Chinese music
Scope and Contents note
Roderick Scott was born July 12, 1885 in Auburn, New York. Dr. Scott received his A.B. from Haverford College in 1906 and his M.A. in 1907 graduating cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. His majors were English and Philosophy. He studied at University of Southern California 1939-140 and 1946, receiving his Ph.D. in the field of Chinese philosophy. While on furlough in 1921-22 and 1930 he studied at the Union Theological Seminary, New York. He received an honorary D.D. from the Pacific School f Religion in 1940.
Throughout his career in China from 1916-1951 he was located at Foochow, Fukien, at the Fukien Christian University where he was Professor of English and Philosophy and for twelve years the Dean.
He has published the book Fukien Christian University: A History, published by the United Board of Missions, New York, 1934; and a report for the Madras missionary conference of 1938 together with Dr. T. C. Chao.
Dr. Scott died September 2, 1971
Excerpted text from: China Missionaries Oral History Project: Roderick Scott. Interview by Cyrus H. Peake and Arthur L. Rosenbaum. Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School. Claremont, California: 1969, 1973.
Dates
- Creation: 1889-1972
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1915-1945
Creator
- From the Collection: Cross, Rowland McLean (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Ely, Lois Anna (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Gillespie, Miln (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Horn, Josie E. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Houston, Lyda S. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Ikenberry, Ernest Leroy (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Jones, Francis Price (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Kellogg, Claude R. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Lingle, Jean (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Luce, Henry (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: McCallum, James H. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Potts, Anna Hortense (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Rowley, Grace (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Shepherd, Clara Sargent (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Simkin, Robert (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Topping, William Hill (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Tootell, George T. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Steurt, Marjorie Rankin (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Smythe, Lewis S. C. (Lewis Strong Casey) (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Winans, Pearl B. Fosnot (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Ady, Merrill S. (Creator, Person)
Access
Collection open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 20.5 Linear Feet (35 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu