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Title
Maryknoll Father with refugees at Hong Kong, China, 1939
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of Fr. John Donovan with refugees. He bends to speak to a small child.
Born in Rhode Island, Fr. Donovan came to Maryknoll in 1928 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1934. He was assigned to Kaying, South China in 1938 and worked there for 10 years. In 1973 he was assigned to write a history of the China Wuchow mission and took up residence in Hong Kong. He remained there until his death.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 7.8 x 4.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m8100 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-030-09-0003
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8100
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-030-09-0003.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Refugees
General views
Time Period
1939
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/030/09/0003 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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