Guide to the Rankin Family Papers
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Henry Van Vleck Rankin was born in 1825. He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1847 and was appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions as a missionary to China in 1848. He and his wife Mary Greenleaf Rankin served at Ningpo, the first permanent Presbyterian station in China. He died in service at Tengchow in 1863.
Record Group 176 documents Henry and Mary Rankin's years of missionary service in China. Mary Rankin's correspondence is chiefly addressed to her parents and sisters, and vividly describes her life in China. Mr. Rankin's papers include correspondence, diaries and miscellaneous items. Their son Henry William Rankin was a historian; his papers consist largely of notes and articles, many dealing with the history of mission work in Japan and China. A favorite subject was Divie Bethune McCartee.
SERIES I: MARY GREENLEAF RANKIN, 1851-1903
SERIES II: HENRY VAN VLECK RANKIN, 1844-1863
SERIES III: HENRY WILLIAM RANKIN, 1861-1935
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Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1984
Frederick J. Heuser, Jr., Archivist
Material added and finding aid revised: February 1993
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist
| Box | Folder | Description | Alternative Formats |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 176 | |
| 1 | 2 | Rankin Family correspondence, 1842-1862 | |
| SERIES I: Mary Greenleaf Rankin, 1851-1903 | |||
| 1 | 3-7 | Outgoing correspondence, 1851-1870, 1903 | |
| 1 | 8 | Outgoing correspondence, undated | |
| SERIES II: Henry Van Vleck Rankin, 1844-1863 | |||
| Correspondence | |||
| 1 | 9 | from Europe, 1857 | |
| 1 | 10 | from Ningpo, 1859-1863 | |
| Diaries | |||
| 1 | 11-15 | 1846-1851 | |
| 1 | 16-17 | 1859-1863 | |
| Other Papers | |||
| 1 | 18 | Notes on intellectual philosophy, 1844; expenses in China, 1850-1851 | |
| 1 | 19 | Preaching engagements, 1846-1863 | |
| 1 | 20 | Will, Sermon, Notes, 1845-1850, 1863 | |
| 1 | 21 | “The Present State of Missions in China” | |
| 1 | 21 | “Missions in Northern India” | |
| SERIES III: Henry William Rankin, 1861-1935 | |||
| 1 | 22 | Correspondence, 1861-1906, 1935 | |
| Articles | |||
| 1 | 23 | “A Bit of Early Environment” (McCartee family) | |
| 1 | 24 | “China and Japan among the Nations,” 1902-1903 | |
| 2 | 1 | “Chinese Politics 1859-1872,” 1902 | |
| 2 | 1 | “DB McCartee’s View on Chinese Politics,” 1902 | |
| 2 | 2 | “DB McCartee: the Epitome of Missions,” 1902-1903 | |
| 2 | 3 | “DB McCartee, MD: Pioneer Missionary,” 1902 | |
| 2 | 3 | “Dr. McCartee’s Principal Work during His Last Ten Years in Japan,” 1901 | |
| 2 | 4 | Notes on the East India Company, undated | |
| 2 | 5 | Notes on the Problems of China and the Far East, 1902 | |
| 2 | 6 | “On Emerson and Shields,” 1934 | |
| Notebooks | |||
| 2 | 7 | Book of Days, 1856-1889 | |
| 2 | 8 | On China and Japan – volume 3 | |
| 2 | 9 | On China and Japan – volume 5 | |
| 2 | 10 | On China and Japan – volume 6 | |
| 2 | 11 | On China and Japan – volume 8 | |
| 2 | 12 | On China and Japan– volume 9 | |
| 2 | 13 | On China and Japan – volume 10 | |
| 2 | 14 | On China and Japan – volume 11 | |
| 2 | 15 | On China and Japan – volume 12 | |
| 2 | 16 | On China and Japan – volume 13 | |
| 2 | 17 | On China and Japan – volume 14 | |
| 2 | 18 | On China and Japan – Index | |
| 2 | 19 | On Divie Bethune McCartee – Volume 1 | Digital |
| 2 | 20 | On Divie Bethune McCartee – Volume 2 | Digital |
| 2 | 21 | On Japan and California, 1876 | |
| 2 | 22 | On William Alexander Parsons Martin, 1903 |