns; students walking away from the camera; tree branches above.

"West China Union University. Some members of the staff and students of the college of Medicine & Dentistry, photographed on the eve of the departure of Dr. and Mrs. Morse on furlough, March 1937. They may be travelling to America via England. Dr. W. R. Morse is Director of the College of Medicine & Dentistry."; Group portrait on the porch of a building, with potted plants at either side.

"Library Reading Room West China Union University" Eight students pictured, sitting at four different tables; both genders, all wearing Chinese dress.

Plaque indicating dedication of new dental clinical bldg. (Dental Unit of University hospital)." The plaque reads "With gratitude for your nation's friendship and valor members of the American Dental Trade Association dedicate this building to the advancement of dental science in China.

Glimpses of the tribes of Sikang from whence most of our 'border students' come." "A merchant from Sikang border region.

[from negative envelope] "Mr. Wallace visiting U. S. Army hospital, which is sharing buildings of University Hospital, Chengtu. President Dsang, Governor Chang, Dr. Soong, Mr Wallace, President Wu, president Tang." Mr. Wallace third from left, with four Chinese men in Western dress and one woman in Chinese dress. A Red Cross ambulance with Chinese characters on the side behind them. In the background, the hospital building.

"Dr. Yang Chen-hwa Asst. Supt. University hospital - Medical Unit. W.C.U.U. Coming to U.S.A. shortly." Dr. Yang poses in a white lab coat behind a stone fence, smiling.Two large plaques with Chinese characters hang on the outside wall behind him.

"USS Palos, which carries 'old Glory' to the edges of civilization. Suifu is the highest point on the Yangtzi river that this small gunboat or any steamer can come." [now Yibin] [now Yangtse] A large Western ship on the river. Cliffs are visible in the background

"Dr. Dickinson with plants from West China Union University farm." Dr. Frank Dickinson, in Western dress, and an unidentified Chinese man, in Chinese dress, with young plants ready for transplanting in a yard in front of a thatched building.

"Beginning of the Great Chengtu Plain with motor road from Chengtu to Chungking 50,000,000 people live in this province" View through the mountain pass to the valley with rice paddies below.

"Border trading village of Man-I-si, Szechwan, on Golden Islands River." [now Sichuan] A village among several hills, viewed from a distance.

"Snapshots showing daily life of investigators of Cheeloo Graduate Division of Parasitology during hookworm study expeditions in West China" "Examining hookworm patients for symptomatological studies." A Chinese man, dressed in white Western style clothing, is examining a farmer standing before him. Surrounding them are several of the local folk.

"In process of building summer bungalow." A partially finished house among hills and greenery. A person stands on the first floor, a wall to the outside lacking.

"Preparing for procession to the grave." Both sides of the street in the photo are lined with banners on frames bearing various Chinese characters. Several people are walking down the street.; From a series of photographs documenting a Buddhist funeral.

"Snapshots showing daily life of investigators of Cheeloo Graduate Division of Parasitology during hookworm study expeditions in West China" "In order to reduce expenditure boats were utilized whenever possible for traveling." A group of young Chinese men on the back of a docked boat. All are holding bowls.

"One of the smallest of some eight walled cities in our Suifu outstation district where we only are doing Protestant Christian work. (+ I am the only foreign pastor!) This is beautiful Gung Hsein, 70 eng miles from Suifu, to the S.E." [now Yibin] A distance view of the village, which is surrounded by trees and mountains.

"Junk on way up river Yangtsi in Szechwan Province, West China." [now Yangtze] [now Sichuan] Junk on the river. Several men on the shore are pulling on a rope attached to the junk.

"Coal is mined and brought to the boats on river by using baskets on ropes. Empty basket goes up as coal filled one comes down. There is a stop place half way up or the ropes would be too long and heavy to manage." A high cliff with ropes coming down, meant to carry up loads of coal from the lower levels.

"Part of the procession to appease the Fire God." A Chinese dragon puppet with several sticks for holding is propped up against a wall. To the left a military man is visible and along the right are various people.

"Paper articles to burn at grave." Many elaborately made items of paper, including a man on a horse, banners, and gifts, piled together. They will later be burned at a grave site, as an offering for the deceased.; From a series of photographs documenting a Buddhist funeral.

"Feast to honor three eighty-year-olds." A large group of men, both standing and seated at tables in a covered outdoor area, many looking in the direction of the camera. There are decorations hanging from the ceiling

"Live ducks going to market." A man is carrying two loads of live ducks via a pole across his shoulders.

"Herd of dairy cattle on campus, football goal posts in middle distance, Hart College in distance." The cattle were part of a rural reconstruction project at WCUU.

"Very best Christmas wishes from The Quentin family! Xmas 1907. Keating , Albert -- Peter Jr is really good [illegible]. (or so his Mother says!!) Tho his picture doesn't look it!" A missionary family poses for a portrait in a garden. A man in a three piece suit is standing up, to his left is a little girl in a dress, holding a drawstring purse, standing on a chair. To his right is a woman, seated and holding a baby. To the woman's right is a girl with a bow in her hair.

"The boat in which we crossed the River after the 'wreck' " Dr. Stevenson + Dye" A distant view of a boat resting by a rocky shore.

"'Outfield' on the Border making of land." A grass-covered field, much of it developed for agricultural use.

"Washing in Chengtu" [now Chengdu] A large group of women and children washing clothes in a canal, with buildings behind them.