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"Strangers in a Foreign Land" by Nicholai Goossen. This story appeared as a series of articles in the Mennonitische Rundschau. Originals of the articles as well as photocopies and an English translation are included. - (1 file) Box 421

This fonds contains reports and correspondence from Helena's various assignments with the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) and WHO (World Health Organization), as well as University reports and assignments, correspondence from her hears in Montreal, and other notes and documents. Also included are several newspaper clippings or articles, a small collection of photographs, and many interesting documents such as diplomas, certificates and travel identification.

This series consists of the following maps:
1) Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 1948. 63x76 cm. Map number NK 42.
2) Alma-Ata, Southwest Asia; 1948. 63x71 cm. Map number NK 43.
3) A-K'O-Su (Ak Su), Southwest Asia; 1950. 63x56 cm. Map number NK 44.
4) T'U-Lu-Fan (Turfan), China; 1949. 63x70 cm. Map number NK 45.
5) Samarqand, Uzbekistan; 1951. 63x67 cm. Map number NJ 42.
6) Su-Fu (Kashgar Kone Shahr), Southwest Asia; 1949. 63x69 cm. Map number NJ 43.
7) Ho-Tien (Khotan), Southwest Asia; 1950. 63x70 cm. Map number NJ 44
8) Ch'ieh-Mo (Charchan Bazar), China; 1950. 63x67 cm. Map number NJ 45.
9) Kabul, Afghanistan; 1955. 63x68 cm. Map number NI 42.
10) Kashmir, India; 1943. 63x66 cm. Map number NI 43.
11) Pangong Tso, Southwest Asia; 1950. 63x73 cm. Map number NI 44.
12) Chikhitei Tsho, China; 1950. 63x73 cm. Map number NI 45.

A small set of personal papers created by a service worker and missionary who served with Mennonite Central Committee in China and the General Conference Mennonite Church in Taiwan (Formosa).  Materials include reports and newsletters, correspondence, photographs and photograph albums, and miscellaneous materials.

These papers document  the experiences of Jenifer (Jeni) Hiett Umble and her husband, Art Umble, as Mennonite volunteer teachers in China in the late 1980s.  The Umbles worked under the auspices of the Mennonite Mission Board for the China Cultural Exchange.  They taught at the Sichuan Institute of Technology, located 15 kilometers outside of Chengdu, Sichuan, in the tiny community of Pixian, for almost two years.  Their assignment was cut short because of the political unrest and uncertainty preceding and following the Tiananmen Square massacre.

The papers consist primarily of incoming and outgoing personal correspondence documenting the Umbles' life and work in China. They include the Umbles' perspectives on the Chinese democracy movement.