Guide to the John H. Freeman Papers
Title
John H. Freeman Papers
Inclusive Dates
1910-1917
Call Number
RG 298
Creator(s)
Creator100
Freeman, John H. (John Haskell), 1865-1922.
Quantity
0.10 cubic feet (6 folders)
Restrictions on Access
Open for research.
Repository
Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA
Biographical Note
John Freeman was born in Rockford, IL. He graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1894. During that year the Board of Foreign Missions appointed Freeman and his wife, Emma Hitchcock Freeman, to the Northern Laos Mission. They spent their careers working in Chiengmai, Burma and Indochina. John Freeman died in service in 1922.
This collection consists of Freeman's writings on the history of mission work in Siam, Burma and Indochina. It includes one manuscript by P. Jarillon, translated from the original French by Freeman, and one station letter written from Chiengmai station in northern Siam.
SERIES I: MANUSCRIPTS, 1910-1917, undated
SERIES II: STATION LETTER, 1910
Personal Name Subject
Freeman, John H. (John Haskell), 1865-1922.
Freeman, Emma Hitchcock, 1866-1947.
Corporate Subject
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Laos Mission.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. North Siam Mission.
Topical Subject
Missionaries--Southeast Asia.
Women missionaries--Southeast Asia.
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Indochina.
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Thailand.
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Burma.
Genre-form
Manuscripts (documents) aat
Writings (documents) aat
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 298 | |
| SERIES I: MANUSCRIPTS, 1910-1917, undated | |||
| 1 | 2 | "An Appeal for Indochina," 1910 | |
| 1 | 3 | "The Gospel in Indo-China," (translated by Freeman) | |
| 1 | 4 | "In the Land of the Free," 1910 | |
| 1 | 5 | "Siam--The Oriental Land of the Free," 1917 | |
| SERIES II: STATION LETTER, 1910 | |||
| 1 | 6 | Chiengmai Station Letter, 1910 |