Letter from Wu Yi-fang to Rebecca Griest detailing early tensions in Nanjing. Reports that the American Embassy asked all women and children to leave Nanjing.

In a letter to his family, Robert O. Wilson discusses his work as a surgeon in the Nanjing University Hospital in relation to the Japanese invasion. Wilson talks about recent military developments and considers the severity of the civilian casualties to indicate the impeding fall of the city.

In this letter from Nanjing-born American physician Robert O. Wilson to his family, he discusses the recent air raids and bombing campaigns that have been undertaken by Chinese and Japanese forces in recent days. He also discusses the positive attitude of the Chinese people towards the foreigners assisting in the wartime relief effort. Wilson predicts that China can be persuaded to reject communism and ally themselves with the great democratic powers.

Description of the Ginling College practice college, including the religious backgrounds of students at the practice school, religious activities, budget

An account of the condition Ginling College 10 years after the Nanjing Massacre written by En-lan Liu, a member of the faculty, in approximately 1947.

Report from George Fitch of the YMCA in Nanjing on the events of the Japanese invasion. The report is primarily composed of Fitch's transcription of his diary entries.

discussion of reorganizing chapel in light of reforms, secularity, student government, and religious freedom

Japanese account of the events of the Nanking Massacre

Speaks to Ginling's community and its "family spirit."

Speaks of the importance of independence and general health.

A letter from the National Council Protestant Episcopal Church to Rev. Eric M. North concerning the status of the university in light of the Nanking Incident.

Intersections between democracy and education.

This pamphlet talks about concerns of too many Chinese on the Ginling faculty, and concerns that Ginling is becoming “less” Christian, as well as vaguely talks about Ginling’s position following the Nanking Incident.

This article seeks to define the difference between being patriotic and traitorous. National allegiance is a topic seriously engaged with by Ginling College students. The writer also considers patriotism from different groups. For instance, the difference between how it is represented by students versus merchants is discussed. The writer goes on to reveal that students have been seriously engaged in the state of China since 1919.

This article goes approaches this subject first by defining what a citizen is. Pei-Djen writes that junior year of high school is a very important moment in a young person’s life to understand citizenship. This way of thinking begins in high school but should continue for the rest of the students’ lives.

This article reveals the presence of an Anti-Christian Movement existing at least one year before the Nanking Incident. At the conference, there were representatives from Manchuria, Canton, Hunan, Fukien, Shanghei, and Shantung. The foreigners present were American, British, Danish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish. This information reveals the far-reach of this movement, beyond the United States and the the city of Nanking.

The article outlines the type of teacher envisioned to teach this course and the attributes he or she would have. Siao-Mei does raise the issue that it would be problematic to include translated Western texts concerned primarily with Western social problems. The emphasis is on localized knowledge.

This book contains a chart with information on what starts a revolution. The relationship between the people’s revolution and its advancement through the Northern Expedition.

This document will help us forge a direct link between the KMT and students’ perception of the Nanking Incident as a whole.

Pamphlets and program reports from the Ginling Physical Education Department. Excerpted from a longer digitized document "Material Related to Department of Hygiene and Physical Education, 1925-1937" from Yale Divinity School's UBCHEA Archive (pages 2-11).

Fundraising pamphlet for the Shwen Hwa Cheng Rural Service Station. Excerpted from a longer digitized document "1939-1950, Related to Rural Service Station" from Yale Divinity School's UBCHEA Archive (pages 62-66).

Diary excerpts from Ginling students at the Jenshow Rural Service Station, along with adminstrative analyses of these excerpts. Excerpted from a longer digitized document "1939-1950, Related to Rural Service Station" from Yale Divinity School's UBCHEA Archive (pages 8-12).

Students challenge the Chinese perceptions of nationalism and identity, and find resistance in their in-betweenness, define the limits that the Americans place on them.

A personal account of the Nanking Incident