Item Details

coverage

China

creator

Ayers, Thomas Willburn

date

2025-03-26T18:28:04Z

2025-03-26T18:28:04Z

2025-03-26 (issued)

description

This typed document consists of reflections and narratives written by Thomas Willburn Ayers, a missionary in China, during the early 20th century. It provides a description of cultural customs, religious practices, family structures, agricultural life, and missionary work. Ayers describes his travels through Chinese villages via wheelbarrow, emphasizing daily life, traditional beliefs, funerary practices, farming methods, the education system, foot binding, gender roles, and Christian missionary outreach.

format

application/pdf

15 pages

microfilms

Permalink

MS248_Reel_01_03

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/110663

language

English

relation

Special Collections and Archives

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

Ayers Family Papers (MS248)

rights

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source

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39048

subject

Ayers, Thomas Willburn, 1858-1954

Missions--China

Missionaries--United States

China--Social life and customs

Christianity and culture--China

Funeral rites and ceremonies--China

Footbinding

Women--China--Social conditions

Education--China--History--20th century

Agriculture--China--History

Medicine, Chinese

Protestant churches--Missions

title

Writings: Ayers, Thomas Willburn; "China and Her People," typescript

type

Text