EA/HI 333 Colby and China Course Archive Project

Arthur G. Robinson ‘1906

Wartime China (1937-1945)

Arthur G. Robinson was asked by The Colby Alumnus in early 1942 to report on Colby missionaries in Japanese-occupied China after Pearl Harbor turned them from neutrals into enemies. His April 1942 piece, “How Fare Our Missionaries?”, compiles cables received between January and March covering alumni in Peking, Shanghai, Tientsin, and Tungchow.