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Title:  Islam in China
Work Type:  photograph albums
Creator:  Pickens Jr., Rev. Claude L. (1900-1985), United States, photographer
Date:  ca. 1932-1947
Description:  Photograph album containing 219 black and white photographs taken by Christian missionary Claude L. Pickens, Jr. documenting Muslims, mosques, and Islamic religious practices in Anhui Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, and Beijing. Subjects include Muslims, ahungs, Haji, muezzins, mosques, minarets, qibla walls, ablutions, religious services, prayer, proclamations, signboards, gong bei, memorial tablets, graves, tombstones, funeral processions, schools, educators, students, Muslim shops and restaurants, memorial buildings, Christian missionaries, bishops, missionary conferences, posters, animals, inns, generals, soldiers, portraits, and maps.
Topics:  architecture; educators; imams; missionaries; mosques; Muslims; portraits; posters; religious services; schools; tombs; soldiers
Location:  China
Related Work:  Part of Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. collection on Muslims in China
Related Information:  Digital version of the photograph album Islam in China
Finding aid for the Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. collection on Muslims in China
Repository:  Harvard-Yenching Library
CP03

 Work 51 of 219  
Title:  Hankow. Reading the Koran.
Work Type:  photographs
Creator:  Pickens Jr., Rev. Claude L. (1900-1985), United States, photographer
Date:  ca. 1934-1935
Description:  Front view.
Dimensions:  7 x 6 cm.
Associated Name:  Tsang Ahung (son) (n.d.), China, subject
Topics:  men; Muslims; religious texts; portraits
Materials/Techniques:  gelatin silver process on paper
Location:  Hankou, Wuhan, Hankou, Hubei Sheng, China
Related Work:  Part of Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. collection on Muslims in China
Related Information:  From the photograph album Islam in China, p. [9]
Finding aid for Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. collection on Muslims in China
Repository:  Harvard-Yenching Library
CP03.09.05
Record Identifier: olvgroup117


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