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Title
Fr. Burns' release from prison at Fushun, China, 1936
Creator
Lane, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-12
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. Burns "taken at Fushun railway station [Ho Pei] immediately after his arrival. Mr. Mitchell, reporter [of A.P. and N.Y. Times] and Mr. Othani shown in picture."
Born in Ohio, Fr. Burns performed industrial work during the World War I years, entering Maryknoll in 1922. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1934. He as assigned to Fushun, Manchuria in 1934. From February through November 1936, he was captured and held by bandits in China. He published an account of his captivity in 1941, Bandits Surrounded Him. He returned home to the United States in 1940 and played several key roles for Maryknoll in Chicago, Illinois, and the seminary at Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 23 x 15.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-m5296 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-013-01-0006
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5296
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-013-01-0006.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
War prisoners
General views
Time Period
1936-12
Place
China
Fushun
Source
MKL/China/013/01/0006 [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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