Authors

Cora Martinson

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Early Life: family background; parents receive call for China from the Mission Board of the Norwegian Lutheran Church and leave for China, 1902; hardships faced by family during early years in China; example of Chinese response to missionaries in Kioshan; death and memories of father; struggles of her mother after her father's death; experiences with bandits; memories of Agnes Kittelsby; extra-curricular activities and other memories of ASK; contacts with Chinese during time spent at ASK; values gained from childhood experiences in China; memorable people of childhood years; employment in China after graduating from ASK; description of mother's later activities in China; higher education.

Return to China: language school experience after return to China, 1937; memories of Dr. John Sung; wartime experiences in Kioshan; mission work in Junan with brother during wartime; memories of Bible women; the death of a missionary; Agnes Smedley visits Junan; decides to leave Junan and the journey out of China, 1942; returns to China, 1947; political unrest due to Chinese civil war; response to the work of missionaries.

Publication Date

1977

Publisher

Midwest China Center

City

Saint Paul

Keywords

Norwegian Lutheran Church, Kioshan, father, mother, Agnes Kittelsby, ASK, childhood, John Sung, wartime, missionary, Junan, Bible women, Agnes Smedley, civil war

Midwest China Oral History Interviews

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